Ta daaa....!

So I have spent an ENITRE week on this outfit, I have learnt many things, most of all how I am really bad at picking costumes I actually have the skill to make!

Also now I Have a top 3 sewing things I hate:
1. Button holes
2. Ruffles
3. Sleeves (with narrow hemming a close 4th)

I have also managed to completely mess up the front with bad button hole skills (and an over eager button hole ripper...yeah... :( ). Which is bad. Because its on the front. I am about to try and fix this by adding more cogs than I was going to. Cogs fix everything :D (hopefully)

And here are the pics, more to follow hopefully after the event on Wednesday for which it has been made!
Note: I only made the jacket and skirt - the corset was bought :)

Also apparently my special skill is to float in the air! (wishing I'd made the skirt a touch longer now!)

Green Taffeta...

Just bought me a lovely bit of green taffeta material for making a steam punk dress with *excited*

Update: Just found this tutorial: http://steamfashion.livejournal.com/791377.html
Definitely making that skirt. yep.

Whats that pussy cat...

So finally finished those recovering the sofa. huzzah.

Still don't have a hotmail account :( This makes me sad.
Update: I now have my hotmail back hooray :D I am happy again. Only took a week to get a response :/

Bought myself a pressure cooker for making hummus faster in for my birthday present to myself - apparently I can do all sorts of amazing things with a pressure cooker....I just need to work out what they are...

Next on my sewing list...a giant pile of T-shirts to re-size. hopefully this will result in a nicer garden, hurray for swapping of talents :D

Question: Why when its my birthday this week do I have to spend all of tomorrow baking cakes for other people? hmm...I'm definitely doing something wrong!

Saad face...

I've had a tempestuous relationship with Microsoft products over the years, windows always played up on my computer etc, but for the most part I've never really had major problems.
This week however they have failed me.
I have always used my hotmail account as my main, ive had it about 10 years now with no problems. now it is blocked presumably as someone has been sending spam from my account. While I have no problems with them blocking the account for that reason while it gets fixed what I do have a problem with is the complete lack of resource to get in contact with anyone about the issue. I have done everything they asked, and yet it is not unblocked. I have had NO communication what so ever, not even a 'we don't think your a real person prove it to us'. which is disappointing.
I've tried to email but only gotten automated responses (which is FAIL Microsoft that is not how email works!)
I've tried to phone but had the same issues. I've tried goddam twitter and not had a response. So now I've had to create a new hotmail account just so I can post on their forums to complain, and you know what hundreds of people are having the same issues and some people have been waiting months.

Its not good customer service - I wasn't expecting much to be honest, but this is shocking.

Camping in the rain...

This weekend we went camping with the car club, it was very wet and very cold.

Did I mention it was very wet and VERY cold.

It really didnt warm up until we packed up today to leave, at which point the sun came out in full strength and was too warm! The weather hates me.


Apart from that we had a good weekend, I am now in love with the Wolseley limo which we got a ride in, it was so amazing. Beautiful inside and out. Sadly though it is rare and I don't think we'd ever be able to afford one. I can dream though - and possibly bribe the man who owns it with cake to occasionally drive me around in it...

Rainbow cupcakes!

I actually successfully managed to make rainbow cupcakes. I'm very happy. I've also been playing around with my new piping nozzle that makes me pipe rose shapes on cupcakes. huzzah :D

The rainbow cakes were also gluten free for my cousin - I really need to meet people with less dietry needs! Gone are the easy days of just baking a normal cupcake :/
Strangely the rainbow cakes came out better than my 'normal' blueberry cupcakes (with the blue rose icing) Must have been all the food colouring :p

Update...cookies are nom

My not vegan but gluten free cookies are tasty...Next time I WILL remember to use the dairy free chocolate though...