Monday, May 3, 2010

It's fun playing dress up...

I started to paint this dress form that I recently purchased at a consignment shop and then remembered to take a before picture so that's why it's in a half-painted stage at this point....

Here she is all dressed up and ready to "show"!

I fashioned a belt using scrunched ribbon (which I finally figured out how to make myself), clipped on some keys from a necklace I no longer wear, a chandelier crystal and a pair of lovely earrings my Mother in-law made for me.

I went through my bag of vintage bridal lace and trim that was passed down to me by my Grandmother and came up with a great piece of lace that fit perfectly as a shoulder wrap. For the finishing touch, I glued on the Paris "buttons" .... ahem....stickers..

(Click on an image to enlarge)

11 comments:

  1. This is just lovely Diane! Great job!

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  2. Simply beautiful! Have a wonderful day!

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  3. She is lovely.All dressed up and ready to go.

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  4. She is adorable, so glad she made it to the ball!!

    Carol

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  5. Sweetness! Hedy will be looking for new friends at the ball... I hope she finds you.
    xoso Sandy

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  6. oh...she is so pretty!

    Love the simplicity and the textgure of your "girl"...

    so glad I stopped in.

    Cori
    Starview Sonnet

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  7. Ohhhh she turned out beautiful.....

    Smiles~
    Mari

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  8. Oh, she's just as pretty as can be! Love the lace and sweet buttons.

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  9. My dress forms are small too, and I love to have some table top forms for the studio. Love what you did with this one.

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