Right Now -Sewing a Capsule Wardrobe

I read all of my blog entries up until this point.... My life has changed ALOT since the first one.
I have moved - a few times. I have changed jobs - a few times. I am in a different place mentally, emotionally and physically. It's interesting what can happen in a few years.

I want to start from right now.

Right now I am 7 days from my 30ish birthday. I want to change myself. By change I really mean get back to being who I am and not what others expected me to be, or not to be. It's a lot harder than most may think. It's a journey to shed layers of guilt brought on by others ideas of yourself and not meeting their standards of you.

One of my steps on this journey is changing my wardrobe.
Right now I am in a good place to do this. None of my clothes fit, (save the few tops and leggings I bought at walmart right after Christmas).
We're about a month away from the change in seasons. I actually have a designated sewing area. For me that means a great time to overhaul my style and simplify my closet.

I don't remember where I first heard about capsule wardrobes. But I do remember finding #Unfancy on #Pinterest and her explanation of a capsule wardrobe was easy to understand. I decided to jump right in and start with a summer work wardrobe capsule as my first one, because... you really shouldn't wear leggings and a tunic to work -- in an office building-- even if no one on the phone is going to see you. They even wrote a new policy on work attire - not because me, but still...

So at work one day I decided to start planning for my capsule. Yeah I know I should probably work while at work but you'd be surprised what you can get done waiting for people to answer the phone or not all day.

First I came up with the colors I wanted to wear then kind of filled in what colors should be which pieces clothing as I went along. I was shopping in my head while putting this together and once you pick out the bottom pieces it's fun to mix and match tops in your head. I think it helps to look at your #Pinterest style board either before or while you do this because it gives you a since of your own style.

Next I sat down with my mountain of patterns...

Because I plan to make my clothes I think this was one of the hardest parts for me.  As a seamstress I have found that most people have a hard time deciding what they want when they can have anything they can imagine. I am no exception. I pulled out summer patterns from my stash that kind of resembled what I saw in my head or were at least work appropriate, and sat at my desk at work and made decisions on which patterns would be what colors etc.


Now, I have a fabric hoard stash to pull from. However anything that I want but don't have, I'll either chose a substitute or scavenged the clearance fabric at the fabric stores. Stay tuned to see how this turns out. I think this is a good opportunity to stretch my sewing muscle while making ME happy...
Let me know if you'd like to see a detailed list with links to the patterns I chose. I do plan to go over each pattern as I make it.
Peace, Love and Hugs,
 Ana

Ruby's First Bath

Monster came back from her dad today!!! 

Oh, how I missed her so! 

She brought back a bubble gun, 

Bubble Gun

Which is really pretty cool. 

In the car on her way home she got tired and put her bubble gun in the bag with Ruby and her Fourth of July dress.

       I'm proud of her for putting her things together, but I wasn't happy when I noticed that the bubble solution got all over ruby and the dress.... 

Boooooo!

       It's okay though, Ruby needed a bath anyway. 

SO we gave her one. Her very first bath. Five months old.... not too bad huh, considering she's been EVERYWHERE!

We filled the sink with cool water and dunked Ruby in.

Monster giving Ruby a bath

While washing her hair with "real shampoo" Monster made a comment that Ruby is brown. I said, "Yes she's brown like you, but she gets darker when she's wet."

Ruby getting her hair washed

So now guess who gets to make a dark brown all the time boy doll to play along with Ruby? Yay me.

Monster washing Ruby's hair

Yay Ruby!

Ruby laying out to dry. In the nude. Modesty for photo purposes.

Now I can get back to doing my hair.

Awesome.

Blogging Guilt

I don't blog.
I should... but I don't.
I think about it at least once a day -  everyday,.....
But still. I don't.
I even thought about posting from my phone, or at least writing the text in a word document  (Microsoft office on my windows phone) and saving it to post later when I can add photos... But that didn't go so well. 
So today I decided I will be better. and today I will post on my blog. 
Ta da!! (^__^)!
I did it. 
Yay me!.

My next door neighbors-downstairs are moving...
I should not be as happy as I am right now, because they looked pretty sad about it. But I can't help it. We get to move into their AWESOME apartment! Did I mention how awesome it is! Its a little smaller than where we live now (upstairs apartments tend to be bigger where I live) but its waaayyy nicer. I detest carpet and we have it in every room except the kitchen and bathroom. Downstairs has laminate! Absolutely no carpet from what I remember. The one time we were in there I was so amaized by all the cool crap my neighbor had that I don't really remember much about the apartment itself except how awesome it is. ^_^. After we get the keys I'll be sure to take pics so you can share in my happiness. FYI this is the very first place that I have moved in to because I wanted to live there not because needed to move and it was available. Except the ridiculously fantastic townhome that I lived in, in Florida with one of my exes. Living with him was a full time job. Along with the fact that we needed to move and it was available- The place was still one for the record books. This new place I actually want to live in with Honey.

mark.

It came - it came- it finally came!!!!!

(Well actually it came last week. I've just been so distracted and ...I'm a procrastinator remember?)

But it's here!!!! YAAAYYYY!!!!!!!!!

I signed up to be a mark. cosmetics Independent Representative last week and my start up kit was at my door within 3 days. wow. that's fast.

So I was headed out for a walk. My original intention was to walk to Walgreens and get some ice cream. Honey wanted to go for a walk but not to get ice cream because he thought it was a fat idea so I was gonna go by myself. I walked down the stairs to my front door...(we live on the 2nd floor of a flat) opened it and what do you think I saw waiting for me??? huh, huh, give up ?....

