2 posts tagged “little black dress”
Dress possibilities, that is. I've almost finished the dress, but I can't decide exactly how to place the straps. Can you help me decide?
Possibility #1:
Here's the most conservative possibility -- dove in the back, with straps attaching up front. While this solves the problem of having a big honkin' dove in your face at the front of the dress, I worry that it leaves the front too plain. I could add beads or other decorations to the ends of the straps to hang from the front of the dress, but I just don't know if that's gonna cut it.
Finally, I just gave up, threw the dove on my dressmaker's bust and went to dinner. When I came back, I found the dove positioned just like this -- and I kind of liked it. But is it delightfully quirky, or just kind of random and gross?
I've looked at this dress so long that I can't decide. Maybe I should just make a few of each? I'd love to hear your opinions.
Oh, and while you're mulling it over, have a little inspiration: "Runnin" by Heartless Bastards, yet another selection from the Little Black Dress playlist.
I know I promised more songs and dress updates for this week, but I got all caught up in day job deadlines and apartment paperwork. The good news: deadlines met, apartment officially secured! Starting October 15, this will be the new Ciara Loves You HQ:
1450 Meridian Ave, two blocks from Lincoln Road, three from Espanola Way, with a dishwasher and cute interior features like a faux fireplace and vaulted ceilings. Much of my free time this week has been spent browsing the Ikea website and dreaming up all the little ways I'll make this place my own. So excited!
I've been slacking on the dress, but yesterday I made up for it by putting together some cute new cat toys for Halloween. I'm sure you've all see the original Kitty Monster -- but are you ready for spoooooky kitty monsters?
Just like the original, these little ghouls are made of felt and stuffed with catnip, plus they're all dressed up for trick-or-treating in Frankenstein and Ghostie costumes. But if yarn's more your thing, I've also rolled out these Witchy Kitty catnip toys in the shape of witch's hats:
The crocheted hat is loose enough to let the catnip slowly fall out over time as your cat bats, chews and tears it to pieces. Plus, the loose ribbons (secured to the hat) will keep kittens busy for hours -- trust me, Papi's been obsessed with his test prototype since I gave it to him days ago. So cute!
Today I'm hoping to make some serious headway on the dress -- I ran into an issue with the straps (the same design that looked great on paper looked awful on my dressmaker's bust), but I think I've come up with an even more creative and pretty solution. I'll of course still be listening to my "little black dress" soundtrack. Here are a few more songs from that list:
Stay tuned for photos of my progress on the dress, and of course more songs!
