A BIG Formal Design Half Completed!!!--Finally!!!

I began this complex design over a full year ago.  it's so complex I put it down b/c of not having suffiecient time, so tonight I finally stopped procratinating and pulled it out and finished the skirt.

I still have the top to sew, I was able to sketch the design tonight for the top at least.

 

 The train is held up by a sewn in thumb loop....you can choose to let the train drag, but it's more practical to use the thumb loop to show the contrast of red and black reversable beautiful satin fabric.

 Showing the thumb loop

 Sketch of the top of this design yet to be sewn...to be continued.  :-)

The next project after I finish the above design  Leather look alike fabric with the below animal print sheer fabric.

Sketch of what I roughly intend to do the the leather look alike and leopard fabric.

Fun Friday Dinner with Aldrich Ladies

Fun Friday evening before bible study.  Melody Aldrich and her cutie pie daughter Katelyn, one of my favorite kiddos were in town visiting and came and picked me up right after work and we went out to a fun dinner at Interurban; a great restaurant that serves healthy gluten free food among other things.  Katelyn knows how to use an IPAD...these kids know more than a lot of us do!

 I really like how the sun rays were beaming on them; suits them; they set a great great example.  :-)

 Posing with Katelyn in the car.

My staple at Interurban, grilled tilapia with THE BEST salsa verde ever!

Shirts Galore!

It is true, the more you serve and give the more you have.  Those of us in the Jeremiah Production were blessed and given the T-Shirt shown above.  They are for sale for anyone at reflectionsbookstore if anyone wants to purchase one.  I REALLY LIKE how they made ladies and mans T-Shirts different.  Above is of course the ladies shirt...it curves in at the waist so ladies can still look feminine in a t-shirt.  I like that!  The mans T-shirt is straight at the waist.

We have new concert staff uniform shirts starting at the Ballet Monday and Tuesday night for those of us so blessed on the Armstrong Auditorium concert staff.  I have NOT taken it out of the pkg yet so the suspense of how it looks!  I heard that people like it, so I'm sure I will.

Monday!--A Nice Gift & Macbook Issues

My day today is all over the place.  First off, started off GREAT!...great, wonderful, fabulous friend Gladys Welsh gave me this amazing swanky watch as a gift this morning just because!  Wow, all I have to say is friends are always spoiling me by showering me with gifts!  Thanks Gladys, I LOVE it!  Thanks Sean for letting your fab wife get that for me! 

On the flip side, my PC at HQ froze up on me this morning, so my brother told me to use his laptop to work on until he fixed my pc, and come to find out it is a macbook!  Working on that thing was like typing in another language.  Needless to say, I was slow this morning in getting things done b/c it was like I was computer illiterate!  Finally am back on my pc; back to knowing what I'm doing!

The Jeremiah Cast After Party!

Everyone seemed to be having Jeremiah parties who were watching it online, so thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Flurry those of us in the Jeremiah Musical got to have our own Jeremiah party after the show was over.  Was tons of fun.  That was very kind of them to have all of the cast over to dinner for a pizza party afterwards at their expense.  

I can actually name the people int his pic since it's not a ton....Gianni Welsh, Micah Turgeon, Paris Turgeon, Grant Turgeon

 Eleisha Saranga, Jordy Rouzer, and yours truly

This is not Mark Jenkins real hair color; he left the gray color in his hair from the show.  I told him I was taking the pic and he agreed.

 I totally broke diet to celebrate...Pizza and beer!

 Jordy!

 Daniel Welsh always has this same expression on his face....looks likes he's thinking. oh no, here she comes again taking pictures!

 Little Stella Trebels looks on page.

 Eleisha with Stella

 Ansley had to be a shot!

 Mark and Sean

Conner Brown

If you like Conner Brown's look better WITHOUT his beard take one last look; he shaved clean to portray Young Jeremiah, but he said starting tonight his classic beard is coming back.  Sigh, one final look.  I don't think I've ever gotten a pic of Conner without holding a coffee cup since he was age 16 literally, I'm not joking!

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Making & Putting up Safari Netting!

A few posts back I knew I wanted to put safari netting up for my bed since I have netting up in the guest room in my home...well, I started that project today.  It's shimmering gold netting...the photo doesn't show the gold as shiny, but it is....Believe it or not...8 yards is what you see in the pic, yeah....so I have to go and get 10 more yards to finish the other half.  I can't believe how much fabric it takes!  Wish I had known how much to get when I was in the fabric store!

The beauty of it is that God blessed me with a 50% OFF coupon...so check out how much I saved shown on the receipt.  Yeah, it's great to have God helping you ont in every aspect of life!  Wow, 50% off!

Scents of Happiness!

