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ME and my SHADOW

A quick (but late) update. The film I have been working on for the past year was recently announced by Dreamworks. It is entitled "ME and MY SHADOW". It is a computer animation/traditional animation hybrid about a fun shadow that is stuck with a boring guy. The shadows in the film are all traditionally (hand drawn)animated. The team on this film is absolutely incredible and we have all been cranking to make something really special. I am proud to be the head of story on Me and My Shadow. I am working with Mark Dindal who developed the concept for the film and is our fun and fearless director. The film is scheduled to be released in March 2013.(this image is a promotional photo for the film "Shadow of a doubt". Not our film.)

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Me Made May15 My Pledge

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I, Zoe of So, Zo... What Do You Know?, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May 15. I endeavour to wear as many me-made garments as possible each day for the duration of May 2015. Plus I will wear a skirt or dress five days per week.



There, I did it. I will permit myself to wear some of my secondhand cardigans sparingly (because so far I only have one self-made cardigan which Ill blog about in a few days time). I wont permit myself to wear my secondhand jeans or jeggings because I want to get out of the wardrobe rut Ive found myself in by following the daily formula of: jeans/jeggings + knit top + cardigan. 



Pushing myself to make more use of my skirts and dresses is going to be tough, because I dont tend to feel as comfortable in them as I do in jeans. Im hoping I can come up with different ways to wear my skirt and dress selection that will change how I feel in them. I dont want to own any items of clothing that dont get at least a few wears each year (very special and very seasonal garments being the exceptions), so I need to find ways to incorporate them into regular rotation or Ill have to part with them and stop myself from making more! I was pretty brutal recently and got rid of some skirts that, even though I had a bit of sentimental attachment to them. I have no regrets and Im now left with only six skirts (all of which are pictured in this post). 



To go with my skirts and dresses, I did consider making some tights using Marillas tights pattern, but a recent sort out of my undies drawer unearthed a squillion pairs of tights already so it wouldnt be a good use of my limited sewing time at this point.



The challenge will generally be a great opportunity to dig out some hidden me-mades and try to find out why they dont get worn very often, and if theres anything I can do about that. Im really excited to get going and make this a valuable challenge. Ive really enjoyed reading each pledge as theyve pinged into my inbox. If you are taking part, or planning to take part, did you/are you finding it difficult to come up with a useful pledge to challenge yourself with?

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Meet my baby girl Honoka!

I am officially the worst blogger ever!! What kind of a blogger takes a whole month to announce a safe arrival of a baby?? I am so sorry for this terribly late post, but I wanted to let you all know that my baby girl was born on July 13th. The delivery wasnt very easy and speedy. I was hospitalized on July 11th with a plan to deliver the baby next day with induction. The induction started in the morning next day, but it wasnt until 10 am the day after that I got to greet my baby finally. (The 29 hours of induction didnt dilate my cervix enough, plus it had been 24 hours since my water broke, so I ended up having C section.) The contractions seemed never ending and I was completely exhausted, but the moment I saw my healthy plump baby girl taken out of my belly, alive, moving, crying, I couldnt possibly think of any happier day of my life. Instantly, everything I experienced - uncomfortable pregnancy, painful contractions - seemed absolutely worth it, and I cried out loud in joy of finally meeting my cute baby girl :)


This is the very first picture of my baby, Honoka Kimberly Mills, taken about 15 minutes after she arrived. She was being held by mom and Joe took the picture. This picture brings back to me the memory of the day, so it has been my favorite picture of her although it is a bit blurry :) She weighed 3986 gram (8lb 12oz) and measured 55 cm (21.6 inch) at birth. She was SO much larger than the average newborn baby here; in fact, she was the largest baby in the entire hospital! We left the hospital on July 22nd and have been happily staying with my parents.

The baby and I are finally going back to our apartment in Tokyo this weekend if she clears everything at her one month check up tomorrow. I am very happy that we can finally stay close to Joe throughout the week soon, but I am a bit worried about my family here, who I know for sure, will miss the baby tremendously.


I will be back to blog about lots of lovely handmade gifts my lucky girl has received so far, including this quilt she is laying on, which is made by an uber talented and super sweet Elnora!!

Hope you are having a great week so far!

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Meet Jacqueline Davis my Virtual Assistant

Those of you who have been in my online classes over the last several months are likely to be aware that Jacqueline Davis, of Virtually Here, is now helping me out with administration.  Jacqui now sets up and helps me manage the blogs, manages all my e-mail lists, updates my web site, helps with social media, makes my travel arrangements, and so much more.  AND she has a team of experts in related fields - web design, marketing, graphic design, and so forth - for when I need special projects done.  Now I can focus on the things that matter to me:  making art, teaching, and having a little time for my home life and chickens (the chickens are not happy with that order of priority!)

Jacqueline Davis, of Virtually Here

So, if you e-mail me with a question you may get an answer from Jacqui.  The e-mail still comes to me, and I read everything.  If YOU could use a little help with your home-based business, or any business, or even use a personal assistant, I can highly recommend Jacqui.  I havent actually met her in person yet (I will soon, though)!  But doesnt she look great?

Please comment to say hi to Jacqui, and you can bombard her with fan-e-mail too if you like.

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