"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Costumes and disguises, dumb things I have done, Dumpster Diving, Fashion, Holidailies 2012, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Dec 22nd, 2012
This dress. I own it. I have worn it in public. I found it in an enormous trash heap under a bridge in the West Bottoms. I think that pretty much says it all. Oh, not quite. Actually, I have another, worse dress, but in order to spin out this Holidailies thing, you have to […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Costumes and disguises, Utter Silliness on Oct 26th, 2012
See that big cardboard barrel on the left-hand side of the photo? It’s about the size of a 50 gallon drum. It is packed solid, level-filled with plastic shopping bags – or was when this photo was taken. Mrs. Crenshaw apparently never willingly allowed a grocery bag to leave her residence. It’s now emptied by […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Costumes and disguises, Delight, Party, Schwinn Debutante on Apr 15th, 2012
I own a 1953 Schwinn Debutante, a bicycle which is delightfully pretty and gloriously impractical: This is not a bicycle you ride if you are in a hurry. I’ve wheeled it out for two special occasions so far this year. It was a belle of the ball on St. Patrick’s Day. To go with my […]
Posted in Costumes and disguises, NaBloPoMo 2011, Sewing on Nov 23rd, 2011
IMG_0315, a photo by Meetzorp on Flickr. Two vintage patterns and vintage plaid flannel should combine to create a really cute outerwear set. I’m not really a “cape girl,” but for a Tweed Ride, I’d make an exception. Especially if I made the cape with this 1967 Simplicity pattern and could eke a coordinating hat […]
Posted in biking, Costumes and disguises, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Hercules, Party, Photo entries on Apr 6th, 2011
I’m pretty much ready for the Kansas City Tweed Ride. I’ve got an awesome bike: And now I have an awesome outfit: The outfit has many parts, none of which were originally planned to go together, but all of which actually do. There are three things I didn’t make. 1. Blouse (GAP) 2. Socks (Target) […]
Posted in Costumes and disguises, Distractions, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Mar 5th, 2011
In 2002, the Hello Project Shuffle groups each performed and promoted a song based on the notion of “happiness My favorite of the three groups was Odoru 11, with “Shiawase Kyouryuu Ondo”…The Happy Dinosaurs March. About two years ago, I went fabric shopping with a friend – I was making some cushion covers for her, […]
Posted in Costumes and disguises, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Fashion, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Feb 8th, 2011
One of my nerdtastical quirks is that whenever I make or acquire some new clothes, I like to try them on with a bunch of my existing wardrobe to see how well they integrate. Over the course of several years, I have worked toward a wardrobe wherein the majority of components are interchangeable. I am […]
Posted in Costumes and disguises, Distractions, Recommendations on Jan 11th, 2010
I’ve been keeping a blog sporadically since 2002, which is a plenty long time, though sometimes it seems like I’ve kept one for much longer. Back in the day, I used to post on this message board called Hissyfit quite a lot, and sometimes I’ll think, “I know I blogged about that some while back,†[…]
Posted in Adventures, Costumes and disguises, Distractions, Family, Party, Photo entries, Ruby the Dog on Nov 6th, 2009
I said something recently about writing more frequently…and once again I did a lot of fun stuff, didn’t write about it, built up a backlog of postable material, got overwhelmed, and will be babbling forth a disjointed and photo-heavy entry…AGAIN. So. We went to Nebraska this past weekend-ish. We left town Halloween night, did a […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Costumes and disguises, Sewing on Sep 16th, 2009
Yesterday, I was so stoked about my Minnie Pearl dress that I didn’t really go into how I got this rig together. So, tonight, I’m gonna ‘splain it all! This past winter, Joel was helping Calvert shift some stuff around in his studio and Calvert sent Joel home with a big ol’ sack of random […]