April showers bring May flowers

Hello everyone! It’s been so hot here in Indiana the past couple of weeks! Last week it hit a record high of 86 degrees! I’ve had to wear sunblock all week, just so that I don’t burn (oh the joys of being a redhead). Because it’s been so hot lately, all of the flowers are out early this year. For years, every spring my mom has been splitting daffodil bulbs and replanting then all over our yard so that they can grow and multiply. Now after years of doing this, there are thousands of daffodils all over our yard. It reminds me of that scene in “Big Fish” when the main character finally tells the girl that he loves her and there are daffodils everywhere. What are some of your favorite movie scenes? I have a whole list of favorites, but I want to hear yours :)







^This is my cat Bobby. He's going to be 15-years-old in June!


I hope that you’re all having a great weekend so far!!

Red Tree Frog

Hello everyone! I hope you’re all having a lovely Monday! Here are some better photos of the dress that I wore to the Funky Formal for the Scholastics announcements. The dress is based off of a Dior design that I saw a while back, but with a couple design adjustments. The pattern is my own. Let me tell you, this dress has so many hours of hand sewing! All of the piping that you see on the bodice was hand sewn. All of the feathers that you see on the skirt were sewn to tulle panels using a baste stich and then they are hand sewn onto the tulle skirt. The zipper in the back is just attached to the bodice, then there’s a placket with snaps sewn on that connects the rest of the skirt. That way the zipper doesn’t get in the way of the feathers. The dress is fully lined, but I’m thinking of going back and adding some pockets to the dress…I’m a huge fan of pockets! :) What are some functional elements that you like to have on dresses?















P.S. How cute is my dog!!

Scholastic announcements...

Soooooooooooo…Thursday was the National Scholastic announcements and well….I’M GOING TO NEW YORK CITY!! I received a National Gold Key for the Masking Tape Dress and I also received a National American Vision Award for the video that I made of my Grandma. I feel so blessed and excited right now!! I’ve never been to New York before! I’m so completely stoked that I can’t even put it to words! I want to thank all of you for being so supportive of me and always saying such kind words… it really means a lot and I just feel so blessed!


…now to figure out how in the world I’m going to ship the masking tape dress to New York! haha.



^all the National winners from the Funky Formal (can you find Waldo? haha)

^some of the kids from art camp and of course my twin!

^This is Max and Joslyn. They head up the Scholastics Program at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, and they are also two of the nicest people that you'll ever meet!

P.S. I'll post more pictures of my dress later...I finished it literally 10 minutes before I had to leave! Haha I was cutting it a little close (pun intended!)

A Throw-away Poem

SPRING BREAK!!! Finally, I have been waiting for this week ever since my first week of classes! Don’t get me wrong school is great, but I’m just in need of break. Here’s a photo shoot that I did today. It was quite interesting trying to make sure that all the papers didn’t fly away with the wind. Haha.





^the poem was written by my friend Keldon. He had an idea of combining his poetry and my photography. I thought that it was a fun idea, so my photo shoot was inspired by his poem about writing a poem :)

This Thursday the annoucements come out of all the national winners in scholastics this year. There’s going to be a fun dress up party at the Fort Wayne Muesum of Art that day to celebrate all of the accomplishments and hard work that all of students, teachers and faculty have done. It’s going to be a lot of fun! I’m not even going to worry about the national announcements. I’m just going to dress up and have fun with Rachael (my twin) and everyone else from art camp. I’m half way done with the dress that I’m planning on wearing…there’s so much hand sewing involved though. I hope that I can finish it in time! Here’s a sneak peek :)


Well I hope that you all have a wonderful week and hopfully I'll have a couple more photo shoots to post this week since I finally have time to sew :D yay.