THIS!!!!

I almost tripped over it.

I was soooo excited that I decided to take it with me and go to the park instead. On my way to the park I thought "Wouldn't it be nice to share my new pretties on my blog?" So I set out to find the perfect spot to open my box of treasures. I happened upon an interesting looking tree with a bunny skull under it.

Something you don't see everyday....

Ironically me doing something that I want to do -  not because I have to do -  is something you don't see everyday either so I figured that this was my tree. Jamming to a DIVA mix on my mp3 player with my head phones turned up loud. I set up shop & dove right in with the camera on my cell phone.

My beautiful new lifestyle in a box under the perfect tree

Wrapped up nicely just for me
Of course I keep a tape measure on my keys - doesn't eveybody?

 This is the cutest make up bag, and its HUGE

It has vinyl on the inside and the outside! Which I never would have thought I needed but now can't imagine being with out.

Here is all my sales rep goodies! mark. make up bag that you can get by clicking here

My guide to success- (if only it were that easy), My Trend Insider (so I can get the scoop on all the new products before they come out) and the Magalogs!!! (our catalogs are so hot they're more like magazines!)

and I got an extra goodie....

calm yourself

 Hydrating Mask

which you can get too by clicking here.

It works really good too. It left my face feeling smooth and soft and ...better than before I put it on - LOL!

Maybe I'll do a before and after someday.

The mark. Super Cosmetic Bag has a monogrammed zipper pull-cute right? 

And inside I found even more goodies!!

"I've got you my Pretties!!!!" (sinster cakle)

 

  And now ..... For your shopping pleasure.... I present to you DISCRIPTIONS - and links!!!!

 Snap To It Mini Custom Color Palette *

 I-Mark Custom Pick Eye Shadow - Biscotti *

 Glow Baby Glow Hook Up Lip Gloss - Pink Crush

Snap To It Mini Custom Color Palette *

I-Mark Custom Pick Eye Shadow - Tiki *

Scanda-Lash Hook Up Mascara - Blacklash

Glow Baby Glow Hook Up Lip Gloss - Pink Crush *

 Scanda-Lash Hook Up Mascara *

 Good Glowing Custom Pick Powder Blush - Sun Love Glow

Get A Tint Tinted Moisturizer Lotion SPF 15 

Go With The Pro Mini Brush Kit

Go With The Pro Mini Brush Kit

Go With The Pro Mini Brush Kit








More Pics to show off my photographing talent and how the products look and work together. I think the Custom Pick Make Up Pallettes are AWESOME!!! You can get them in 3 different sizes. Mini * Mezzo * and Mega . The Mini holds 2 eye shadows or one blush, the Mezzo Holds 4 eye shadows or 2 blushes or a combo of both and the Mega holds 8 eye shadows or 4 blushes or a combo of both. They are absolutly the last shadow/blush compact you'll ever buy! Never again will you have to deal with one broken eyeshadow drifting over all the other colors. or being forced to buy colors you don't want because they come trio'd with the one you do. You decide which colors go in it and when. You just pop 'em in and out of these magnetic compacts.









Busy Busy Juice Stand

It's been like forever, right?! So busy. Well, I took my Intro to Business Administration mid-term. I got a B 190points out of 200. Not bad for cramming. I don't like not taking the time to study properly, but I always have so much going on that cracking a book is the last thing on my to do list. I think I'm going to drop a class. Maybe my Financial Accounting - too much reading right now. ... What else.... Ummmmmmmmmmmm.... I've been sewing! Yaaaayyyyy!!!! not making what I should be, but it was so cute and I couldn't wait. It's a hoodie size 3T. I've been taking an obscene amount of pictures of it too..I make all kinds of stuff and always forget to take pictures of it. Then my friends end up bragging about how talented I am and I have no proof to back them up. I'll post them as soon as I figure out how. *smile* I call it the "Juice Stand Hoodie" becaise the fabric is covered in oranges and grapefruit with some flowers sprinkled around. It reminded me of a juice stand in the summer, the only thing missing was the lemon. I mean you can't have a juice stand with out lemonade right? So I made a lemon applique and put it on the front. My Honey thinks I should take off the lemon because it looks cheap. LOL!... so I can't wait to share it with someone who appreciates it. So cute I want to keep it for my Munchkin, but the munchkins gotta eat and I'd rather have the $50 I'm planning to sell it for. It's more than worth it . French seams, fully lined, top stitching, I even stitched the brand name into it. "Gingerfox Sakura", my dogs names of course. I should probably get that trademarked. Well until then this posting will be my poor man's copyright, time stamped and dated.

Movie Monday

So… today was good. I got something accomplished…. Not as much as I'd hoped. My Honey and the munchkin and I spent the morning watching movies. I finally got to see the Karate Kid with Will Smith's son- that was better than I expected. I admit that I cried. The Kid was cute and he reminds me of my son—always talking. I still haven't studied for my mid-term in my Introduction to Business Administration class. I haven't really read the book past chapter 1 all semester. Usually I end up skimming it for the answers to the quiz right before I take it or as I take it (it's an online class) …but this I can't fake. Gotta read and comprehend 10 Chapters in 48 hrs. piece of cake -right? We'll see. I did shampoo the carpet in the munchkin's room, and I started painting her new bed frame. It's almost ready to go in her room- almost. I forgot to take before pictures but I'll be sure to share after ones. K – Bye!!