Daring Photography: Family Pictures

  Since I got my camera I said that I would start taking the kids pictures and try to do our family pictures because (1) pictures are expensive not only to get them taken professionally but also to print them out! (Nothing against professional photographers, they are awesomly talented!!) But when you have a family of 5 (almost 6, yep I'm 7 months pregnant in these pictures!) it is hard to find a couple extra hundred dollars to do them.  And (2) because I want to try and see if I can do it!  So we went to a lake close by and I brought a tripod and did these pictures!  What do you think?  I love my family!

Daring Sewing: My First Dress

  A while back I decided that I wanted to try and make a dress for my little girl.  There is this site that has the cutest handmade dresses and sometimes I get close to splurging and getting one!  But I figured that I'd try to make one myself!  So I did some searching for patterns on Pinterest and came across this one, The Bella Dress, that I liked and it was in beginner level! It had a good tutorial and wasn't too hard to follow along.

So I used a skirt that was marked down at Wally-World for like $3 and some material that I already had and made this! I finished this dress in one afternoon, stopping every once in a while to get or do something with the kids!  So not too bad, considering that sometimes when I start projects it takes me forever to finish them!  Remember to read through the tutorial all the way at least once!  There were a few times when I thought I got what it meant but then ended up messing up in a few spots!  Good thing its not too noticeable, especially on this cutest little model! ;)