Vintage Sheet Swap

A few weeks ago, I found a neat quilt made out of vintage sheets on this blog. After I found a couple of sheets and pillow cases at Goodwill, Jen sent me a link she found to a vintage sheets swap hosted by blogger Gail. I was late on her deadline to enter, but she was kind to let me still join. I went this weekend to Savers and Goodwill, and found a few more sheets and pillow cases. I have seven different patterns I found and I was able to cut 22 fat quarters (18'' x 22'') to enter in the swap. After I mail them to Gail, I will get back 22 different sheets from other swappers. I better get them mailed out soon, her deadline is August 31!

Kory the Cover Model

Kory has secretly been moonlighting as a cover model, err... more like a model for a product my company sells, Remover Magic Graffiti Remover. A few months ago, his job site got tagged, so we donated some product and went to do a before and after photo shoot. Since then we have been using some of the photos in our marketing, such as on our website. Today as I work on the 2009 catalog, I have replaced an older photo of Denver's Graffiti Doctor with Kory's photo. Below is another shot.

Party Dress

Months ago, I decided it would be fun to make a dress for a wedding I was invited to happening in August. I used Simplicity pattern 3529 and periwinkle satin crepe from Joanns (on sale $2.99/yard). Well, it turned out to not be very fun to make. Cutting the pieces out was fine. Sewing the sides together was fine. But figuring out the directions for the yolk neck were difficult for me. They weren't specific enough and I couldn't figure out what they were trying to explain. Eventually I gave up on using them and figured out how to do it my own way. The bottom hem didn't turn out even, so I had Kory help me to shorten the back side. It did turn out decent and Kory didn't think anyone would notice I had made it. So much for Simplicity patterns being 'simple'.

Urban Farmer Website

www.urbanfarmerinc.com

I redesigned the website for Urban Farmer, a landscape company where Nicole and Chris work. Big improvement, it looks really good! Wish I had a before to show, but we put the new site up over it. I built the new website using Dreamweaver and even added parts that were created in Flash.