tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19212337689351264782012-01-22T19:50:18.311+13:00Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.comBlogger306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-67028868796319571852012-01-19T22:16:00.003+13:002012-01-19T22:26:41.503+13:002012-01-19T22:26:41.503+13:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hi everyone,</span><br style="font-family:arial;"><br style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm just popping in to show you one of the skirts I made over the Christmas holidays...<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6724700281/" title="19th Jan 2012 6 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6724700281_5d3a8d6465.jpg" alt="19th Jan 2012 6" width="339" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6724699809/" title="19th Jan 2012 3 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6724699809_1e24f6f939.jpg" alt="19th Jan 2012 3" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">David bought the pattern for me for Christmas and I was eager to try it out - I usually use my own self drafted pattern for circle skirts but it’s always nice to breathe life into a vintage pattern. I had put pockets in but decided to take them out when the skirt hung a bit awkwardly. I used a length of vintage polished cotton that I had pre-washed but I thought it was still a little too stiff to keep the pockets in - next time I’ll use a softer fabric that drapes a bit better and add pockets into that one.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I’ve been back at work for the last two weeks now and unfortunately my sewing machine has languished (along with a muslin of the top of a dress I’ve been meaning to make since late last year). My next few weekends are all booked up but I’ll hopefully be able to make some time to get a few more projects finished before my holiday completely wears off and I’m back to operating on robot mode again until the Easter long weekend in April (oh, it’s so far away...).</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6724700021/" title="19th Jan 2012 5 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6724700021_2a77e91e30.jpg" alt="19th Jan 2012 5" width="349" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6724699463/" title="19th Jan 2012 2 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6724699463_6244073fc6.jpg" alt="19th Jan 2012 2" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Speaking of far away things, or things from a long time ago in this case, I've actually had my hair cut since November last year, but because I've not done an outfit post since November(!!) I've not had a chance to show you. </span><br style="font-family:arial;"><br style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This weekend I'm off back home to NZ for a friends wedding in Christchurch. It will be a strange thing to go back after the major earthquakes that have been hitting the city since 2010. We were there briefly for our honeymoon in 2010 after the first major quake and at that stage it seemed like every second house was missing a chimney, had a crack up the wall and was covered in tarpoulin and scaffolding. Since then they have had several more major earthquakes including the one that destroyed the cathedral and many buildings in the CBD causing it to be shut off (it's still shut off now) and where lives were lost. It's a little daunting, not knowing what to expect.</span><br style="font-family:arial;"><br style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Anyway, I hope you've all settled back down after the Christmas holidays!<br /><br />XX<br />Jen<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-6702886879631957185?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/rN1we9cjO6w" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com5http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2012/01/going-in-circles.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-7399509821196230872012-01-01T18:39:00.004+13:002012-01-01T23:16:16.074+13:002012-01-01T23:16:16.074+13:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6610898917/" title="Monty in a Box 1 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6610898917_ba3aee28b6.jpg" alt="Monty in a Box 1" height="500" width="355" /></a><br /><span style=" font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">The 'Monty in a box' photo above doesn't really have anything to do with this post - it's just key-ute!</span></span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I've read many inspiring resolution posts lately (as I'm sure many of you have too), and I particularly liked the post by one of my favourite writers <a href="http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/12/my-new-year-wish.html">Neil Gaiman</a> - I like the thought of making mistakes, making glorious and amazing mistakes, because it means you are doing something.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >This year has been an exhausting one to say the least - new job = less time = really really tired when you get home = not really being able to create a whole lot because you're tired and really can't be bothered etc etc.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >I am happy to say though that at the half way point of my two week break I have sewed two skirts already (one just needs a hem and we are good to go) and it feels so nice to be back doing something I really love but have just had no energy for at all this year. It was nice to spend some lazy days doing everything slowly - gently ironing out my vintage patterns, carefully tracing them and making adjustments as I went, washing and hanging fabric out to dry, cutting and sewing slowly and knowing there is absolutely no reason to rush and that I could take my time.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >I've also enjoyed talking to people I haven't for a while, volunteering at the dog rescue and taking wee pups out for walks, having friends over for new years eve and eating too much (and maybe drinking too much) and talking and laughing and watching the fireworks off the Sydney harbour bridge.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Next week I plan on putting the finishing touches on something I've been working on for over a year and then I'll tell you all about it. I hope it means I might be able to get some more time to myself this year to do the things I really love doing (though fingers crossed it'll get much busier first!!).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy 2012 to all you lovely people!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">XX</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-739950982119623087?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/mswbrrUpY-g" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com7http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-5677766982404436872011-12-23T11:43:00.003+13:002011-12-23T13:09:12.863+13:002011-12-23T13:09:12.863+13:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I am officially on holiday today for two whole weeks! I plan to catch up on sleep, catch up on some much needed sewing and see people I haven't seen in a long time. And maybe blog a wee bit :)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I know I've not blogged a lot during the second half of this year, but unfortunately some thing has to give and in my case it was this little bit of internet land. To make up for it, here is a picture of Monty I took on my phone sleeping on some tinsel.</span><span style="font-family:arial;">..</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6556573179/" title="Monty Sleeping on Tinsel.. by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6556573179_d128376a96.jpg" alt="Monty Sleeping on Tinsel.." height="500" width="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Nawww, too cute!<br /><br />XX</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-567776698240443687?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/mW6BNJ1CCMM" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com4http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-67668079015524940212011-11-24T20:40:00.002+13:002011-11-24T21:13:12.459+13:002011-11-24T21:13:12.459+13:00<span class="Apple-style-span" >First of all, thanks so much for your comments on my last post! This past year really has just flown by, and to where, I'm not quite sure...</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6393490539/" title="19th November 2011 3 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6393490539_639efa0f13.jpg" width="316" height="500" alt="19th November 2011 3" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6393490349/" title="19th November 2011 2 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6393490349_cafaab0d82.jpg" width="299" height="500" alt="19th November 2011 2" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >The weekend was lovely, on Sunday we went on a cruise around the harbour and funnily enough, David and I both won two more cruises for two - what are the chances? Go on one cruise, come back with two more! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >On Saturday night we went out for an evening picnic, it was the perfect weather to be out (minus the mozzies who for some reason always bite me and leave David alone). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">I wore the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "> </span><a href="http://www.shabbyapple.com/p-1056-lighthouse.aspx" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">Lighthouse</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">dress from</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "> </span><a href="http://www.shabbyapple.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">Shabby Apple</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "> on our picnic. If you've ever looked through their site, you'll know it's full of beautiful vintage inspired dresses, perfect for long summer evenings. It's a lovely light weight cotton summer dress with a removable bow belt, great for mixing and matching with their other dresses or adding it to pieces you already own. It also has beautiful pleat detailing down the front with a cross over bust - I love little details like that.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6393490871/" title="19th November 2011 detail by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6393490871_4ea8099558.jpg" width="328" height="500" alt="19th November 2011 detail" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" > </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I have my eye on a number of favourite pieces that I'm saving up for and if you have had your eye on something there too, <a href="http://www.shabbyapple.com/">Shabby Apple</a> have generously offered a 10% off voucher to all of you! All you have to do is enter prettylittlepictures10off at the check out - just in time for some holiday shopping.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Have a thankful thanksgiving those of you who celebrate it (unfortunately we don't, I guess we are just an unthankful lot down here...)