Bummer&Bummer's Puffer bride

our puffer bride
Originally uploaded by Rowari

The making of bummer&bummer's "Puffer Bride" is now available for viewing on my flicker :-)
This was supppper fun to make.

We went thru nearly 2 kg. of fiber-fill to create this. and lots of disassembled earrings for the headpiece. And lots of sleepless nights.

I designed the knitted top. We gave it to the model as a gift so I can't take a good photo of it. But should there be some free time, I will recreate it and rewrite the pattern and post it here as a freebie. As of the moment, the pattern is hard to understand hehehe I was just making up my own abbreviations as I went along since I had to finish it quick.

CaliforniaMemory: baby doll

Taken sometime in 2005. Stocker Street. That's my sister Angela. We both worked on the make-up and I sewed the top.

At this point in my life I was a waitress at a deli in Glendale. I loved my job and was happy to have my sister over. Working on songs, doing shoots and loving California. I was 24.

Pincushion Challege: June/July SUMMERTIME

I know it's kindda late, but it was too cute to pass up. These pincushion flip-flops were fun to make. I crocheted the straps on there. The "flip" is for needles, and the "flop" is for pins. Can't wait for the next one.

The Gwen Dress

Holloween is always an exciting time for costumes and can be quite costly for something you'll only wear once. So this year, I sewed my own costume. I started out with $6.00 worth of materials from Wal-Mart. And worked for 6 hours straight to turn this:

Into this (modeled by Blair):

It's "inspired" by Gwen Stefani's Louis Vuitton dress from the 2004 Video Music Awards :-) I had fun making it!!!! I started out trying to create a pattern for the top, then I realized I had so little time (I made it on the day of the party I attended) that I started just "winging it". The top fit perfectly so I was feeling good. For the skirt, I did make a pattern, and man! when i tried to fit it it wouldn't fit my hips!!! So I added more cloth to it, and 20 minutes before we had to leave for the party it got finished. I put it on and it was soooo looosse!!! On with the safety pins and off we go! Well, it could have been done way better, but I am just happy that the top fit well because that would have been a BIG problem if that was the one that was loose! Hehhe. I wonder "Who Wore It Best?" Blair or Gwen. Hahhahaha.