Tuesday, August 19, 2008
I love this photograph
Nothing seems as refreshing as seeing a young couple enjoying an afternoon together underneath some dappled shade.
New Ride
Can't wait for this to be delivered. Looks like a whole new bunch of adventures for Zira and Cornelius!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Zira & Cornelius Kissing WON!!
YAY! I never win anything! My favorite couple helped me secure the grand prize, a 1/4 scale figure of Ace Frehley from KISS manufactured by Sideshow. Wonder how big that is? Hurray!!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Received my Gorilla Mask Today.
It's HUGE!! Wonder how I'm going to sneak this costume in the house?
Sunday, August 10, 2008
My 2008 Halloween Costume
Hoping to accomplish something that looks like this, from UFO:
I already bought a silver dress that I will cut up. I have the purple wig, which just needs trimming on the bangs, and I need to figure out how I will do the boots. I hate the pants the girls wear on the show so I will create a short skirt. Hope it looks HOT.
I already bought a silver dress that I will cut up. I have the purple wig, which just needs trimming on the bangs, and I need to figure out how I will do the boots. I hate the pants the girls wear on the show so I will create a short skirt. Hope it looks HOT.
I submitted this in a contest.
Hoping to win something... The contest rules were simple: you must submit a digital photograph which features some kind of KISS. Your photo can be freaky, funny, silly, sexy, sweet or even scary ... but not obscene or pornographic, please. All entries must consist of an original photograph taken for the purpose of this contest, and must include either a product manufactured by Sideshow Collectibles or a sign reading "ToyTracker.Net - KISS and Tell". No digital image manipulation is allowed beyond basic cropping, resizing and color correction.
Something about the photo above...I took about 30 minutes setting up the pose after thinking about the specific poses last night. My camera sucks and seems to be getting worse especially indoors which is why I always photograph outdoors. Now I notice that when I take photographs when the sun strikes my objects in focus, where the sun shines on it is blurry and it drives me insane. I think perhaps the chip inside is going bad and I'm too poor to buy another one. So....I played with the sun and snow options of the autofocus settings. Tried about 50 total shots. The picture came together after I told my son to cast his shadow on my figures...for some reason the light was just perfect and whatever it was I wanted to focus came out the way I wanted it to. Well, it was fun and not fun photographing because Dylan my nine year old son kept saying, "Oh my God, Mom. Do you have to do this? Oh my God!!"
Something about the photo above...I took about 30 minutes setting up the pose after thinking about the specific poses last night. My camera sucks and seems to be getting worse especially indoors which is why I always photograph outdoors. Now I notice that when I take photographs when the sun strikes my objects in focus, where the sun shines on it is blurry and it drives me insane. I think perhaps the chip inside is going bad and I'm too poor to buy another one. So....I played with the sun and snow options of the autofocus settings. Tried about 50 total shots. The picture came together after I told my son to cast his shadow on my figures...for some reason the light was just perfect and whatever it was I wanted to focus came out the way I wanted it to. Well, it was fun and not fun photographing because Dylan my nine year old son kept saying, "Oh my God, Mom. Do you have to do this? Oh my God!!"
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Cornelius's mens suit
I totally recut all the parts and resewed:
Forgot that the facing becomes the correct side of the lapel, so I was not very careful about matching the checks. I will re-cut a new left facing and resew to match the right side. I also don't like the way the notch is so big from the collar to the top of the lapel. I need to remember to cut that better on the next one.
I also noticed that I am running out of fabric, so I had better stop reworking this jacket and get on with the pants to make sure I get one complete outfit. I have another pair of pants I got at Goodwill with the same kind of check pattern and luckily the fabric is thin enough. I just have to look for it. Hopefully it's in a bag in the laundry room.
This is how the suit looked before I decided to start all over. Because I added a second seam as in a real mens suit, I did not measure it very well and the width of the sleeves became too fat.
Forgot that the facing becomes the correct side of the lapel, so I was not very careful about matching the checks. I will re-cut a new left facing and resew to match the right side. I also don't like the way the notch is so big from the collar to the top of the lapel. I need to remember to cut that better on the next one.
I also noticed that I am running out of fabric, so I had better stop reworking this jacket and get on with the pants to make sure I get one complete outfit. I have another pair of pants I got at Goodwill with the same kind of check pattern and luckily the fabric is thin enough. I just have to look for it. Hopefully it's in a bag in the laundry room.
This is how the suit looked before I decided to start all over. Because I added a second seam as in a real mens suit, I did not measure it very well and the width of the sleeves became too fat.
