some nine to five in my blog

So I am part of a team that makes costumes for a local balllet company,

and we build one new ballet each year.

This year it was the old Scottish love story of La Sylphide.

Meaning we got to play with lots of tartan and make men wear Kilts.

Nothing better than a man in a kilt.

The ladies also got some very, spiffy outfits. And then some rather fairytale like Tutu's.

I am only allowed to show you the press photo's but luckily they are show quite a bit.

 As you can see the Gentlemen look quite polished in their Kilts.

Madge the witch telling the girls Fortune, she is amazing to watch.

 

And the Lovely Creatures of the forest, the Sylphs.

Then La Sylphide and her Love James.

If you ever get the chance to see this ballet please do so, it is short but sweet and pretty in every way. 

 something not to miss

for this particular ballet check out for details

www.waballet.com.au

much love

Lady A

:D

Our day

So we got married, after planning and saving for two and a half months the day finally arrived.

The weather was beautiful, people were smiling and things were going well.

My dress was made by my friend and fellow costumier April,

the hair by a amazing Delia and the make up by the great Melinda.

the flower turned out nice too

I had so much fun making those hats I may need to make some more for myself

 

I also had the best Photographer, she made us look great.

thanks Kim

I will remember this day forever, it was a happy fun and amazing day for me.

I am very lucky to have found such a amazing man that loves me like I love him.

there is not much that can beat such happy times.

Lady A :)

How to deal with aggressive driver behaviour on a bicycle?

I have decided to sell my car and be a cyclist and hopefully save some money help the environment and improve my life.

My partner still has a small car but also tries to ride his bicycle when ever possible.

My partner works nights and rides home sometimes at 4 am or 1 am on generally quite roads. But there has been many times where he has been targeted by young men in cars.

The only reason we can think of is that he is on a bicycle. 

Once he was hit by a rolled up newspaper across his back from a driving car window and just recently he got a egg thrown at him. 

I find this stupid and childish behavior, and I really hope they get the same done to them in the very near future.

I was born in Europe and bicycles are a way to get around and they are given space and respect on the roads. It is very sad because the weather is beautiful and perfect for riding.

My experiences have been mainly with people not stopping at stop signs and either me landing on their car hood or barely being able to stop right at their window or front Tyre. Only to get the driver pull the finger at me or abuse me as they drive off. (Sure why would it be important to follow road rules when driving a car) If I would have been driving a car at that moment they could have bought me a new front end.

I have read many articles about people being bashed, harassed or assaulted by drivers that just couldn't wait to pass a cyclist or just didn't want to share the road.

I have been lucky to only have verbal abuse until now, (touch wood) but I am starting to understand why people ride with cameras on their bicycles. It ends up being your only ally in a road rage attack.

I understand that there is many different points of view and not every cyclist is a angel. But think about how you would feel having that done to yourself? And we seem to have forgotten that we share the world with many different people at times, and being selfish isn't a attractive trait.

unfortunately this is the way it is at the moment, don't trust anyone in a car and keep yourself safe.

I am really hoping it can change in the near future

this was my little rant thank you for listening

Lady A

:D

 

my bouquets

I have been folding origami like a mad lady,

and so many people came and helped with the flowers it was amazing.

Now I have started to arrange the bridesmaids Bouquets, unfortunatly I couldn't get any flower tape so I am doing it with electrical tape.

It works but it just doesn't look as pretty, the plan is to cover the tape anyway.

As you can see its a bit of a crash course on flower arrangeing

 

But I think I am doing okay for a beginner

 

Here is my first one with greenery I hope it will work well on the day

 

but I am still working on the rest

 

I will show photo's of the final products as soon as they are done.

Lady A

Paper folding for my decoration

So I have been looking at my wedding planning, and since my budget is what I can find in my bank account between now and the wedding I have had to be creative with my funds.

