Cupcakes. :-)

My new blog background makes me hungry. :-)

The Dolls

Here are a few pictures of Chrissa and Kit in their new dresses. Chrissa's was bought from American Girl, Kit's was made by Mom.

Geese and Goslings

The goslings have a litle bit of trouble getting out of the pond. Sorry it's shaky...I had to use the digital zoom which makes it harder to keep steady.

Raindrops

Psalms 147:8 ~ He covers the sky with clouds; He supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.

Joan

I took some pictures of Joan two days ago because the poor girl was sorely in need of photos taken.

A Pretty Dress for a Wedding

I had originially seen a dress at Kohl's, and while I can't find the exact dress on line THIS ONE is kind of like it. Same style.
I really liked it, but it was too short, and obviously not modest enough with the sleeveless bodice.
I found this fabric at Joann's, and decided to try and make my own.
It went together surprisingly well. The bodice went together in less than an hour. The pattern I used had a straight skirt option and a pleated skirt option. I did neither, and adapted the pleated skirt to be an A-Line. I then added a white underskirt, and the black tulle ruffle/can-can at the bottom, and the black band around the waist for added style. I really like it, and will wear it to a wedding that is going to be at the end of this month.
The one small thing that I am still unsure about, and might attempt to fix, is the zipper in the back. I put it in an invisible zipper, and with an invisible zipper, you are not supposed to be able to see the zipper at all, just a nice seam down the back. Well, I don't have an invisible zipper foot for for my sewing machine, just a regular zipper foot, so I can't sew as close to the zipper teeth as you are supposed to, therefore there is a white stripe down the back of the dress, as you can tell in the second picture. I am not sure what I can do to try and fix this, but I'll see.

The Concert - Take 2

This is the same concert video posted in the previous post, except it is uploaded on a different site, do the fact that Mrs. Dueck said that some of her blog readers couldn't see the video because you have to have an account on facebook to see it. So here it is, uploaded to Vimeo.