Red, White and Blue!

Yep that's right! The fourth of July, the celebration of our country's independence- the big bang fire work day is just around the corner! So for this "We-flecting" Wednesday I thought I would share in a little fun with some white and some blue, and then a little more recent venture that I am actually currently working on for the up coming big day!

I made this skirt and tie for our wedding. We wore our little matching polka dot attire for while we were at our luncheon so we wouldn't spill food or anything of the likes on our lovely wedding dress and tux. But It has the fun patriotic colors in it that could be great fun to wear for the big day (although we wont this year).

 This skirt is pretty simple to make, I simply cut out 6 panels, they start out smaller at top and get larger on the bottom and I basically just cut out enough to fit around my hips. I honestly can't remember how much material it took me to make this, and if you can't tell I had to tweak it a little anyway cuz I didn't have enough of one so I used two variations of polka dots and staggered it. I would recommend doing a zipper on the side, but I was lazy and didn't on this one, so it is a little snug and tricky to slide into over my big rump. If you want more details on how to make a skirt like this let me know and I would be glad to help and sorry for not showing it off more stylishly- if you haven't noticed I have been a lazy photographer lately- sorry! :)

 Here is my husband's lovely tie (and my toes, but don't mind them), I made him to match me. I made it the same sort of way as I made the tie for my lovely husband for his father's day present which you could read about HERE. I love to be matchy matchy, especially for special occasions- it makes me feel all giddy and happy inside.

So there is this lovely polka dot funness- and because of their blue and white nature I suppose they could always be back up matchy matchy for future patriotic holidays and then all we would have to do is throw in some red to our attire and we are set!

But since I am trying to get a little ahead on my game for our matchy matchy this year, this is what I got going up my sleeve and you are more than welcome to copy if you want to as well.

I got my little girl a regular white onesie, I am using one of my husband's old regular white t-shirts, and then I am making a little white tank top shirt to wear over another shirt, and on all of them I am gonna to paint matchy matchy "I love USA" on it. So far I have finished my little girl's and this is how it turned out.

I use this picture (I got it HERE from a google search):

as my basic format. I opened it in a word document and sized it to the dimensions I wanted them to be on our shirts. I sized it to a good 5x4.5inches and it turned out quit nicely. Then I printed it. Then I tapped the lovely freezer paper over the top of it and etched out the design as kinda seen below.

 From the brilliant idea of a good friend Lindsey, I etched out the design with the waxier side down, so that when I was ready to paint, all I had to do was iron it on to ensure a nice bleed free paint job

 I wanted to spice it up a little, so I made the heart a flag instead of just a regular red heart, now to wait for it to dry...

 And wall-ah! Here is my little girl's shirt. I am still debating how ambitious I feel, but I might make her a cute jean and red and white polka dot skirt to go with it, or I just might be lazy and use her regular jean skirt that she already has, either way I will put up pictures of our all fun matchy matchy next week after the festivities (probably on Tues though, cuz Monday I am gonna play with my family and friends ALL day!)

On other patriotic festive thoughts, I am also debating on a fun red, white, and blue sort of treat I want to make, here is what I am down to in my decission process:

 Doesn't this just look so yummy? And I love the fruit idea on top, maybe we'll make this, but still not sure.

 We made this cake about a year ago, it is a Jello Cake (idea also from the same Lindsey), it is so yummy (that is if you are the kind of person that really likes super moist kind of cakes), all you do is bake the cakes like normal, when it is done, preferably more cooled off, stab it with a bunch of holes with a tooth pick, then on the side make up your jello and pour it into the holes soaking up the entire cake. Then put it in the fridge and let is set up inside the cake. It is simply a most marvelous flavor- also another delema if we should make this cake again (but decorate it more festive like though).

Or these jello cups look fun and festive too (although I probably wont go to all the extra work to make them look this fancy).

Or we might cancel these all together and make some peach cobbler (even though its not red, white and blue) with homemade ice cream (we are getting 25 lbs of peaches this Saturday, so it would be a great way to use some of them up!)

Either way I hope it gives you some ideas for this lovely holiday coming up if you are in need of ideas, and I will be wracking my brain (or more like my cravings) and see what we come up with. And I will most likely share some pictures of all the happenings.

Anyway, that's all for today on this We-flecting Wednesday. I hope you have fun preparing for the fun holiday coming up, and I would love to hear about all your plans or even fun traditions you do- this is such a great fun time of the year!

Thanks for stopping by and until next time!. . . . .

Dresses Part II

I love summer time! And when I say I love summer time, I mean I love the warmth (not too warm though, I love me a good 50-70 degree day), love the grass everywhere, the green trees, the blossoming flowers, the soft warm breezes, the sounds of little children playing in the park, nice casual strolls down the streets, I love all the goods that come with this beautiful time of the year.

