Wardrobe renovations #1

If your closet is anything like mine, there is quit a few items that aren't worn. Not because I don't like them, but because I don't exactly like how they fit. Maybe I don't like the length of the dress, or the fit of the t-shirt, or maybe the zipper is broke, or there is a hole in jeans. It happens. Well, the exciting news is you could get a whole lot more wear out of those clothes if there were a few simple adjustments. That is what made me decide to be this blog series. Once a week I am going to try to post a "wardrobe renovation." It will be a basic how to to fix a few of these clothing frustrations :) Also, feel free to comment if you have specific wardrobe questions, either myself or one of your fellow readers will surely be able to answer!

So today, Replacing a Broken Zipper! 

I do a lot of alterations for people, it can be from altering a prom dress to sewing on a button. Today I am replacing a zipper in a pair of white pants. 

1.) First you need to take the old zipper out. Having a pair of seam rippers is a great tool for this project. You basically start at the top and start removing the seam. This will loosen the zipper so that you can get it out completely. 

2.) If yo have the appropiate length of zipper you can go ahead and sew that in. Just be sure that you know how the zipper was taken out so that you can back track your steps in putting the new zipper back in. Each pair of pants is slightly different on how the zipper is sewn in. 

3.) Make sure that all your seams are straight and that your zipper is secure and zips up and down freely. 

That's it! New Zipper, you saved the life of a pair of pants! 

Just been thinking.

So I haven't blogged since there was snow on the ground. It is time to share some thoughts. Today is 2 days prior to my fourth year selling handmade clothing at Cornerstone Music festival. One of the highlights of my year. This year, however, my feelings are a little mixed up. I am super excited for the week to come, but I have a lot waiting for me back home. Becoming a wife in less than a month. A new place to call my home that is getting quite pimped. And finding a big kid job. It is weird how I spent the past 4 years getting a college diploma and all I wanna do it sew all day in a cute little shop. You would think that with all this random advertising knowledge that I would have a desire to write a commercial or make a magazine ad or two, but really I just want to make more dresses and practice making a straight hem. However, I need to get a part time big kid job and bring home a little bacon.

I wonder if Vera Wang ever wore corporate suits before tights and dresses. Probably.

Jesus is my king. I am his Bride. He has the plans for me. I will follow Him.

"A man may plan his steps but the Lord determines his ways." -Proverbs 16:9

Todays thoughts...

Headaches and what causes them...
So happy it isn't this cold forever...
Pepsi tastes so good all of a sudden in life...
In 3 days my love will go to Haiti for 9...
How my thoughts contradict each other most of the time...

"As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts." -Isaiah 55:9

Creativity.

It's the best feeling ever. It's like when you get a good idea, or someone says something that strikes a thought in your head and you just can't get it out. It's like raaaaiiiiiinnnn on your wedddding day, it's a free riiiide... Ok not exactly like that but it is exciting. I love feeling like I can achieve something. It's such a hopeful feeling. Like feeling good at something. Like feeling like you might be kinda cool person in some weird way. Like if you trip over something and look around to see if anyone noticed and only your best friend saw and she winks and smiles and lets you know that you're still a really cool person. HA. Ya, that feeling happens to me occationally thanks to LilyWhite. designs This is one of my favorite gifts God gave me. Being able to sew with my best friend and make weird things that glorify my Jesus, and somehow through the grace of God people feel like buying it...It's such an incredibly humbling present that Jesus gave to Abbie and I. Thank you Jesus for appointing "the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things-and the things that are not- to nullify the things that are, that no one may boast before him." -1 Corinthians 1:27-29. I disqualify myself everyday from being able to do anything for Christ without feeling like a hypocrite. But praise Jesus that I can boast in the cross of Christ. That is Hope.


New Zipper wrist-lets. Created 1/21/10. Fun morning of creativity.

Backpack on, shoes tied tight.

The first day of school still has really weird feelings for me. Even though I have had lots and lots of them. This one was different though because, unless God changes things, this will be my last first day of school. I feel ready. All day I just kept thinking about coming home tonight after Psych of Personalities and makes a delicious supper. That means I am ready to do other things than school. And it means that I was starving because I didn't get a lunch break till 3ish. Retarded. In all of this thinking about the lasts of things makes me think about how restful it is to literally trust Jesus. Not just say it, but really do it. He holds our future in his hands. It's so silly to try to figure things out. If you would have told me my senior year of high school that I would not go to Columbia in Chicago and instead go to SIC then C'dale, what disappointment I would have felt. But Praise Jesus he holds my future and I don't! The past 4 years of my life, God and changed and molded me. Ultimately I have been exactly where I was supposed to be, and let it be know, I was completely and utterly satisfied. There is such contentment and joy in obedience. My life belongs to my living Redeemer, I am not my own.


My delicious supper:

1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup Italian Dressing

Pound chicken flat and marinate in that mixture for a while. Cook on George Forman grill.

Peel and dice potatoes, boil in water till soft. drain water and mash with 3 tbs butter. splash-o-la of milk, lil cheese, garlic, salt, and pepper.

Get your friend Sarah to buy you a crock pot for christmas. Put bacon grease, minced onion, lil chicken broth, and 2 cans of green beans in crock pot. Cook on high for a few hours.

Call your fiance, tell him to bring over a pepsi, and Lost season one, enjoy.

Saturday.

Today has been been a wonderfully non-typical Saturday full of sleeping in, cleaning out my fridge, sewing, cooking, and showering. Yes, i just mentioned showering. Only because it is the first one in 3 days. Gross? Not really. My bathroom is approximately 50 degrees Fahrenheit (Jared just google'd how to spell that for me. Don't be impressed) because I live in an amazing old brick building with two huge windows in the bathroom. Fantastic for spring, not so much for winter weather. So the point of all this brings us to this current moment. When I am sitting and blogging. My BFF suggested that I begin to blog, and I always say there is no time like the present so here I go. Click here for quite the musical delight. Alright, not at all but if you want a 15 year old boy to buy you a puppy, this is a great resource... :) Have a wonderfully relaxing Saturday. Next on my agenda, researching and gaining an opinion on Yoga.