Two and a half months later here I am finally shaping up and writing a blog that is long over do. I am not sure how many really pay attention to my blog but to those of you who do, I am sincerely sorry I have dropped the ball. As I hope to shape up here and get some promised things posted, I also plan on shaping up in many different areas of my life. Because there are several things this will be a long one.


First, I promised to post pictures when I have created new things and I really want to do everytime I make something new. New problem is my camera has decided to go on the fritz and not to mention just Carson to take the pictures so doing a photo shoot is a little out of his patience zone. Once my friend Jennifer is back in the area I am sure I will have help in that area to make the pictures actually interesting, attractive and cool. So here is some of the stuff I have.  

Diaper bag for Cami: 


My Supervisor at my job at school was(did actually now) having her first baby. 


So I decided to make her a diaper bag, that didnt really look like those juvenile print padded bags. It is a faux leather and was hard to work with. 


I will make this pattern again (my own I made) but probably not out of this fabric, maybe just a heavy cotton or something that doesnt stretch  and I can iron :)

 I also made a poopy clutch and changing pad.  

Blue Ruffle Shirt:

 I saw a shirt on a website and really liked it but didnt want to spend $50 stinking dollars on it so I tried to recreate it. I Think that it does look similar, although I made mistakes and if I ever do that pattern again will know what not to do and what to do. (its not a great picture)

Loose Neutral Top: (My names arent very creative)

I really like this shirt, and was my first time using my new serger. I thought it turned out all right, but once I decided to add the ribbon for accessory, I love it. 

Sweatshirt Fleece Jacket:

This is my favorite that I did, I finished it about mid February when It was still cold so I needed something. I got the frog closures on laceheaven.com for a really good price. They actually are nothing like the picture of the ones I ordered but I like them better.

Tiled Poem and Picture:

Ok this isnt a sewing project but it is a creation of mine. For my new testament class we had to do a creative assignment. So for mine I wrote a poem, but I didnt feel like it was creative enough for me so I did this tile effect. 

It is really easy to do. If there is interest next time I do one, which I plan to in the next month for a present for someone, I can make a tutorial of how to. It is fun!

Second, I went fishing with carson two weeks ago and caught some fish, first time in a while that I didnt get skunked. For the first while I was using lures and catching white bass, then once I had enough of that I cast my line in to get a catfish. There are two types of cats in Utah Lake, mud cats and channel cats. Mud are not good for anything really but channel are really good. I ended up catching the first channel cat of our fishing season, much to carson's envy :) 

Then right before it got dark I caught this huge channel cat, literally my its wisker.

 But it broke off our stringer so we didnt get to take him home. Oh well :) (can you tell I was a little cold, what can I say I can be a wimp sometimes)

Third, food. I dont have much becuase, like I said earlier my camera has decided to not really work. 

Strawberry Filled Cheesecake

This was for Valentines day and it takes forever to make. Lots of partially cook this, then this layer, then cook, then cool, then more cheesecake layer and cook etc etc etc. But if you want the recipe I will type it up but right now, as this is becoming very long already I will wait. It doesnt look very pretty, I think my springform pan was a little small for the recipe, but it tasted amazing really really really REALLY amazing. 






Fourth and final is just an Internship Update. This last week I've basically been made into a full time agent. One of the girls in my area ended up getting a different job so they needed someone to take over the mission travel and visa processes that she did. I got the majority of her things. I feel like they like me and feel that I am capable of doing this work. I have to say it is nice to now have my own assignments. I was starting to get bored of almost 6 weeks always just waiting or asking the other girls for things to do, where now I have my own things to do. I really enjoy it but am also looking forward to having a short two week summer and school, not to mention not waking up at 5 every morning to commute an hour and a half. 


Life has been really busy because of work, and I feel like when I get home I am mentally worn and physically exhuasted and dont want to do much of anything. But I think that my body is getting more used to it and I have found some ways of winding down on the bus ride home from work that I am reenergized for the evening. I plan to really do more especially in the spiritual aspects and in the being productive side too. 


Thanks to all of you who read, sorry again about the late post and how long it turned out to be. Man, I should write a novel. :)