Babbles, plus a link to a giveaway
Ack, I've been staying at my Grandma and Uncle's place since I got back to Manitoba, and haven't really been online all that much. A couple quick hours a day (sometimes), mostly dealing with email stuff and job hunting (and cover letter writing research - my goodness are they ever hard to write). I keep thinking of things I want to babble about, but then don't get it down before it's sort of too late. I'm so behind on all of my internet stuff, honestly.
*le sigh* Woes of an internet addict. lol!
Anywho, I have managed to get a bit of sewing in since coming back. Wrote up a post on a summer dress I recreated from a RTW (ready-to-wear aka store bought) dress that I adored, but was too short for me. Really proud of myself on that one, since I made up the pattern based on some sketches and a few quick measurements of the original dress!
I also made up a tutorial on how to tea-dye material (such as the lace I used on my summer dress). There's a giveaway on that post for the lace I dyed in the tutorial, so if you're interested in winning a length of antique-looking lace (it's very pretty), head on over there and leave a comment! I'll be making the draw this Friday. (If you have problems posting a comment, let me know).
Right now, I'm just chilling at Starbucks, working on a cover letter and looking up jobs. Man, I hope I can find something quick. I really don't want to mooch off of my family any longer than I have to (although I am trying to help with the cleaning as much as possible as a pseudo-payment. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have my family to help me out right now).
Anywho, back to writing! This is disturbingly like writing my thesis, only worse because I have to say Positive Things about myself. Yay teeth pulling!
*le sigh* Woes of an internet addict. lol!
Anywho, I have managed to get a bit of sewing in since coming back. Wrote up a post on a summer dress I recreated from a RTW (ready-to-wear aka store bought) dress that I adored, but was too short for me. Really proud of myself on that one, since I made up the pattern based on some sketches and a few quick measurements of the original dress!
I also made up a tutorial on how to tea-dye material (such as the lace I used on my summer dress). There's a giveaway on that post for the lace I dyed in the tutorial, so if you're interested in winning a length of antique-looking lace (it's very pretty), head on over there and leave a comment! I'll be making the draw this Friday. (If you have problems posting a comment, let me know).
Right now, I'm just chilling at Starbucks, working on a cover letter and looking up jobs. Man, I hope I can find something quick. I really don't want to mooch off of my family any longer than I have to (although I am trying to help with the cleaning as much as possible as a pseudo-payment. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have my family to help me out right now).
Anywho, back to writing! This is disturbingly like writing my thesis, only worse because I have to say Positive Things about myself. Yay teeth pulling!