Monday, March 22, 2010

walking with a ghost.

oh if you allow me the chance to rant to you about the ghost that has been following me about i will take it. i may even jump at it. especially if i have a nasty cold, it's 5:30 a.m and i have ab/fab as background noise. if the situation looked something like that, chances are you could get me to go on and on about my ghost. truth be told, the truth isn't anything my imagination could even muster and paint up. i will tell all here because no one is giving me the "bat shit crazy look" on this blog not would i find myself giving a damn about anyone who took time to send me a "bat shit crazy" message. if i told you everything you would understand how badly i wanted to believe in sweet lost little spirits just wandering about on the other side. i also so badly wanted to believe i was talking to the spirit of an old friend i had always been bad boy in love with. i wanted to think that i had indeed befriended my own ghost of a friend who would stay up all night with me having spirit art parties via spirit writing. i imagined my ghost companion following me about town, myself having to watch out not to speak to him aloud lest the man who sells me my cigarettes thinking i am crazy. don't want him thinking i am talking to people who are not there because that would be exactly what id be doing. i wished i could just have a ghost best friend and lover and skip entirely the real world. i have always been told ghosts were only demons out to trick us. it was beat into my brain and yet i continued to want so very very badly to believe that the ghost who has been haunting my life for the past few months to be that of a sweet spirit. ok, if i was to really have my way my spirit would be that of some bad boy spirit, tormented, maybe a drug over dose ghost. all of this had clearly been well thought out. wishful thinking. that was then. i can hardly believe this is my story. i had hardly fathom exactly how all of this came about and i ended up with this son of a bitch. if someone told me identical stories to those that i am about to tell i would dub them a druggie (takes one to know one) or a very colorful sort of crazy. even my folks stand on the verge only of believing in me.
i already purged myself of the merger island adventure story and i assure you that my life has hardly been lacking in the supernatural. i am thinking of writing my own graphic novel about what i have been battling. my life has been all ghosts, evil spirits and strange happenings. not all, i wouldn't have survived the last few months without Jesus Christ. Let me tell you that I have spent my entire life trusting that Jesus Christ is truly my Heavenly Father. Believing that Jesus truly is the one and only true God. I can tell you now with every true and honest piece of me that Jesus Christ is the one and only true God. Jesus is everything He ever claimed to be. Not only that but He is the most beautiful, patient, tender, loving, king, merciful, graceous, gentle, forgiving, majestic, trust worthy, never failing, powerful, victorious, authoritative being my head and heart could ever imagine fathoming. I tell you that I have had my heart changed, transformed, regenerated by the love of Jesus. My relationship with Him has become the most essential and important relationship I have in my life. All as a result of this crazy. Thanks to demonic activity, possible posession mistaken for my own personal friendly ghost I fello madly in love with my Heavenly FAther, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. AMen and a Halleluja.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Painted tights are a fun project that you can complete in a weekend, allowing you to wear your creation the following week. There are many kinds of fabric paints, and the effects that can be achieved vary from a thick plastic look to washed-out tones that look like watercolors. In between, there are all kinds of glitter and frosting paints to add some sparkle to your wardrobe.





Pull on the tights, and mark the location where the design will go. When possible, use a fabric pencil to draw the design in place. Once your tights are off, it is often difficult to determine exactly where you should position the designs.
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Pull the tights onto a section of PVC pipe. This will allow you to stretch the design to the approximate size of the tights when worn. Tape the tights to the PVC pipe using painter's tape with the design area lightly stretched.
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Draw a fine line around your design in a color similar to the color you will be painting. Use fabric paint at full strength, which will make the bead more solid. This will help hold in the fabric paint for wider areas if you need to thin the paint down for more of a watercolor effect. Fabric paints are flexible, so what you see as you paint is likely how the fabric will look when you wear it.
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Dry the fabric paint for 24 hours. You can add additional coats within 4 to 6 hours if necessary, but your final layer should dry fully before you wear the tights.
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Launder by hand using very gentle laundry solution so that your fabric paints will retain their color and shape.

HAND EMBELLISHED TIGHTS
Start cutting out the shapes of flowers and Patterns from the trims and laces, try to be different in how you cut out the patterns and the sizes so it doesn’t look too symmetrical.

t is best to wear the tights when you are stitching so you can see the exact positioning and make sure the applicants will be neatly attached.

Start by stitching on the bigger patterns; holding it down with one hand while stitching around the pattern, I love the loose threads but you can cut it off as you please, when the biggest embellishments are set its easy to fine tune with finer details like sequins and tiny pearls:) Try mixing and layering different patterns together for a richer feel of design :)



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What you need:

Plain sheer Tights, I used the Duane Read “Silken Mist” from Leggs, they consist of 87 percent nylon and 13 percent spandex. It is a cheap synthetic blend that doesn't run as fast.

Trims; I got lucky looking at bridal trims. You should make sure to check the back of the trim to see if there is any stitching which is holding the trim together. Otherwise if you cut randomly you may loose beading or embellishments.

Small detail embellishments like Sequins, pearls, etc

Regular yarn, needles and scissors of course :)

easy and sweet


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Easiest cute hairstyle ever!


