Weeheehee!!

From start to finish all in one day! It's so beautiful!! I think there's some holes but they'll hafta wait to be filled once all the glue dries this time around.
I'm very proud of it tho!
I used Swarovski elements, a silver chain necklace cut into pieces, ribbons, scrap booking adhesive pearls in various sizes and Paul my special octopus charm. He likes his new home. ^^
I didn't end up using the pink pearls or the kwik seal caulking. The pink pearls didn't quite fit with what I wanted to do. And the kwik seal ended up needed heavy ventilation, gloves, goggles... too many safety features for my wanting not to go out in a ridiculously blustry and snow-ish day. Ah Winter. Or rather "winter" as this year seems to be - but more on that later. I ended up using weldbond glue - hopefully it will hold. From what it advertises it should. Fingers crossed!

The materials

Finished case

Back

Front

Front's bell bow

Crystal bow detail

Oh my!

I forgot to post about Sunday's magical Michael's excursion!
It was so wonderfully successful! I got pearls in both white and pink, crystals with a slate-like quality, tiny silver chain, pink ruffle ribbon, black and pink swirl ribbon, and a great little companion for the bow. I will take photos of the project as it progresses!

... I just have to remember to plug in that camera battery of mine.

Oh yeah, please note that my pictures won't be the bestest of quality as I have just a little Nixon cool pics camera - I'm not a professional or nothin'. ^.^
I hope to start tomorrow - so long as Mom and I don't go shopping for random things again tomorrow. I so got another dress today. Never too many! NEVER! I would post a stock photo but I can't seem to find one in the style I bought, just the halter sundress version. Guess I'll have to take one myself!

Good Day

Went shopping by myself today. It was nice to just have some time to myself.

I've been looking for a few things for about a month now and randomly found them today. At places I wouldn't think of for said things. It was great! ^.^ One thing is a bathing cap. I want it to mostly protect my hair when I go swimming. When I say swimming I mean aqua size and treading water. I don't like doing laps and I can't put my face in the water without serious anxiety. I tried out a speedo long hair cap as I have a lot of hair, even if it is very short. By the time I managed to finally get all of my hair under it, it had pulled out a significant amount. Then upon removal it took more! It was awful. So back it went. I wanted an old fashioned bathing cap that women wore in the '50s. I went into Winners on a whim, see what was there and BAM. There they are. I got two, one in leopard print and the other in a darling flower and sprout pattern. I'm ever so excited!
Also randomly at Winners, although I didn't buy any as I have much, there was saffron threads and pure vanilla extract. The saffron was in a glass case so you could see them - they were saffron. The vanilla was a brand that I trust and use. I was impressed. Never underestimate Winners, it can surprise you!
The other thing I was looking for were a pair of small white winter gloves. I've always called them skating gloves as we used them for practice. They're short cuffed and light weight. I wanted them to go under a darling pair of fingerless arm warmers that I purchased to finish a set I had. Well I found them. At Old Navy. Certainly a place I wouldn't think of to look for gloves. Best of all? The price tag said $4.29, a deal for two pairs, when I was rung up they were $1.29 including tax! Wahoo!

Tomorrow I make the excursion to Michael's for my decoden. I've held off until tomorrow because Micheal's is having a big sale from 1pm - 7pm - 20% off your whole purchase! Score! I'm anxiously awaiting that. I'm very eager to start my project as I've planned out what I'm doing and am very excited.
My plan: On the lower half I'm planning a flush bow made of crystals. On the top right I'm planning a 3D bow (much like this double bow.) made of dark pink and lighter pink with white polka dots. I'm hoping to find a nice pink heart jewel for the center. The rest of the surface I'm hoping to find pearls in pink and white to fill in.
Fingers crossed it works out and I don't throw it against a wall if it doesn't. ^.^

Long Night

After a long night of placing, replacing, editing html and being generally annoyed with illustrator... my blog is officially back up! It's prettier, easier to read and navigate.
And full of even more NONSENSE! Wahoo!

Tomorrow holds an exciting day: decoden shopping! I have the case, now to get the jewels! Hopefully Michael's either has a sale on (fingers crossed) or I manage to find cheap crystals - otherwise I have to plan out my case a little more and order online. Which I don't want to do. Maybe they'll have the cute pearls I'm looking for... c'mon Michael's! Don't let me down!!

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