This is somewhat embarrassing, but what the heck?

Ok, so I'm sure you can all relate to the woes and trials of being a senior in something.  Well, it has seriously taken a toll on us, yes that's right both of us, that I'm almost done with school.  I'm feeling pretty jaded at this point, and we all know how that spring-quarter slump can feel.  This video was taken a while ago, and pretty much sums up my thoughts on the matter exactly.

Now, I will say, this video makes me a little bashful, because I feel like we're exposing a very vulnerable side of our lives - that is to say, that when other more important stuff is going on in our lives, our motivation to do dishes goes to pot.  I'm not playing around, either, this is about the worst that it got.  I share this video with you in the hopes that you'll not judge us too badly based on what you see haha.  Enjoy!

So many projects, it's hard to keep track.

So I've been, as some of you know, costuming like a madwoman over the last 6 months or so.  It's been really fun to actually get paid to do something that I love doing on the side anyway, and I've really learned a lot and honed my skills working with Laurie from DU theatre.  I've been able now to costumes over 4 shows outside of DU at local theatre productions.  Here's some photos from the last few months that sum up the process of costuming an entire ensemble show (it's a LOT of work):

Some elf-sized shoes and Rockettes costumes from the Holiday show we did at Lone Tree.

Left: I made pajamas for everyone this year at Christmas, and found the cutest prints!

Right: The Rockettes wore these reindeer costumes for a number where they pull Santa across the stage on a skateboard (I know).  These costumes were my baby of the whole production, and I slaved over them, but they turned out so cute, and I was so happy to see them finally done!!!

Some pictures of the show itself:

 If that wasn't enough, I also do mini projects all the time on the side.
Here are a few of my latest in progress pieces:

1.  The dress came from both inspiration and frustration at the incredible mark-up of most recital wear and really just dresses in general.  I kept trying things on and saying to myself, "really?! THAT much for like one layer of pleated silk and a jersey top?! Man, I could do that for so much cheaper."  So I am.  I'm not done, but I found the prettiest vintage pink velvet at Allyn's for the waistband, and think I'm happy with my new sleeve ideas.  I'll be sure to post photos when it's done.

2.  This skirt is the beginning of a couple nerd/fan-girl projects I have queued up.  I saw this print in the children's section of the fabric store.  I'm pretty sure it's only used for quilts.  I don't care, I thought it was cool, and I need some new nerddom garb, so there you go. I'm pretty excited for it to be done.

I'll put more photos up as I finish more projects, because they are indeed always in the works!!!  Ta ta!

My Best Friend Got Married!!!!! :)

I made a quick trip to Salt Lake over Spring Break to attend my bestest most awesomest friend Malayna's wedding.  As Malayna is pretty much the coolest person ever, and works frequently with animals of a wide variety, there were, of course, live birds at the reception:

 Zorro is the Kookaburra on the left, and Chicken is the Macaw.  My only bridesmaid duty was to help wrangle the birds, and I fed Chicken hazelnuts.  I felt quite responsible.

It was really flipping bright the day Chris and Malayna got married, but we managed to get some pretty amazing pictures.  My favorite is the one on the right.

 It was so bright, the little girls were having a rough time, as was the bride.  So, we were finally merciful and moved the pictures to the shade, but to the relief of all involved.

It was a really fun trip out to see her - they are an adorable couple, and make each other laugh.  I couldn't have wished for a better match for my bestest friend, and I am so thrilled to see her happy. :)

Ice Castles!!!

We got some free tickets to head up to the Ice Castles exhibit in Breckenridge.  It's a seasonal thing, so we dashed up for a quick weekend getaway, and made a mini-vacation of the whole thing.  It was awesome!

We ran out of windshield wiper fluid on the drive up, it was pretty scary there for a few min.  Other than that, though, the drive was gorgeous, and we lucked out with really great weather, despite all the snow!

 The icicles were beautiful - the company that makes the castles uses over 30 million gallons of water to make all of the sculptures.  It basically results in a frozen playground:

 Demonstrated so well by the ever-so-lovely Taggart. 

 Yes, it was cold!

 Every day, the workers "harvest" new icicles to ad to the formations and haul them to their new spots.

 Some of Taggart's camera handiwork.

 We had a really fun weekend, and it was a well needed respite, even if it was only about 24 hours. :)