Here's one from the other end. Please make note that yes, there is a couch against the wall as well.
As for my other projects to distract me during the rainy and sometimes snowy days, here's one from work: building an enclosure to house some equipment. I had the equipment but had to find everything else. I added an easy access panel at the top.
Here's a view of the inside - had to figure out how to tie everything down. And that's steel, mind you. I spent four hours last Saturday in Ace Hardware looking at all their connectors and trying to figure out what would work. It also included a trip to Lowes (and three more trips back to Ace), but worked out in the end.
Here's the finished product. It weighs a bit more than I would like, but it's protective!
While that's all fun, the real fun project has been making a Prince Charming costume. I've been thinking about how to do this for about a month now. It's going to be for a princess ball put on by Make-a-Wish for Erin. I don't think I've ever put this much effort (or money) into a costume before! That same day I was at Ace for four hours I also put in a couple hours at 4 different DI's looking for "inspiration". Here's what I came up with.
Shoes: $6
Pants: $6
Jacket: $6
Belt: $2
Assorted accessories from Walmart: $8 (Yes, I accessorized)
I spent all of yesterday with my sisters piecing everything together. We did quite a bit of sewing, adjusting, and modeling to get to this stage (10 hours later!). I just want to point out that I did the collar, cuffs and buttons all by myself! Thankfully, Renee and Betsy did the epilephs. Anyone remember what Laree did? :-p
All we need to add now is a sash and button holes. I'm pretty excited! And if you happen to know them, don't let Erin's parents know!
Apologies for the weird look. What can I say? It was Betsy taking the picture - I was probably trying to defend myself.
Special thanks to this picture for the inspiration, and this website for the instructions.
7 comments:
booya! First one to comment!
ok...now I'm gonna go read it
That's amazing! It's like you know...
Laree's job has always been to "sit here and be adorable" - her siblings fault because she is.
Awesome, but no surprise, 'cause that's how you do everything.
On my way to the PO to get the princess' dress to her in time.
Just call me the fairy godmother in all of this.
That costume is 1,873,456,437% AWESOME, and a total STEAL at... whatever all your expenditures add up to. But the fact that you accessorized = PRICELESS!! :)
Who's going to be your princess? I hope you take pics at this ball!
ps - and that tutorial **really** makes me want to dress Travis up as Prince Charming... :)
I was the moral support plus I helped a little with the shoulder pads. Add that to my "sit and look adorable" role and I'd say it was a pretty productive event for me.
Party's tomorrow. New pics up sometime next week!
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