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >xx</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Jen</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-6766807901552494021?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/kgIAVKvrIIY" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com6http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/11/not-too-shabby.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-42235073649651276472011-11-20T11:25:00.002+13:002011-11-20T11:33:27.081+13:002011-11-20T11:33:27.081+13:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">David and I got married...</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5240139193/" title="10 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5288/5240139193_22ed606983.jpg" alt="10" height="500" width="342" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5240146565/" title="29 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5283/5240146565_188354aa6f.jpg" alt="29" height="332" width="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5240146569/" title="30 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5289/5240146569_3e4b60eedc.jpg" alt="30" height="339" width="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5240142271/" title="18 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5009/5240142271_c4e8c49fa1.jpg" alt="18" height="500" width="341" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">How time flies...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">xx</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span></span><br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All images taken by<a href="http://www.sineadjenkins.com/"> Sinead Jenkins.</a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-4223507364965127647?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/r3lz4_vcARo" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com15http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/11/one-year-today.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-23911551905457810172011-10-31T20:43:00.002+13:002011-10-31T20:55:01.005+13:002011-10-31T20:55:01.005+13:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy Halloween everyone!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We don't tend to celebrate these sorts of holidays much down here (in Australia or NZ!) which I find a bit sad, I like holidays and wish we got into them a little more. But I guess we are technically supposed to be celebrating Spring here, not Autumn. Speaking of Spring, it really has sprung now, we have been getting some glorious days, just perfect in fact for swimming in our new blow-up pool. Yup, David and I bought a kids blow-up pool.<a href="http://instagr.am/p/R2eK-/"> It may take up almost the entire courtyard</a>, but we will be holding pool parties this summer - hehe!!</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6297574727/" title="31st Oct 2011 2 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6297574727_e58be63c3a.jpg" alt="31st Oct 2011 2" height="500" width="362" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6297574441/" title="31 October 2011 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/6297574441_863503a845.jpg" alt="31 October 2011" height="500" width="335" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And guess what I discovered last week? The new Great Gatsby movie is currently being in filmed here in Sydney, and one of the locations they are currently filming at is just down the road from my house!! It's all very exciting but I am yet to see Leo or Carey (all we can really see are huge white tents and fancy campervan-type vehicles. It's been completely shut off to the public, sad face!) - we have invited them around for a pool party but we are still waiting to hear back. I'm sure they're just busy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Right, off to eat the chocolate we bought for the trick or treaters just incase they came a knockin...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">xx</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-2391155190545781017?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/23FIcu-9HNY" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com5http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-halloween.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-45855352223408102432011-10-22T22:22:00.004+13:002011-10-23T10:26:56.232+13:002011-10-23T10:26:56.232+13:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hello,<br /><br />With Spring and all the pretty blossoms that have popped out since the warm weather has arrived, I've been having a thing for flowers in my hair. I must build up my little collection of flowers! And speaking of hair, I really need to chop mine off, it's getting to warm for long hair now...</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6268332267/" title="22nd October 2011 4 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6118/6268332267_fdec151c6e.jpg" alt="22nd October 2011 4" height="500" width="363" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6268331895/" title="22nd October 2011 3 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6118/6268331895_b07e5bf7b1.jpg" alt="22nd October 2011 3" height="500" width="367" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Today I joined the realm of real people and finally got an iphone (much to the delight of David who has an iphone, Mac computer + laptop and an ipad and is soon to be the proud owner of an iphone 4 thingy-ma-jig). Apps are way more fun when I get to play with them and Instagram got a work out this afternoon - any other fun apps you can reccomend?</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6268331687/" title="22nd October 2011 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6219/6268331687_d750019eff.jpg" alt="22nd October 2011" height="500" width="333" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6268331985/" title="22nd October 2011 5 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6170/6268331985_1c0c476a07.jpg" alt="22nd October 2011 5" height="500" width="344" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I think I may also be gradually moving back to my sewing machine, I cut out a pretty wrap skirt today from some vintage cotton in my stash and I made it to the fabric store this afternoon and bought some gorgeous Japanese lawn for some light summer dresses. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Hope you are all having lovely weekends...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">XX</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-4585535222340810243?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/Qn-6I56iFoU" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com3http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/10/with-flowers-in-your-hair.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-78388378601922088792011-10-16T13:24:00.003+13:002011-10-16T14:52:21.839+13:002011-10-16T14:52:21.839+13:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">A post a month it would seem I'm doing now! I could give you excuses (busy, blah blah, busy again, blah blah) but who cares, I'm here now :)<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6248411194/" title="16th Oct 2011 3 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6036/6248411194_de186008b7.jpg" alt="16th Oct 2011 3" height="500" width="333" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6248411060/" title="16th Oct 2011 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6035/6248411060_7af3dcbbff.jpg" alt="16th Oct 2011" height="500" width="326" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I still have several 'winter' outfits to post, but in Sydney, Spring really has pretty much sprung. It's time to take out the summer dresses and shoes and pack away the tights. I'm a bit sad about this though, I'm not quite ready for another hot and humid Sydney summer. If it can stay just like today, I'll be more than happy.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The dress I'm wearing is the one pattern, six bloggers dress I made just before we left for Vancouver back in June (which my goodness, was so so long ago now! I'll bug David for that post he's going to write too by the way). The cardigan is vintage and the belt is a thrifted one from Vancouver. </span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6247887707/" title="16th Oct 2011 4 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6107/6247887707_15c9c379a3.jpg" alt="16th Oct 2011 4" height="500" width="333" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I've not touched my sewing machine either since we got back from Vancouver. I have a <a href="http://www.coletterie.com/colette-patterns-news/free-pattern-to-download-the-sorbetto-top">Sorbetto blouse</a> cut out and ready to sew, but I've just not felt like doing anything that involves sewing. This is not a good thing considering I have several summery things I need to make for my summer wardrobe. I've been very good these last few months and have not bought a single item of clothing, new or otherwise - I wonder how long I can keep it up...?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >So what have you been up too? I need to catch up!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">XX</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Jen</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-7838837860192208879?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/rWAWOKLaZl8" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com4http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/10/goodbye-winter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-69721338646941317352011-09-17T15:11:00.003+12:002011-09-17T15:39:17.044+12:002011-09-17T15:39:17.044+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">It's a bit dusty around here isn't it? I guess it's high time to get back into blogging again now I think...</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6154781196/" title="Glasses by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6154781196_d71913a03c.jpg" alt="Glasses" height="356" width="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I should wear glasses all the time and do most of the time but I always tend not to when doing outfit photos or when I'm going out with friends for some reason. <br /><br />I recently got these new frames that I'm rather enamoured by though - I had been looking for some cat-eye frames but had never found the right ones (most of the vintage ones are a bit <span style="font-style: italic;">too</span> much cat-eye for me, and the modern versions cost way too much than I think they should) so when I found these ones, I got both a black and a red pair - who could resist?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">XX</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Jen</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-6972133864694131735?