Well, one thing that always comes to my mind with summer is fun summery dresses! I love dresses, especially happy flowery ones (in fact I have been caught wearing them in the winter too, flowers are such a fun happy thing that should be worn all year!) So long story short- on this WE-flecting Wednesday, here are some dresses that I made in my past years, and who knows maybe if I squeeze it into my schedule I just might make myself and my little girl some more dresses this summer! Anyway, hope you enjoy...

 The top of this outfit my sister and I made to go with my senior prom dress and it worked nicely with this bought in Mexico (oh how I miss you Mexico) skirt for my senior pictures (this lovely professional picture was also taken by the same sister that helped me make the shirt).

 Another sister helped me make this dress, I love this dress and I can't wait to get to wear it again soon (dresses don't go well with nursing my little girl- not that you needed those details :) Sorry it isn't the best view, but the picture below kinda gives you another angle look at it

 Here is the back of the above dress. Yes, I am being lazy and using old pictures instead of just pulling these lovely things out of my closet and just taking better pictures- sorry, but hope you can still enjoy! :)

 Remember me sharing this picture back in venture #25 about my second hair cut? Well I also made the dress in the picture for a bridesmaid dress for a good friend of mines wedding. To give a better look at it, I have another picture below of the full shot...

 Again, apologies for being lazy and having weird pictures, if it is too disturbing, just try to enjoy the dress :) And FYI, I wasn't getting arrested or even being pulled over, the friendly cop helped us change our flat tire- I promise!

 See! Happy flowery dresses- doesn't it just make you happy and want to be outside and enjoy the warmth? Well that is actually exactly what I was doing in this picture- enjoying a nice (random) lovely walk with my roommates at the time.

 Here is the same dress as above but worn differently, instead of an undershirt like above, in this one I wore an over jacket thing (I have no idea what they are called, but I am sure they have some kind of fancy name). See, even more flowery happiness, it just made us fall more in love (FYI, my husband wasn't REALLY proposing in this picture, we were just playing for the camera!)

 This dress is an all time classic domestic venture sort of dress. The shiny dress underneath is the lovely dress my mother made me- recognize it from my mentionings of it back in Venture #19 about clothes my Mother made me? Well it is the one I wore for my sister's wedding and also the same dress I wore to a dance with my husband while being super preggo. Well I also spiffed it up here for another dance (but back in the single days) The top part was a sheet I got from a thrift store, and the lace was from a curtain I got there as well. The elastic around my elbows and waist is from the fitted corners of the sheet- I was very excited about this little creation- what do you think?

 See- more flowery happiness- this actually was taken shortly after my husband REALLY proposed to me- flowers and marriage thoughts must go well for me!

 I know I have already mentioned my wedding dress back in Venture #13 in introducing my little girls blessing dress, but I just had to mention it again. After all that hard work I couldn't help but show it off a little more. You only get one chance to wear the fancy thing (well I guess sometimes its more than one chance), but you can have a million opportunities to show it off through pictures, so there- here's my wedding dress again!

 And isn't he such a stud muffin? Not that I want you looking at my hubby cuz he's all mine!

 And last but not least, I know this doesn't entirely have a ton to go along with this post, but remember when I shared this skirt that I made for my mother back in Venture #19, well in looking through my pictures I actually found one where she was actually wearing it for her last birthday on this earth:

Isn't she so beautiful (sorry it is blurry)? That was such a nice day- and yeah for more flowery happinesses. Flowers always make things feel and be a little happier!

Well anyway, that's that for these dresses of my past makings, hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a wonderful day and ....

Until next time.....

Dresses

This is a little bit of old and little bit of new. My little girl is going to be blessed this Sunday so I made her a cute little dress for it. I conveniently had left over material from when I made my wedding dress- so I didn't have to spend a penny on this little project (at least not recently, I did have to pay the initial cost of the material for my wedding dress though :). So I thought I would share in my little fun of her dress, and why not share a little of my wedding dress I made too.

How do you like them apples!?:.....

She was NOT HAPPY with me when I was making sure it would fit her

I also made a flower head band with flower I pulled out of my bouquet- so we can be matchy-matchy

And for fun I will share some pics of my wedding dress. I love that I was able to make my wedding dress. Total I spent about $150 on a dress that might have been $600+ if I bought it already made. And it was also a nice treat to have left over material for Addie's dress, plus I still have more for future children. And I love saving money- it makes me happy! :) And I love being able to create, it is such a fulfilling task! Anyway, here is my dress too:

And of course I had to wear rain boots with my dress, it was a nice little touch I wanted to add :)

Anyway- thanks for stopping by!

P.s. I added a new tab on my the top of my blog titled "Your Ventures" - if you ever have anything you'd like me to share about your ventures, send me your fun my way and I will of course give you the credit on it!

Till next time!....