I decided to make my decorations out of origami

but then I saw how pretty Bouquets look out of origami and decided to also make them.

here is some of the images that inspired me.

so I started by cutting old magazines into squares and testing different shapes and flowers.

this is a little container

 

A lily

 

a bunch of them

 

some more flowers

 

and then I started of the bridesmaids bouquets, they will be tones of blue

 

It means I have to make sure I fold some every night, but some lovely friends have decided to come and help. I am holding some origami folding evenings soon and hopefully there will be enough fun had to make them want to come back and make more.

I will put the bouquets up once they are done, I can't wait to see them finished :)

Lady A

:D

presenting Tubeless

As some of you already know I have been working on a wearable art garment made of bicycle tubes.

I seem to always set myself such funky little projects, and rarely get to take good photo's of these things.

This time I had amazing help from a great photographer and a very stunning lady.

I still don't know if it will go into the art of fashion exhibit or runway but at least I have documentation of how it can look.

the bustier was a bit big in the cups but it added another little oddity to play with

I think the slightly fetish look of the tubes lent it self to a stronger look.

But she was also able to look very artisic

 

 Playing with shadows was also fun

The head piece gave it something else

 

 

and its always a good idea to bring a whip into something like this ;)

Soo much fun and a big thanks to David Woolley for taking the photos

http://www.davidwoolley.com.au/

and

Cécile Mimieux for modelling http://www.facebook.com/BurlesqueBallerina

now all we have to do is wait and see if I get into the urban couture.

until next time

Lady A 

:D

Nearly there..... again?!?!

So its nearly the end of December and I have finished work (day job) for the year but there is still stuff to make.

I have my garment Tubeless, that I have a photo shoot with in early January.

There is my corsets that need completing, and of course the large amount of unfinished stuff in my sewing room.

I will make this my mission to one day have most of the stuff done.

I know it will be a huge year next year, I already have two dresses I know I will be making one is a wedding dress. (yes I don't quite believe I said yes to making another one of them, but I am thinking positive that this one will be the one that makes it worth it.)

And I know there will be more coming, I have already had inquiries for some other work.

But this years recap? well I pretty much didn't know what was going to happen in 2012.
I knew I had to stick around where I am until my partner was ready to move.
So I started the year off with landing a pretty wicked job in my field, with some interesting people and as I learned very funny people too. :)

I must say I learned this year from work.

There was Tutu's for men and women,

Super hero Porn stars ( I will never forget these costumes and the many versions we made )

And naturally the feathery goodness that was the dying swan, that I got to take a lot of it home with me in the evening.

There are many more, and many I can't show.

The great thing was that I got to go on a holiday to show my partner where I grew up.

I always go and remember all the fun things we used to do, and although most of the people I knew I am no longer in contact with it is great to be able to stand at altitude again and breath that mountain air.

its always heartbreaking to leave.

With any luck I will be able to find work and return.

I have been pretty slack with posting and finishing projects outside of work, and I hope to remedy this for next year. I hope I can persist and be consistent.

Only time will tell.

Have a great Christmas and enjoy your new year

Lady A

Surprise wedding dress designing

So my Boyfriend decided to propose last week and I said yes,

so he now is my Fiance ( still getting used to this).

But with this comes a wedding, and there fore a wedding dress.....

I have to be honest I have never thought about wearing a wedding dress or even designing one for myself.

So I did a bit of a search on pinterest and etsy, many interesting things came up all of them cream white or silver. All colours I am not keen on wearing.

This then was my first decision I am not wearing white.

Then I decided since we wont be having a big wedding I shouldn't have a puffy, gypsy style wedding dress.

And then I realized I love a nice bias cut dress, and so we have now a shape style and some resemblance of what colour I do not want.

So it really isn't has hard as I thought it would be.

Well at least up until now ;)

 here is what I have found I like, possibly in emerald green or red.

 This red one is just beautiful and I would be able to wear it again some other time

 I like the lace of this one

 I think this one its more the curves of the model that I enjoy

 So far I love this, I would like to change the razor back on the mesh but otherwise I enjoy it very much

 

And this is the front and it could look great in emerald green.

 

so I will have to let all this settle and make someone else's wedding dress for their wedding next year before I can find someone close to me to make mine.

But I shall keep you updated with my shenanigans 

Lady A 

:D