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[aimeekitty]

I love this photoshoot of a "woman"(?) posed in pastels in kind of a "girlish" style over at foto-decadent .... I really want this pink coat. I love the color combos and pose/theme ideas in this shoot, but I wish the model would have a cupcake (you guys are right!)
~~ vintage postcard gallery site. :)
~~ Another episode of "Lessons in Lolita" at Marui

Oleanders always remind me of home. They get even bigger here in CA though!


Here's some messy free-hand waves done with a pastry tube and resist. I just wanted to mess around with it. I dipped it in indigo today, and later this week I will layer a fish stencil on it. I got the indigo a little too dark today though, so hopefully that will workout. I also painted on dye (using a brush) to my plum scarf today. I got the color a little darker than I wanted and made some mistakes, but it was a good learning experience. Now hopefully by the time I get to my bedspread and obi I will have more control over the dye.

My hand and arm after dyeing today. To save time and control the amount of paint, I was using my arm partially as a palette. (John showed me a less messy method later. lol.) Makes good zombie makeup though! fyi... the dyes are natural and non-toxic

Comments

[laila-astri.livejournal.com]

The colors of those photos are just wow! Too bad the stick thin girl detracts from it, she looks like death.

[kayjkay.livejournal.com]

Whew, glad I wasn't the only one that was creeped out by that. She's a step away from a potassium crash in all those photos. Good grief.

The photographer though, is awesome, and so are the outfits.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

her legs scare me in particular. I love the idea of the shoot though!

in the long shots, it's more evident how thin her legs are compared to the size of her body. :( I feel bad for her.

it's a lovely shoot, though!

[persoconchii.livejournal.com]

as pretty as the clothes in that Vogue shoot are - the model scares me! those stick-figure limbs.... *shiver*

zombie arm FTW tho!

[aree.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you are having fun. Hopefully when I retire or are less busy with the kids I can enroll in a fun class like that.

[mandypandys.livejournal.com]

LOL, your arm looks like mine after I'm done browsing Sephora.

What's the fixative in a natural indigo dye? And are you tempted to bring your old jeans to class and go to town with that stuff (the indigo dye, I mean)? I would be.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

I did bring in some old shirts! I think we are using soymilk as a binder. I can't remember right now though.