the art of wrapping layers

i wore a merkaba silk divinity dress out this morning..over a pair of jeans..it's all about the layers. these dresses will ride dangerously high for most tall women and even the petite women, a good hawaiian breeze will have the panty police talking. it's all about layers. it's NOT too long to wear over jeans, i just did it. or think slim yoga pants. if you want to shorten the top just tie the sides up then it becomes a camisole

i hope to explore this tomorrow as we are heading out to get photos of the dresses layered over the layered skirt. hey is that a double positive?

SEEING RED

i'm not yelling you just need to turn down your computer

so what do you think happens when you are down to your last bit of red and were too lazy last week to bother ordering more (always with that thought in the back of the head that hey if i run out i cant work so i'll just go to the beach) . i decide, despite the brain squishing migraine that has clobbered me since a nap yesterday, to dye a few things so that tomorrow won't be as busy. i have two bottles of red left but of course that won't go far when i just got an order for 10 katerina veils.

we haven't put up a tent yet, just tied a tarp that has snapped the cords twice due to strong winds. i could hear my husband outside yesterday beating the hell out of something and i assumed he was hammering something into place to tie down the tarp again. it snapped. again. it's still fastened on one side, the leeward side, and it's blowing like a bitch in the wind. snapping. flapping. driving me nuts. but you won't see me get on a ladder to fix it. i should stay out of high places.

so being the brainiac i pulled the loose end down and weighted it with the fallen ladder. surely that will hold it. i'm lucky i didnt get my head sliced off when it lifted up. no really i did graduate college.

i weighted it down again with tubs of water. i'm lazy and wanted to get my work done. please note i dont have to dye today. it can wait. but i like punishment.

my arrangement was secure and i was feeling cocky and dyed a few different things, saving the red stuff til last. two katerina veils were reaching perfection when the tarp snapped in the wind again, first dragging the tub of water across the lawn then spilling it. the red dye that had of course been sitting next to it flipped in the air, sprayed me and the tarp, and now the tarp was flapping in the wind, covered in red. it was red rain. it was someone's blood. i was ready to kill. i wanted to beat my neighbor and his dog. i knew they were next door watching and laughing. assholes.

he heard me swear. he heard me say the muther of all words. you know the one. "ooohhhhhhhh fuuuuuuuuuuuudge" except i didnt say fudge. bonus points if you know what movie that is from. here's a hint it's a xmas classic.

to top it off i was rinsing the station with a hose that got out of control and ended up soaking my pants. i knew if i undressed down to my skivvies on the back porch someone would see but i did it anyways. i ate some potato chips to console my battle wounds and looking at the clock, it looks like i have a bit over two hours to wash up, lay down and stretch, and gather myself before picking up the baby.

those goddam veils better turn out nice.

wouldja like to try to dye stuff?

I'm clearing out a lot of white stuff that I don't have time to dye..or items I won't be offering anymore. It's also saving me the task of counting inventory for my accountant. All prices marked at the wholesale price I bought them for. Yeah it's a wash but my cupboards are holding less weight and I can focus on things I want to dye now:)

solid white veils at http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17256473

the rest at www.akaisilks.etsy.com

if you missed what i've been up to..

in between riding a wave OVER a good size turtle the other day (dudes he was swimming about five feet underneath me) , entertaining the 13 month old ameri-nese baby of ours (he sounds kinda like a condiment dontcha think) , and making sure the twin tabbies are comfortable in their little paradise backyard, i've been messing with DEEtails. stuff that takes more time than just wildly throwing dyes about. i'm careless with liquids, i can't help it. but sometimes if i play the right music i can sit still long enough to mess with these. they are really quite simple. you draw your resist then little tiny drops of dye or paint go on the inside. blend if needed. don't get mad and throw the item across the room as i have on many occasions. errors can be fixed.

that's a little purse. a change purse. it's made of a soft plushy kind of silk. it's a pain in the keester to paint but i'm getting the hang of it.

here's another one. i messed up. you can see the absence of color on the bottom right side. oh well i'm keeping it because that color of green excites me. and all of those flowers took a long damn time to paint.

get a LOOOOONG stretcher for your silk, and do it in stages. draw out all your flowers or designs. if you don't drink a lot of coffee it's not hard. then do all the painting at once. all the ironing, etc. get your husband to cook dinner and scrub the kid. your back will hurt too much to do anything else!