Encouraging Ideas

I still want to be involved in my community! I want to get to know people and encourage them and start a local movement of some kind.

Thus, I am going to attempt some random acts of kindness in my town this year. Yay! I can't wait to give back and bless others, and share the goodness of God.

I already have so many ideas on how to incorporate these cards! I plan on going to bookstores and hiding notes, writing some encouragement cards, paying for the person behind me in a drive through, and blessing others with a random $20...can you think of anything?

Have you ever discovered a note from a stranger that made your day?

*Linking up with My Little Mustache!

Nom, Nom, Nom

Last week my husband and I found ourselves in Toys R Us, browsing the shelves for an interesting two-player game. It was then, between a Justin Bieber poster and an isle of One Direction barbies, that I spied this shirt.

It was love at first sight. The husband was sort of skeptical. Would it fit me? The shirts were youth sized.  But I begged. I pleaded. I could add fabric, I told him, and make it fit me. So he indulged me and we grabbed the largest size and giggled our way though the check out line.

I've worn it twice since we bought it! Amazingly it fits perfectly; just like it was made for me.

What have you bought recently? Any impulse buys?

Tie Dye Update

I'm going to be totally honest with you guys. I've been making tie dye dresses for awhile now, and I can say that while I have improved, I'm still so confused. For starters, my giveaway dresses aren't fitting their intended! I mailed my third giveaway dress last Saturday, and we'll see if she has the same problem. I think I may have jumped the gun on this whole free dress thing before I had the knowledge and experience needed. Because of this, I plan on making totes for all my giveaway winners thus far. Ladies, expect your totes to mail out Friday. I am well versed in making totes, don't worry, it will have no flaws.

Furthermore, I've also been upset with the quality of the dye--my tie dye has been fading a lot when I wash my creations!

a giveaway dress attempt

I talked to one of my close friends who does tie dye almost professionally, and she told me its because I'm using cheep dye. She recommended that I purchase a dye kit. Therefore I have said goodbye to RIT dye and hello to dharma trading dye! Their kit was really expensive, about 50$. However, it says it dyes 40 cotton shirts--and I think its a good investment if it helps me get my colors correct, and I can't wait to try it!

Lately I've been so frustrated over the quality of the dresses I've created for my giveaway. I know that I can't expect perfection yet, but I want people to be able to wear what I make! To be honest I don't think I'm a good enough seamstress to be doing this. I can't figure out sizing. Every dress I've made so far has been wrong in some area! I want to make tie dye dresses and I want to make them correctly! That was why I wanted to do a dress giveaway, to work on fitting dresses and constructing them property.

another dress I made and dyed

So, I'm going to keep the giveaway on hold for awhile until I get a better grasp at fitting people to my dresses. Its harder then I thought, and today I think I've learned a valuable lesson.