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/Fa6JjzP9v2Q" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com9http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-can-see-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-32419912312311417562011-08-05T21:59:00.003+12:002011-08-05T22:29:43.662+12:002011-08-05T22:29:43.662+12:00<div id=":ax" class="ii gt" style="font-family:arial;"><div id=":ay"><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The weeks seem to have disappeared in a blur of work lately. The last few Fridays I've woken up and realised it's Friday again and have gone on to wonder where on earth my time has gone (not that I'm complaining that it's Friday, it is Friday after all!!). I was given a mini payrise at work and walked away with more stuff on my plate than I know what to do with - how does that happen anyway?</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6010829303/" title="5th August 2011 2 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/6010829303_90e0321408.jpg" alt="5th August 2011 2" height="500" width="354" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6010838623/" title="5th August 2011 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6010838623_dac621b0e8.jpg" alt="5th August 2011" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">It seems summer has come early to Sydney this last week - we've had beautiful days of sunshine (to make up for the weeks of torrential rain perhaps?) and it's been too hot to wear a cardigan or a scarf or even a pair of stockings during the day (not that I would really know, I've spent the best parts of the day in my office with my computer and only getting quick glances of the lovely day outside from breaks between emails).<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" > </span><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" > </span><div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I have commissioned David to write a guest post on the Vancouver part of our trip because I'm sure he'll do it much more justice than I would, and then after that I'll write about a few more bits and pieces on specific things we did and then I'll stop boring you all with my (what seems like an age or two ago now) holiday.</span><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">I've not only spent my time being busy with work though, I've been working on something rather large that isn't quite ready to share with the world just yet - it's a few months away - but I do want to thank all of the amazing people who are helping me with it. You know who you are and I owe you all cupcakes!! Or maybe macarons - I've decided that they are the next thing I need to master in the baking department (Adriano Zumbo, eat your heart out!!).</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6011389954/" title="5th August 2011 6 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/6011389954_4e306e54c7.jpg" alt="5th August 2011 6" height="500" width="333" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/6010835243/" title="5th August 2011 4 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/6010835243_8c4c2a12c6.jpg" alt="5th August 2011 4" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This is really just a quick hello as it was high time to pop in, say hi and give you an outfit post (inspired by Orla Kiely and her happy mixes of polka dots and bright colours from a few weekends ago).</span><br /></span><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Have a great weekend all,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">XX</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span><br /></span></div> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-3241991231231141756?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/-sDCD9K8F8M" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com13http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/08/wheres-time-machine-when-you-need-one.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-64857373579236046472011-07-20T20:48:00.005+12:002011-07-20T21:35:57.844+12:002011-07-20T21:35:57.844+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-caRKbWL2umQ/TiadBx5ovLI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/xgqh4ESrMTg/s1600/cherished_collections.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 51px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-caRKbWL2umQ/TiadBx5ovLI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/xgqh4ESrMTg/s320/cherished_collections.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631361037973896370" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm sure we all have collections of some sort, and when <a href="http://www.elegantmusings.com/">Casey</a> put the word out about a little blog feature she was putting together of other people's collections, I couldn't resist putting my hand up to take part in the fun!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have numerous collections, some are big and some are small, some I've been collecting for a while and others are new collections waiting to be added too. Here is just a small sample of some of my collections, I hope you enjoy...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Vintage dresses:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Collecting vintage dresses is really what got me started on this whole bloggy thing which means I treasure every single one. My first vintage dress is shown below, a light blue cotton summer dress. I have a few that need some minor adjustments before I can wear them, and there are lots that haven't quite made it onto the blog yet. Oops!</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/4307710236/" title="27th Jan 10 5 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4307710236_5807e2e924.jpg" alt="27th Jan 10 5" height="500" width="300" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5957432586/" title="Collections 6 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5957432586_a4d6c6fa16.jpg" alt="Collections 6" height="333" width="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style=" font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >You can see me wearing some of my dresses on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/?saved=1">flickr</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Vintage Home Journals:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I started collecting these about three years ago and I never really looked back! They are such sweet (if not a little sexist) reminders of a time gone by. Most of the magazines I have (some 30 or so I think) have come with the original patterns to make the garments on the front too.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/4787764133/" title="Home Journal November 1st 1949 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4787764133_83425a2d0a.jpg" alt="Home Journal November 1st 1949" height="500" width="379" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5636739279/" title="Jan 1st 1949 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5105/5636739279_2356924dee.jpg" alt="Jan 1st 1949" height="500" width="382" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style=" font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >I have some scans from particular magazines on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/?saved=1">flickr</a> if you are interested in seeing the insides. More to come at later dates.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Vintage Patterns:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have many many vintage patterns and I'm in the process of making the 40's peplum blouse and skirt set. I have a lot of dresses but am working on building up my blouse collection and I have a pant pattern on the way which I'm itching to try out for summer (but making pants does makes me nervous!).</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5957432106/" title="Collections 2 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/5957432106_62d00db09e.jpg" alt="Collections 2" height="500" width="443" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5956872715/" title="Collections 1 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5956872715_afa840914b.jpg" alt="Collections 1" height="303" width="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Vintage Knitting Patterns:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm a novice knitter - I only just started knitting at the beginning of the year, and while I'm still working on the scarf I started at the same time, I'm sure I'll be making these patterns in no time! Well, fingers crossed anyway because I have several stacks of these patterns!</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5956873195/" title="Collections 5 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5956873195_af1cd0e0ce.jpg" alt="Collections 5" height="304" width="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5957432436/" title="Collections 4 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5957432436_a4c59cdf04.jpg" alt="Collections 4" height="386" width="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And that's it, just a tiny taste of some of my favourite collections. Make sure you check out<a href="http://elegantmusings.com/tag/cherished-collections/"> Casey's blog</a> for all the others taking part in the <a href="http://elegantmusings.com/tag/cherished-collections/">Cherished Collections Series</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">XX</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-6485737357923604647?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/5VOrIAep48g" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com18http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/07/cherished-collections.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-52441762010167091452011-07-16T15:48:00.003+12:002011-07-16T16:59:35.009+12:002011-07-16T16:59:35.009+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">On a Sunday, our last full day in Victoria before boarding the ferry for Vancouver the next day, David and I spent the afternoon in <a href="http://www.butchartgardens.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&amp;Itemid=1">The Butchardt Gardens</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">They are absolutely stunning and I would recommend anyone go there in a heartbeat (yes, it's a wee bit expensive but so so worth it!!). And hey look, an outfit post all at the same time...</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5941677367/" title="Butchardt Gardens 20 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5941677367_a24b0b0fc8.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 20" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5941677523/" title="Butchardt Gardens 21 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5941677523_83e59511d3.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 21" height="500" width="370" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5941677639/" title="Butchardt Gardens 22 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5941677639_03691356da.