I've been feeling a little better lately (this first trimester is not my friend) so last Friday, I ventured out to the Kirkwood Farmers' Market.  The fresh produce was so colorful and pretty that I had to take pictures of it.  I came out with some tomatoes for Jason and some plums for both of us. 

See the Kirkwood Farmers' Market at Halloween here and Christmas here.

On another note, I'm officially 13 weeks. 

After seeing the idea on Pinterest, I decided to make a cute chalkboard to hang on the wall and to document a new chapter in our lives.  To get started, I found a framed print of flowers at a resale store for half price.

{Framed print before.}

I took the print out of the frame, flipped it over, and added several coats of chalkboard paint to it.

{Painting the back of the print with chalkboard paint.}

After putting the print back into the frame chalkboard side up, I now had a big chalkboard in a cute frame.  I thought about painting the frame, but actually liked the gold frame.

{My new chalkboard with gold frame.}

And now for the announcement the chalkboard was intended for:

{Our baby is due March 3.}

{This was still the result after 7+ tests.} {At about 5 or 6 weeks.}

While I didn't get to do everything on my "Summer '12" list this year, I did get to check a few things off of the list.  Here's how my summer went:

{A trip to The Muny to see Chicago.} {Caught a few Cardinals games at Busch Stadium.} {No summer is complete without a trip to Ted Drewes.} {Visits to my parents' pool.}

While experimenting with a maxi skirt design pattern a couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon a super easy way to make a simple maxi skirt.

{I used an interlock jersey knit fabric in bright pink.}

 I revisited my college days by drafting a maxi skirt pattern on computer paper that I taped together.

{Maxi skirt pattern on the fold of the fabric.}

While the original maxi skirt design I was working on is more complex, this was a nice surprise.  This is an easy way to make a skirt.  I measured a huge triangle pattern, cut it on the fold of the fabric twice, then drafted a waistband.  The waistband for this skirt fits like yoga pants; folding over the skirt.  After that, I sewed it all together.  The skirt is really comfortable.  I'll probably end up making one in every color.  Now on to the harder original pattern.....

{Finished skirt with overlap waistband.}