List of Swimsuit Tutorials

I'm thinking of making my own swimsuit this year. I've already purchased one, but since all of my old ones are too big this year, I figure I'll need a few more. This is a collection of the tutorials and patterns that I've found for DIY swimsuits.

Tie One On: DIY Swimsuits, at MarthaStewart.com.

Rockabilly Summer Swimsuit from Threadbanger.com.

T-shirt Bikini from Threadbanger.com. You'll find the tutorial in the second half of the video at 5min.com.

Bikini Top and Micro Mini Swim Skirt also at 5min.com

Free Swimsuit pattern from BurdaStyle.com.

Swimsuit from Cutting Edge Stitches & Seams.

Bow-tie Bikini from Weekend Designer.

T-shirt into a one piece from GiannyL on Instructables.com.

Little Fairy Girl

I had a little fun with Photoshop last night. I Was looking through old pictures, and found this one of Coral when she was about two and a half/ three years old. She looked so cute and dainty, like a little fairy, so I decided to turn her into one. Fun with Photoshop is always a good way to spend a Friday night at home. It feels much more productive than watching TV. Although I did watch Smallville in the mirror next to my PC.

Ballet Recital 2010

Coral's ballet recital this year was fantastic. She was in five dances. Two with her musical theater class, and two with her ballet class, and then there was a finale with everyone. She performed wonderfully. I'm very proud of her.

This is her in her Dew Drop costume after the show.

Evening of Fine Arts

The Evening of Fine Arts at LCS was a big hit. Kristen is a beautiful singer. A full article about the event can be found here on the LCS website.

Kristen is on the first row furthest on the right in this picture.

Here she is again. This time on the second row, still furthest on the right.

Mommy Rhapsody

The Mother's Day weekend service at Church on the Move was wonderful as always. The guest speaker was Joe McGee. He is the usual speaker on Mother's Day, and is one of my favorites...in the top five somewhere, depending on my mood.

The video below is the opening of the service this weekend. Top notch performance by these moms.

Mommy Rhapsody from Church on the Move on Vimeo.

First Orchestra Concert

This is Coral in her very first Orchestra concert, third grade, May 10, 2010. She was so excited about this concert. After all, she has been preparing since she was four years old.

She did absolutely wonderful. We could definitely hear her over everyone else. She said it was because her fingers were much stronger than the other performers. Most of them just started playing, and haven’t had enough time to build up finger strength. She is probably right.

I can’t wait for next year’s concert.

Summer is Almost Here!

Summer is almost here. Twelve more days of school left for my oldest daughter, and Twenty more days left for my youngest. This is going to be a great summer. We have season passes to the local water park; a season passes to Six Flags; and a zoo membership, so our weekends and evenings are going to be pretty full this summer.

New things I would like to do this summer:

Visit the Oklahoma City Zoo. I’ve never been to that zoo, but my cousin lives down there, so it would be a nice day trip to visit her and her family.

Visit Six Flags St. Louis. Again, never been there, but it is fairly close, and our season pass includes admission to the water park.

Drive to Amarillo. My husband father was from the area, and he has really been wanting to take a trip there.

Teach my daughters HTML. (I say that every summer.)

Teach my oldest daughter how to create 3D graphics. She wants to be a game animator when she grows up, and it is time to get her started learning the ins and outs of 3D design.