Sunday, February 1, 2009

YOU TAKE A PAPIER MACHE DRESS FORM.......

....DECOUPAGE THE BODICE WITH BITS OF OLD LEDGER PAPER, (IN THIS CASE FROM 1843) TAKE ONE VERY VINTAGE, DELICATE, SILK , FRENCH COLLAR TO DRAPE OVER THE DRESS FORM, ADD TINY VINTAGE PAPER FLOWERS AND AN OLD RHINESTONE CHAIN FOR THE WAIST, A PIECE OF VINTAGE SATIN RIBBON AND RHINESTONE BUCKLE FOR THE NECK, AN OLD FADED PIECE OF CRINOLINE FOR THE UNDERSKIRT WHICH HAS BEEN TRIMMED WITH PLEATED RIBBON, AND............IT BECOMES A THING OF BEAUTY. NOW, GO TO YOUR SCRAP BASKET LADIES, AND SEE WHAT YOU COME UP WITH. SERIOUSLY, WOULDN'T IT BE FUN TO SEE WHAT COULD BE CREATED OUT OF JUST BITS OF THINGS FROM YOUR SCRAPS? ( MY HUSBAND JUST SAID IF YOU REMOVE THE S'S FROM SCRAPS IS WHAT YOU'R E REALLY LEFT WITH. HONESTLY, HE WILL JUST NEVER GET IT!!!!) I WOULD REALLY BE INTERESTED TO SEE OTHER'S DRESS FORM FUN. (JANICE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?)





THESE RIBBONS, ROSEBUDS AND SEQUINS ARE VERY TINY AND DELICATE.















A VIEW OF THE BACK OF DRESS FORM
































1 comment:

carolyn said...

Lovely, so much detail and so much prettiness.