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twocheeseplease.livejournal.comAlright, this is probably going to be a long-ish entry so if you need a bathroom break or some coffee, we'll wait while you do that.
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I was (somehow -- a bribe, perhaps?) accepted into the Crammed Organisms show - the largest plushie show in the world! Very exciting for me as it was a juried show, and let's face it, that's always good for your confidence, and because I've never entered into a show or exhibition before so it's all very new and exciting. Also, I was really looking forward to the chance to get my work out there, see people's reactions to it, and just generally be a part of a plush-loving show.
The theme was 'Fairy Folk and Fable', which I admit was a little hard for me at first as I generally stick to real-life reproductions. My first idea was to create plush 'dioramas' of a sort, of the fairy-tale landscapes. You know, the Gingerbread House, Rapunzel's Tower, the bridge from Billy Goats Gruff .... Only I found out that they had to be hangable for display, and that really wasn't going to work with my table-top design.
So my second idea, the idea that I ran with, was to create 4 miniature dressing tables for each of the four major fairy-tale characters - the Wicked Witch, the Prince, the Princess and the Fairy Godmother. I loved this idea! I'd made up a load of mini items to go on their dressing tables (apple with a poison vial, anti-wrinkle cream, spare wands, a pumpkin) when I realised that I wasn't going to be able to make (as well as craft the dressing table itself) enough items to make it look realistic or filled out by the post-off date. I just didn't have enough time to make it look like it did in my head, and it was really bothering me.
I came to this realisation by Tuesday last week, and I had to mail everything off by Saturday - eek! And still work full time!
And so I started again. With half a week to get things done.
I decided to simplify things, and just make bigger versions of some of the mini items I loved that I'd made for the dressing table.
So, I can't feel the tips of my fingers. And I'm pretty sure the vinyl dome that my father helped me sew up in the final minutes has microscopic parts of his fingertip DNA on it (every time he pricked himself he'd cry out that he'd be going to Missouri too if he kept sewing himself to the dome!), but everything is done and mailed and overall (for a perfectionist) I'm satisfied with the results.
But for now...
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Okay, ready?
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I was (somehow -- a bribe, perhaps?) accepted into the Crammed Organisms show - the largest plushie show in the world! Very exciting for me as it was a juried show, and let's face it, that's always good for your confidence, and because I've never entered into a show or exhibition before so it's all very new and exciting. Also, I was really looking forward to the chance to get my work out there, see people's reactions to it, and just generally be a part of a plush-loving show.
The theme was 'Fairy Folk and Fable', which I admit was a little hard for me at first as I generally stick to real-life reproductions. My first idea was to create plush 'dioramas' of a sort, of the fairy-tale landscapes. You know, the Gingerbread House, Rapunzel's Tower, the bridge from Billy Goats Gruff .... Only I found out that they had to be hangable for display, and that really wasn't going to work with my table-top design.
So my second idea, the idea that I ran with, was to create 4 miniature dressing tables for each of the four major fairy-tale characters - the Wicked Witch, the Prince, the Princess and the Fairy Godmother. I loved this idea! I'd made up a load of mini items to go on their dressing tables (apple with a poison vial, anti-wrinkle cream, spare wands, a pumpkin) when I realised that I wasn't going to be able to make (as well as craft the dressing table itself) enough items to make it look realistic or filled out by the post-off date. I just didn't have enough time to make it look like it did in my head, and it was really bothering me.
I came to this realisation by Tuesday last week, and I had to mail everything off by Saturday - eek! And still work full time!
And so I started again. With half a week to get things done.
I decided to simplify things, and just make bigger versions of some of the mini items I loved that I'd made for the dressing table.
So, I can't feel the tips of my fingers. And I'm pretty sure the vinyl dome that my father helped me sew up in the final minutes has microscopic parts of his fingertip DNA on it (every time he pricked himself he'd cry out that he'd be going to Missouri too if he kept sewing himself to the dome!), but everything is done and mailed and overall (for a perfectionist) I'm satisfied with the results.
But for now...
I made my daughter a t-shirt with freezer paper stencils I made. I like how it turned out but I learned my lesson on paint over paint.
I’ve got the new cellar door nearly complete now. It’s all assembled and stained and looking great. I haven’t figured out how I’m going to attach it to the cement foundation yet; it won’t be that difficult to figure out the fixtures that I need. Basically after removing the old rotted door, I need to bolt the new framed-out door to the concrete sides, and voila!![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}