Unzipped

Hmm, where to start.

I have huge news!

(ooooh....rainbow...)

I can sew zippers!!!

This may not sound very exciting to my non-sewing friends, but I could hardly contain my excitement. Seriously, I feel like this has opened up the doors to the million sewing projects that are out there and require zips. Any truly self-respecting piece of clothing (or just skirt or dress) has a zipper. Well, maybe not every piece of clothing, but the nice-fitting, slightly more formal looking clothes do.

I hope this skill will catapult my sewing projects to a completely new level. It is VERY exciting. (Thank you to anyone who understands my excitement. Shep looked at me like I might be running a dangerously high fever...)

Unfortunately, the timing of this newly learned skill could not be worse. I sewed my first zipper yesterday evening, and this morning the spring semester started. I wish I could say my grown up attitude of really wanting to get an education and understanding the importance of my education has given me a great positive approach to returning to class after break, but alas, I wish I were still on vacation.

Why is winter break so long? I think it would have been much better had I only been given a week of vacation. Instead I had five weeks off to get adjusted to sleeping in, sewing all day, cooking extravagant meals, and forgetting all about studying and writing. Woops. Well, one day down?

Going back to school (and my composition course) reminded me of my original intentions in wanting to write a blog. I just wanted to write.

My first semester back in school (yes, this past fall) reminded me of how much I enjoy the act of writing. It also reminded me that I write pretty well, when I put some effort into it. The whole idea of starting a blog was so that I would have an outlet for my writing. Instead I've been focusing on other creative outlets. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to have found sewing! I'm really lucky to have found more than one way to express creative ideas, but I'd like to push the direction of this blog a little more into the writing. Particularly since I will most likely have less time to create a new project to share here everyday. (sad, I know)

I will continue to share experiences, projects, food things, and other stories, I just hope to put a little bit more focus on the quality of writing (as much as I enjoy putting random comments in parentheses...)

That being said, tomorrow I start a modern dance class! I don't know which scares me more: my first dance class or my first calculus class (which also starts tomorrow).

My apologies for the general lack of witty comments and pictures. As a part of my apology, a taste of what I was up to this weekend (hence explaining my unusual hiatus from blogland):

(cookie monster cupcakes...cute and delicious!)

(flower buttons. pinterest is so good at giving me ideas for projects to do while babysitting)