Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Things Growing

Our whole yard is full of things ripening and growing. I'm sorry I've been so absent lately. Let me make it up to you by sharing some of the joy I see of growing things, just in our yard.










Monday, September 27, 2010

Getting Crafty

I know this blog is supposed to be about what I see and how I capture it on film, but this post is about what I saw and how I created it. Sorry to not stick with the theme.

I started out with a dress that had a top like this:
and a very full skirt. I knew I wouldn't wear it as this, so I cut off the skirt, fooled around with shirring and elastic thread and made this:



Then I took the top and messed around until I had a skirt for the Little One that looked like this:

She loves how flippy it is.

It was very satisfying, and a necessary addition to my wardrobe. Perhaps the bump reveals the reason I haven't been posting much lately.