accident :(

Sorry for the lack of posting this weekend, but on Saturday I was in a car accident. I wasn't driving, I was with a friend, and no one was seriously hurt, but I did have to get my spine x-rayed yesterday and I found out I have bruising all over my spine. I also have a scrape and bruise on my collar bone from the seat belt and a painful bruise on my knee. For the past couple days I have been in pain and trying to rest, so, needless to say, I haven't been very productive with any knitting or sewing projects this weekend. Anyway, just so this post isn't too much of a downer, I was having photos taken of me right before the accident, here are a couple of my favorites: (P.S., I'm wearing the shorts I made in the last couple photos!)

I hope to have more crafts to show in the next few days as I recover! Have a lovely day!

Mini Cherries Dress

My sister owns a cherry print dress by Collectif, I don't think they have it on the website, she got her dress from a store called Rocket Rebellion in our town. She wore it when we went to a family reunion and my aunt mentioned that she thought it would make a cute baby dress, her baby is about to turn one, so I got inspired to try to recreate a tiny baby version of the dress. Here's my sister in her dress:

And here's the baby dress:

I was really happy that I found this cherry print fabric because the cherries are really little, so it looks like not only the dress has shrunk to baby size, but also the fabric, and I think the dainty print will be more suitable for a baby than some of the larger prints I was looking at.

I think my aunt will be pretty happy, because this dress is going to be a total surprise! I haven't told her that I'm making it.

Have a lovely day!

High waist shorts

As promised, here are some photos of me wearing the linen high waist shorts that I made :)

They look cute with the cropped shirts that I have been buying.

I also got this shirt today that I think looks cute with it:

I'm glad I found this shirt, I was planning on making one, and I think it will go with my Audrey Hepburn pants when I make them.

I didn't use a pattern on these. I don't usually use patterns because I am imagining something specific in my head, and I can't normally find a pattern that's exactly what I want, so I just buy a little extra fabric for trial and error :) I do the same thing with knitting, if I use a pattern, I almost always modify it in some way. Are any of you the same way?

Have a lovely day!

Sewing storage boxes

Yesterday I bought some boxes to hold some of my sewing and knitting supplies, everything was getting a little spread out.

I love the map print, maps and globes as decorations are my favorite.

Anyway, not much to share today, just my little boxes, and I have collected a few more things for my giveaway, I will post about it soon!

Miss Indie

Miss Indie is having a super cute Hello Kitty giveaway on her blog!

How fun is it that it's Hello Kitty themed? There are lots of ways to enter, so make sure you get your entries in!

By the way, I have started collecting items for my first giveaway! I don't know when it's going to happen just yet, but it's going to be cute!

Paper bag shorts

I love the high waist shorts with a cropped shirt look, it looks so vintage and pretty, ever since I saw Sabrina, I wanted to look like this:

Or at least have that outfit :]

It just looks like summer to me

Unfortunately, not too many stores sell high-waisted shorts, and if they do, they're not as high as I would like, so I made my own! They are linen paper bag style shorts

I will take a picture wearing them, I promise, but by the time I was finished, it was too dark outside to take pictures. I didn't use a pattern because I couldn't find one, but they came out really cute and they fit great! I'm so excited to wear these all summer, they will go with anything!

My Garden!

I wanted to show you what I'm growing in my garden!

There are tomatoes, corn, carrots, peppers, zucchini, onions, parsley, basil, honeydew, and raspberries. I'm really excited, this is my first ever garden!

There are already 2 red cherry tomatoes and 2 green peppers growing!

There are also strawberries growing!

And I planted another few things the other day, so they haven't grown yet :]

The bigger one is rosemary, and the smaller ones are sunflowers, forget-me-nots, parsley, cucumber, and lemon basil.

I'm excited to have my own fresh ingredients for cooking!

Have any of you planted gardens this year?

Also, I have seen some bloggers replying to comments on their blog page, which I think is a good idea, because I always want to reply, but I don't know if the commenter will ever read them! So, to Julie, I had no idea hairpin lace could be so beautiful until I saw those links you posted! I really want to try out those gorgeous patterns! P.S., I love your blog and your knits are beautiful! Plus you're so darn cute! I think the same thing about Anna! Love your blog and knits too! Same with the cuteness :] Thanks for commenting on my new pattern! And yes, I love reading your sister's blog too! And it was kind of funny, she posted a comment here and said I should read your blog! It really is a small blog world!

I seriously love getting comments, thanks to everyone who takes the time to comment on my little blog!