If you aren't new here, then you know that one of my most favorite trips every year happens in October....a get-away up to Northern Wisconsin with my knitting friends (the KNITCH). We travel to the tall pines and lock ourselves into a big barn for a long weekend to knit, drink wine, eat, knit, drink more wine and eat some more. It's where memories have been made, wounds have been healed, life has been relaxed and restored ANDDDD where our yarn and knitting creativity flow endlessly!!!!!! So, ... continue reading...
A bouquet of newly sharpened pencils costume (and how much I love “You’ve Got Mail”)
"What will NY152 say today I wonder. I turn on my computer. I wait impatiently as it connects. I go online, and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words: You've got mail. I hear nothing. Not even a sound on the streets of New York, just the beating of my own heart. I have mail. From you."BEST . MOVIE . EVER! So, naturalllllly just *HAD* to make a "You've Got Mail" inspired costume for this month's installment of my 2019 costume project........can you tell what it issss???? ... continue reading...
A DIY picnic table costume + an homage to my creative Mom!
This month is an homage to a costume that my Mom had made when I was in high school. I was trying out for the varsity hockey team my Freshman year and didn’t have my license to drive myself yet. So, my Mom came to pick me up on the last day of try-outs, which happened to be Halloween. I came out of the ice rink, sweaty and tired only to look up and see MY MOM walking towards me wearing a picnic-table costume complete with a can of sprite and blue plastic cup hot glued to a hat! Um. ... continue reading...
How to make an easy bomb pop popsicle costume!
What is more 4th of July than a red, white and blue bomb pop popsicle?!?!? It celebrates everything that is summer with its ice cold deliciousness and its bright and happy colors, right?!?! :) ANNNND what is more fun then dressing up as a bomb pop for your back-yard BBQ or 4th of July parade, eh?!?! :) THIIIIIS bomb pop costume is the July installment of my 2019 costume challenge!!!! :) And I promise that this bomb pop costume is so easy to make (like SOOOOOO easy, only taking me a few hours ... continue reading...
Moroccan rug costume + my love for Disney’s Aladdin as a kid!
When I was little, I LOOOOOOVE LOVE LOVED the movie Aladdin (the songs, the colors, the locations, alllll the things)! And I remember so clearly playing Aladdin on the playground with my friends. Many of the girls would argue about who's turn it was to play Jasmine while I just smiled knowing that I nobody would fight me for the role of the carpet. I love it's personality, kindness and sense of humor (the way he lifted his tassels all the time as if to shrug his shoulders!). So, this month's ... continue reading...