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 22" height="500" width="367" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a beautiful vintage dress that I had hanging in my closet for a little while - it was originally a terrible coffee colour that made me look sick when I wore it. I eventually got round to buying some navy blue dye because I really wanted to wear it. I didn't leave the dress in the dye bath for too long though because I was worred about the flowers dyeing out, but it turned out a beautiful blue-grey colour and the flowers look perfectly pretty against it. </span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5941674473/" title="Butchardt Gardens 1 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5941674473_302168c973.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 1" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5942235112/" title="Butchardt Gardens 2 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5942235112_7cfec8f361.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 2" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5942235304/" title="Butchardt Gardens 3 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/5942235304_69bb04d499.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 3" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5942235366/" title="Butchardt Gardens 4 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5942235366_4204abcea4.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 4" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5942235436/" title="Butchardt Gardens 5 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/5942235436_ee67752838.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 5" height="295" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5941675101/" title="Butchardt Gardens 6 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/5941675101_9cc1d9c4ba.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 6" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5942235850/" title="Butchardt Gardens 8 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5942235850_325a5017f4.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 8" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5942236176/" title="Butchardt Gardens 9 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5942236176_50f85e5246.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 9" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5941676369/" title="Butchardt Gardens 12 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6126/5941676369_7c3363ca57.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 12" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5941676021/" title="Butchardt Gardens 11 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5941676021_e392dc6e6c.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 11" height="500" width="498" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5942236974/" title="Butchardt Gardens 13 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5942236974_3659ee6fb1.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 13" height="453" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5941676681/" title="Butchardt Gardens 15 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5941676681_7471f5d3c1.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 15" height="295" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5942237400/" title="Butchardt Gardens 16 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5942237400_9d1d9ec307.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 16" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5942237520/" title="Butchardt Gardens 17 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/5942237520_7d44180180.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 17" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5941677129/" title="Butchardt Gardens 18 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/5941677129_639f3e1138.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 18" height="500" width="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5942237784/" title="Butchardt Gardens 19 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6015/5942237784_91a0fa36ce.jpg" alt="Butchardt Gardens 19" height="399" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Wish I was back there...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">XX</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-5244176201016709145?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/CeF3qE3lT7A" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com15http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/07/butchardt-gardens.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-54710363639991548402011-07-09T15:27:00.005+12:002011-07-11T21:49:46.687+12:002011-07-11T21:49:46.687+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hi Everyone,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Thanks so much for all your comments on my Beijing post! I didn't really convey how much of a culture shock it was when we got out of the airport though. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">David and I landed in Vancouver later on Saturday night and had booked a night in a hotel before we jumped on the ferry over to Victoria (and boy oh boy was a shower and a comfy bed welcome!).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We spent a week on the island and while David had a conference to attend during the week, I was free to amuse myself as I saw fit. And I must say, I really really loved the time we spent in Victoria. It was such a pretty little place and I would love to go back there and explore up the coast line. As it was we spent the bulk of our time in Downtown where we were staying, except when we spent a Sunday afternoon exploring the Butchardt Gardens (which I've decided needs it's own post). Victoria had a great vibe and I could certainly see myself setting up camp there for a while if the opportunity ever arose.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925814478/" title="Victoria 1 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6022/5925814478_0e38e2684f.jpg" alt="Victoria 1" width="500" height="333" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925252619/" title="Victoria 2 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/5925252619_42b2d64686.jpg" alt="Victoria 2" width="500" height="333" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Exploring Victoria via horse drawn carriage one evening. The thing I loved about being here during summer time was that it didn't get dark until around 9pm which meant there was plenty of time explore with David when he had finished for the day.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925814778/" title="Victoria 3 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5925814778_670675c976.jpg" alt="Victoria 3" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />I didn't eat all of this by myself, promise!! Ruby slippers ice cream float and muddy shoes (?) sundae at Rogers Ice Cream Shoppe. Expensive but worth it for a little touristy treat!<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925252867/" title="Victoria 4 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6125/5925252867_7ef0e98b50.jpg" alt="Victoria 4" width="500" height="310" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Where we stayed, right on the water (not the ugly apartment block behind it!). We had afternoon tea at in the 'mansion' part of the hotel aptly named the Gatsby Mansion that you can see to the right with the turret.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925253047/" title="Victoria 6 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5925253047_ce4418024d.jpg" alt="Victoria 6" width="500" height="342" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Just along from where we stayed were the stunning Parliament buildings.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925815304/" title="Victoria 8 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/5925815304_45d3cc3e52.jpg" alt="Victoria 8" width="500" height="289" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />And just along from that, the impressive <a href="http://www.fairmont.com/empress/">Fairmont Empress Hotel</a>. I did want to do high tea there but decided that it was maybe just a wee bit too expensive for tea, so I just stared longingly at it everytime we passed (which was pretty much every day). And don't you think this would be a perfect setting for a Poirot mystery?<br /><br />The next set of photos are from inside <a href="http://www.craigdarrochcastle.com/">Craigdarroch Castle</a>. I went here by myself for the afternoon (stopping of at <a href="http://www.originbakery.com/">Origins Gluten Free Bakery</a> for lunch before hand (Oh my goodness, go there and buy the pepita loaf!!)). If you've been reading my blog for a little while, you'll know that it's no secret I love old houses and so a castle is really just the cherry on top...<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925815204/" title="Victoria 7 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/5925815204_f2797fb032.jpg" alt="Victoria 7" width="500" height="333" /></a></span></span><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This beautiful wooden clock greets you as you walk inside...</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925253875/" title="Victoria 9 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5925253875_4f7b25a19e.jpg" alt="Victoria 9" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925254335/" title="Victoria 13 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5925254335_98638ec1ec.jpg" alt="Victoria 13" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925254491/" title="Victoria 14 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5925254491_3483be2bef.jpg" alt="Victoria 14" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Drawn by one of the daughters of the Dunsmuirs who built the place when she was seven I believe - how amazing!<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925254625/" title="Victoria 15 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5925254625_da15be3d92.jpg" alt="Victoria 15" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925254081/" title="Victoria 11 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5925254081_07488287a6.jpg" alt="Victoria 11" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I loved this random little guy at the top of one of the staircases...</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925817002/" title="Victoria 19 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5925817002_d28298dcac.jpg" alt="Victoria 19" width="500" height="333" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925817076/" title="Victoria 20 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/5925817076_c0d65fb89a.jpg" alt="Victoria 20" width="500" height="333" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Even the heating is pretty!</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925817552/" title="Victoria 21 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5925817552_af09b09d4e.jpg" alt="Victoria 21" width="500" height="333" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5925255679/" title="Victoria 22 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5925255679_e01bd1779b.jpg" alt="Victoria 22" width="500" height="333" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">A beautiful model of the castle inside one of the rooms.