Hello there! I'm back again with a make I've had completed for some time now. I have a million and one excuses for my absence. The main two being   1.  It's been hot as hell out and I've not been able to pry myself out of the air conditioned house to do much of anything outside and   2.  I've been blog depressed.  The desire for perfection wears on a person and it ends up taking the fun out of everything. I spend more time than I want publishing a post. I'm taking my time back and putting the fun back into this hobby by keeping it short and sweet from now on.

Two pieces I think should belong in every wardrobe, a denim jacket and a solid color maxi dress.  I get so much wear out of these two pieces.  The maxi dress has gotten me through every season.  It's made from a heavier ponte knit so throwing on some extra layers has made it warm enough to wear even in the early stages of winter seen here.

LAYERED MAXI 2.0

Simplicity 1358 Maxi Dress / me made blogged here
Tart Maliah Tee / Stitch Fix

Denim jacket / thrifted from Goodwill

Diba True sandals / Hautelook

Whoa guys I feel like it's been a long while!  We had a terrible windstorm that knocked our internet out for 2 weeks.  We had winds in excess of 60 mph! Yikes!! I have never seen anything like it before.  Thankfully the wind didn't blow me away and I'm here to share with you a fun DIY project.  Man o man I so wish I could say I'm the genius behind this idea but I am not.  This is one of those projects you see and your like, "Man! Why didn't I think of that!?"  This idea was shared by a fellow member of a sewing group I'm in on Facebook.  Ugh, I'm in so many sewing groups, I'm sorry I don't remember the exact group it was but she had made one for her sewing room and shared a picture.  I thought it looked like a pretty fun and easy project to recreate so I thought I'd show you how I made mine.  I think every sewing nerd needs a trash can like this!