Hello! Welcome to November!
I’m happy to start this new month with some pretty big news! 🙂 As most of you know, I don’t just get to hang out at home refashioning all day. I, like many of you, have a full-time day job. I’ve been working at the South Carolina Arts Commission for seven years as their Grants Manager. It’s been real.
But sometimes you just need a change. I’m very excited to announce I’ve accepted a position with the United Way of the Midlands! 🙂
I’ll be working as the Program Assistant for the Health Council and the Financial Stability Council in UWM’s community work. This will include organization of community impact work, grant management & development, and program research. I’m greatly looking forward to helping the underserved through my work with this terrific organization!
But this doesn’t mean the refashioning can stop! Heck no! I needed to make something fast for a relaxing movie night with friends. I thought this lovely black dress would work nicely.
I’m about to make yet another top (don’t worry, I’ll get back to dresses again soon!). All I really needed was a big chop.
I could’ve taken it in, but I was in a loose & flowy mood! 🙂 I couldn’t just leave that raw edge fraying away, so I gave it a hem.
I used the bottom scrap as a sash to give my new flowy top a bit of shape, and ran out the door…but I didn’t go it alone!
Yep, I still have my sweet little foster kid, Bandit. He’s doing great, and he really enjoyed the movie too! 🙂 If you think you’d be a good furever (see what I did there?) home for him, you can check out his profile on Little Paws Dachshund Rescue’s website.
2013 has been an awesome year full of new things, hasn’t it? 🙂
Cheers!
Love this top! Congratulations and best wishes on your new career!
~Jen
http://diaryofamadmama.wordpress.com
love your creativity!
Congratulations on the new job!
The fact that you squeeze your refashions in around a full-time job speaks to your high level of energy – which is a wonderful asset for the United Way.
Congratulations! Sounds like a very rewarding job! Love your top…and those cute boots! Have a great weekend!
Congratulations on your new position. I volunteer for an organization that gets some of its support from United Way. Julian, I found your blog sometime ago and you inspired me to start creating again and to rejoin my community. Thank you.
Love that you are fostering; I think it’s such a wonderful way to use your widespread internet exposure! <3
Congratulations on your new position! As always, great to see your newest refash, too. Thanks for sharing!
Such exciting news! Many congratulations to you 🙂
Oh– and you & the pupsters look tots adorbs, as always…
Congratulations on the new job! 🙂
Love your excitement. And energy
Keep creating
Good luck on the new job sounds fun
Tami
You need to come to my closet and fix all my clothes so that they look this good on me!
I keep getting confused between the multiple little sausage dogs! They are so cute though. Nice simple refashion, sometimes less is more 🙂
Congratulations – and you and Douglas look fab!
Congrats on the new job! Love the top!
Congrats!!! That’s so exciting! I really hope you enjoy your new job (and nice re-fash!).
Great refash! Hope the new job came with more money, too!
Congratulations. My husband and I love volunteering with Fox Valley United Way here in Aurora, Illinois. They are great people to work with, as I’m sure you will be too in your neck of the woods. Thanks for all you do. You really do make a difference with everything you do. So glad to have come across your blog.
Congratulations on the new day job! You’ll be great!! Love the refash – simple and so chic! 🙂
Congratulations! Hope it’s all you want!