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Up next my post on the Butchardt gardens.<br /><br />XX<br />Jen<br /><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-5471036363999154840?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/-oDF5fQ1okE" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com10http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/07/victoria-bc.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-80284768321413842612011-07-06T19:54:00.002+12:002011-07-06T21:29:32.748+12:002011-07-06T21:29:32.748+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hi everyone...<br /><br />This first post back has been a long time coming! I've found it a bit hard to get back into the swing of things after a three week break, and catching up on three weeks of work at the job that pays me has been a bit exhausting, especially considering I'm still relatively new (my inbox was a little bit scary!! But I have tamed the beast thank goodness!). I was also dreading editing photos just a little too...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Now, I know how boring other people's holiday snaps can be so I'll try to keep it short, I'm also going to break the trip up into three bits - Beijing, Victoria and Vancouver to try and not lose too many of you to 'boring holiday snap-itis'.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">David and I had a rather large stop over in Beijing on our way to Vancouver, we got in around 7.30am and our flight wouldn't leave until 11.30pm that night so we decided to get out of the airport and explore. We had the foresight to book a private tour to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutianyu">Mutianyu section</a> of the Great Wall which was such a beautiful area. It is high in the hills away from the smog and traffic of the city and surrounded by chestnut trees (if you go there, make sure you toboggan back down the hill). Then because we still had so much time after our Great Wall visit, we ended up going to the Forbidden City and Tiananmen square.</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5907760987/" title="Beijing 1 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5907760987_7af6e0e620.jpg" alt="Beijing 1" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I forgot to change the camera settings to auto when I gave it to our guide to take a photo of us. At least the wall is in focus!!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5907761431/" title="Beijing 2 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5907761431_e237638499.jpg" alt="Beijing 2" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5907761487/" title="Beijing 3 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6049/5907761487_c24fd4e571.jpg" alt="Beijing 3" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Chinese writing on the hill means something along the lines of 'Be Loyal to Chairman Mao'</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5908318730/" title="Beijing 4 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/5908318730_a9d4dbb93a.jpg" alt="Beijing 4" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5908318848/" title="Beijing 5 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5119/5908318848_a7d6eaa8da.jpg" alt="Beijing 5" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5908319012/" title="Beijing 6 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/5908319012_6c89e3e4c9.jpg" alt="Beijing 6" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5908319118/" title="Beijing 7 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5908319118_dc6f886f29.jpg" alt="Beijing 7" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Say hello to the friendly Great Wall of China donkey!!<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5908319176/" title="Beijing 9 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6040/5908319176_f54d7a8010.jpg" alt="Beijing 9" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5908319544/" title="Beijing 10 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5908319544_5a26eff090.jpg" alt="Beijing 10" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">LUNCH!!! David and I were starving after our trekking around the wall and so our guide took us to get some real Chinese food (after taking us to a small </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloisonn%C3%A9">cloisonne</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> factory. Everything is done by hand and it's such an intricate art. I couldn't resist buying a bracelet which I'm sure will make it onto the blog soon). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">After lunch it was off to the Forbidden City...</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5907762437/" title="Beijing 11 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5112/5907762437_2b00094a76.jpg" alt="Beijing 11" width="397" height="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5908323066/" title="Beijing 12 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5908323066_67cd7d3df5.jpg" alt="Beijing 12" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5907766083/" title="Beijing 13 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5278/5907766083_555803e59f.jpg" alt="Beijing 13" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5907766219/" title="Beijing 14 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5907766219_907ff20a9f.jpg" alt="Beijing 14" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5907766307/" title="Beijing 15 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5031/5907766307_efbafbe641.jpg" alt="Beijing 15" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Forbidden City is so big that I would have got lost without our guide. It was beautiful though, the details and the colours were spectacular!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5907766357/" title="Beijing 17 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6037/5907766357_257db093f3.jpg" alt="Beijing 17" width="500" height="293" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tiananman Square, right outside The Forbidden City.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5908323496/" title="Beijing 19 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5908323496_c90a5dcbd4.jpg" alt="Beijing 19" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5908323556/" title="Beijing 20 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5274/5908323556_97711f6a36.jpg" alt="Beijing 20" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">David and I were exhausted after we got back to the airport and so found ourselves a little nook, some food and watched Bones on David's Ipad.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I would defintely recommend visiting China to anyone and if I have a chance to go back I would hope to spend a little more time there.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Next time, Victoria (aka Vancouver Island).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">XX</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Jen</span></span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-8028476832141384261?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/3X5B_kyheAE" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com11http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/07/beijing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-37295075313222581082011-06-02T20:07:00.005+12:002011-06-02T22:07:09.207+12:002011-06-02T22:07:09.207+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">David and I are floating off to Vancouver tomorrow (which reminds me, I really need to pack!!).</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5789657644/" title="Away... by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5228/5789657644_e1a8017a6b.jpg" alt="Away..." width="500" height="333" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5789657566/" title="Daisy 2 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5068/5789657566_b95b41a276.jpg" alt="Daisy 2" width="333" height="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Bon Voyage,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">ps) Thank you so much for all the lovely comments on my One Pattern Seven Bloggers dress and I just wanted to let you know that I will do a pleat tutorial! It's actually already been written and the photos taken, they just need some editing to make the process a little clearer and I didn't have time last night (I barely got the dress up in time!). I will post it when I get back :)</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-3729507531322258108?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/tk19JUClPNw" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com12http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/06/ill-be-seeing-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-75379972277447474972011-06-01T20:59:00.007+12:002011-06-01T23:43:59.327+12:002011-06-01T23:43:59.327+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iaCoq44uIkg/TeYDxWTGwdI/AAAAAAAAA_M/4_LqsJxP6Mg/s1600/1pattern7bloggers.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 187px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iaCoq44uIkg/TeYDxWTGwdI/AAAAAAAAA_M/4_LqsJxP6Mg/s320/1pattern7bloggers.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613178131898089938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, here we are, at the end of the One Pattern Seven Bloggers challenge.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have to apologise for the bad indoor/night photos, I didn't get it finished on Sunday and when I get home after work now it's dark dark dark.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5785653967/" title="Dress 1 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/5785653967_d75898b3fd.jpg" alt="Dress 1" width="333" height="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5786209126/" title="Dress 3 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2461/5786209126_4b17d98d9c.jpg" alt="Dress 3" width="333" height="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5785654097/" title="Dress 2 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/5785654097_db353faf05.jpg" alt="Dress 2" width="333" height="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm really happy with the overall fit of the dress and the modifications I made (though the pleats would look better if I had been bothered to iron them). I ended up taking off the little cap sleeves and added pleats to the skirt. I do have plans to make a bow belt to match the dress but that will have to wait.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Overall, I liked the pattern though wouldn't recommend it for a novice sewer - the instructions are a bit vague. Though that makes it a fantastic pattern for the moderate sewer who is looking to start modifying patterns by themselves.