I’ve gotten a lot of questions from readers about how the dressform came out. It came out very nicely, but I did not have a chance to finish it much more beyond where I had left off in the last blog entry.
I had a family member who was very unexpectedly diagnosed with a terminal illness, so I had halted my wedding preparations to help my sister care for him. I only resumed the wedding preparations again at the end of April, which barely gave me a month of frenzied mad rush to the wedding day which was on May 24.
There simply had not been time for many updates here at Kimoat.com. And I am very sorry that I also did not have a chance to answer many of the questions I’d received via the contact form about specific details of the dressform.
Now that all is said and done, I will try to get those answers out to you. And I am going to post some of the things that I had done for the wedding, such as the knot that I had posted in the prior entry. The next planned entry will be about the construction of my wedding gown (where the half-finished dressform came very handy).
Paul and I just picked the wedding venue and the date for our wedding. And because it is nine months away, we have the luxury of indulging in many DIY wedding related projects.
I guess I should clarify that it feels like a luxury for me on both the creative freedom and cost savings fronts, and Paul is indulging me with the enthusiastic support and with the actual production efforts. A girl can’t ask for a better fiance. :-)
This is a sneak peak of the first stage of the mass production of the save-the-date notices we will be sending out shortly. We’d finalized the prototype designs of the invitation and the save-the-date cards last week.
In addition, I’m excited to share that I’d just purchased the Bridal Couture: Fine Sewing Techniques for Wedding Gowns and Evening Wear book.
Also in progress is of course… our wedding website.
Yes, we had tornadoes in the New England yesterday. Two days in a row! The realization that this is only the beginning of a new trend where unimaginably crazy weather will be the norm forced me to assess how prepared Paul and I are should (God-forbid) a disaster hit home.
I’m a city girl who don’t know a thing about surviving without running water, electricity, and a big supermarket.
Today, I ordered the Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Complete Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival from Amazon.
The notion that I am thinking of putting aside anything beyond candles, extra batteries, and a few bottles of spring water in case of a power outage makes me feel like a paranoid little old lady.
My mom always stocked up enough rice, water, and other food and resources for our large family to survive any shortage for several years. I am not exaggerating. Our family suffered through six years of near-death starvation during the Pol Pot era. I was only a baby then, so I don’t share the over-blown fear of being without food. Moreover, I resented that behavior because there were always a lot of old food that were about to go bad that we had to eat… food that never tasted any good.
Maybe it’s just old age, but now it makes perfect sense to look into being better prepared. :-)
My lofty aspirations to keep pace with the speed of Life has only produced more frequent naps. It must be a sign that I am getting old.
Hell, lately I’ve been finding that I can’t even keep pace with my Netflix queue. Juno had arrived in our mailbox since May 2nd, and we just watched it the night before last.
Between the moving, taking care of my dad, mom’s knee surgery, researching on wedding stuff, and all the usual (and sometimes not-so-usual) chores, I have not had any time at all for crafts nor this site as I very much wanted to.
But here is a promise — Kimoat will be bustling with activity again within the next few days (at the latest). That’s a promise.
Everything that I’ve been wanting to do, I’ve just started doing… all at once. Yes, the last week has been a rather hectic one as a result.
The following are examples of things I’ve attempted:
- started sewing a little cotton summer dress
- started crocheting a rug
- bought seeds for a little vegetable garden
- planted an azalea bush in the back yard
- painted the back entry way and back stairwell
- brought foam to make new cushions for the the upcoming sitting nook in the living room
- bought tons of fabric to make… stuff (don’t quite know what yet)
I shall post pictures and details for each project in the days to come.
Saturday, April 5th was the first day of my break from work. Paul and I went to see Kooza in Hartford, CT. Every single moment of it was purely awesome. I absolutely recommend it.
And in keeping with tradition, Paul bought me this adorable fellow to add to our collection of Cirque Du Soleil figurines.
