Monthly Archives: December 2013

So here it is,the very last day of my adoption dress project.  I can hardly believe how quickly this year has flown by.  You would think that this being the last day I would wear something crazy, unfortunately, that was not the case this morning.  I woke up an hour later than I normally do and was pretty late for work as a result.  So I had to rush a bit this morning to get ready.  I feel like today’s outfit is kind of a let down since it will be the last one.  So to counter balance that, here are my top 5 favorite looks from this year.

Day 95: April 5th

My wedding dress!  This one is a sentimental favorite.  How many women can say they actually wore their wedding dress a second time?

Day 173: June 22nd

I love love love this look.  This skirt is actually one of my favorite makes of the year.  I made so many versions of this skirt too.  This is a look that I want to turn into a single dress as opposed to the layers, for the upcoming year.

Day 285: October 12th

This was a favorite because of how different it is.  Costuming wise, I have never worn anything remotely lower class to the ren fair.  I prefer the shiny fancy noble costumes, but this one was really fun.  It was so much easier to wear too.

Day 214: August 2nd

While this was not the first time this year that I wore this dress, I think this is my favorite time.  I love the green contrasting with the pink belt.  Plus it is a super unique dress.

Day 25: January 25th

For my last choice I picked one of my early on outfits.  I love this top paired with the red infinity scarf.  I also love the dress paired with it as more of a vest.  I just wish I had had my boots back in January to wear with this as well.  On my list of too makes for 2014 is a long vest that I can wear like this.

I want to take a moment to thank everyone of you for following along with this adventure.  I have had a lot of fun this year.  It has been challenging at times to come up with something different, but I managed to do it and I could not be happier that I did.  While we didn’t raise all the money that we need to join our agency, we are beyond grateful for the generosity of everyone who has donated this year.  Thank you!  Thank you! Thank you!  I look forward to what 2014 has in store for us and our journey through adoption.

Day 362: 12/28/13

Day 363: 12/29/30

Here are my looks for the past two days.  I cannot believe I have only two more days until the end of this project.  These last few days have just flown by!  In fact, this whole year has flown by.  I can hardly believe I have been wearing this dress for an entire year now.

Tomorrow I plan on sharing my top 5 makes and misses.  Then on New Years Eve, I plan on sharing my top 5 hits and misses for Adoption Dress outfits.  I wish I could share accurate sewing stats for the year, but I lost track a couple of months ago.  Next year I will be better about stats.  As for tonight, I will be cutting out patterns and watching Doctor Who.

Day 349: 12/15/13

 I apologize for the long silence these last few days.  I have just plain been busy and tired.  Sunday we went to our friend Bri’s, annual Cookie Party. This year we all dressed up.  It was so much fun.  I wore my absolute favorite self made dress.  I used the wrap around ties on the dress to wrap around my adoption dress like a belt.  I really like this color combination too.

Day 350: 12/16/13

 Yesterday was an awful work day. It was long and I felt like I accomplished nothing!

Day 351:12/17/13

Today I can’t say I accomplished much, but it was better. I am so looking forward to taking a break for the holidays!  I need a few days in a row off.

I am also looking forward to the start of the new year.  This dress project has been incredibly fun, but I am ready to take a break from so much blogging.  I have a few tutorials I want to share that I just have not felt like writing out.  I have already committed myself to posting more frequently than I ever have before and I don’t want overload anyone’s readers with my posts.  So I am saving them for next year.