A way to chop chocolate

I was making some ice cream the other night, and I asked my brother to

chop the chocolate for me.  This is how he did it...

If you need Chef Danchociellate Stouchopper in your kitchen chopping chocolate, leave a comment :)

Too Cute

 

I quickly grabbed the camera after seeing this and took it through the glass door. 

Ideas anyone?

I bought some more fabric, but I'm not sure what to make with it.  I have two yards.

Any ideas?

Sewing and making jewlery

I'm working on a dress again!

I'll post pictures of it finished later.

I've also been making earrings!

This is my favorite pair so far. 

This pair too.

I've been trying to come up with a way to hang them, and this is what I came up with.

~Caroline

A cat and dog

Our cat and dog love each other...

~Caroline

These past few weeks we've been really busy!  I was able to sew this dress about a week ago, and Camille finally transferred the pictures onto the computer! 

 I still have not hemmed it, which I'm not looking forward to doing.

 

 Yeah, the bottom is ugly. I still have to work on that. 

~Caroline

A few days ago I made this.

I'm not sure what to call it. A tunic?  That's what some of my friends call it.  I pinched the side seams and there is a zipper in the back.  I cut it just like a bodice piece only longer and wider.  Easiest thing I've ever done!

~Caroline

What we did today!

We had a surprise party for Emma today and here are some pictures.  We have a lot of tiger lily's in our front yard so I picked a lot!

I had fun playing around with the place cards! 

That's just a some of our tiger lily's.  

We had a fun time.

~Caroline

My latest project

Today I had a little polka dot fabric left so I made this!

It's still not finished.  I plan to add black ribbon all 

along the hem and the sleeves have not been hemmed yet.

Hopefully pictures later when it's finished.

~Caroline

Another summer skirt

I went with a friend to a fabric store that we discovered close by and I found 

some adorable fabric.  So, I made a summer skirt with a ruffle on the bottom.  

I only had a few inches of fabric left! 

My friend also made a beautiful skirt. 

~Caroline

Latest project

I had some free time with a friend and decided to try a ruffle on the bottom of a skirt.  It was not as hard as I thought it would be.                                                                                   

                                 

 

                                                                     

~Caroline

A pretty pink polka dot skirt!

I have finally found a use for the polka dot fabric!  The comments really helped.

I had plenty of fabric, so I made two!  One for me, and one for a friend.

I traced it out of another skirt I had.

I did a little lining for the waist.  And I put in my first zipper ever!!

I'm so thankful for a new skirt! 

~Caroline

Sewing

I've been doing a lot of sewing lately.  A lot.  I have made two skirts, fixed/re-made a bathing suit, finished an apron, and started on a dress in the last few days.  I've been playing around with some scraps too.   I'm sooooooo thankful for sewing machines!  I was thinking the other day that it would be so hard to sew a lot without a sewing machine. 

I did make a dress for the recital with help from Kaliste.

I candled flowers and put them all around the hem of the dress.  Yeah, it took a while.  It was really fun though!

~Caroline

The Recital

Here are some pictures of the recital we had last Friday.

Their was eight piano students, and one voice student.

 

















She has an amazing voice!

Best friends! 

Daniel passed out roses:)

We had a great recital, and I'm looking forward to our next one!

~Caroline

This is it!

This is the fabric I've been talking about.

Any ideas of what I could do with it?  I have three yards.  I'm still not sure what to do, but I've been looking at different patterns/pictures.

~Caroline

A new addition to my closet!

I made a skirt a few days ago out of scraps that I had everywhere. 

I love doing stuff like this, and it only took me about 2 hours.

I took a long strip of blue fabric about 5 in. long and zigzagged all around it, then I folded it over once and ran a basting stitch in the center of the strip. 

I am already planning my next one!

~Caroline

Blog

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Camille's Dress

Yes, I made another dress.  Camille and I had a photo shoot the other day.

Olivia helped me sew this dress. 

This is a Sense and Sensibility pattern. 

She is going to wear this dress for a recital we are having in a few weeks.  Hopefully we'll have pictures for that too!

~Caroline

A Concert

We went to a concert a few weeks ago.  It was a soprano singer.

She was amazing.

We had a flat tire before the concert, and some friends came to help us after the concert.  It was cold.

We got front row seats!

We had a wonderful time!

~Caroline

Another Dress!

A friend and I made two dresses.  Unfortunately, we only have pictures of one of them. 

The sash was a little tricky. We had to decide if we wanted to have it as a shawl or a sash.

The sleeves were my favorite part!

We really enjoyed sewing this dress.  We made this dress for one of my friends birthday party.  The other dress was the same style, only the colors were purple, pink, black with pink flowers, and white.   

~Caroline

Oh, and here are the rest of my dad's birthday pictures. 

Okay, so he didn't turn 50 or 500. 500 is just because that's the only candles we had. 

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!  We had one of dad's favorite desserts, which is carrot cake.  

I cannot believe spring is almost here!  We have plowed our garden twice, and are getting our seeds soon.  We were supposed to order our seeds a few weeks ago, but it's been a really busy month. 

~Caroline