madness

Mike loves March Madness and I enjoy watching the games.  He's tried to organize a bracket among our friends in years past, but it never seems to work out.  This year we decided to do a little family challenge. 

Mike has Michigan State winning it all.

 I decided to go with the obvious this year and pick Kentucky.  For the past few years, I've picked the Badgers to win it, but that hasn't really panned out.  And I want to win this year.

 We had Hudson pick based on mascots.  Let's just say that teams with dogs, tigers or alligators were at an advantage.  Hudson has a bit of an underdog with Gonzaga, but if they pull it off, we'll be impressed.

a dress

Last time I was at Joann Fabric, they had all their simplicity fabrics on sale.  Last summer I sewed a couple of patterns, so I figured I would try again.  I found this super cute Lisette pattern and figured I would go for it.

 I found a sew along to follow from last year which was very helpful.  They posted pictures of each step and explained some of the steps in more detail.  The most confusing part of the pattern was the pockets.  I definitely had to step away from sewing for a little bit.

 

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  I wish it was longer, so I'm pondering adding more fabric to the end.  I'm out of the brown fabric so I might try to match up the red fabric.

 Pocket!!!

  I felt so stupid being a model.  Luckily Mike didn't make fun of me.  I had no idea how to stand.

crafty meet up

On Saturday, Melissa, Jennifer, Sarah, Sarah and I went up to Denver for a little craft blogger meet up hosted by Make It and Love It and KoJo Designs.  It was such a fun afternoon.  There was great food and some fun crafts to make.

painting

magnets

treats

a thank you

amazing cupcake

kirstin (left) & ashley (right) answering questions

paint i won

sarah, jennifer, me, melissa and sarah