1.
Part your hair on the side

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From the side with more hair, separate a section

3.
Hold the section along the side of your head

4.
Start braiding the section backwards,
towards the nape of your neck
5.
If you can, pull in bits of hair (not from the section)
to the braid as you go

6.
When the braid reaches your neck, pull the rest of your hair back
and tie it all into a messy bun

You look gorgeous,
and your hair isn't in the way of your adventures!

o olivia







insist on yourself. never imitate.- emerson

my personal fashion rules...
* always steer clear of skinnies unless they have a zipper at ankle. they always make my legs look chubby and my ass super wide.
* do whatever i can to show off my ass and legs in a classy way.
* take advantage of all of the charming and slightly androgynous looks that i can pull off by being boobless.
* always wear appropriate, elegant, feminine, and classy lingerie. especially revel in wearing garters and stockings but never allow it to become trashy by going with teeny bopper trends or allowing any of it to be seen.
* never wear flats out of fear of being too tall. i will always love being tall and leggy.

my signature scent...
* lavender & vanilla together

my signature piece as of the last two years...
false lashes & bardot 60's chiffon ponytail

I love slightly breaking fashion rules. when i was finally allowed to dress myself i always was excited to come up with a look that was very much different, unique and my own. during an awful divorce i actually worried about appearing too cray, too different, too colorful. i can truthfully say that those months where i attempted to suffocate the real me were the most miserable and confusing months of my life. during those months i actually got into more trouble, found myself in awful situations, met the scummiest men and i know that is because i was sooo insecure, baffled and lost. as soon as i ran back to the open arms of creativity, fashion, literature and art i remembered who i was, every detail and i loved her. i was full of self appreciation, adoration, love, happiness, freedom and ideas. i had no time to waste being angry at the person who made me feel that i had not only minor flaws but also that my passions, eccentricities, awkward habits and colorful details of my personality were major flaws. i became aware of that person stealing my identity and wearing it because a. he was awkward, insecure and uncomfortable being himself and b. i was vibrant, alive, original, eye catching and confident in my flaws and he assumed that in my skin he wouldn't mind it if people discarded and rejected him. he never had the balls to be himself. a total shame. he was the one i loved so much. legs jump off memory lane and onto my fashion looks for spring...
* try lots and lots of looks*
thank the Lord for the value villages, goodwills and every single little thrift store ever built. it's the afternoon before a big show that is sure to be full of tasty skinny rocker types and i need my own show stopper... i love that $10 gets me not only a slick black mini dress but a leather biker vest as well... and i love that some days are jane austen days with brigitte bardot nights. i love channeling allison mosshart, edie sedgwick, ballerina's, rock n rollers, hippie hipsters, gypsy ladies, whiskey girls, high fashion model, 60's sex kittens, flappers, bookworms, beach bums, artists....
i LOVE watching a movie, looking at a book, runway collections, fashion documentaries, magazines and being so crazy about a look that i spend all afternoon in thrift stores and in front of my sewing machine re-creating it.

"to have style, you must believe in yourself" - yves saint laurent

what are my favorite fabrics?
what are my favorite colors to wear?
what mood do i wish to create around myself?
what sort of people do i want to impress and attract?
what impresses and attracts me to other people?

so this is love...

oh well i love these colors together...makes my heart crazy in my chest...sigh.. ahhh...
























miss mosshart
























Tuesday, March 2, 2010

bardot, bardot

i miss my dark hair and pale pale skin. i do. my heart is a brunette. my soul as well. i am not quite ready to give up the bleach bottle tho. i am still channeling and loving brigitte bardot


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& her bouffant ponytails,

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cat eyes,
layers of false lashes,
cigarette pants

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loose elegant buns

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vanessa paradis and french films....
Spring is busting out a little bit and i am so happy for the sunshine and rose blossoms. Even if it means swim suit season is coming. I feel as if i am breathlessly waiting for sunny mornings eating fresh fruit, sipping my morning tea and stretching out my long tan legs on the back patio. i love that i am so much closer to skinny the last few years. i best take advantage of the will power and discipline while i am still young. you can bet i will at least try to shimmy into my own pair of dolce and gabanna or dior hot pants so perfectly knocked off by our friendly forever 21. it feels perfect being a size eight, as long as i am walking everything fits exactly as i like. size six feels too gaunt while ten feels heavy. my existence as an anorexic was miserable. when i replaced drugs with food i was already broken and miserable so...forget it.
i'm sad to say that the memories i should have of living on capitol hill with Kel in my favorite apartment, working with the ladies at enexile, falling in love with fashion, getting married to my best friend, just really really dear and precious memories I should have are there but they are so hazy. the anorexic haze. i drove past this beautiful antique trunk on the side of the road with a free sign on it just after moving home some couple of years ago. i re-papered the inside with a sweet vintage looking paper, threw in a few moth balls and with those awful sobs where your whole body is shaking and you can't imagine not dying from the hurt of it. my wedding dress, the jewelry my mother in law gave me, photobooth pictures, true romance dvd, hand written notes, birthday cards, a star wars toy i stole, stuffed animals, a couple records, mix cd's we had made over the years. my memories are not anorexic hazy when i listen to those songs. i could tell you what era exactly the mix was from and i could give you a memory for every song. you know there was the marysville era, capitol hill era, early west seattle era and the later west seattle era that i would be okay never revisiting. It feels good to talk write about it. I never ever talk about it to anyone. Much less in detail. I hated it when my friends felt it necessary to tell every single degrading detail about their ex directly after a break up. anyways.