Winding down

Here are my two favorite outfits from the photo shoot. Particularly the wool felted hat <3

 

Ballet is almost done for the semester, one more class! I will miss my little ballerinas.

 

 

 

 

Vintage Clothing Photo Shoot

Here are some of the pictures from our summer photo shoot. I meant to get these up a long time ago, but this is actually the first time I have been able to get my blog to upload photos, yay! The story behind this photo shoot is pretty simple. Once upon a time I got $50.00 from my lovely grandparents for my birthday, well under the influence of my wonderful mother and her friend I went to an auction. The auction was full of vintage clothing, I got a few boxes and then a few more and then I ran out of money...at the end of the night the back of our vehicle was full of clothes. As I drove us home I was really wondering what daddy was going to say and feeling a little nervous. Once home I employed a few sibblings to help me unload, then we went through the clothes. That was fun we all ended up trying at least one thing on, and a few bribes helped some people get something they really desired.
This summer we pulled them all back out and made up some outfits and did some hair and make-up and snapped these photos. My plan is to sell these vintage clothes on my etsy, I have some of them up already and I am slowly posting more. The word is out that I like vintage stuff, (especially clothes!) and consequently I have even more now. So next summer we'll be having another photo shoot, so if anyone is interested in becoming a model you should let me know, I might have a opportunity for you.
And credit to my momma, our fantastic photagrapher, and my lovely sisters as models, and thanks to my brother and his friend for being such willing subjects.

So, here it goes. I started my Etsy shop! Take a look!!!!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Vinbobo?ref=ss_profile

Lady Laura

Lady Laura, here she finally is! A lovely antique slip with my fanciful addends. A friend of my mom cleaned out her closets and gave me a whole bunch of fun things that make an artsy person like me jump up and down with excitement! Lady Laura was made absolutely in honor of the person who gave me the feather trim and the blue striped ticking. To brighten her color up a little I lightly dyed the skirt blue, well intended to, I did get it slightly blue, but somehow some purple showed up as well. Dark blue feathers and a bead necklace were begging to be added in the end, I couldn't resist. Lady Laura is modeled by my beautiful momma in a vintage shawl, which is momma's, so if you want it, you aren't going to get it. My etsy shop is in process of being started, and very soon Lady Laura will be joining Charlotte waiting to make someones dreams come true! I have to say, it is a good thing Lady Laura is a tad too big for me or I might be very tempted to keep her myself.

Charlotte

This is Charlotte, I just finished her this snowy afternoon, to the sound of daddy chain sawing. Momma and I found her a long time ago at an auction in Berks County, PA. Just recently momma and I rediscovered her tucked away in a closet. And I decided it was time for her to be loved again! Charlotte had some minor repairs and I made a belt to add some fun and color to her. Charlotte is an antique silk dress, simple yet beautiful. And I will also add the person who originally wore her, had very tiny arms. The sleeves are quite small. I hope to get my Etsy shop going very soon and Charlotte will be the first one there waiting for a new friend!

You are the Snow, I am the Ground

You are the Snow, I am the Ground

You are the snow

I am the ground

You fall down on me,

Swiftly, without a sound

Your touch burns my skin

Frostly embers

Brush me, face, eyes and chin

You melt slowly on my tongue

The sweet taste,

I let linger in my mouth

Your Northern winds,

I would not trade for all the South

For I love the thrill

Of your icey blast,

Swirling, off your back, cast

Like a blanket over me

In the weave of a snow angel,

You cover me

You kiss my lips,

My body, like fiery ice

Cold, cool, cool Bliss

You are the Snow

I am the Ground

You melt over me, seeping

Into my earth...

...Without a sound

Happy Things

One of my favorite verses, and of course tie-dyed roses

A Tea Bag, and meet "Lady Moon"!

Meet Lady Moon everyone! She is my new friend and business partner. I can't say Imagination girl is extremely pleased with all the new projects Lady Moon and I are whipping up. Our bedroom is more of a studio now, which is causing a little sisterly conflict, but we're working through it. I think that if I make Imagination Girl something special it will help. Lady Moon had to be cleaned and fixed up a bit before she could be used. Daddy took her to a sewing-machine-fixing sort of place and he said they were so enchanted with her they were all arguing over who got the honor of fixing her up.

One of the first projects we have taken on was the long awaited Tea Bag for momma. The trouble with this project is that you have to have a lot of people who drink a lot of tea in order to have enough tea bags. It is sort of funny when guests come over and after they get their tea they notice their tea bags going into a drawer with a whole lot of other tea bags. This tea bag was a little fussy, at least figuring out how I wanted to sew it, I was glad it turned out really well in the end. I absolutely love how the button looks with the white and red.

So now I am starting! After a lot of consideration I have decided on my soon-to-be business name, "Vin Bobo." "Vin" is short for "Vintage," and "Bobo" is French for "Bourgeois-bohemian," so basically it means, vintage, luxury, gypsy.

Valentines

Valentines day, another excuse to paint on old post cards

Creations 23, by Tinydancer

Hello! Meet Miss Prima, she is a lovely dress worn once upon a time ago by a friend of mine for her senior prom. I met Miss Prima when I was cleaning out some shelves, she was missing chunks of fabric in the back and front. I asked my friend about her and she told me how Miss Prima was her prom dress and her husband had cut out the pieces of fabric for a doll dress. I then asked where I should put Miss Prima, and my friend said in the scrap fabric. I couldn't stand to think of her getting chopped up, and so I asked if I could take her home and "redo" her. So here Miss Prima is, the first of Creations 23, and she is modeled by my beautiful sissy, Annie Oakley. Miss Prima will go back home soon,to be enjoyed once again by her family.

"The saying that beauty is but skin deep is but a skin deep saying."
-RUSKIN

A Botton Lampshade and My New Year "Ideas"

This Beautiful Button Lampshade was inspired by a photo on pintrest, I saw the picture and my sorrowfully plain lampshade, and ran, grabbed my button jar and the glue gun. I was so excited about my wonderful new project it rubbed off on Imagination Girl and Jewel, they wanted to join me in gluing buttons. And I think that if we had more plain lampshades they would be covered in buttons as well.

I always end up making resolutions and then even if I had already started them, as soon as they became resolutions I failed to resolve them. My theory is this, as soon as you have to do them (resolve to do them) Procrastination immediately starts its war against getting thing done in a reasonable amount of time or at all. So this year I am not making resolutions at all, instead I am listing some "ideas" for the New Year. If I write them as suggestively and attractively as possible, it might become absolutely irresistible to get them all done.

One, Make Money. This may include filling out applications, interviews, getting a job, working, cashing paychecks $$, tithing, saving money, spending money (for some weird reason this "idea" seems necessary for the upcoming year).


Two, Make My Body Stronger(Keep it Beautiful). This "idea" has the possibility of doing physical workouts such as, yoga, Pilate's, and then some more disagreeable types of workouts, which if mentioned, will wreck any sort attractiveness of this "idea."

Three, Develop Skills Needed For My Future Career In Costume Design. This could involve taking sewing classes, practice projects, and other sewing/clothes/costume related things. (This "idea" I should have put on top, I certainly like it the best).

Four, Become A Payed Artist. This might include buying vintage clothes (cheaply, at Bostwick Auctions) to up cycle and sell on Etsy along with original clothes made by me! Which means lots of materials and sewing, designing enjoyment. (This "idea" is sounding quite attractive).

A New Year should begin with inspiration,an inspiration to live life to the fullest, filled with love for the one that loves me, filled with joy for the things He has done and continues to do in me, full of the peace that I am His Beloved.