Remember that whole attention span thing?

[ktlovely]

I did actually buckle down and finish the other sleeve and add lace to the collar of the plaid outfit. So!


It seems that the new camera is doing slightly better at indoor pictures taken at night. These are less grainy than ones taken under similar conditions with my old one. Good!


Those little curls of wrapping paper insisted on getting stuck in my train no matter how far away I kicked them. I spent ten minutes wandering around with them following me like baby ducks. Except they made little skittering noises instead of little quacking noises.


Unfortunately, a new camera can't fix mediocre expressions in pictures. I look soooo thrilled!


Anyway, the sleeves and collar are cotton organdy from Field's. It has very impressive body to it; moreso than even that extremely malleable taffeta I used for the ballgown. It presses reaaaally nicely. The lace on the collar is just a random length of needlerun lace I got at a different Field's when I was sourcing stuff for the first version of the ballgown. The collar is finished without it; it's just whipstitched to the edge. More versatile that way!

Now I just get to sew on a crapload of fasteners. Yaaaay.

Comments

[darkangel422.livejournal.com]

*flail* GORGEOUS! Katie this dress looks so awesome! And it looks awesome on you. I SO AM PUTTING THIS DRESS IN MY NOVEL!!!!!

As for the facial expression thing, if it makes you feel better nobody looked thrilled in Civil War era photographs, because they had to keep perfectly still for several minutes at least, and the slightest movement would blur the image. So if you, like, photoshopped it sepia, you'd have a vintage-style photo.

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think that might be one of the best compliments anyone's ever paid one of my costumes. :) You are absolutely more than welcome to put anything I make into a novel. Thats awesome!

We had a tintype taken when we were at Greenfield in May. Holy Lord that was unflattering! Something about the light and the shadows on our faces made us look oooooold. And of course cranky, 'cause like you said--no smiling! ;)

[darkangel422.livejournal.com]

I bet 90% of the old photographs of people we thought "looked" 40-ish were probably only 17 years old. Back then, the camera added 10 years, like how today it adds 10 pounds. :)

[darkangel422.livejournal.com]

Hence why you should just photoshop that picture. Then you'll only look less-than-thrilled, rather than less-than-thrilled and old.

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

This whole thread just makes me smile. Like your smiley pudding icon, incidentally. ;)