Queen of Swing

Tonight I took my new shoes (pictures tomorrow!) out dancing. With my husband, of course. Every Thursday the Women's Federation holds the Swing Syndicate. Sometimes there's live music, but usually it's dj'ed. Either way... we don't lindy very well yet (all that twirling tends to make you pretty dizzy), but we kill at east coast so we went and jived down. Tried some new dips and tricks we watched others do. The place even has a powder room where I could take a paper towel and daintily dab the sweat from my brow every few songs (dancing is fun, but it's a heck of a work-out). Hopefully we'll be able to go more often, and we're definitely gonna practice the lindy.
xo,
out.

Beads, resin, and a whole lotta paint.

I went to a bead show over the weekend. There were so many mankei neko beads that I bought over $20 of them; don't know if I'll be able to part with them honestly. I found one that was shaped like a maneki neko, but was a bunny so that will become a necklace for my friend Yola.
Put the first (maybe last) layer of glaze on the steampunk headphones; they're looking pretty amazing!
My shoes are ready- the plain canvas pearlized, the scrapbooking grommets enameled pink and haphazardly hammered into the shoes, the laces tea-dyed. I'm trying to decide whether to paint the converse star black with little dribbles resembling ink... any ideas?
Also, going to be working on some little pill-boxes made from antique watch-part jars.
Finally have the camera up and running, will post pictures of projects soon!

Website up and running!

Except for the links page.. still trying to decide which sites will make the cut from my massive collection of randomly bookmarked awesomeness. Either way, I dyed my hair and took some pictures for the website. Now just making products like crazy so I'll have something for my friend to shoot next week so I can get started!

Rain, rain, feel free to stay...

I love that misty feeling when warm rain has been hitting hot pavement and everything feels somehow crisp and cozy at the very same time.
Didn't get a whole lot of work done today; had to change the wrong ink cartridge for the right (whoops).
Dropped by Bookwoman (Rock'n women's bookstore in Austin), with a stop into the gaming store next door that never looks open, but which is apparently just rather effete. However, they have so many beautiful ma jong sets.. I would love to learn to play!! Anyway, we wandered into the bookstore and picked up a copy of this book I had been looking at- it's about feminism and pin-up culture. I'm already on the second chapter! I spoke to the manager (after buying a new local cd) and she said to bring in samples so I've been working on feminist/ sapphic jewelry that's a little more... classy than the ROY G BIV beads strung on a necklace. I hope people like them, because I sure do!
I have until the end of next week to have everything ready.
Oh, and I dyed my hair! By a mixture of 2parts Manic Panic 'raven', a dollop of mixing toner, one part midnight black, one part ultraviolet, and a hearty dash (read all of) my emerald black bare essentials lining dust.. I now have hair like a raven in the sunshine. Experiment a hearty success!

'It is the summer of my smiles; flee from me keepers of the gloom..'

So very many busy thing have been going on lately. This blog now has an attractive new layout and *should* link to my very own website: www.deepwellatx.com
....which is still under construction. Creative I may be, technologically-inclined I am not.
This morning a rainbow arched it's way across 183, doubling itself. It isn't hard to imagine how ancient cultures believed them to be gods. Either way, it's been raining (yay! love the warm, gentle rain!) so I've been working on my metal stamping. It's a bit hit-and-miss actually (no puns intended). Must see about finding information on improving that skill.
Also, my first experiment with resin may end up on craftfail. It's pretty bad.
In other news, got some cheap, low-top converse in natural at target and used some luminex pearl on them; they look divine! I'm oven-enameling pink onto the rivets I'm going to use, and have already tea-dyed the laces. Also tea-dyed a red, white, and, blue handkerchief. Very patriotic-chic. Yay!
Little progress on the headphones. Don't get me wrong; the faux bois is top-knotch, but the scrolling on the sides is not going well at all. Trying to create a rough stencil, as one would for street graffiti.
I * really* need to get to work on my Latin, but the blackboard instructions are even more confusing than the verb declensions! J says he'll help tomorrow.

Next week, one of his friends (a professional photographer), may take pictures of my work so I better hustle to it! My ideas outweigh my skill-set, but some day... Either way, lots to do.

As I'm doing HCG, I've lost about 10lbs in two weeks.. which is not great, but I'm hopeful. If I can get my business going, then by the time I'm my size again, I'll be able to afford clothing I look good in and can wear to school...and maybe even work.
Xo,
C