etsy wedding

When searching for "doily" on etsy, I found this gorgeous dress. The whole shop at ArmoursansAnguish is amazing. And look at this fascinator, by LoBoheme! Gorgeous. It's labeled as crochet, but (without my glasses on) it looks like it might include tatting. Here's a pleasantly chunky pearl necklace that would go great with most wedding dresses, even the less traditional ones :) I actually wore a necklace with pearls at our wedding. It was my Nana's, given to her by my Papa decades ago.

Hey, maybe, if you're good, I'll post how to make this veil and fascinator on Tuesday!

I've been a bad poster.

I promised pictures and I'm in my pajamas and the camera is in the car.
That's pretty much the caliber of excuses I have over not posting pictures that I promised.

So instead, I'll post wedding related pictures. In case you're new here ;), our theme is something like roaring-twenties meets modern gothic garden party.

As always, clicking on the pictures will take you to the listing where you can buy the item if you're interested.

Lets start with the head. This is Topsyturvydesign's Prudence:



Note that Prudence is feather-free. Can I tell you how hard it is to find a fascinator or hat-of-a-certain-era on etsy that does not have feathers? I love feathers, I just don't want to buy something that has feathers that required possible slaughter. If someone described the humane way they got the feathers in the listing, I'd totally be interested. Even so, I have to admit some of the beautiful pieces have me tempted anyway. ! So I try not to look at them at all - I'd like a guilt free wedding, please.

That being said, this item from gothfox is gorgeous:



See what I mean? Here's another fine feathered topper from satanica:


Gorgeous!

knitted hat

A hat for a person smaller than me.



See that yarn to the right? I'll be making this great hat compliments of my friend Sarah. Jumpin' on the Joss Whedon crafty bandwagon. You want to do it too.

Wednesday WTF

I am amazed that Palin's in charge of anything. I am astounded that anyone would try to give her a position with more power. Also, some decisions that involve my union don't seem like they are exactly awesome or inspiring.

Thusly, we have:



So the inside looks kind of unprofessional. Whatevs.



at least the modeling is professional. ... uh...



P.S. I hate iron-on letters.

Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter

My sister got me the book as a Christmas gift. I figured I oughta make her something as a thank you, and since she just had a beautiful baby boy, and I needed something QUICK, the elf hat was perfect.

I started it at the PDX Crafty Vixen get together today, and finished it... later today.



It's a quick knit that's easy for beginner knitters. It's all garter stitch with easy finishing. I think I might make more hats that are based on the rectangle. While I stitched this hat for the little one, I realized that the rectangle was the basic shape of the hat that a friend's mom had made for my fiance years ago. Only THAT hat had pompoms and was stitched together slightly differently :)