We've had about four or five days of rain in the last two months (not a lot, but some moisture nonetheless), and it has been fairly warm, so I guess the plants are trying for one more bloom before the cold sets in. It looks down right Spring-y around here - the hills are greenish, the "lawn" has decided to grown and turn green again, and flowers are blooming. I've even seen some sunflower sprouts. I've got my fingers crossed for a real winter, but it doesn't look promising.
The Costume Hat Workshop, taught by DeAnna, was really, really fun and inspiring - now I have bunches of ideas swirling around and I feel pretty energized - Surely a sign of a great class/teacher! I didn't actually finish my hat - it's not trimmed to my satisfaction. I didn't have time to completely fabricate the decoration, but I have the raw materials (feathers, silk), so I will be able to finish at my leisure.
There were three people in the class - Here are our hats after we blocked them - mine is the gray one.
A couple of the hats drying after having been blocked -
A freshly steamed demo hat -
My hat after being removed from the block, waiting for a sweatband, shaping, and trimming.
The semi-finished hat - I put a super wide adjustable sweatband in it so that it can sit on top of my head à la Joanie Stubbs or I can wear it lower on my head for a "proper" fit.
So, I'm super excited about the hat making class I'm taking this weekend. It is taught by my friend DeAnna, who is an amazing milliner. She does hats for "real life" as well as for theater. Below are a few of her hats -
Wouldn't it be great if people started wearing hats on a more regular basis again?
My contribution to the pumpkin worship that proliferates during this time of year -
Happy Halloween!!!! Have a great weekend....
Over the course of the last couple of weeks, I have accumulated quite a few photos. I took lots preparing for various blog parties/events - most of which I didn't use. Some were just not worth looking at and some related to concepts that were scrapped. These are a few of the photos I didn't use but are holiday appropriate (despite not being orange and black), so I decided to share.
A few miscellaneous Fall-ish images. Still trying to get the hang of documenting things....
I was flipping through the latest issue of my favorite magazine and guess what I saw in the society pages!?! Pics of the more socially prominent guests/ghosts who attended Le Petit Cadeau's chapter of The Haunted Masquerade - hosted by Cassandra of My Artful Adventures.
Preparing for this blog party makes me realize (again) I need to upgrade my graphics software - relatively soon, but not now. Anyway, I'm looking forward to all the masquerading....
I'd like to offer up a big heart-felt "Thank You" to everyone who attended my tiny part of the Halloween blog party hosted by Vanessa - and, of course, to Vanessa herself for being such a lovely, gracious, and enthusiastic host. Thank you, thank you!
I enjoyed perusing all the blog party posts - I'm pretty sure I visited the vast majority of them. I discovered some interesting new blogs that I bookmarked (like I need to spend more time in front of the computer). I realize I really get a kick out of blogs and doing the rounds is a fun, rewarding, inspiring part of my day.
Yes, I have adopted yet another hobby.
