all of the lights

I was so excited when I heard Kanye made a video for all the of the lights, but I must say I'm very meh on the actual video.



The song itself has about 11 different (big) artists on it and the video only feature Rihanna and Kid Cudi.  I mean, i love them both, but they are hardly the whole song. And the video itself, I mean, it's ok but I was expecting Kanye to go bigger.

Welp, still love the song.

e.

i made a bag!

whoot whoot! In sewing class last week we made a drawstring bag.





Isn't it pretty?  It's kinda small, would fit my chucks. But it's way too pretty to just hold shoes. I'll figure out something else cool to put in there.

This week in sewing class we're making a zippered pouch. I can't wait.

peace,
e.

adventures in fabric shopping

Our homework assignment for sewing class was to buy fabric for a skirt, a drawstring bag and a small zippered pouch.  In our manual, they listed 4 fabric shops, which was a godsent since there are approximately a zillion fabric stores in the city.

My friend, G, agreed to join me on this adventure for moral support - also because she likes crafting as much as I do.  We decided to start at PS Fabrics but were met with this:

#weak

Luckily for us, there another fabric store next door, so we started our adventure there.

i love the sewing studio

So today I had my first class at The Sewing Studio and I loved it.  This week I got my ass handed to me academically, so I was feeling pretty down, but then I went to class and everything was rosy again.

The space is soo cute.  Today we learned about the machine, notions and three different seams.  My classmates all seem dope and my instrutor was the best. I want to be friends with her in real life (I know, I need to calm down).

Their site is pretty amazing too.  They have a Style Lab where they post videos of easy to do projects and they even have a magazine.

So thanks Celeste and the Sewing Studio.

xoxo,
e.

*image via Gertie's blog

Everyone loves Kanye

...especially me.  Was pleasantly surprised to see this in my facebook feed.  It's the Portland Cello Project covering Kanye's All of Lights. #sweet



Enjoy,
e.

2011

New year, time to get back to it.

Pretty soon I'm going to officially open my Etsy Shop and I will finally begin to sell The Lemu (aka the Hey Boo t-shirt).

I must say, it's a lot more work than I anticipated actually opening the shop.  I'm spending a lot of time thinking about my policies and how much I could actually do during the week as this semester is academically handing my ass to my every day.  It is pretty painful.  Anyway, I'm excited about the shop and concerned about being a responsible and efficient shop owner.  My experience with the Cooper's Takeover tee's still haunts me (never again!).

Aside from that, it looks like we'll be bring SASSY back from the dead.  I've missed my little baby, but as you can tell from the huge gap in postings on this site and my other, I'm still having a lot of writer's anxiety.  I need to get over it quick.  I'm trying to determine the focus, looks like the writers are really into mental health, which I can dig.

This year I'm trying to do new craft each month and SASSY forces me to find at least 2 new meatless dishes a month.  This month's craft was/is the hey boo shirts.  As for food, last year I got a slow cooker and I still haven't used it once, so my goal is to find a few recipes that require it.  Any suggestions?

Welp, time to finish a shirt and then head to school.  I really wish it was a snow day.

peace,
e.

zomg i want!

So I was reading Design*Sponge and she featured some bags by BAGGU and I am totally in love.  I actually think this is a sewing project I can actually handle.  But these bags are too cute and affordable!

peace,
e.