Link Dump!

I've decide to at the very least have my weekly link dumps back in rotation on the blog.  Here are some links I've found interesting.

 1. Carey shows us how to blog on the go! Very useful if you were being a good student and didn't think about posting to your blog until you left the house (cough. Doing this in the trolley)

 2. Darling Charley has a tutorial for a super cute side topper hat. I think I'll have to try this one day, I'm severely lacking in hats. 

 3. The lovely Solanah shows off her cute outfit at Disneyland

 4. Sweet Janey also hits up Disneylad, but for Tiki Day!

 5. The fantastic girls at Colette patterns show you how to care for your delicate garments. 

 What do you guys have planned for the weekend?

Lets Fall For Cotton!

Of course it's a sew-a-long that pulls me from the woodwork.

I've decided to join the awesome Fall for Cotton sew-a-long that Tasha and Rochelle are hosting, and I'm super excited for it!

The premise is to create a fall weather outfit from the 20's-70's out of 100% cotton. I figured I needed more 100% cotton garments in my closet, so this was right up my alley.

Feeling I needed some practicality in my life, I've decided to make a blouse, and a pair of trousers.

The blouse will be made from Simplicity 1692 in view B. I'll be using polka this blue and white fabric I bought at a school fabric sale a year ago.

The trousers will be modified from a shorts pattern my friend drafted for me. They'll be navy blue twill.

As better seen in this photo

I sought inspiration from the 1940's land girls and farmerettes (much like Rochelle and Tasha did!), and I'm sure I can properly juggle school and sewing time to create this by the deadline.

I wish every one who's doing this sew a long good luck! This is my first one I'm doing within the date, so I'm excited!!

PS-

Could you all could be so kind, as to vote for Colette Patterns in the American Made contest? You just sign up to the Martha Stewart site, and vote until the 22^nd.

PPS-

Could someone kindly point me into the direction of some simple HTML tutorials. My blog is desperately in need of a makeover.

#Damn, I am classy

Okay, here's a bit of back story. I absolutely loathe (d) taking photos of myself. Well, in what I dub 'normal' clothes. If any of you see me at a convention, I'm happily posing in costume, and taking silly photos with friends. Outside the convention, I'm hiding from the camera, and burrowing into a jacket.

I made a little 'resolution' for myself at the start of the year, to boost my confidence more.

So I started with this photo. It was from a party a friend of a friend was having, and it went over very well. This made me happy, and I felt a little better about sharing what I wore.

On Valentines Day, I took a photo of my ensemble in a bathroom on my campus, and tagged it with '#damniamclassy' on instagram (tinyangrycrafts), and I've been doing so ever since. (give or take how I'm feeling/if I'm not chained to the sewing machine)

It helps me see what I've warn, what items I tend to favor over others (those blue pants, anyone?), and it's making me feel better about myself, which is super important.

Have any of you taken strides in being more self confident?