Better late than never

As mentioned earlier, there was a third hipster headband made for the big birthday fete of 2008. Sorry it took me eons to catch my favorite organic farming, veg-oil-converting West Virginian wearing hers. For "The Richele," I chose an earthy motif to match her hippie-ish nature. The butterfly adds a girlish touch so she can still feel like a lady even if she's wearing a dirty jumpsuit and is underneath the hood of a giant diesel truck. Purple is her favorite color, so naturellement it played a role.


You may recall I also promised to make a more age-appropriate hipster headband. So for "The Porkchop," I went with princess styling because what 2-year-old doesn't want to be a princess? There's also sequined bling because Layla loves flashy things as I discovered when I gave her some of my Mardi Gras beads back in the spring. (It sounds a lot fishier than it is -- don't worry, I didn't make the poor 2-year-old flash for her beads. For that matter, I didn't flash for the beads!) Perhaps Richele will get some pictures of Princess Porkchop this weekend that I can share next week. Happy Thursday and almost-end to the longest week ever.

Sparkle flair, part 2

As alluded to in an earlier post, there is another obnoxious blinging garment to share. This one is all for me, and I wore it for the first—and most likely only—time during Mardi Gras last week. I used this pattern and some multi-colored green, purple, and gold sequined fabric to come up with this:


I somehow accidentally altered the length or else the Burda model is the world's shortest human being, because I was going for a dress but ended up with this tunic-esque length! But it wasn't a problem. The shininess still attracted lots of bead throwers' attentions.

Here's an "action" shot with my friend Hilary.

'Every time I come around yo' city, bling bling'

Who doesn't love a little bling? I wanted to make my friend, Kate, some sparkle flair for her 26th birthday last week. So, with a little of this:


and a bit of this for inspiration:

photo: Mccallpattern.com

I came up with this:


Doesn't she look fabulous?


Coming to a blog post soon: Kate's crafty endeavors plus more obnoxious sparkly garments!