love actully.

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaking suspicion...

love actually is all around."

"we’re called partners, because it’s not just a job, it’s our passion." -starbucks

So lately i've been in the crafty mood. For my birthday in oct. i got a adjustable dress form which is simply amazing! it makes fitting and sewing tops super easy! So my first project was this dress. Usually i end up never wearing the things i make because i see all that is imperfect with it but i actually wear this all the time. this isn't the finished product, i don't have a camera at the moment so its kinda hard to get pictures of everything.

So i always just look at the patterns at the thrift store but they are usually crazy patterns from the 80's and 90's but the other day when i was there they had some awesome patterns that are all mostly from late 60's. And at only 10cents a pattern i couldn't pass any of them up!

Then this last saturday was the civil war ball and so i made myself a new top for my dress. the last one was a last min rush so i wasn't really a fan of it so somehow i made a new top without a pattern (thanks to my dress form!) and it turned out pretty good, not perfect, but way better then the last one.

In other news did you guys know starbucks came out with a new mission statement. It is amazing i think. the last one was just blah but this one just sounds so starbuckish : )

To inspire and nurture the human spirit— one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time.

onward.