<br /><br />It's a great basic dress that really does have endless variations and can be made for winter or summer depending on the fabric you use.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">It has a lovely vintage silhoette for those looking for that style, but as a warning (and one that I have to thank those who left comments mentioning it) the neckline is V-E-R-Y low. Fix that before you cut your real fabric.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Make sure you check out the other girls, everyone has done such a fantastic job!!<br /><br /></span></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><span style=" ;font-size:85%;" >Marie <a href="http://asewingodyssey.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://asewingodyssey.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></p><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Reana Louise <a href="http://curvespatternsandpins.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>curvespatternsandpins.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> </span><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Kat <a href="http://katcreativeadventures.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>katcreativeadventures.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rachel <a href="http://mymessings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://mymessings.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> </span><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Amy <a href="http://sewingthroughthemotions.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>sewingthroughthemotions.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sam <a href="http://hand-quilter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://hand-quilter.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://hand-quilter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"></a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">xx</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-7537997227744747497?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/bDUqSjOhGoU" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com18http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-pattern-seven-bloggers-5.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-14896985181005462302011-05-30T21:18:00.009+12:002011-05-30T21:52:13.653+12:002011-05-30T21:52:13.653+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I had a good birthday...</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5774970577/" title="30th May 2011 2 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5774970577_d3f50cda80.jpg" alt="30th May 2011 2" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5775512678/" title="30th May 20114 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5775512678_88b65378b2.jpg" alt="30th May 20114" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">And one where you spend it playing in leaves makes it even better than one spent not playing in leaves...</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5775512864/" title="30th May 2011 7 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/5775512864_6409b71a93.jpg" alt="30th May 2011 7" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5775512234/" title="30th May 2011 9 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3529/5775512234_f730f40382.jpg" alt="30th May 2011 9" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5774971813/" title="30th May 2011 8 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5774971813_3ed516dc9a.jpg" alt="30th May 2011 8" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5775511494/" title="30th May 2011 6 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/5775511494_a55ca12b71.jpg" alt="30th May 2011 6" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">David got some leaf action too - so you can see, it's not just about taking photos of me (just mostly...).</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5774972067/" title="30th May 2011 10 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3436/5774972067_73669f4cca.jpg" alt="30th May 2011 10" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And look at the cute little gif. David made me :)</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m487/djlarge/jen_leaves.gif" /></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And thank you for your birthday wishes!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">xx</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">ps) Vancouver in less than a week with a stop off in Beijing and a visit to the Great Wall !! (!)</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-1489698518100546230?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/r4ZShneIe24" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com14http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/05/best-birthdays-are-those-with-leaves.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-33808442456150484972011-05-26T20:21:00.003+12:002011-05-27T19:46:43.774+12:002011-05-27T19:46:43.774+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm actually not having a party, but if I was, well, it would be mine! It's my birthday tomorrow and I'm turning 26.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5764395372/" title="27th May 2011 4 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2580/5764395372_64787838b2.jpg" alt="27th May 2011 4" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Does anybody else feel like this year has been going way too fast? I feel like I only <a href="http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-birthday-weekend.html">just turned 25</a>* last week and now all of a sudden I'm 26. Give me three weeks and I'll be 30 before we know it!<br /><br />I don't have much planned for it because we are flying off to Vancouver on Friday (!) but David has bought me a massage and after that we will eat lunch at a cute little cafe we drove past hidden amoungst the streets in our neighbourhood and m</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >aybe when we get back from overseas I'll do something - people keep telling me I have to do something...</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5763846871/" title="27th May 2011 8 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2023/5763846871_c43684661e.jpg" alt="27th May 2011 8" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5763846425/" title="27th May 2011 5 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5763846425_5978e3e8da.jpg" alt="27th May 2011 5" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Have a lovely weekend all,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">XX</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">*I rather like my hair when I was 25, I had just cut it all off again and I am feeling tempted to do the same now...</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-3380844245615048497?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/klSvjznk91o" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com14http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/05/its-my-party.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-1989009274573344692011-05-24T20:42:00.005+12:002011-05-25T20:25:57.156+12:002011-05-25T20:25:57.156+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tA4yuvZamZI/Tdy6xvVTDwI/AAAAAAAAA-0/GP51oKXDqrM/s1600/1pattern7bloggers.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 187px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tA4yuvZamZI/Tdy6xvVTDwI/AAAAAAAAA-0/GP51oKXDqrM/s320/1pattern7bloggers.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610564599478947586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">My dress seems to be coming along nicely, all I need to do with the bodice now is fix up the arm holes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This week the One Pattern Seven Bloggers team are all discussing any special techniques we’ve used in our dresses and I </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >am</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> going to be talking about pleats...just not today. It's written it just needs photos and I don't have time to do them this week but I will on the weekend. So instead, I'm going to post what was supposed to be my added bonus technique - how to get perfect darts! Enjoy.</span></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">D<span style="font-family: arial;">arts:</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This little tutorial I decided to do last minute as I was marking out the bust darts on my bodice.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I used to always have issues sewing straight darts, especially right towards the tip where it’s most noticeable if they are a little wonky. One day I just started doing the way I'm about to show you and it has given me perfect darts every time..</span><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span>1.<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Mark your darts with cotton thread.<span> </span>I have always done it this way and recommend it over chalk because you can easily thread your needle straight through the pattern and the mark won’t rub off.<span> </span>Don’t knot the end as they won’t be there for long.<span> </span>I should also note that I only ever pay attention to the bottom two dart markings and the top dart marking (in these photos labelled A, B and C).</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span>2.<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">With the wrong side facing up, using a ruler, find the middle spot between your bottom two darts (A and B). Mark the spot.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jetMJMpEdbw/Tdtv06WEOQI/AAAAAAAAA-M/uc4EcWWeMp8/s1600/Dart%2B1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jetMJMpEdbw/Tdtv06WEOQI/AAAAAAAAA-M/uc4EcWWeMp8/s320/Dart%2B1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610200715625773314" border="0" /></a></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span>3.<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Using tailors chalk, draw a straight line from the centre mark you just found right up the centre to the top dart mark (C).<span> </span>This will be where you will fold your dart!<br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1wdNgxIdjiQ/Tdtv1GKxsuI/AAAAAAAAA-U/S8B57bft7RM/s1600/Dart%2B2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1wdNgxIdjiQ/Tdtv1GKxsuI/AAAAAAAAA-U/S8B57bft7RM/s320/Dart%2B2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610200718799647458" border="0" /></a></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span>4.<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Take your ruler and draw a straight line from one of your bottom dart marks (I chose A, but you could do either side) to the top dart mark (C).<span> </span>This is the line you will sew!<br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5LrxQUrilrc/Tdtv1n4LMOI/AAAAAAAAA-c/bOf4ePV6Q9I/s1600/Dart%2B3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5LrxQUrilrc/Tdtv1n4LMOI/AAAAAAAAA-c/bOf4ePV6Q9I/s320/Dart%2B3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610200727848431842" border="0" /></a></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><span>5.