Snow [home] Photodump

I'm currently living in the snowiest city in America. Surprisingly... December starts tomorrow and I haven't seen more than a couple flurries (and that was a few weeks ago!). Where is the cold weather at!?

This is what our winter looked like last year back home in Illinois:

That was the most snow I've ever seen piled on my lawn. Good times.

DIY Garter

Ok, who wants to see a video of ME!? I had to film something for my winter wedding project for my magazine class and decided to do a DIY garter because it's the easiest thing ever. I had initially planned on making a boutonniere but they don't require sewing and aren't as awesome. So here I am, sewing my garter. There are a few shots with the top of my head cut off because I was filming myself and couldn't see what kind of picture I was getting. Note to self: drag brother out of the basement to stand behind the camera for more than just one shot.

Boy Fashion Photogs...

...never mind the blood. :] Fashion blogs never get as much boy-love as they should. Enjoy the punky eye candy from Andrew Whitton. Guess which one is my favorite!

(someone get him a bandaid!) 

More Bridal

Whilst at home, I took pictures at my old stomping ground Volle's for my bridal project. I only worked there for a couple months until I transferred to the tux shop in the connecting building. I prefer working fittings for groomsmen rather than brides, but sometimes I miss the general prettyness and fabulous bling that comes with bridal. Peep some of these pics I took! (I was pleased that Volle's has such lovely lighting.)

(I usually don't like bedazzled stuff, but how beautiful is this bodice?) 

Melting plastic bags... on clothes

I'm back in the flat: Illinois! I did the usual things that I do when I get home (take a bubble bath and bake cookies) and threw in a little DIY since I have been so deprived at school.

I've had this shirt (dress?) from H&M for a while but I hardly ever wear it because I think it looks like a prison uniform. So I decided to modify it with this amazing tutorial I found here titled “fusing plastic bags on to fabric.” That sounds like all kinds of win to me. So I figured that since grey and white stripes are slightly nautical, I should slap a black plastic bag anchor on my shirt. I found an image and traced it onto a piece of paper. 

After cutting it out, I taped it to a plastic bag and cut out the anchor shape. I'd recommend taping the paper cutout to the plastic bag. I didn't want to pin it because I didn't want to put a hole in the plastic.

Figure out where you want your design to go...

Head over to your iron with a piece of parchment paper (so you don't get goopy melted plastic on it. parchment paper also doesn't burn.). Cover the plastic with the paper and press over with your iron for 20 seconds. Don't be alarmed when the plastic bag starts to shrink a little bit, that's what will happen since it's melting.

No matter how cleanly you cut out the design, the edges will probably get a little wiggly-looking. You can't control how the plastic melts. Let it cool off a little bit before you peel the parchment paper off or your design will peel right off with it.

Pretty cool, yeah?

And I made peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. It's good to be home :]