Prom Dress

My uncle told me this weekend how absolutely upset he was that I hadn't put up pictures of my prom dress yet with details. So here it goes. I will also probably be updating my writing blog sometime soon.

My necklace was done with a fairy charm, some silver wire, and red beads and swarovski crystals:



Here's some detailed pictures of the beading and the skirt:







Ta da!!!!

I'm getting there

I'm getting there. I have some ATC's and some knitting to put up. I've been very busy with shop stuff. Lots of cool fabric.
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:-(

My boyfriend broke my parent's digital camera(which later electrocuted me) so there aren't any pictures today. The beading on the dress only about 2/3 of the way done. It's taking forever to do, because I get really bored and stop. It now fits though, and has an actual waste to it. I tried it on today and realized I really need a necklace, and I have nothing to make it out of. Here is the tux that Brendan is wearing. I still have to get a boutenniere, which I know is spelled wrong. I saw this cool gesso technique on someone's blog today, so I'm going to try it out. Here's the person's blog. I also ordered a copy of the catalogue that they used for the page from here: http://www.anthropologie.com
It's one of those days were I'm being PMS-edly obsessed with chocolate, ice cream, loud music, and mood swings.

I stole this quiz from my mom:


You are a mixed green salad.

You took this quiz by mistake. You don't drink
coffee. You don't even know what it smells
like. You should not be allowed in coffee's
presence, for you would profane its mysteries.
You believe in UFOs and everything that you
hear on TV. You are shifty-eyed and
untrustworthy, and you are plagued by strange
dreams. You want to be on a reality TV show.


What kind of coffee are you?
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Prom Dress and Kansas City

I've started the beading on my prom dress. I've got one week to finish. Here's a picture of what I've done so far:


I'm using size eleven sead beads.

Heres a picture of most of the top to give you an idea of how little I truly have done:


Here's the whole dress and me wearing it:


We are going to be doing a few more things to it. We are taking the straps off. It still needs a waistband and needs to be hemmed. It's got that funky gap-under-the-arms thing from the boning, so we are going to Penny's house tonight to fix that. I have also gotten a haircut since that picture was taken. There is really more yellow at the top of the skirt than this picture shows.
It's made with hand dyed silk organza and black silk dupioni.

Here's one of the pictures of the sunset that I took in Kansas City from our hotel room window:

Digital Collage

This is my first digital collage. I'm going to try and use it for my xanga background. I will upload pictures of my newest projects soon.

I haven't forgotten....

But I've been busy. Disney World for six days. I came back, got sick, surprised my sister and now I'm leaving for Quilt Market on Wednesday. I haven't done anything artsy. I will update later......

Quilt blocks, scarves and doodahs

I'm currently working on some nine patches for quilts for a friend's three sons. They're going through a family crisis, and my friend thought it would be nice if the boys could have quilts. So, the yahoo group I am on is making blocks to make each little boy a quilt. I've only got one done so far, but I'll post the other two later.
This one is Garradyn's. He's five:


I also just finished a scarf:

I don't know what I'm going to do with it. Maybe I'll sell it. Its about 3 inches wide, and 54 inches long(it's folded in half here).

We also ordered some Doodahs from Studio Pashnada. They have some really cool stuff, besides the doodahs, so everyone should check it out. They are really nice people, and ship things very fast. Their prices are great.
Here's a slightly bad picture of them:

I think I might use them on clothes or purses, or maybe even some jewelry. They aren't all mine, some of them are mom's.

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This one is Gowan's. He's six:


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This one is for Collin. He's 9(almost 10):


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This one is for my friend. We are going to be making a throw/lap quilt for her:

Leaves, Jewelry, and Weaving

Here's a small quilt that I'm working on:



It's made with a hand-dyed charm square I bought from my mom, some hand dyed cheese cloth, some angelina fibers and some hand dyed trim. It's hard to get a good picture, because the angelina reflects everything.
I also finished some earrings and a bracelet a while ago, and I have no clue what to do with them. The bracelet is for me, I know that. They aren't perfect, but they look okay. They are made with glass beads, silver wire and silver plated hooks. All the wire swirls and such, I did by hand with plyers(no jig).






I just took this off the loom. The Warp threads were messed up. Whoever set up the thing did a horrible job. The tension was totally messed up. This was my first piece on my mini-loom that mom's friend Vicki gave me. Its about two inches wide. I did every bit except for the white and red stripes in the far upper right corner. There are close-ups farther down.






I got a scathingly brilliant idea last night around midnight for a poetry altered book sorta thing. I've just gotta figure it all out. I need to start drawing my ideas out, or at least writing them down.....Enjoy!!!!