cocktail attire!

here ya go--as promised! me and the hubster all shined up. we are more dressed up here than at our own wedding! (12 years ago, btw)

i, of course, ran out of time, so didn't really get to make the necklace as detailed as I wanted, but this one was nice. and the sash could have been wider, and etc...but, i think we look nice! hubs was too shy to dance with me though. we still had fun, there was lots of free cheese!
doesn't take much to make me happy--free cheese!

Cocktail Attire?

hmm. so this weekend is the winter party for my job. i think it'll be neat, they are having it at the bob bullock history museum. the conundrum is what to wear.... it's 'cocktail attire'. i had to google that to find out what that means. apparently it's a short fancy dress and fancy jewelry. well, that's more dressed up than i was at my own wedding, but i think i can handle it. i have a nice black dress that i have never worn (ok, yeah it's cotton) which is a cute shirt dress with a full skirt and puff sleeve caps. i'll make a nice wide silk patchwork multicolored belt to wear with it to add a pop of color. (have a lot of upcycled silk that i've been saving for a special occasion) and a big chunky necklace (have a bunch of nice big beads i've been hording). and if i have time, i'll make a petticoat to wear under it. that'll make the skirt fluff out more. and that'll have to do, cause even if i wanted to, i can't afford to go buy a new dress right now! and all my leftover bridesmaids dresses are too long to be 'cocktail' according to the pics i saw.
see, sometimes it pays to be a craft supply packrat!
i'll post pics later. not often that hubs and i dress up and look fancy together!

monday....

i met Carole Keeton Strayhorn today at work. there was a press conference at my job. that was a nice distraction for a couple of hours