October 2019

{A Homemade Halloween, Part Two: Awkward Family Photo}

October 30, 2019 by kelerr

Note: This is a repost from 2016, and it’s the last one before this year’s Halloween post! As usual, the wheels for this year’s work Halloween costume started turning just as soon as we retired last year’s most creative winning design. After the infamous Barbie & Ken costume of 2011, I have a reputation and a standard to uphold. In the five years since, I have won Most Creative three times. Twice I didn’t win because our Halloween was cancelled […]

Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween

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{Things I Don’t Like to Sew (Yet?)}

October 25, 2019 by kelerr

It certainly doesn’t need to be said, especially here, that I love to sew. It’s become second nature to me at this point and I love making my own clothes more than I ever loved buying them. Sewing bring me so much joy and pride in what I can accomplish and it is the greatest stress reliever there is! However, all of that doesn’t mean that I don’t still shop. The thing is, I don’t love to sew everything. Yet. […]

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{A Homemade Halloween, Part One: Rosie the Riveter}

October 22, 2019 by kelerr

NOTE: This is the next post in a series of reposts about my various homemade Halloween costumes. This one was originally posted back in 2016, and was for a Halloween party. This will be the first of the two posts from that year. I had the pleasure of making not one but two awesome homemade Halloween costumes this year. The first was my costume for a Halloween party my cousin was throwing. As soon as I heard about it I […]

Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween

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{Out and About: The Book of Mormon}

October 18, 2019 by kelerr

This one is going to be short and sweet. As per usual, I am in a whirlwind of busy, crazy exhausted trying to get the musical together as well as an entertaining Halloween costume, and then there’s the added bonus of my sister’s new baby being due any minute now and I found myself with no Friday post for this week. So I put together a little something about my latest Broadway excursion. Last weekend, I have the chance to […]

Categories: Out and About, Theater, Watching

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{A Homemade Halloween: Clue (Workplace Edition)}

October 15, 2019 by kelerr

NOTE: This is a repost from 2015, so keep that in mind while you are reading as I didn’t make any changes to the original content and may make reference to various things that are out of date. I am continuing my series of reposting various old handmade Halloween costumes until this year’s Halloween costume makes it’s debut. It’s that time of year again, and planning has been underway since August. This year’s costume plan had some small twists and […]

Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween, Me Made

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{Latest Make: The Sew Over It Lizzie Skirt}

October 11, 2019 by kelerr

As I mentioned last week, I haven’t been doing a ton of personal sewing lately. However, I was recently able to finish my first Sew Over It Lizzie Skirt and its love at first wear! I have no idea why I don’t make more skirts! This was so easy, especially since I didn’t even need to hem it. I found the fabric on sale at Joann Fabrics over the summer and knew right away what it wanted to do with […]

Categories: Creating, Fashion, Me Made, Sewing

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{A Homemade Halloween: Villain and Damsel}

October 8, 2019 by kelerr

NOTE: This is a repost from 2013, so keep that in mind while you are reading as I didn’t make any changes to the original content and may make reference to various things that are out of date. I am continuing my series of reposting various old handmade Halloween costumes until this year’s Halloween costume makes it’s debut. This SHOULD have been the third year in a row that my friend Steve and I created one of our now infamous […]

Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween, Me Made

{My Makes for September}

October 4, 2019 by kelerr

I cannot believe I am about to say this but… I have NO makes for September. Seriously. Not one… except for a fail. I finished up a Sew Over It Florence Dress, and I just don’t like it. It’s not a total fail by any means. There were no construction issues and it seems to fit fine, but there’s something about it that just doesn’t suit me. I think it’s the waistband it just a tad too high and I […]

Categories: Costumes, Creating, Sewing

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{What I Read: September 2019}

October 1, 2019 by kelerr

I knew going into September that it wasn’t going to be a big reading month. There’s so much going on in my life at the moment that I was honestly surprised that I managed to eke out two books in the end! First up was The Paris Seamstress, by Natasha Lester. I bought this book back in mid-summer and somehow managed to leave it in the trunk of my car for about five weeks before actually reading it. I initially […]

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Monthly Archives: October 2019

{A Homemade Halloween, Part Two: Awkward Family Photo}

{Things I Don’t Like to Sew (Yet?)}

{A Homemade Halloween, Part One: Rosie the Riveter}

{Out and About: The Book of Mormon}

{A Homemade Halloween: Clue (Workplace Edition)}

{Latest Make: The Sew Over It Lizzie Skirt}

{A Homemade Halloween: Villain and Damsel}

{My Makes for September}

{What I Read: September 2019}