My Creative Space...

Well, as mentioned in an earlier post, I completed sewing up my Alice Cullen-esque dress. Follow this link to see the dress.

This week I am also hosting my first ever giveaway. Do check it out at this link. As an added incentive, I'll just say that it is all about owls. Need I say more.

I joined 1 Million Women in a bid to lower my own carbon footprint. This in itself will be an ongoing creative project.

I have taken a greater interest in knitting and crochet, so my next big thing on this front is simply practicing the various techniques. Then I am thinking of attempting to make a teeny cardigan to go with my Alice Cullen dress.

I also have a lot of thoughts shuffling around in my head of potential drawing projects. I'll need to document these in my sketch book just so I can sort through it all. One idea I am playing with (actually an old idea of mine) is drawing a cat alphabet. The concept came from my own cat who likes to pose and sleep in some amazing back bending positions. And I thought that I could create new typography based on that. Maybe.

Head on over to Kootoyoo to see more fantastic creative spaces.

I Made It!

I have reason to celebrate right now. I finished sewing my Alice Cullen inspired dress. It took me just under one week. Now I just need to make myself a little black cardie to keep my arms and shoulders warm.

I Found It!

As some of you are aware, I plan to sew my own Alice Cullen dress since the original version costs about $500 (Ouch! That burns.)

Now initially I was going to try and do my own pattern making, then I thought I would have a look through patterns that I already had to see if I had a similar pattern that I could work with. There wasn't anything on hand of course.

So yesterday I visited Lincraft and found just the right pattern to make my Alice dress. It is a McCall's M5623. So this afternoon I shall begin cutting the pattern pieces. There will still need to be some alteration if I plan to have the frilly trim at the bottom of the Alice dress. But I'll think about it.

My Creative Space...

Is it that part of the week already??? Wow! A whole week passed and it was barely a heart beat. So it is safe to say that my priorties of last week are still the same as this week.

I plan on making an Alice Cullen dress, and have been gathering pattern pieces that are similar so that I don't have to do the pattern making completely from scratch. You know that saying, 'not having to reinvent the wheel'.

What else has been going on this week? Good question. When your memory is bested by that of a goldfish you know that it is time to put the kettle on and prepare an Earl Grey tea. So hold on a sec while I go do that...

Ahhh! That is better. I can feel the neurons in my brain waking up. So where was I?

This week I have been watching "The Lake House" and it got me thinking about letter writing. When I was a child I enjoyed letter writing, and particularly receiving mail. And i still do, but it is a rare thing these days if you do not have a designated pen pal. I do not really know where this is all leading to, but I feel like doing some sort of letter writing project and incorporate it with my art. I'll think about this idea some more.

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My Creative Space...

Life inside a kaleidoscope

Okay! So here's the thing... I haven't been blogging a whole lot lately. I have been in that vague space between projects. Also lately I had been spending way too much time following blogs... like as in... all day. So I really needed a timeout. Also I didn't really feel that I had anything of interest to contribute, hence the radio silence.

Now that I am back on the train let me tell you/show you what I have been up and what I would really love to do in the future.

Since May this year I have been fixing up two old photographs which had been taken over fifty years ago. The photos are of my mother in law and her folks. I am now at the stage of almost feeling that I can stop doctoring the photo in Photoshop. When I am satisfied with the result I'll show a before and after. So stay tuned for this one.

• This past week I have been doing a makeover of myself, taking inspiration from Alice Cullen of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight. I started with a haircut.
  

• I then found some items that could easily belong in Alice Cullen's wardrobe.
  

• I tried to find a similar dress that Alice wears in the promotional photos from the first film, of course to no avail. So I decided that I would try to make the dress myself. I bought some grey/silver fabric which I will have a go at.
  

• I also would like to knit/crochet my own version of the white jacket that Alice wears in the cafeteria scene in Twilight, which is simply a delight.

I am also making production notes and preparing to make an animation short in Flash. This will be my first real attempt at a proper little animation, so I cannot say if this project will even get off the ground. Here's hoping though.