Just a Quick Post on well, Clothes

I am a huge fan of hand me downs, or ups in my case.
I happen to be a very petite, small person. In fact I could waltz into any 5th grade classroom, sit myself down, and no one would be the wiser. Although I don't think I would want to do that for anything other than entertainment purposes. It's taken me long enough to get to full time university and even longer than I expected to achieve that wonderful thing called a degree (which I still don't have ugh). So for most of my life, I've been the recipient of hand me downs. I love them. Later in life, around freshman year of high school I guess, those hand me downs became hand me ups.

Yes, my younger siblings and my sister's various friends would outgrow their clothes and think of me. Most recently my sister returned from Chelsey's with some clothes in tow and as she showed me some picks that she got for me that her train of thought was "These are tiny. I'll get them for you."  In fact right now I'm wearing my sister's pants, Chelsey's shirt, and my brother's belt. I quite enjoy spending pretty much nothing on clothes.

Among my treasures of hand me ups:

Bruth's shoes: sweet black and red ones
My older brother's old dress pants, very comfy for lounging around the house and those "I don't care" days
Enough shirts from Chelsey's Closet (the real one not the business) to last me a couple of weeks
And three or four shirts from my sister that aren't meant to be maternity tops, but sure will be for me. Until that happens, they are pretty stylish for now.
It is quite easy for me to go weeks on end without wearing a piece of clothing that I actually bought in a store with real money.
It's a lovely lifestyle.

Here's a wonderful picture of me, wearing the dress pants from my older brother.

Giveaway?

Through my researching online, I've found quite a few people that say having a giveaway on your blog can help business. Hmmm.... I'd been thinking about having a giveaway for awhile but just can't decide on what to actually give away. So- go check out the Etsy store and let me know what YOU would like to win in a giveaway. Most popular item will win and be used in the giveaway later this month.
Remember: I depend a lot on my customers to know what to make and what not to make. Your opinion really counts!

Finals and the Market

This week is Finals week at school for me. It's been lovely so far. I have only one real final on Wednesday, after which I start my summer job of nannying part time. I fully intend to spend as much of the rest of the time fishing, hanging at the lake, oh yeah, and getting dresses and such made.
I also have my first Farmer's Market booth this weekend. That's the real reason the Etsy shop is on vacation mode now. So I can sell stuff from the shop since that's basicaly all I have on hand since the rest of my 'free time' has been spent working on shows for the Children's Theatre and Theatre Arts Guild on campus.
I've also been notified that my bags on consignment at the Ogden Nature Center have been selling. Yay! This weekend is their annual Fly with the Flock Fun Run. I ran it last year and it was fun-ish. It was the first 5k I had run in years and wasn't all that I remembered them being like. It was a nice trail run though. Check out their website for more info.