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    October Dress

    October 8, 2010 - By 


    So here I am…a week past the October deadline for the Dress-up Project…  But on the bright side…it IS still October!!

    Since I seem to be doing nothing but raking leaves lately, this seemed like the natural choice for October.  The bodice of the dress if cut from suede scraps. The skirt is made from a pack of silk leaves. Hot glue holds the whole works together.  Feels very woodland nymph-ish to me.  I even had to give a light spray of spray adhesive with a sprinkle of glitter for this one.

    Hop on over to Margaret’s Alice and Camilla Blog to check out the other wonderful October Dresses!!  You won’t be sorry that you did!

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    September Dress

    September 1, 2010 - By 

    Last month some of my visitors from the Dress-up Project thought the idea of recreating my flag twirler uniform was a good idea. Funny because it was just something I thought on a whim …not a really great plan in my head. So, I dug out the picture and gave it a whirl…or maybe that should be a twirl.

    Most high school mascots are named for birds or tough, scary animals. Or maybe warriors.
    Not us…
    We were the Skippers. Yeah…I know…
    Oh, watch out!!  Here come those big, bad  Skippers!  It was a nautical thing that was much more relevant about 50 or so years prior. Although I’m sure it was chosen as an elitist thing. Bunch of snobs….but I digress.

    Anyway…we had a sailor theme for our uniforms. I did manage the sailor collar but didn’t even attempt to make a sailor hat or the white gloves.

    I’m  pretty happy with the result.

     

    What do you think compared to the real deal…?

    Never mind the “woodsy-the-owl glasses”.  Good grief…keep in mind it was the 80’s after all.

    Make sure to visit the Alice and Camilla blog to see the rest of the September dresses.


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    Wardrobe transformation

    August 3, 2010 - By 

    I finally got around to making this little cabinet into a wardrobe for my Dress Up Project dresses.
    I may still play around with distressing the brown. It was going to be more of a dry brush look but I got little heavy handed and had to go with it.

    The little dresses look so cute on the little hangers.