I like to be good at stuff.  Well, I don’t think you’ll meet many people who like to be bad at stuff.  But I like to be really good at anything I do.  Anything.  I have a hard time doing something halfway or taking the shortcuts.  The last few years I’ve put all of my creative juices in to photography though.  My free time, my creative energy, it all went towards photography.  So, with the "slow season" this past month or so I’ve been branching out a little bit.  Sending those creative juices in a few other directions.  Allowing myself to stretch and use some different muscles.  It’s been so much fun and I’m so happy to be getting better in some creative arenas.

A friend of mine was taking a sewing class at The Urban Craft Center in Santa Monica and I was so excited to join her.  It was so.much.fun and I’m so happy that I attended.  My mother is an amazing seamstress, and her mother was too.  Yet, somehow I never picked up the skill. 

This class piqued my interest and I’ve most definitely jumped on the sewing bandwagon.  I bought a sewing machine just today and am so excited for it to arrive. I have big plans for pillow cases and tote bags and drapes and hemming my own pants.  I’m going to save so much money!  Well, either that, or I’m going to spend a bajillion dollars on zippers that I tear, pants that I shorten too much and fabric that is bloodstained from too many finger pricks. 

My very first project!  A pillow, made all by myself