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I haven't worked much on photography this summer but I have had some fun editing and fixing some of my photographs. So I thought I would put a few of them up. Also I was going over my schedule in order to graduate and after this fall semester I should only have eight more classes to take!! So that means probably the graduation will be in August. Which means that I have tons to do before next summer. I am planning on taking my GRE in November (eek) and then applying to NYU in February for Museum Studies. In the meantime, I am applying to an internship at the Guggenheim in NY and also a study abroad for Spring/Summer 2012. I am very excited about this study abroad as it will count as an entire semester of ARTH credits. It is the first two-part study abroad for art history at BYU. This spring, they will be going to Italy and Greece to study Ancient Art and Civilizations. Then after five weeks the group will head to London, Vienna, and France for the studying of Modern Art. Sounds amazing! But we shall see how much it costs..

Classes start the 29th so I am using this week (or what's left of it) to get my books and my work/school schedule in order. I am still employed at the MTC, however, I was promoted to Supervisor a couple of months ago. I am also applying to a couple other jobs, one of which is BYU Photo. That's really all that is going on for now, nothing too exciting.

When I'm baking-which I love to do- I have grown very fond of wearing aprons. Many may not realize the immense importance of such a thin piece of cloth. Aprons shield the chef from billowing clouds of flour that form once the mixer is turned on. They prevent hurtled splatters of various proportions from face planting right upon one's awesome new shirt.The point here is that aprons not only have important protective features, but perhaps more importantly, they just look awesome...and I love them. So I realized that I need an apron of my very own as an incentive to do more cooking and baking while I'm away from home. Thus, the quest to make the perfect, most suitable apron began....

It started with several drawings and much research to find a style to fit my needs.

Once I figured out what I was looking for, the next step was to find a pattern. After spending quite some time looking at various apron patterns, and much consideration, the winner was selected.

 Then came the manual labor...locating fabric, and then cutting and pinning said fabric.

Next came some seriously intense sewing... I'm not a huge fan of sewing, I'd rather design clothes and have someone else more experienced sew them for me. But, it's time that I learned at least the basics. And so,  much sewing for hours on end, and a little improve took place.

LAST came the final step-ironing it out and making it look beautiful.

The better half of my face and a close up on the apron and pockets!!! (I like pockets..a lot :)

Et voila!!!! The outcome...and now time to bake!
If you look closely at this picture of me, you might notice that I am wearing earphones. Not only do these pink earphones match my apron, they are attached to my ipod which has its very own secret pocket (on the inside of the bib part of the apron.) This I invented so that I could listen to some jams while cooking. As a result of the pocket being located on the inner part of the bib, it serves to hold my earphone cord in so as not to get in my way whilst I am cooking delicious foods.
I am very pleased with how this apron came out. Thanks to my awesome step-mother Chris, it looks AmAzInG!!! ^_^ If it had just been me, it probably would not have be recognizable...