Catching up - Part 2: Sewing

And as promised, I am going to show you guys some of my alterations to dresses for my cousin and myself.
I quite enjoy reinventing old clothes into news ones that I will actually wear. My latest venture has been two tank tops that I turned into a dress!

So this was my first ever alteration of a dress. The dress was a really nice print, but my cousin

expressed that it was a little too loose and was too long. (The before picture I took after I hemmed the 

gown). So what I did what I hemmed the skirt, took out the sleeves and took in the dress a little bit, just so she has enough wiggle room. :) I'm really happy with the result and she is as well. I remember I was super nervous about her trying it on. I was so sure that it would rip or be too small or something!

This is her dress before I touched it. I have started to make before and after pictures just to up my ego. *cough* ...I mean to see the differences and compare what I did. ;)

And these are pictures of her modelling the after version of the dress. What I did was I 

took in the sides, cut off the sleeves, took out the collar (I thought it looked a little grandma style)

made it the ever-so-prevalent high-low style and accessorized it with a belt of matching color!

This is my first skirt. to be honest, those two cut up tank tops were sitting there safety pinned to each other for the longest time! I needed to go get myself some dress pins before I even dared take it to the machine. Originally I was going to paint this skirt into a galaxy print one but I'm not sure I would wear it if it were, so basic black with do for now. 

So this is the before picture of my to be dress. The tank top on the left is a hand me down from my aunt and I guess it was a cute tank top. I just never found a place or outfit to wear it; it just wasn't really my style type thing and the tank on the right is just a really old loose tank top that I would have probably turned into a rag to wipe the toilet with had I not turned it into a dress.

So what I did was I put the tank top on the left on as a tank and the black tank top on as a skirt and I matched them up in a way that it looked like a dress. After that, I drew some markings, cut off some fabric, pinned the two together and sewed a dress. :)

I'm very pleased with the result. I loved having so many hobbies and things to do. I'm especially excited for my sewing to evolve because I have a lot of old clothes that I don't like enough to wear but I don't hate enough to give them away...So now I get to change them up into something I will wear! :)

Prayer

Lord, thank you for your presence. You are so good. Because of your goodness, I am good. Thank you for creating me. Thank you that I am a beautiful masterpiece. Teach me to be humble and understanding. Thank you for your love. Thank you for that example of love. I love you Lord. Guide me in your steps. Make me a Christian worth representing you.
In your Holy Name I pray.
Amen. <3>

Catching Up - Part 1

Hello there lovely readers!! :)

I realize that I have really been lacking in the blogging department so now I have sooo much to share with you guys! So this summer, I've been given free time to do whatever the heck I want and that, so far, has included sewing, taking pictures of babies, and playing the guitar.

Firstly, I'd like to show you peoples a couple pictures of one of the cutest babies ever. His name is Max and he's my old youth leader's baby and his name is Max. He has an older brother named Spencer and they are super cute kids! Hehehe. Here are a couple of pictures of them that day.

Tasty strawberry?

Look at those eyes!!

Christ Manifesto

Commitment to Jesus Christ:

I’m part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have the Holy Spirit power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made, I’m a disciple of His! I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away or be still.

My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future is secure. I’m finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions, worldly talking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits, or popularity. I don’t have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean on His presence, walk by patience, am uplifted by prayer, and I labor with power.

My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way rough, my companions are few, my Guide reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity.

I won’t give up, shut up, let up, until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, preached up for the cause of Christ. I am a disciple of Jesus. I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know and work till He stops me. And, when He comes for His own, He will have no problem recognizing me … my banner will be clear!”

Hi there.

It's been awhile guys. I'm glad you're reading this. It means you haven't left me yet.

I've been having trouble with my future. I don't know what I want. Well, I want a lot of things but they seem too....i don't know. Far fetched...

meanwhile, here's some random photos of what life has been:

I want to cry.

...

1 Corinthian 13 and my problems with it.

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

⁸ Love never fails."

"...it keeps no record of wrongs." Love keeps no record of wrongs. 

This is the part of 1 Corinthians that I had a problem following when I first read it. I've always been judgmental and looking down on others for their faults, exalting myself as better than them because I didn't have those problems. But that's not how Christ would act. That's the opposite of how he did act when he came down to us.

Christ is God. God is Love. Love keeps no record of wrongs. Where there is remorse, there is forgiveness and that is why it is so freeing to be a Christian. 

Not only does being a Christian allow me to be forgiven by the God of the Universe, but wanting to be more like Christ helps me to forgive others when they fall short of His glory as well. 

Love is all kinds of wonderful things, but a lot of time we think it's wonderful when someone treats us with the Christ-love that we need and we don't try to imitate it ourselves. That was my problem anyways. 

Was my problem.

Is no longer my problem. 

Because of Jesus, I have the power to understand and forgive. Even though I may be hurt, disappointed, unhappy, and any other negative thing...even though I may feel all that or even WANT to feel all that, those feelings are made so small compared to my feelings of understanding and wanting to help the person I love, whoever that may be. 

Because Christ has the love to forgive me, I can and I do have the love to forgive others.