<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Fold your dart on the middle line you first drew and iron.</span></span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xSd7qO7JyrE/Tdtv1_iAOeI/AAAAAAAAA-k/dM_bDDDBOL8/s1600/Dart%2B4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 189px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xSd7qO7JyrE/Tdtv1_iAOeI/AAAAAAAAA-k/dM_bDDDBOL8/s320/Dart%2B4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610200734197889506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><span>6.<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Take your fabric to your machine and always starting from the bottom of the dart, sew along that nice straight line you drew earlier.</span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ivw4EjXJCUk/Tdtv2UejefI/AAAAAAAAA-s/q3bgYd1r0FE/s1600/Dart%2B5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ivw4EjXJCUk/Tdtv2UejefI/AAAAAAAAA-s/q3bgYd1r0FE/s320/Dart%2B5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610200739820567026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span>7.<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Turn your dart under, iron and TA DA! a perfect dart.</span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Make sure you check out how everyone else is doing…</span></p><p face="arial" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;"><span style=" ;font-size:85%;">Marie <a href="http://asewingodyssey.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://asewingodyssey.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></p><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Reana Louise <a href="http://curvespatternsandpins.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>curvespatternsandpins.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;"> </span><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Kat <a href="http://katcreativeadventures.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>katcreativeadventures.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rachel <a href="http://mymessings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://mymessings.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;"> </span><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Amy <a href="http://sewingthroughthemotions.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>sewingthroughthemotions.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;"> </span><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sam <a href="http://hand-quilter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://hand-quilter.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />XX<br />Jen<br /><br />ps) Thank you for all of your comments on my photo taking exploits in my last post. I'm glad you liked them :)<br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-198900927457334469?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/eQKBk6GXEgs" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com4http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-pattern-seven-bloggers-4.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-74392469589045231572011-05-22T22:42:00.004+12:002011-05-23T20:32:41.308+12:002011-05-23T20:32:41.308+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I feel like I've not done an outfit post for a long while...<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5749696333/" title="23rd May 2011 6 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2186/5749696333_b1f3dd2cac.jpg" alt="23rd May 2011 6" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5749695859/" title="23rd May 2011 5 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/5749695859_15debeff64.jpg" alt="23rd May 2011 5" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This dress was one of those poor dresses that sat in my wardrobe when I first got it because it had some major alterations that needed doing. But ever since I got around to doing them, it has been in constant roation - at the moment I love pairing it with with the belt I'm wearing, black tights and a dark grey cardigan. I love the contrast of the sweet springy floral print of the dress with the dark wintery black of the other items - it fits perfectly with the wintery cold mornings. On Saturday when I wore it for these photos, it was too warm for the tights and cardigan and so they were happily left at home...</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5749695677/" title="23rd May 2011 4 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5061/5749695677_a3570ee5b5.jpg" alt="23rd May 2011 4" width="333" height="500" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">A new lens arrived on my doorstep on Monday and it takes the most beautiful photos. I put it through it's paces this weekend, first on Saturday at </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.rookwoodcemetery.com.au/">Rookwood Cemetary</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, one of the largest cemetary's in the Southern Hemisphere and again on Sunday at the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.shfa.nsw.gov.au/sydney-Our_places_and_projects-Our_projects-Bays_Precinct-White_Bay_Power_Station_Open_Days.htm">White Bay Power Station</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. It's derelict and normally closed to the public, but they opened it up again this weekend after it was so popular when they opened it to the public a few months ago.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Below are just a few of my favourite photos from the cemetary and I'll show you some from the power station soon...</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5746229582/" title="Rookwood 7 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/5746229582_5c60d82dd8.jpg" alt="Rookwood 7" width="333" height="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5746229316/" title="Rookwood 6 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2721/5746229316_9492ebfafd.jpg" alt="Rookwood 6" width="500" height="333" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5746228918/" title="Rookwood 5 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5147/5746228918_4396485f38.jpg" alt="Rookwood 5" width="333" height="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5746228634/" title="Rookwood 4 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5025/5746228634_eafde2229f.jpg" alt="Rookwood 4" width="500" height="398" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5745679369/" title="Rookwood 3 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2638/5745679369_c487e0e8b2.jpg" alt="Rookwood 3" width="500" height="350" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5746227752/" title="Rookwood 1 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5148/5746227752_495139e1f5.jpg" alt="Rookwood 1" width="333" height="500" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">xx</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-7439246958904523157?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/sIZ6BSz_rEs" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com9http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/05/playing-with-photos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-68259026573439641242011-05-17T21:25:00.004+12:002011-05-18T20:32:24.185+12:002011-05-18T20:32:24.185+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N_o0dXckeBo/TdOC07doNVI/AAAAAAAAA-E/RF8wpDo15WE/s1600/1pattern7bloggers.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 187px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N_o0dXckeBo/TdOC07doNVI/AAAAAAAAA-E/RF8wpDo15WE/s320/1pattern7bloggers.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607969806833169746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Okay, I've been slack this week...<br /><br />I've modified and tweaked my pattern to suit what I had envisioned and the bodice has been cut out, but alas, I am yet to do any 'putting together' of said pattern. And I have no photos either (but on a side note: my gorgeous new camera lens arrived on Monday and I'm looking forward to putting it through it's paces in Vancouver and at the Great Wall in China. Oh, did I not mention I was visiting the Great Wall on the way to Vancouver? Well, more news on that exciting development soon!! But, I digress...).<br /><br />This week we were supposed to be talking about fitting the dress and I am so thankful I took heed of everyones advice, (including the girls doing the challenge) to make sure the neckline wasn't too plunging. I've also taken off the slight cap sleeve on the dress and made it a straight strap across the shoulder instead. And, Casey has a tutorial up on making a<a href="http://blog.caseybrowndesigns.com/2011/05/blueberry-fields-dress/"> piped neckline</a> and I'll admit, I'm tempted. However, I'm still to tackle my skirt pleats and feel that they will probably take up more time than I have at the moment. <br /><br />For far more interesting posts this week on the sewing challenge, more than likely with actual pictures, make sure you check out the other girls!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=" ;font-size:85%;" >Marie <a href="http://asewingodyssey.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://asewingodyssey.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Reana Louise <a href="http://curvespatternsandpins.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>curvespatternsandpins.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Kat <a href="http://katcreativeadventures.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>katcreativeadventures.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rachel <a href="http://mymessings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://mymessings.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Amy <a href="http://sewingthroughthemotions.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>sewingthroughthemotions.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sam <a href="http://hand-quilter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://hand-quilter.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Next week we are all doing posts on any special techniques we've used in the dress including tutorials if you're interested. I'm going to talk about making pleats and I have it on good authority that there will be an inseam pocket tutorial and a self belt tutorial. But you'll have to wait to find out...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">XX</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Jen</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-6825902657343964124?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/Nsbn4m79Ouk" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com4http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-pattern-seven-bloggers-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-27646694539040292572011-05-15T12:08:00.002+12:002011-05-15T12:19:55.434+12:002011-05-15T12:19:55.434+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hi everyone,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I thought I should mention that our wedding was featured in a <a href="http://www.fleurhamill.com/Blog/?p=2098#comments">New Zealand Wedding blog</a> a few weeks ago (it was put up right after the Royal Wedding, I'm not sure we could have competed!!).