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This one is all about the veil- as sometimes it should be. Pearls of various sizes and shades were sewn to the tulle. Everything else is secondary.
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The punched flowers I used on the skirt have been crushed beyond recognition- but they’re still perfect for sewing to this watercolor sketch.
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So obviously I’m on a bit of a lace kick. I’m really liking incorporating appliques into the sketches- the shift in scale takes them from a minuscule, ditzy detail to a big, almost sculptural element. In shape and thematically, this…
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Anyone who knows me knows I have a thing for glitter. If it sparkles, I can’t get enough of it- which is good, because if you use glitter for anything, you NEVER will get rid of it, and that’s a…
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For this sketch, I relinquished control and let the paper tell me what it wanted to do- after drawing the face and body (and losing interest around the hands, you might notice), I sat down with some scraps of paper…
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Although in my youth, I sported British flags on the 4th of July to protest those traitors to the crown that let us down the path to not being English (I really wanted a cool accent), I have now come to…
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Toned paper is the best for lace. On white paper, you have to really labor over it to prevent it looking like scribbles- on the toned paper, you can actually scribble and it still turns out looking lacy.
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This might be a cheat post, since these were intended to be bridesmaids, but I think my proclivity for barely-there color could qualify these as either. And plus, you know, as Robin Thicke says: “blah blah blah blurred lines”
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The best thing about being a hoarder is that you are literally surrounded- some might say trapped- by fun craft materials. I made this sketch with a piece of lace I found on the floor and a scrap of tulle.
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