hello spring break!

due to my lack of plans this evening, i have a very fancy cat.

and many concerns for my future life hahaha.

but seriously, how cute is he?!
(even with his bow tie all twisted and his collar peeking out.)

while i'm on a roll here, this is how i found my little kitten when i came into my room this morning:

she managed to get herself stuck up there. silly cat.

a new record!

i may have to put this is my personal top 3 fastest projects ever completed. 

in an effort to avoid doing laundry, i made this:

a fully lined circle skirt in 45 minutes? yes please :) 

humblebrag

so my high school's yearbook is running features on selected students this year, where each get to 'tell their story'. i'm not entirely sure what made me so interesting, but they picked me! now i have a two page spread: the left is a personal essay in my handwriting, and the right a photo. it was really, really weird having to write about myself knowing it will be read by the majority of my school. and the photo was the hardest part of all! the yearbook teacher suggested that i take a picture in my room or working on a project, so i popped my camera up on my tripod and took this: 

they loved it, and i was soo relieved :) i just figured i would share it here since i'd rather leave it a surprise to my friends for when the yearbook comes out!

fine dining.

ah, the mcbanquet. 

something we've discussed many times at my youth group, and today we were finally able to partake! here's the gist of it: enter a fast food place in fancy attire, bringing with you place settings. glass plates, wine glasses, cloth napkins, tablecloths, and silverware are set up on the tables as if that's completely expected. there are a few rules as well- no eating with your hands, and no original food containers on the table.  

it really put a smile on the employee's faces :)
unfortunately, a family that was there didn't find us quite so amusing.
to quote the mother: "this...is freaking. weird."

on the bright side, we had a great time! of course we had to take some 'prom pics' at the end of the meal...

and photobomb other people's..

we're hoping to do this again soon, but with a hostess seating everyone who enters the establisment (i volunteered for that :P) and waiters taking orders (from fancy menus..le big mac, anyone?) and serving the tables. that will certainly get a reaction, and hopefully some smiles from strangers who find themselves caught in it :)

a series of unfortunate events

i'm rather confused about what the weather was thinking in the past week. 

the snowpocalypse completely annihilated my town and nearly everyone was without power

...which was mostly unfortunate because i waited until 2 days before halloween to do costumes.

no power = no sewing

did i learn my lesson?
nope.
i'm still banking on the fact that last year's costume was made the night of and came out decently

as for this year? halloween was pretty much cancelled. 

however, i'm still finishing up the costumes and hoping to show you soon!

in the meantime, here is the ridiculous(ly disappointing) last minute costumes matt & i donned at a party:

andy warhol and ladyfriend? ...yeah i'm not sure either :P

the cat's outta the bag

so that crazy dress i wanted to show you? the reason i was making it has been put on hold. hence, i don't find myself liable to keep the dress a secret anymore. plus the fact that it's difficult to sit in the same room as this thing without wanting to show someone

it's far from finished (clearly, there's not even a zipper or anything haha)

but here's the progress i've made so far after a solid 2 days of working on it and about 24 yards of fabric.

...i also think i've lost my mind.

granny chic?

the things i make while i'm procrastinating making other things are always of a questionable nature.

enter: the pillowcase dress.

unfortunately, it actually just looks like i'm wearing a pillowcase. good thing i wasn't planning on leaving the house in it anyway :P

on a different note, i have something seriously awesome that will be finished tomorrow!
i want to post a progress shot, but i've been sworn to secrecy.
apologies to my huge number of followers.. (read: one.)