Christmas Photography

Here are some fun shots I took playing with different effects on my camera in the low light.

Christmas Decorations

Its hard to take pictures at night. :/ But here are some of the beautiful handmade decorations we have warming up our household! My roomie Tabitha found this fun snowflake material at JoAnn's, so she had to create some stockings. When I hung them up, they were a bit lonely, so I used construction paper and cardboard to make us a fireplace! It's pretty warm-feeling, especially when I leave my scrap rug in front of it.  Tonight, I finished making snowflakes and hung them throughout our two main rooms. All that's lacking is the tree. And there are plans to get it next weekend! ^_^

Oh, the snowflakes on the front window are Tabitha's as well. She was keeping me company while I made the fireplace.

Christmas Dress

So here's part I of my dress! I want to do a double ribbon pull in the front where right here I just have it pinned. Then I'll have big bows. Just after this picture I got to borrow a hat from the Kirkman House, which was awesome. But I won't be able to do that again, so I need to think of something for my head.

I think the most challenging part about this was the top. I made the black bits according to a jacket pattern and then cut out the front piece and changed the sleeves. If I were to do this over (which I definitely don't want to!) I would make the chest piece thinner and longer and I would make the bottom of the sleeves longer. I also don't know if I would line it. That seemed to eat up a lot of time and effort.

Here's my original design sketch. I think I want to try and make this top again. The linework I did do on the dress, but just as a sewing texture. With black, it doesn't show up too well. It might be fun to do that with piping. Around the front too. And less lace! Larger bell sleeves....

Anyhows, I think I did pretty well making my sketch a reality. :)