I get why Leanne won, but I did love Korto's line and thought it was really beautiful and ultimately much more wearable. Kenley's clothing was pretty but not fab, with the exception of this dress:
which was my absolute favorite outfit from all three lines combined. Where can I buy one RIGHT THIS MINUTE? The mandarin collar, kicky full skirt and gorgeous hand-painted flowers make me covet it completely. Oh, and I would totally wear it with feathers in my hair too.Best line of the night was when Kenley realized that Tim Gunn was the third judge and said that maybe she should have improved her attitude. Hello, Karma? Meet Kenley. Ha! And now that Leanne has won, do you think show sponsors Tresemme and L'Oreal could put their heads together and convince her to ditch the stringy hair and art school-nerd glasses? Yikes.
The other day I was delighted to receive some Halloween Happy Mail from the lovely Shara. I have to show you what she made because I am so in love with it:
Shara used an old book (appropriately ORANGE and titled Suddenly A Corpse) and altered it into a Spell book! You can't see from the photo, but the edges of the papers are covered in black glitter as well. Love the vintage 13 card and all the little witchy trinkets hanging from the front! I adore it so, so much--how very clever of her!
She also sent a beautiful handmade paperweight with vintage Halloween images inside. What treasures to add to my Halloween decor and what a sweet friend. :)One other piece of my Halloween decor to show you:
I bought this wall hanging at a great place called Tai Pan Trading Company in Utah, but I was thinking that you could make something similar pretty easily at home. This one is large--11"x19"--but it seems that I've seen smaller unfinished wooden plaques at craft stores. The background is German text printed in a blackletter font (what is it about that combination that looks so creepy?) on aged-looking paper. The 'Spooky' is printed on top of that, and the whole thing is decoupaged on top of the painted plaque. Easy as pie!
Love the Halloween goodies that Shara sent you! The spooky sign is very neeto!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked the Spell Book. It was an idea I had for a swap and somehow I just felt that you needed one too! Your photo of the paperweight is much better than any I was able to take. Kudos!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree about Project Runway! I loved that one dress from Kenley's collection too but I was really glad she came in third because I liked both other collections (and attitudes!) much better.
ReplyDeleteI thought either Korto or Leanne deserved to win. And Leanne has GOT to do something about her hair and her image! I love that show so much!
Hey Heidi. Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteI thought Jerell got the shaft. He won that last challenge and didn't get a guarantee into the final three or any other reward. Kenley should have been eliminated with that mermaid dress. The show wanted Kenley to stay so she could shoot her mouth off more and be mean to poor Tim.
I wish I had a personal designer to whip me up some new clothes every once in awhile!
Oh I love that spooky sign!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea and a fun challenge to re-create...a spooky sign! Thanks for sharing...
ReplyDeleteLike your new look, too!
Great spooky sign! I did the tutorial over on the Sweet and Sinister Swap blog (Artsy Mama Kari's blog) and I did a painted sign/frame somewhat like this! I think I'll do another with dictionary pages and with SPOOKY in scary letters like the one you've shown! Cool!
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