Its been a whole month since I decided to take a step of faith and just take my sewing to another level. I really don't know where the time went but I guess that Is what Happens when you are busy enjoying what you are doing. Ok its still early but yes I wake up, sit at my sewing machine and just tell myself, man this feels good.

I have done several projects and have several underway. I am learning each day and am just taking it all in. I look back and wonder,  why was I so scared? Fear of the unknown is crippling and I am thankful my faith was a little bigger than my fear. Who am I kidding? I am doing it afraid and that is okay

Top is a custom creation from Monde's Threads. Visit My Etsy Store for your custom order

Have you every wondered where time went?

So have I. Countless times. Being busy doesn't necessarily mean you are being productive. To help me be more accountable with my time I decided to account for every hour in my day and prioritize. Almost like a budget where you tell your money to go. In doing this I find I am able to achieve what is important, gaining little victories which all add up to success. WINNING!!!

I found some great tips from Career Contessa on how to better manage my time

• Schedule your day before it unfolds
• Invest in a planner and actually use it
• Accomplish your hardest tasks first
• Minimize distractions
• Practice self-control
• Set goals and deadlines
• Prioritize

It's been a while since I made something for myself so I decided to make something simple and some what easy. Going through my pattern stash I found something that I thought I could pull off for date night. I found McCall's M6754 and decided to go with the peplum tank. Fabric used was a canary pique knit which I bought from Hancock Fabrics (No longer in business) but these are other options from fabric.com that I found here

To be honest I didn't measure my self out for the pattern. The pattern went up to medium and so that was what I decided to go with. The skirt and top pattern pieces were attached together and so I didn't want to cut them to separate them Instead I traced the top out and used that for my top peplum.

This Monday  I had to remind myself that everyone starts from somewhere, but the most important thing is to START. I believe each one of us has been equipped with gifts unique to us that only we were made to do. They may look like others gifts but there is something special about how YOU will present this to the world. Only YOU were purposed with it.

My struggle has been intimidation because I feel and see that so many people are doing what I can do and so I don't even bother starting. The thought of people having all these resources or lists of things you should do before you start can be crippling, but the reminder comes in because at the beginning of it all you had nothing I had nothing. No resource, no list just a gift you have been born with. And in essence this truly tells you You have everything you need to start, so just do it. Just start.

So here is to kicking fear, insecurity, inadequacy out and holding on to that Gift God gave you and gifting it back to the world. Start where you are, Use what you have and Do what you can!!!

What do you know? I celebrated another year!

So thankful to have another year added to my life. This year has brought a lot of reflection, faith and courage to take a few steps I have been too scared to take (Watch this space). I am walking into this new year with the mission of doing more of what I love.

On a sewing front, I was so going to make my birthday outfit but hubby strongly hinted for me not to lol. I am glad I didn't because he gifted me with a beautiful dress from modcloth, that I loved. I was still itching to make something so instead I decided to try my hand at making myself a clutch with inspiration from pinterest (look out for a tutorial). I LOVED IT if I may say so myself and it went perfectly with my dress and lace up heels. All in all I had an amazing day showered with the simple things I love from the one I love. Here are a few pictures from my night (Can you spot
the clutch?)

I can't lie. Staying motivated is a constant struggle for me. I have my high moments and I have many low moments, but I am making the conscience effort to not stay in the lows too long. One of the habits I have adopted is listening to people who inspire and motivate. Podcasts I guess are the thing. Some of my tops right now are of course my church pastor, John Siebling who brings a practical bible based word every Sunday, TD Jakes, Tony Robbins and most recent  addition is Les Brown. My list is not really limited to these, but currently, these people are who are feeding my soul in this season.

I must say I have fallen in love with this off shoulder trend. Please pray for me because I feel like my whole wardrobe will soon be taken over by this trend.

I decided to see how this would look with the dashiki leftover fabric I had. This was an easy project, not more than an hour and all you need is one panel of the dashiki. I love how it turned out and will definitely be making more.