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As much as I’d like for all my sketches to spring fully-formed directly from my brain, it doesn’t quite work like that. More often than not, I start with a sketch more along these lines- all gesture with few concrete…
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Sorry, that title was really a stretch. It was barely even a pun. But lately I’ve been playing a little bit with bookbinding. I always carry little notebooks and have a lady b***r for paper, so it’s a natural progression….
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Rocking the fancy dress and baseball cap YEARS before J Crew started doing it… I was in second grade, and all I wanted for Christmas was the black velvet dress with white chiffon sleeves. Ok, that’s not true, I probably…
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A chic gumpaste Dahlia from caljavaonline.com- a.k.a. my backup plan. My sisters and I have a tendency to get overly excited about complex baking projects, like modernist Gingerbread houses. We get really pumped about them and talk for weeks about our…
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The main difference between Playboy and bridal magazines is that NO ONE claims to read Brides or The Knot for the articles. * We all just like the pictures in wedding mags- the content is borderline insulting. However, like Us…
Read moreThis is a sequel to Duct and Cover- to find out more about why I’m making a duct tape mannequin, read the first post here. Ok, so hopefully you’ve mentally prepared yourself. You’ve tricked a friend/boyfriend/parent/sister/partner into helping you. You’re…
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Many, many moons ago, when I was first starting to sew in earnest, my mom and I would go down to this huge fabric store in Evanston. To my teenage eyes, calibrated for JoAnns and Michael’s, Vogue Fabrics was a…
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So my fiancé made my ring. Most people are a bit nonplussed by that statement. Not a lot of people DIY an engagement ring. It does, to most, seem like risky business, and not the kind with underwear and air guitar….
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It’s hard out there for a bride. Mae Clarke in 1931’s Frankenstein. A wise person once told me, “Planning a wedding yourself is like having a second full-time job, except it’s a job you’ve never done before, and you only…
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