This lovely lady...

This lovely model is Lara and she is now a happy owner of one of my dresses! Here is the dress I posted about a while ago, saying that I was jealous of it before I had even finished, well, the feeling remains! I love the fact that this particular dress has two separate styles in it's reversability that play together to create variations that are absolutely fabulous! Dressing it up, making it casual, creating a retro feel, Lara has been able to manipulate her dress beautifully. I love it!

Strike a Pose!

Over the weekend I participated in a photo shoot for my friend's portfolio of work. Crystal Roob has been learning the necessary skills to become a world class hair stylist and I was excited to help her out any way that I could, so naturally, I gave her my hair!

Bonus: I wore another configuration of the convertible/reversible dress!

Crystal wanted to work with my color she put in, so loops were made at the front to highlight the highlights.

The front of my hair was swept over to create the loops. The front, being blonde, plays off of the back, darker curls, a two tone effect inspired by my dress.

This is Lydia, Crystal's classmate and, this day, model. Volume curls were made on the left side and the rest of the hair volumized to the max...

...was swept over to the other side into an edgy pony tail.

Lydia looks pretty rocker with this hair style and the glasses!

*Photography by David Johansson

New Configuration!

I wanted to share a new configuration for my convertible, reversible dress. I discovered it while making Lara's dress. So, imagine the printed side (Cutest Combo Post) where the blue is the the dark maroon/purple color as the brown part. It looked a lot more interesting with her fabrics.

Ready for the Sun!

Spring is here! It is time for sunglasses! I love to protect my eyes from those harmful UV rays, because wearing sunglasses is just fun!

Alright, let's get down to business. I've been without a computer for a couple weeks now which is why there has been a lack in posts. So, I wanted to update everyone on the status of my projects from the last post.

First, the sweater dress is a flop. Tried my idea ... didn't like how it was turning out ... quit the project, for now. Perhaps I will come up with another dress variation for my old sweater. I dreamt about a possible solution the other night which might be a possibility, but more on that later.

OK, swim suit! I have completed two tops, almost a bottom. The real draw for me on this project was the bead work for the top. My first attempt resulted in something a little less flattering than what I had been hoping for. The piece to be beaded was cut over sized, displacing the rest of the suit to the sides of my body. Also, the lines were not running smoothly or parallel the way that I wanted them. I decided to move forward learning from those parts that didn't please me and complete a second top of which I'm much more proud!

I'm much too pasty at the moment to model these and post the pictures online... haha. I will, however, be wearing the suit in a couple weeks during a trip to Mexico, (assuming, of course, that we make a flight... standby) so perhaps a few moments down in the sun will be captured on camera at that time.

Attempts one (bottom) and two (top) for comparison.

This was my first attempt. I went through all the beading even though I didn't like the fit. Turns out I don't like the bead work much either. :)

I will definitely feel comfortable on the beach in this one. I much prefer the fit and the bead arrangement I came up with. Taking the white gems out really helped! The blue metallic piece is much narrower, bringing the white pieces up to the front where they belong.