Monday, October 19, 2009

The costume and more

Today I went out to the fabric store. I bought a curtain tie (to use as a belt. I also bought some fringe for the edge of the shawl I decided to make for the costume. (It's October - a shawl is probably a good idea around here.)

I stopped at the dollar store, and bought 3 snakes. I stopped at Party Packagers and bought 3 more snakes. (The problem with buying snakes at one place is that they tend to only have one kind of snake. I want a variety.)

I got home and realized I forgot to get velcro.

Luckily, I had a white strip of snaps. (I have no idea why I bought it originally.) I put that on the dress - which is officially done now.

I put the fringe on the shawl.

Above is a picture of Wanda wearing the dress & shawl. (We did not put the snakes in her hair.)

(I also provided references to the staffing company I talked to last week, but that was about it for job-search stuff today.)

None of this was an anti-procrastination project, though, so tonight I cleaned out the fridge.

I didn't clean out everything, but I did dispose of several jars of salad dressing. (Seriously, I had 6 types of salad dressing - and I rarely eat salad.) I also go rid of various other condiments that had been in there far too long.

6 comments:

  1. I normally don't say this type of thing but...put the snakes on!

    The dress is a nice design, though...I am envious of people that can make/alter clothing. I have tried over and over and I'm miserable @ it.

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  2. I can't make clothing for myself - the flaws drive me nuts - but costumes are OK.

    I'm going to wear the costume to Sparks next week - snakes & all - and will take a picture then so that you can see the full effect.

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  3. Nice job on the costume Colette. A question, where can I get doubled-sided velcro strips?

    Thanks!

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  4. Connie, you can get velcro at a fabric store (like Fabricland) or at Walmart. (Possibly Zellers as well, but Zellers is less predictable.) I am confused about what you mean by "double sided" velcro, though.

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  5. Meaning you can stick things on both sides (my Mom made bottoms to my Roman blinds, and they stay on with double-sided velcro strips.) I can show you them sometime.

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