Apparel

Google Christmas Party Dress

The best part of moving to the Bay Area has to be Britex Fabrics.  Four stories of fabric heaven.  I could spend hours in that place.  I found this beautiful copper flocked taffeta and just had to make a party dress out of it.  The satin was initially going to be the bodice of the dress, but I couldn't find a pattern for what I wanted and didn't feel comfortable hacking into $75 per yard satin (original price, I definitely DID NOT pay that) without a pattern, so it became a sash.  I found the feather pin at JoAnn.

bodice detail

Sash and pin detail

flocking on the skirt.  

Polka Dot Dress
Our good friend Seth Forester over at Two Minutes Derby asked Carl and I to help him out in his rockabilly-themed photo shoot for the clothing line he was launching.  Of course, Carl didn't tell me the theme until three days before the shoot, and I had nothing to wear, so I whipped up this cute polka dot dress.  A few weeks later, our the Peninsula Roller Girls hosted a 50's themed Skate Hop, so it served double duty.  Not pictured: Gorgeous teal pumps that match it perfectly.

Knit Fuzzy Monster Costume
Full blog post here.

Rainbow Brite Costume
Rainbow Brite was not a slut, and I was very angry at all the costume shops online that try to make you believe she was.  I wanted a work-appropriate Rainbow Brite costume, so I whipped up a strapless blue dress with white trim.  Instead of the red suspenders and belt, I made a little jacket with blue sleeves and rainbow starts for buttons.  Over the knee rainbow socks worked well for the arms and boots.  I thought it turned out pretty cute.  Unfortunately, my Chinese coworker thought I was dressed up as a Native American.

Pony Powered Sweatshirt
PRG <3s Ponies.  We had found a similar pony sweatshirt online for like $100.  I made my own with polar fleece, Halloween cat ears and a cheap sweatshirt for about $30.  Yes, it's ridiculous.  Yes, I do wear it in public, but only to derby events.