The Envelope Clutch

After exploring around on Craftsy, looking around for some free sewing patters, I came across this!  A super cute Envelope Clutch pattern! So on this #sewsunday I decided to take a dive! (I wanted to do something a little more quick and easy today.) After you download and print the pattern and whatnot, you can catch the tutorial here! Easy directions and easy to follow!

Also, my first time finally doing a button hole! Definitely not as difficult as I have previously thought!

I hope you enjoy! If you make one, send me a like! Or tag me on instagram! I would love to see!

<3

The Out and About Dress

So I just HAD to make something! I'm all moved into the new apartment (for the most part) and I was dying for a new project.

I wanted to find a fairly easy dress pattern for knits because, lets face it, that is the BEST material to work with in my opinion. And the easiest. (I hate hate hate fabric that frays as soon as you cut it!)

I kind of did some clicking around until I came across this! The Out and About Dress! I think it's pretty cute! And not very difficult. You can also check out more of Sew Caroline's stuff here on her blog! She is pretty adorable! And she has a number of cute things! And some free patterns as well!

With this pattern, I made the smallest size and I decided to take in the sleeves a bit for a more snug fit, especially since I'm using knits and they are quite stretchy.

Photo cred: Photography Hill

I love this fabric! And I just recently purchased a twin needle which makes the hems so much easier and prettier!

The next time I made this dress, I may take in the bodice a little more just because I would prefer it to fit just a tad bit more snuggly and I'll lengthen it a little more as well. :)

Peanut seems to enjoy it too! 

Cheers!

Music Monday- Dance!

Hello! So I admit, yes, that I have been a wee bit behind. But good news! Music mondays are back and I'm just going to run with it. I'm sure someone will fall into this and enjoy it sooner or later!

This is more of a Dance theme! These songs make me wanna dance! And hey, maybe you too will join in on the dancing. It's a new day so why not smile and throw down some beats!

1. Taylor Swift - Shake It Off (you just HAVE to watch the video! click me)
2. James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
3. The Hush Sound - Honey
4. Thurston Harris & The Sharps - Little Bitty Pretty One
5. Melee - You Make My Dreams
6. Sugarcult - Bouncing Off The Walls
7. Beyonce - Single Ladies
8. Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight
9. Head Automatica - Beating Heart Baby
10. Relient K - High Of 75

So there you have it. Ten jams to start of this beautiful Monday and a great start to this new week!

It's a new day. Enjoy it. Love it. Smile at someone today. Tell someone you don't know that you like their shoes. Text someone you haven't talked to in awhile to have a great day. Be kind. One small act of kindness towards somebody could brighten their day or even change their lives. So let's get going!

Be sure to share with me some of your favorite dance beats and any acts of kindness you witnessed or given to someone!

Happy Music Monday!

Slack...

Oh my goodness! I feel like I have been just a complete slacker! So much is going on on the twitter world that I feel like I have just been missing out on! And all this blogger stuffs! Man oh man! 

Well I feel like I have a good excuse.

Moving.

It's such a pain! Well, moving wasn't really that bad. Just dealing with all the new apartment nonsense. So our new apt has been renovated. The cabinets looks GREAT! And a couple other things are great. Vaulted ceiling. Great. Love it. HOWEVER....the outlets. Usually a no big deal kind of thing, right? Wrong! Ugh. Oh so wrong! So they put these little covers over the outlets and yes, they do look nice. But they aren't functional! I'm pretty sure whoever installed them were a bunch of lazies because they weren't done correctly. Too much plastic and plugs just fall out. And do you know what that means?! I can't plug anything in! It just falls out! Even plugs with a ground don't work! So I'm pretty sure the complex was getting sick of me for a wee bit there. Because I kept calling. Especially since this should have been fix...let's see... before we moved in. Right?! Ugh. Frustrated. But supposedly that's going to be taken care of by the end of this week or I will be calling up a storm! Just like the one yesterday! 

See? It even flooded my practically backyard.

On a lighter note, heres what I've been up to. I reupholstered the chairs to the dining room table that the hubby and I acquired, painted this dresser thingy that I plan to turn into a cute little changing table whenever a little munchkin decides to come along, and I planted some flowers in my parents front yard! <3 (A little sad that I'm not in the same city so I can't see the progress of their growth) Oh and I saw my nephew not too terribly long ago. Got a cute snap of us too!

I also joint the #fireworkpeople mail swap! Super pumped but super intimidated! I feel like I'm still such a noob! Bleh! Everyone is so good at documenting and uplifting and being so awesome! I too have my own awesomenesses I'm sure, but still. Just saying. I officially should be getting internet in the new apt tomorrow (yippee! I'm hotspotting from my telly) Oh! But what I was saying. Mail swap. And then ANOTHER one should be starting up on friday! With Postmark society. I signed up for that one in like..January. So hopefully I wasn't lost in the wind.

But anyway. I'm doing my best! Just as you should be doing your best! Which doesn't mean it has to actually be super awesome or best like, but as long as you are trying and putting forth an effort, I say that is pretty darn great and you are doing mighty fine! :)

Anywho, here are some photos because I just love them. But my hubby said he's a little upset that he's hardly in any of them. (Peanut is probably in the lot of them) I will do my best to change this!

OH I almost forgot!! I got the COOLEST hair curling contraption. I'll have to tell you about it a wee bit later. :) But it's awesome. Really.

New York Overview!

So let me just say, New York was fabulous! However, living in a hotel room is not all that fabulous. I definitely won't miss that. Especially without a microwave (who would have known) and a fridge smaller than a microwave. What gives?! I guess that's the Big Apple for you!

New York is great, but I still wouldn't want to live there permanently, or no longer than a few years tops. And coming back to Arizona? Same thing goes... I don't want to be here for longer than a few years. It's just so.....brown! 

One of my favorite things about NYC is the ICE CREAM Trucks! Soft serve ice cream everywhere! So good. Especially with this cookie crumble sprinkles. I will definitely miss walking down the street and seeing that wonderful sight and enjoying an ice cream cone. But you must eat it before you get into the subway or else it will melt like CRAZY!

Also, Citi Bikes are pretty fun! For me, it sucked at first haha. So tiring! And there are only 3 gears. If you go up a hill, it's death! You can always put it in the lowest gear where the peddling is super easy but going up a hill, you go so slow! The third gear is the only one that actually feels like you are moving and making yourself go. Be sure to download the Citi Bike App! It's great because it tells you where the closest dock is, how many docks are open and how many bikes are available. Beware though! One you hit Central Park, there are no more docks! We found that out after we got to the northern part of Central Park...Won't make that mistake again! 

We went to the restaurant from Seinfeld (Tom's Restaurant) and the one from How I Met Your Mother (McGee's). Tom's was great! The prices were really good and the service was also good. However, it's cash only. McGee's was not as impressive. At least for our experience, the service was SO SLOW. And the food wasn't really good at all. I was highly not impressed. 

We were also pretty disappointed that Neel's apartment from White Collar was under some kind of construction or maintenance of some sort. The entire thing was pretty much boxed up! Lame.

Oh oh oh. NYC has fireflies! Best thing ever! Washington Sq Park probably had the best sightings of them. So cool! 

Anyway, here are some photos! 

Super reasonable sushi by Washington Sq Park

Grimaldi's! 

Yankee Stadium!

Citi Bikes!

Columbus Park...Full of Asians 

Creepy caterpillar crawled on me

Tom's Restaurant from Seinfeld! 

On an end note, I have the best hubby ever! Thank you for all the fun and adventures! <3