Craft Day/DIY

The hotel is dark this entire week which means CRAFT TIME FOR SARAH!!!! It's pretty exciting I know. I've decided that I need to work on at least 1 thing every day this week, big or small. Last night started things off nicely with finishing a hat for a friend of mine. He knows that he's getting a hat but he doesn't know what it looks like so I won't be putting it on here just yet. All that's left is to tie in the ends (blah).

Today I slept in till 11! Pretty scandalous for me. So it was right to work upon awakening. To get into the swing of things I decided to finally do a DIY from my "future projects" board on Pinterest. Too often I want to try something I see on there and then forget or just don't do it. So with great determination I went to choosing my project. Upon scanning my pins I knew which one I would conquer.

Just a little large!! Time to fix that!

Years ago in high school I managed to convince this kid to give me a shirt of this that I adored. It's a men's XL Tee with a picture of Jim Morrison, of The Doors, on it and the lyrics to People Are Strange on the back. I remember being obsessed with it back then but to this day have no idea how I was able to coerce him to give it to me. It's still one of my favorite tees but I don't wear it for much other than sleeping since it's so big on me. It was time to up-cycle it.

Enter Trash to Couture, the super awesome blog where I found this great tutorial on turning a large t-shirt into a cute dolman tee. As a fan of the dolman tee I knew this was the project for me.

 
Per the directions I went to cutting the sleeves first. Since I've worked with T-shirts before I was more than aware of the fact that cotton will curl as soon as you cut it. So I decided it would be better to measure the sleeve in my arm first then sew the diagonals and cut the excess off afterwards. It made sewing it SO much easier!

No curling here!!

I did the same measuring on my hips before doing the gathering portion of the tutorial. I didn't want to sew it too small or not small enough and have to redo it over and over again. Once i marked how far to sew in I guest-timated that starting 4 inches above the hem would be sufficient.  Lucky for me it was!

 There was really no method here. I simply tucked the fabric as I sewed it. Easy Peasy!

When it came to sewing from the gathering point to the arm I found myself doing a sew-and-check pattern. I would sew it then try it on and sew it again until I thought it looked right. It didn't take too many try's to get it the way I wanted.






I switched things up even more by doing the first step in the tutorial last. I know, I'm a rebel. That way, again, I could cut little by little until it looked the way I wanted it too. I like tees that fall off one shoulder so I prefer a bit of a wider neck.









FINISHED!! And I looooove it! This was SO easy to do and I can't wait to try it on all my other huge shirts!!

There are tons of other really great DIYs on that blog too that I hope to try eventually. That gal is so crafty!

The rest of my day was spent working on a fleece tie blanket to sell on my Etsy page as well as working on a flannel shirt that I had started for myself back at the beginning of the year. Most of the work was already done, it was just a matter of getting the sleeves finished, put on, and hemming the bottom. Such little work yet I'd put it off for this long! Shameful. And even though I wasn't able to finish it today it's now much closer to being done and I'm determined to get it done this week. Hopefully I'll even get to wear it now that the chilly weather is once again upon us.

So there you have it! One crafty Monday in the books! Hopefully the rest of my week will be just as productive!

the fear

I started going through some of my boxes that have been packed up since I moved home. It was time to get them into totes, throw away stuff I don't want, and organize my life. Part of it was to make more room in my step dad's man cave, part of it was to get ready for NYC. I have A LOT of crap.

As I was going through it all and thinking about where I would put these things in my NYC apartment, it slapped me a little. MY NYC APARTMENT. NYC. It scared me. I hadn't realized how comfortable I had gotten here. How normal it had become. I enjoy seeing the people in my life whenever I feel like. Or at least knowing that they're there. That won't be the case for much longer. And for the first time that's frightening me. I don't know if this is what cold feet feels like but I can imagine that it's similar. And so far it's not enough to keep me from going through with the move, but I fear that it will as November gets closer.

I know moving is a scary thing. Especially since I've chosen one of the biggest cities in the world. But there's something inside me that says I have to do this. And I hope that part stays stronger than this little fear creeping in. Even if I get there and decide to come back in a week.

I feel like this is going to get more stressful as the days go on.

Dear Blake Lively

Well done madam. Well done indeed.

love interruption

So I have a confession to make.....I LOVE Jack White's music. Yup, I said it. There something so dark and raw about his music that really captivates me. His first single from his new album Blunderbuss is one such a song so I thought I'd share my love for it with all y'all.