</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28576090@N06/5240142271/" title="18 by Jennifer Lauren Vintage, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5240142271_c4e8c49fa1.jpg" alt="18" width="341" height="500" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And <a href="http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2010/12/wedding-in-three-parts-part-2.html">here is my blog post</a> about the actual day if you're interested,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">XX</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Jen</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All photos by the lovely <a href="http://www.sineadjenkins.com/">Sinead Jenkins</a>!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-2764669453904029257?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/g6dIr_qC_kw" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com3http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/05/our-wedding.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-27675615478366001332011-05-11T20:28:00.007+12:002011-05-11T20:56:30.577+12:002011-05-11T20:56:30.577+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">FABRIC!!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I think I had already made up my mind about the fabric I would use for the dress as soon as I saw the pattern, but it's always nice to umm and ahh and try on different options in your head before settling on one (or more if you fancy!).</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MCFbaHMerTw/TcpOBZvCotI/AAAAAAAAA98/6444AobEg5g/s1600/Fabric.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MCFbaHMerTw/TcpOBZvCotI/AAAAAAAAA98/6444AobEg5g/s320/Fabric.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605378472211030738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">I love the blue and black polka dot vintage cotton, but haven't found the perfect pattern for it yet, and the 'autumnal' coloured fabric is actually a vintage sheet!</span><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I've decided to use up the rest of the forest green fabric I bought for the swing dress sew along Casey did earlier in the year.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">I've wanted a forest green dress for sometime now, and with it being autumn, it's really the perfect time.<br /><br />Pleats, cap sleeves and a nice round neckline will be perfect I think.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">XX</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />ps) Thank you so much for your Vancouver tips! I'll be getting back to you asap :)<br /><br />pps) Confused about what 'One Pattern, Seven bloggers' is? <a href="http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-pattern-seven-bloggers.html">Go here!</a><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-2767561547836600133?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/kkOy1SunSuc" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com8http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-pattern-seven-bloggers-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-58909207666315697702011-05-07T11:45:00.002+12:002011-05-07T11:58:28.874+12:002011-05-07T11:58:28.874+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I just wanted to let you know that I am coming to visit you June for three weeks and I'm very excited! We will be spending one week on Vancouver Island and two weeks in Vancouver itself.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I've already hunted down a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.craigdarrochcastle.com/">Castle</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> to visit on Vancouver Island and </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.butchartgardens.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&amp;Itemid=1">The Butchart Gardens</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (yay, we will be there in late Spring and it will be magical...) but I was wondering if you'd be able to tell me some other things that I must visit. Perhaps something off the beaten tourist track that locals know all about and tourists just pass on by.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I'd also love it if you'd be able to point me in the direction of some of it's lovely inhabitants that may have a chance to catch up for a coffee and a chat? You see, David will be researching and conferencing for a lot of the time, so I'll have plenty of time on my hands for exploring and meeting friends from afar.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Also, weather? What does one bring to Vancouver in June? Is it cold? Wet? Hot? And can I bring my knitting on the plane? (Probably not, but it was worth a try!).<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, I look forward to hearing from you soon.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Write back,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">xx</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Jen</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-5890920766631569770?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/W1g_EdCajs4" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com15http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/05/dear-vancouver.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921233768935126478.post-1611887251277298752011-05-04T07:00:00.005+12:002011-05-04T20:33:11.624+12:002011-05-04T20:33:11.624+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c_RAw1ZY4vU/Tb5w1JEtdnI/AAAAAAAAA9k/E_Ly2MZM8Uc/s1600/1pattern7bloggers.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 187px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c_RAw1ZY4vU/Tb5w1JEtdnI/AAAAAAAAA9k/E_Ly2MZM8Uc/s320/1pattern7bloggers.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602039044766529138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">About a week ago, myself and five other bloggers were contacted by <a href="http://hand-quilter.blogspot.com/">Sam</a> to participate in a sewing experiment she had cooked up - one pattern sewn by seven different sewers (and bloggers).</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I was really excited about being asked to participate and I'm really excited to see what the other girls come up with. I love seeing how other people interpret patterns and make them their own, and might I add, it's good for getting ideas for the next time you decide to make the pattern!</span> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Some pretty Autumnal inspiration for my dress courtesy of Google Images...</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PgYU8sB0x4I/Tb5w0owu2RI/AAAAAAAAA9U/Mfif79Fx-1s/s1600/autumn_16.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PgYU8sB0x4I/Tb5w0owu2RI/AAAAAAAAA9U/Mfif79Fx-1s/s320/autumn_16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602039036092799250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-heSmLiXSATc/Tb5w0Y1yARI/AAAAAAAAA9M/Lqbh9584vQE/s1600/1803502274_71b744db55.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-heSmLiXSATc/Tb5w0Y1yARI/AAAAAAAAA9M/Lqbh9584vQE/s320/1803502274_71b744db55.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602039031819010322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We've chosen </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.burdastyle.com/patterns/022011-dress-with-gathered-rectangle-skirt-and-cap-sleeves">this</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> burda style pattern to work off as its a very basic pattern and one that really has almost endless variations. If you've ever used this pattern and have any tips please feel free to sing out, I'm sure we'll all appreciate it.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />We also have a relatively tight turn around with just four weeks to complete the dress</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> and we will each be posting our progress every Wednesday, so make sure you pop by the other ladies to see how they are going!</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />Marie <a href="http://asewingodyssey.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://asewingodyssey.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span><div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Reana Louise <a href="http://curvespatternsandpins.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>curvespatternsandpins.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></div> <div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Kat <a href="http://katcreativeadventures.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>katcreativeadventures.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rachel <a href="http://mymessings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://mymessings.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></div> <div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Amy <a href="http://sewingthroughthemotions.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>sewingthroughthemotions.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></div> <div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sam <a href="http://hand-quilter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://hand-quilter.<wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">So what are all the Autumnal pictures about? Well, this was also supposed to be a post about inspiration for the dress, but as I'm on a budget, my inspiration is coming from the depths of my fabric stash and the fact that it's certainly cooling down around here! I have several different fabrics in mind, I now just need to settle on one...<br /><br />I also have several modifications I plan to make to the pattern, like little knife pleats in the skirt - I've had pleats on the brain lately.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />XX</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Jen</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Note: David dropped off my sewing machnine to the sewing machine repair man yesterday as it has started making funny noises (even after cleaning out the feed dog as instructed) and the button holes are messing up. Is it just me or would you agree that I seem to be having bad luck with my sewing machines...? This means I won't have it back for a week and won't be able to put up a post on wednesday with any actual 'sewing'. Boo.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1921233768935126478-161188725127729875?l=the-paperdoll.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PrettyLittlePictures/~4/LkKmC5jocK8" height="1" width="1"/>Pretty Little Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384277110904485746noreply@blogger.com9http://the-paperdoll.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-pattern-seven-bloggers.html