30 Day Photo Challenge: Day 2-Smile

I'm not super excited about this one.  I went to Turlock with my roommate with the intent to take a good picture.  Sadly, I forgot a cf card soooo couldn't take any pictures.  :0( When I got home, I had to work soon so I just did a quick one:

30 Day Photo Challenge: Day 1-Favorite Food

The 30-day photoor challenge is a project I found on pinterest.com. I haven't done a long photo project in a long time so for the next 30 days, here I go!  Day 1 is to photograph your favorite food. I don't really have 1 specific favorite food but I do love food. Today was my day off so I made dinner for my boyfriend.  We had mostaccioli with chicken, zucchini and red peppers. I cooked them in olive oil and herbs. Mikey made some garlic bread to go with it.

Here is the Challenge for anyone else interested in doing it:

Rockout Wednesday-Don't Say Oh Well

Here's a song to get your blood pumping and your creativity flowing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jZjeWVB800

Don't Say Oh Well from Grouplove

Happy Halloween!!!!!

It's that time of year again.  Despite your age, Halloween offers something for everyone. From trick-or-treating, to haunted houses to dressing up, there is almost too much fun happening at once.  Personally I am a huge fan of dressing up, regardless of the time of year.  This year, I'm thrilled with my costume.  I transformed myself into Oprah Winfrey and was accompanied by none other than my boyfriend as Stedman.

Speaking of Oprah, am I the only one loving her lifeclass?  I think not. It is just fabulous and filling the Oprah void we were all left with after the end of her show.  Now, as simple as it may seem, Oprah pointed out something very obvious that I had missed.  She said that your calling doesn't have to be something you make money at.  "Aha! moment," as Oprah would say. For some reason, while I love sewing and knitting, I felt like I had to being successfully selling my projects on etsy for it to matter. Luckily Miss Winfrey gave me the permission I had not given myself to create for the benefit of those around me and not just for myself. So while I will continue my etsy shop for the time being, I will not be so focused on sales.  Lately I've been working on a hat and 49er dog coat. Here are the results:

Striped Baby Hat

I felt like knitting and it's been awhile since I last did.  I just made a baby hat because they are fairly quicker to make.  I wanted it to be bright and colorful and also unisex.  Here are some pictures:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/EllaDeanDesigns

New Creation For Snow Bunnies

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It's officially snowing and snow bunnies everywhere are looking for ways to keep their noses warm while still looking good. Lucky for them I am a mastermind and this is my specialty.  I became an expert on cute winter wear when I purchased my onesie. So to make a short story shorter, I've been marfing.* I started with these two and my roommate and I have come up with even more amazing ideas! Here are Marfs v1.0:
Sexy Hollywood Lips Marf:

Sophisticated Yet Hip, Mustache Marf:

*Marfing or To Marf: (verb)To make a marf.*
Marf: (noun) a combonation of mask and scarf = marf

Now I don't want to overwhelm you with awesomeness all at once, so I will just leave you with some information.  I am currently just starting to attempt a baby dress with my left over fabric from my super awesome ballet birthday dress.  I've never made one before and have no baby that I'm measuring so we shall see if it's a masterpiece or madness or both!  Or just ok :p

http://www.etsy.com/shop/EllaDeanDesigns

Batman(that's me) Returns!

I have been MIA for the first half of August.  I was on vacation camping for a week on a fabulous adventure!  I had never been to Lake Pillsbury before so I wasn't sure what to expect but it exceeded all my expectations anyway!  Sadly, it was over too soon but it was still a refreshing vacation that I desparately needed.

And due to a mix up we slept outside the last night which was so much fun! My favorite part of the trip was being able to see the stars at night.

 

Then yesterday was my birthday!  I was so very super duper excited to see Billy Elliot the Musical in San Francisco! It was AMAZING! I loved it! I love the movie, the story and of course Sir Elton John.  The actors were phenomenal and if it were up to me I would be dishing out Tony's.  But it's not.  In honor of Billy I made a birthday dress that was ballet related and was very happy with the outcome! I'm goign to add it to my etsy shop too.  Here are some pictures:

Oh and one that I took just for fun.

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