My Bucket List

     In my school career and my life in general I have many types of goals I wish to achomplish.  Some seem crazy and some are more realistic.  I have always liked setting goals because it gives me something I can look foward to or aim to acheive.  I have already reached small goals like making it to college so now I must aim higher and dream bigger. 
     I have small goals for college such as design a dress that will be awesome enough to make it into the yearly fashion show.  I also wish to keep good grades in all my classes, no matter how much studying that make bring at times.  I wish to reach out to more people than I have in the past with things like volunteer work.  This goal I have already managed to start.  Other goals for college are things like staying active and being more social.  I have joined many clubs already and now my goal is to stay in them and excell. 
     I have other goals for college such as studying abroad.  I have always loved to travel and I believe this would be a great way to learn something new and have a little fun while I am at it.  I also wish to intern in New York for my major.  I have never been here before but I have been to other big cities and loved it.  I also have always wanted to go bungy jumping.  It seems scary but my goal is to do it and prove that I am tougher than I look.
     My goals in the long run are much more complex, such as owning a house that has three bed rooms, one to sleep in, one for a closet, and one for a sewing room.  This will not probably happen but it's always fun to wish.  I hope one day to own my own company selling dresses and other apperal that I myself had a part in designing or making.  I also wish to keep up with the volunteer work but branch out in a bigger way.  I don't know exactly how yet.  I one day want to have a family that gets along great and be able to give my kids (if i dare have any) things that I as a child would have loved to have.  Oh and I also one day want to own a slug bug because that is my favorite car.
     My goals may seem a little odd to some but to me it fits my personality perfectly.  I don't have any goals that I don't think I will not be able to achieve before I die.  My over all goal is to get the most out of life when I have the chance.  I don't want to have anymore regrets about things I should or should not have done.  Life is for living and following dreams.  I will  make the most out of every second that I am given.  These are my goals.

Felicia's Best

     Ever since I was a little child I have always found the thrill in creating new "master pieces".  I have thus found sewing an awesome little hobby to have.  I received my first sewing machine in fifth grade and couldn't have been happier.  Ever since that day I always feel accomplished when i finish a project.  My best project was the first spring dress I had ever created.

     Having prior experience in the sewing department made going into High School sewing classes a smoother transition from middle school.  It wasn't until I heard the news that I would be creating a dress that I became really pumped.  The task set before me was to find a pattern and then go pick out and purchase the fabric needed including all the supplies required.  Then I would have to put cut the pattern to the appropriate size and follow the directions for the garment.  This all had to fit in to the alloted time frame given by the teacher in charge.

     This task may seem like a no brainer or easy.  The trick was that the pattern chosen had seven possible dress designs included.  So I had to go through the pattern and pick the pieces I believed to work best and then put it all together.  Once this was done the smaller parts to making a dress where added such as ironing, cutting, pinning, and hemming.  It takes a lot of focus and determination to get through this process at times.  Not to mention a whole lot of pin pricks to the fingers.  

     Then the day came when I added the zipper, the finishing touch, and had finally completed my dress. I was overjoyed when I was able to try on my dress for the last time to see if I had managed to make it fit me and sure enough it did.  My head had a place to go and my arms could fit nicely beneath the straps.  I was in heaven standing in front of the mirror twirling around and my dress flowing gracefully with me.  I had finally made an amazing dress that I could proudly show off and say, "Yeah, I made this dress.  No big deal".  

      My thrill comes from designing and creating new items that take a little more effort than some may be willing to give.  I was at my best the day I created my first dress and since then have created many more.  I feel as though I am in my own world when I am working on my latest project.  I feel even better when I can proudly wear something I made and it not look as though I had made it.  I was at my best this day and it has led me to do many more creative dress designs that I wouldn't have thought of without first having back ground in dress making.  Oh and I forgot to mention that I received an A+ on that project.