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Hello! We had a very nice weekend. On Friday afternoon I took some black knit fabric that has been in my stash for a few weeks and made a really nice top with lace trim at the neckline and the cut away armholes are bound in bia cut black satin. It took all of about two hours from start to finish, not counting half and hour hunting for the black satin. I wore it on Sunday. I also came up with a truly spiffy idea for some pink and brown border print. I'm going to do a slash, gather and stitch idea, so I have something that looks like a ruffled skirt, but is made in one piece of fabric with only three seams.
Saturday we went to the market, this time the bread lady had two dozen loaves sitting there! I bought three. I spent the afternoon working on my painting, it's going quite well. I close my eyes and i see various shades of rose pink.
Yesterday we went off the the Studio tour, the one my dad participates in every year. For the past twenty years it's charmingly and consistently inconsistent. Some art is good, some is fabulous and some is quite amateur. In some cases one artist can have all three! The newest artist is a wood carver from Ghana, Africa. he carves masks and statues of gods and goddesses. His work is detailed and expressive.
You know what I hate? Going to the computer in the morning and seeing the thing didn't shut down properly, and the red hard drive light is glowing and not flashing. I hate when I reset it and all I get is a long beep and three short beeps. I hate that "windows is recovering from a serious melt down-delete everything?" message. Fortunately I a brief time with the power off and the plug unplugged gave it a chance to rest and recover, then it came back fine and dandy. I think that's the computer equivalent of a medically induced coma.
I have mentioned that i contribute to a fashion column, and one huge thing we deal with every day is knock offs, counterfeits and fakes. Knock offs are okay, such as what you find at places like H&M or Suzy Shier. Not everyone can afford 300$ for a shirt, and with H&M you get most of the style in a cheaper fabric with slightly different construction. For a fad item that will be out in a couple moths, it makes sense. What I take issue with is fakes and counterfeits. That plastic Chanel bag isn't fooling anyone. So in this spirit I present the worth1000 photoshop collections of fake it , if other items were faked the same way designer items are faked. I like the replica rolex at the top...that's what it comes down to, isn't it?
So today Ben and I are going to the school so Ben can get something signed and then we stick the signed something in an envelope and then after a few eeks the something will be returned and then we can get another bunch of papers that need to be filled in and signed...ah yes, welcome to the bureaucracy.
And that's all for today! Later!
