I, Jessica, pledge...

that I shall abstain from the purchase of "new" manufactured items of clothing, for the period of 4 months. I pledge that I shall refashion, renovate, recycle preloved items for myself with my own hands in fabric, yarn or other medium for the term of my contract. I pledge that I will share the love and post a photo of my refashioned, renovated, recycled, crafted or created item of clothing on the Wardrobe Refashion blog, so that others may share the joy that my thriftiness brings!


This is gonna be FUN!

The Thrifty Garde Robe

The Thrifty Garde Robe: Hello Yellow

See me blog? LOL. I swear I think I wrote more there than I ever have here...

I'm really coming back into sewing lately... but I want to be doing USEFUL sewing... I made lots of dresses for K a few months ago, and some handbags, but now? It's on. I'm sewing for ME. I've also taken a pledge at Wardrobe Refashion... Details tomorrow... More sewy news tomorrow. And maybe some actual thoughts and feelings. Whoah.

Wow... It's been a while hasn't it?

Not much current news... I made my first YouTube video today ;P

Probably not that useful to most people, but for the audience I targeted, extremely helpful.




And of course, I'm very proud of it...

Food Diary

Okay. So everyone keeps telling me how small Kahlan is. The doctor always asks how much she's eating. The lady at the WIC office has straight up accused me of not feeding her enough. So I'm gonna start writing down how much the bottomless pit otherwise known as my daughter eats.

Saturday-
8 oz formula
3 handfuls Cheerios
4 oz of watered down apple juice
1 handful of "Puffs" (baby snacks, similar to Cheerios but softer)
Half a banana
2/3 of a grilled cheese sandwich
8 oz of watered down tea
2 handfuls Cheerios
1 bowl Gerber Graduates Chicken & Carrot Ravioli
10 french fries
about 1/8 cup baked beans
About 1/2 an ounce of cooked hamburger patty
1 handful puffs

Sunday Morning & Lunch-
8 oz formula
3 handfuls cheerios
2/3 of a large banana
3 oz formula mixed with 3 oz of whole milk
1 biscuit with about 1 tsp of gravy
2 oz of whole milk

Kahlan has an announcement...

Baby got her first tooth!

Bottom right. :D

That is all.

I return now to dealing with the fussiness this event has created...

What Muffin am I?

You Are a Blueberry Muffin

You are a nurturing, domestic, homey person. Of all the types, you are the most likely to make your own muffins at home. You don't like to rock the boat, and you're most content when you're making everyone else happy. You are very loyal. You'll defend your family and friends, even if you secretly disapprove of what they're doing. You tend to be a bit shy and withdrawn. You don't make friends quickly or easily. But once you do make a good friend, the chances are high that you'll be friends for life.

What Kind of Muffin Are You?

LOL... Fairly accurate there...

Working with some older photos...

2 pages, 12x12 each
used bits and pieces from several kits...

Red & Blue Papers, 3 Raffia wrapped frames, rick-rack, and ribbon from "Old Glory" freebie kit from Andrea at Here a Scrap There a Scrap

Star Overlay and 4th of July stamp from "Celebrating" freebie kit from Shabby Princess

Silver framed tag from the "Refresh" biggie freebie from Scrap Girls

Journaling bit from the "Father's Love" kit from Mandy Mystiques

Torn paper behind frames from enableem's portion of the the rakscraps.com Jan 09 Mega Kit

Frayed Fabric template from Gunhild's Friday Freebies

All Bundled Up

Hat, mittens, and sock from "Winter Sets Freebie" available at hereascrapthereascrap.blogspot.com



I started out with just the RAKScraps Jan Mega Kit... but the little winter warmers just wouldn't take no for an answer and so ended up in my layout ;P



I played with the text for a LONNNNG time to get it to look just right...

Per the usual, 12x12"...

More Scrapbooking

First, my 2nd 12x12 quick page for the rakscraps.com January mega pack.
Original is 12"x12", 300 dpi.

Then, a 4 pack of brag book sized pages...