It's been a little more hectic for me over the past few weeks than usual, so I've let a few things at home go that shouldn't have gone.  I'm usually obsessed with keeping my home clean.  One thing is that I haven't taken out the trash in over a week.  GROSS!...so annoying fruit flies were flying around the garbage....those things won't die even with bug spray, and I don't like to use bug spray b/c of inhaling the toxic chemicals, so it dawned upon me to try my all natural SCENTS OF HAPPINESS insect repellent, and it worked like a charm.  Bye, bye little flies!  I've been working on my CULINARY ELEGANCE shop b/c of the cookbook, so my Scents of Happiness Shop has suffered...so here's a plug for that shop.  Above is all natural insect repellent in a spray bottle. 

A customers comment: 

This really worked - I loved it. Kept the bugs at bay as promised and smells great. No toxic chemicals.

A few previous customers comments on my all natural shampoo!(shown above): 

Absolutely wonderful! the scent is beautiful, the product works wonderfully. was scent an extra due to a mishap of some type. your professionalism and high quality has made me a customer for life!

Love love this. I have problems with allergies to alot of products, none with this. The peppermint is a great refreshing scent. Thanks again.

NEW His & Hers Classy Animal Print Necktie & Scarf Set!

I FINALLY completed this his and hers matching classy animal print design that I started MONTHS AGO!  The men's necktie is hand sewn and is silky smooth to the touch.  The fabric is so soft is was quite difficult to sew, so I am going to do another and put the second one up for sell once it's finished, but will hang on to this one as it snagged in a few spots...tough fabric!

This is the hers matching classy animal print scarf that goes with the necktie.  I had finished the scarf months back...just had to work on the tie for the men.  VERY happy with it!

Another Behind the Scenes Shot

Photo that Sean Welsh emailed for my blog of him and Josh Sloan taken by someone backstage day of Jeremiah World Premier.  This pic was intended to be in the original stash of behind the scene photos that I took.  Gladys told me it's already hit twitterville via another friend, so I'm late.  ha, ha!

You Know You're On the Verge of Getting Sick When......

....after filming Jeremiah Musical for DVD with everyone you go shopping at the health food store of all places and a TOTAL STRANGER comes up behind you and asks "are you just getting off work or are you sick b/c you look very tired." Wow, must have looked horrible!  I don't feel 100%  I'm okay, just trying to fight off whatever is trying to catch on.  Strangest thing is craving for raw fish...Here are pictures of my first attempt at making homemade sushi for dinner...not pretty AT ALL...seaweed is cut all jagged....oops!, but it tastes okay!

For those who like to follow my blog for "royal fashion", new designs for both men and women will be coming SOON.  In the meantime, here's a pair of Satin Blue Shoes ON SALE for almost NOTHING; I got them for peanuts.  God really does bless us even in small little ways!  Like my motto goes, I don't believe in dressing for vanity, that's shallow, but I believe we represent God and we should look our best for Him. 

HQ Staff and Ministers Dinner

The HQ Staff and Ministers dinner was just fabulous!  Here are a few pics.  Above is a shot that I absolutely love of Mr. and Mrs. Dattolo and their fab daughter Rachel Dattolo.  All of the pics can be found on my password protected site at:  www.royaltruecolours.com

Fellowshipping during the dinner at one of the tables.  I really like this picture b/c Sean and Gladys Welsh have great smiles going on!

Thanks to Benjamin Tauer for taking this pic of Mrs. Githembe from Africa and myself at the dinner table. 

 Mr. Hessong and Benjamin Tauer chat before dinner.

The theme of the dinner was Ireland.  Love the harp decor!  John & Kristen Rambo, Paulette Corey, & Ramona Larsen did the decor.

Under Mr. Malone's direction the IA kids provided live classical music for the evening.  They are VERY talented at such young ages.

 Edwin and Jenny Trebels enjoying dinner with Mr. Staal from Netherlands.

 This was my name place setting.  One of the nicest I've seen!

 The appetizer.

 The salad course....was different.

 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Eagle enjoying dinner

 A massive table of ministers and staff enjoying the dinner.

Okay, so I heard that Autumn Krueger did the flower decoration on top of the soup...See the flower...pretty neat!

The main course was SO BIG, not exaggerated; picture does not do it justice, that Mr. Locher had to get up and announce to everyone that we could get to go boxes!  WOW!

 The dessert course was yummy.  Again in keeping the Irish theme.  Yes, I broke diet and enjoyed!

Like this pic even though it's a little out of focus.  Was taken by Rachel Dattolo at the end of the night.  Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hilliker, Mr. and Mrs. Githembe, Tiffany Watson, Benjamin Tauer, and myself.

After I ate my ice cream I got so cold I was shivering, LITERALLY...Mr. Joel Hilliker was so kind, he got up and got me a shot of whiskey which warmed me up a bit...Then the funny was when Mrs. Hilliker asked if I was going to be okay driving home I was so tired I guess it showed.....I thought she meant b/c I was so cold...so I answered, "I'm okay now that I've had whiskey."  You all can only imagine all the jokes I got when I said that!  ha, ha!  I guess I really was tired.  What a fun way to end a great royal evening!