And I return from my wanderings...
Well, two weeks (give or take a day) out in Colorado and I have returned safely home with a completed wedding dress. There are pictures (more coming as soon as my mom manages to upload them and send them to me), but I'm trying to figure out how to show the interested parties without also showing Ben.
I think the easiest thing would be, if you want to see dress pictures, send me an email at ferret . kitty at yahoo . com and I'll email you with the link. ^_^ I feel all sneaky and stuff.
Spending the time out in Colorado was awesome. I can't wait to be out there permanently. I got to hang out with my cousins and see my mom and my sister and all my aunts and uncles and it was great. And, I got to learn some of my mom's trade (dress making) from her first hand. I now know how to fit a dress to someone (okay, really only me, but I think I could do it for someone else) and have it work out the first time. ^_^ And I learned how to underline a garment and add a ruffle and make piping and put in boning and... yeah. It was fun.
The dress took about 40 hours (unless you count my mom's and my time separately, and then it's probably about 50), but it was so much fun. We even had time to go skiing one day, which was great. My step-dad re-taught me how to ski and I only fell down nine or ten times in the course of about four hours. My mom was really impressed that I lasted for four hours on my first day skiing in more than three years, but I was just having so much fun I didn't want to stop. By the end of the day I was having trouble convincing my legs to do what my brain wanted them to do, and I was useless afterwards, but it was still fun.
But now I'm home, back to reality. I have a few more wedding type things to do tonight, and then I'm going to vedge on the couch and completely ignore the kitchen and the bedroom, in which dishes need to be washed and clothes need to be laundered, respectively. I traveled for almost twelve hours today, and while there were no mishaps or delays, it was still a long day and I'm tired. So there. :D
I think the easiest thing would be, if you want to see dress pictures, send me an email at ferret . kitty at yahoo . com and I'll email you with the link. ^_^ I feel all sneaky and stuff.
Spending the time out in Colorado was awesome. I can't wait to be out there permanently. I got to hang out with my cousins and see my mom and my sister and all my aunts and uncles and it was great. And, I got to learn some of my mom's trade (dress making) from her first hand. I now know how to fit a dress to someone (okay, really only me, but I think I could do it for someone else) and have it work out the first time. ^_^ And I learned how to underline a garment and add a ruffle and make piping and put in boning and... yeah. It was fun.
The dress took about 40 hours (unless you count my mom's and my time separately, and then it's probably about 50), but it was so much fun. We even had time to go skiing one day, which was great. My step-dad re-taught me how to ski and I only fell down nine or ten times in the course of about four hours. My mom was really impressed that I lasted for four hours on my first day skiing in more than three years, but I was just having so much fun I didn't want to stop. By the end of the day I was having trouble convincing my legs to do what my brain wanted them to do, and I was useless afterwards, but it was still fun.
But now I'm home, back to reality. I have a few more wedding type things to do tonight, and then I'm going to vedge on the couch and completely ignore the kitchen and the bedroom, in which dishes need to be washed and clothes need to be laundered, respectively. I traveled for almost twelve hours today, and while there were no mishaps or delays, it was still a long day and I'm tired. So there. :D