AngelOneDesigns

Well, it was a busy weekend in our design room.
This was the horribly wrong



The absolute perfection



The happy little princess (2)



(The dress wasn't quite finished yet here, we added some pretty flowers.)

And the first attempt



It fits me, except the sleeves are a little tight. Guess I will have to wait for the diet to start really licking in before I can wear it around. It's the first shirt I've ever made, so I'm proud. I will have to get a little better before I can sell them.

I got a new pattern and traced it in two sizes and got the shirt pattern traced in my size, and kid size 10 and toddler size 4, so they will be easy to make. I also got one more skate dress pattern traced. I have four dresses in my head I hope to get made this week. Fingers crossed, but it's actually another busy week, so I will have to burn the midnight oil if I am going to make it happen..

I know I hadn't blogged in a while, just wanted to let you know it wasn't because I forgot how:-)

I wish that were literal. I'm dieting, and it's really difficult, but I know eventually I will see some real progress and it will all be worth it!

Lexi and I made a duct tape dress dummy of her to make my figure skate dress making easier. It is a process of wrapping my daughter up in skin tight duct tape (don't call child services please ha ha) then cutting it off. She was wearing old clothes underneath so it wasn't on her skin. After we cut it off we covered the holes with cardboard and filled with batting and kitty litter. I got the idea from Threads magazine. If you sew, you should get it, it's awsome.




So, that was the result. Next time I am putting a hanger in it:-)

I am making a few dresses right now, but this one is getting close to done



It's on the dummy, yea! The trim is pinned here, but I got the top trip sewn on last night, and I am going to glue the rest I think. I have a very pretty sparkly sea green cut out of the same pattern, but need the thread to sew. We are headed back to Hancock right now (they also have a ton of trims for 80% off)

Have a great weekend!

Well, she had the Winter Games yesterday, and she was skating two events.

She rocked her first event, the artistic, skating to Jewel's "Satisfied". There was a glitch in the music, and she lost her composure at the end. I think that was what cost her the medal. Still she was perfectly Satisfied with her 5th place, and they gave them all medals, which was cool.

We returned from dinner and she was stoked and ready for her next event the freestyle. She looked tired to me in her warm up, and she fell down. She was motioning to her coach that she hurt her knee. She was fourth of five to go out, and her piece was solid, and fluid. She was very beautiful, and we all felt like it was a solid first place performance.

She placed second, and was so happy to have finally placed above third in something lol. Now she wants to frame her dress, medal, program and picture so she can auction it off when she goes to the Olympics as her first Figure Skating Medal.

I'm so proud of her. She made the decision to commit to figure skating and she has worked so hard. She never complains skating hour after hour. She worked so hard for that moment, but instead of gloating, she took time to console another skater who struggled with her first event, and congratulated the other skaters she knew who won.

I think I'm raising a pretty amazing human.

Sorry it's been so long since I posted, but I have been CRAZY busy, or maybe just crazy. Take it or leave it, this is who I am.

So I haven't been creating really, just got through the holidays, and I made SO MUCH for Christmas gifts this year. It was fun though, and I think most gifts were loved madly...

I have been making bath salts, and they smell AMAZING, but my printer is not working, so I haven't been able to print lables and get them listed. sigh.

I am ALMOST finished with the Ice Princesses competition dress for her artistic. She is skating to Jewel's "Satisfied".

Here is the dress. I still have some sewing to do, and about 300 rhinestones to glue.

Just letting you all know we are still here, and still creating!