anxiety? Gone. Dress 1? Done!

The anxiety I had about my dress was quickly turned into productivity last night (or shall I say early this morning? lol) My hubby made me a yummy pastrami sandwich, I watched "the real housewives of Orange County", had a chat with my mom then went straight back into my office to finish up this dress. The food must had been what did the trick because all day I was shaky and unproductive. I wasn't even able to relax at my bi weekly Mani Pedi appointment :(.

I took the whole entire dress apart to shorten lengths and turn up the volume on the fullness of the skirt along with the shoulder.



I kept playing with the style and layout of the shoulder and waist line.  At first I thought it would be OK to not wear anything but the more I looked at it the more I wanted an accessory there. I tried out the black at first while playing with the shoulder strap but I just didn't like the cross body drape.

I finally decided to take some of the left over remnants of the skirt I removed yesterday to make that waist ribbon. After spending so much time with this dress I realized that the shine didn't bother me so much but, my editor had mentioned she didn't like the shine. So maybe I am more sensitive to "creative criticism" than I thought! lol....I mean I am an artist....Words effect me greatly and that was a big source of my stress during the day.

 

the picture above on the right is the 95% finished dress with petty coat underneath. I might wear it without the petty coat on the day of the event. Ill see how I feel about it.

Close up of the shoulder

after I was winding down and getting ready to go to bed I read the weather report and saw that it was going to be cold with a chance of rain the day of the fashion show :( so I got my trench ready to go just incase. I really hope its sunny so I dont have to cover all the work I put into it.

Ill be organizing my office and picking up all the mess I made last night today. Hopefully I get to work on the second dress today or tonight.