Works in Progress

With my creative design projects being limited right now, I thought I would take this opportunity to update on the status of the wedding gown I'm building. It's bad luck to show the finished product before the bride walks down the isle, but as I was tweeking the bottom layer, I seized a photo op.

I died. This is ridiculous.

Most of the lace was taken from her grandmother's dress.

I stood back to look at this hot mess and imagined what my bride would say if she walked in.
"Oh uhhh....well...is that what you drew? I don't, uh, remember it being so..."
This is a common problem artists have when their studio (or in my case, front dining room) is open for people to see.
Getting a peek at a project when it's in progress freaks people out. They stutter around the idea that it looks like crap and sometimes they begin making suggestions on how to fix what they think is finished. We know it looks like a wreck at the moment, y'all, and sometimes we even know how to remedy it. One thing is for sure and that is that we know what we want the end result to be.
I hope I don't sound cantankerous when I tell you not to ask to see a project. If we offer, it's cool. We want your opinion. If not, we aren't ready to reveal our masterpieces.

That Rock Steady Beat

A blog hiatus means I've been busy busy. I'm outfitting an entire wedding party and designing a dress for another bride, and that's in between day playing with wardrobe departments and working on film sets.

Giving up Tumblr for Lent yielded another, slightly more productive website infatuation.I found this little craft gem on Pinterest. Wrapping your headphones in embroidery floss keeps them from getting tangled and protects from wire exposure. If you ever made a friendship bracelet in grade school, this project will be a breeze. I experimented on my own, then wrapped every set in my house (including my little brother's pair, who reluctantly let me cover his in camo colors.) 

I told her to rock out and this is what I get.
Kid can't take direction, but she's cute, so it's ok.

Rock steady, y'all.