What makes this song even better is that the female vocalist is Ruby Amanfu, who was a contestant on The Sing Off....one of my fave fall shows last year. Her voice is so haunting and soulful so I'm glad to see her again.

To My Future Fun,

Can we make forts? Like full living room, or bedroom for that matter, sheet and pillow forts? 

I can't help but feel that they will be crucial to our marriage. 

And if you're the right man for me, 

you'll feel the same way.

Ever Yours,

Your Future Fun

the hits just keep on coming

You meet a guy. You start hanging out. You text all day long. You spend a good amount of time together. You tell him you're moving away in the fall. He sticks around. He says sweet things. You start to get comfortable.
 Then...at the bat of an eyelash he decides you should just be friends. That it would be better for both of you in the long run since your leaving. And the worst part is, that you can't help but agree with him. You know damn well that even if you're not "dating", even being friends, will make it more difficult come November. You can't be mad at him. It's only been a month. He's being logical and making the decision that you can't make yourself....or go through with for that matter. He's actually doing you a favor. You should be thanking him!

You know that you're perfectly capable of being friends. Why wouldn't you?? There aren't any hurt feelings or ill-will. Yet there always seems to be that little bit of sadness at the loss. And you know that at first it will be hard to go backwards to just friends. There's that backwards thing again. How do guys manage to do that so easily? I envy them.  I've been here before and this time is by far the easiest no doubt. But as usual my brain can not be shut off or slowed down. I catch myself thinking back at all the little things that were said. Small comments or jokes. I wonder again what the purpose for this person entering my life is. Does he need to serve a purpose? I'm a firm believer in everything happening for a reason....so I can't help but wonder. I'm sure I'm over-thinking.

So at the end of the day, I guess I'm just a little sad. But I do know that it's for the best. Timing is everything right? It just so happens that my timing is always impeccably off. I can only hope that that won't be the case someday.

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lost one

Recently a good friend of mine expressed that his girlfriend was not comfortable with our close friendship. We work together and have known each other for over a year now. In his words, "we have to be strictly business" from now on, no meaningful conversations or long talks anymore.

I'm devastated. Not only for the fact that I now have to act like I don't know this person, but because this isn't the first time this has happened to me. Several other male friends in my life have been given the ultimatum of "her or us" and obviously they always choose the "us". And it hurts. Every time. It makes me feel expendable as a person. Like the time we've spent getting to know each other and being there for one another means absolutely nothing in the long run. My time and emotions wasted.

Since this isn't the first time I've been in this position I find myself thinking the same thing as well. What should I do? Do I ignore the request of my friend because he doesn't even agree with it? Do I pretend we've never met? Should the anger inside me turn into it's usual sarcastic comments that fall out of my mouth like carbon dioxide? I don't know. I'm hurting. I'm mad. I'm confused as to why this person was introduced to my life only to be taken away. I do know that I'm not a fan of the pit in my stomach that occurs when we're at work together. That it hurts my heart when I have to ask him a question that only he can answer and I can't make eye contact with him. That I dread going to work in general because of the constant reminder that we are now acquaintances.

How are people supposed to go backwards in any relationship? Is it possible to pretend that we didn't share our deepest thoughts with each other? That we don't know each other as well as we do? That we feel important to each other?

I don't know the answer. I feel such a great sense of loss. As if there's been a death. And I guess there has been.

life...at the moment...

I'm busy still, but not nearly as busy as I was earlier this summer. The hotel is winding down, the show is into rehearsals and November(moving month) is getting closer and closer. I find myself spending more time at home, seeing my family a little more often, having moments of fun with my friends, new and old. My pace isn't nearly as fast and I'm feeling so much more at ease about everything. I can breath again.

Fall is finally here. Pumpkin things are popping up everywhere and we know how happy that makes me! I'm wearing my comfy clogs and drinking pumpkin spiced lattes often. I feel like my most self....if that makes sense. And being in the theatre contributes to that immensely. It's amazing the difference in my attitude about work when I'm doing the work that I love. It's not work at all. It's where I'm supposed to be. It's home. I love it.

I have time to knit again! I've missed it so much this summer. For some reason I had it in my head that I would have a lot of time to do my craftings while I was working 3 jobs. Wrong. So now that I actually have downtime again it's been so nice to get into it little by little. And boy do I have a lot of projects to start AND finish. The list goes on but I think I'll be able to get them done. Hopefully I'll have some to blog about soon too!

So that's what my life's about lately. I'm sure there will be much more going on here as the days go on.