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My new biz Ember Heart!

cmerry — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:31:54 +0000

I have a new laptop! (Rest in peace my lil’ old one) Thank you Rick! And now my new biz! I have been rolling along already but now it’s taking off like a cloud of butterflies! Come visit anytime. I ship worldwide and hand-make all the blends, each are unique- you won’t find them anywhere else.

Designer Malan Breton in an Ember Heart pendant.
The gemstone pendant is part of the Fashion Scents Gift set found here!
Malan has been such a great supportive person through all ups and downs of the world if you have never seen his lovely designs and craveable handbags you should!

Check out all of Ember Heart’s Custom Blends
Malanscents, Malan Breton
Forest Fairy, Wendy and Brian Froud
jolie Miraval!, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
Maysong, Aaron May

THANK YOU to Blogging Project Runway for being my first big website supporter and running my little ad Wonderful site, wonderful people!

Monday 4/28 Happy LOL Day’s First Birthday!

cmerry — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:10:23 +0000

Monday 4/28 Happy LOL Day’s One Year B-day!
Come join the “festivities” LOL

“Happy B-day Happy LOL Day!”

“Frock Me!” Vintage Fashion Event in June, London

cmerry — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:34:56 +0000

Frock Me! on June 8th is a vintage fashion event that is held in London several times a year at the Chelsea Town Hall. In addition to clothing, pick up accessories such as hats, shoes, gloves and jewellery from a retro era.

And according to Frock Me! organizers, vintage clothing attracts a diverse clientele, from stylists and models to fashion students and collectors and even stage and film costume designers.

Those looking to mingle with designers and celebrities may well spot them rummaging for fashion one-offs in the crowd as items can reportedly be found to suit “all tastes and budgets”.

Stocking items from a range of eras including the 1920s, 1950s and 1960s, period Pucci, Lanvin and Chanel items are all among those likely to be found at Frock Me!
Ckick here for more info: “Frock Me” Vintage Fashion Event

Vintage Fashion Fair in London April 6

cmerry — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:13:49 +0000

Are you going? I have a feeling this one is going to be even more amazing than the last. The Vintage Fashion Fair will be held on Sunday 6th April in Notting Hill.
Anita Bott founded this one after the end of her previous partnership with Battersea Vintage Fashion Fairs. Anita’s Vintage Fashion Fairs (AVFF) organizes six fairs a year and features vintage clothing, textiles and accessories dating from 1800 to 1970. Everything from vintage buttons, braids and trimmings to stage costumes and high fashion can be found at the Vintage Fair.
She is hoping to make this the Number One Vintage Fair in the UK and is off to a great start because AVFF was voted 16th out of Vogue’s 100 ‘Guide to the Greatest Shops off the Beaten Track’.
Click here for more info: Anita’s Vintage Fashion Fairs

Ancient Vintage Fashion Inspiration

cmerry — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:35:33 +0000

Don’t feel bad if you look to past iconic eras of fashion for inspiration, everybody does. The decades that come to mind instantly might be the 70’s or even the 20’s.. sometimes it might be the BC’s!

Gwyneth Paltrow in Zac Posen at the 2007 Academy Awards

Another Project Prom, in Boston!

cmerry — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:52:18 +0000

Welcome to Project Prom. Our judges chose the top four dress concepts submitted by local fashion design college students, and now each designer will have $500 from Fabric Place and one month to bring her sketch to life. Four high schoolers will win the custom gowns and get to show them off in a Macy’s fashion show and in the May 13 Globe Magazine.

See the designs chosen to compete and see interviews with the contestants. Good luck to all! Any other contests inspired by Project Runway like this out there? Let me know!

Duct tape Stuck at Prom contest

cmerry — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:09:26 +0000

This looks like fun! You could win scholarship money for you and your school!

The 2007 Duck brand duct tape Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest challenges high school students to create and accessorize their prom formalwear with duct tape.

Entries must be received by June 8. Go to www.stuckatprom.com for rules and registration.

Participants must submit an entry form and a photo of themselves wearing the duct tape prom formalwear.

Entries can be submitted at www.stuckatprom.com or mailed to: Stuck at Prom Contest; c/o Henkel Corp.; 32150 Just Imagine Drive; Avon, OH 44011-1355.

Ten couples will be chosen as finalists by judges who are looking at workmanship, originality, use of colors, accessories and quantity of tape used. Online public voting will decide the winning couple. Voting is June 15-24.

Winners will be announced on or around July 11. The winning couple will receive a $6,000 ($3,000 for each person) cash scholarship for college, and $3,000 will be awarded to the high school hosting the winning couple’s prom. Second-place winners will each receive a $2,000 scholarship, with the high school also receiving $2,000. The third-place couple each will win a $1,000 scholarship, and the high school will get $1,000.

Duct Tape Gown!

Duct Tape Craft Books

Creative Prom and Formal Fashion for Guys

cmerry — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:21:20 +0000

Guys, how will you express yourself at the Prom? It doesn’t have to be boring or uncomfortable, there are fun alternatives and choices you can make to feel like you are expressing yourself just as well as the girls in gowns. Even if you are required to wear certain things like only black tuxes you can express yourself in colorful accessories like a colorful vest or jewelry and cufflinks.

Check out this article where the guys are showing off their school colors.

“Prom will be a chance to display school colors for Carey Fleming, a Clinton High School junior who plans to wear red accessories with his white tuxedo.
He won’t be alone.
“A solid third is either white or ivory,” said Jamie Martin, manager at Tuxedo Junction at Metrocenter mall where Fleming works part time.

Even more Tux advice here in this article “Guys can use accessories to punch up tux”

Here is someone who really went DIY with his fashion and made his own tux.. out of Coke Cans!

How about a Hoodie with a tie printed on it? It looks very cool!

Oh and if you have to wear a tie somewhere it doesn’t need to be boring!

If you really want to go ALL OUT and get crafty like Mr Coke Can did check out Duct Tape Fashions.

Or get even weirder and wilder and do something with Pom Poms, yes Pom Poms! Maybe in a Pom Pom Tuxedo you can take out a girl in a Sock Monkey Gown!

Bratz Toy Fair 2007, Ken Paves !

cmerry — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:27:06 +0000

Bratz Toy Fair 2007 Report!

Sorry its like a zombie wrote it but I really wanted to get this to you guys. Was also nice seeing all the MGAr’s again, will see my friends later this week too so any clarifications ask before wednesday and I will ask- and the design people always say how they love Bratz World ideas and things so keep sending them in and posting them here. They gave me the Sweetheart dolls Yasmin Lilee and Phoebe so if anyone wants pix later ask me which ones you want. I also got a Pixiez CD and a few things might be added to the Hair Style Prizes,,,, Also a cute alarm Bratz clock.. oh boy I have to get back to prep for my job test review. I have a “report” from Fashion Week too but haven’t had time to put it together yet- you guys are top priority and sorry it took so long!

Have a great night!

sfb

Ken Paves and Bratz World!

Bratz World Hairstyle Contest details
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/73400

The History Of The Sadie Hawkin’s Dance

cmerry — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:43:01 +0000

Many people know that a Sadie Hawkin’s dance is an event where the girls ask the boys, not the other way around. If you don’t know the background you may think it’s named for a famous feminist or at the very least a real person.

It is actually named for a comic strip character, “Sadie Hawkins the homeliest gal in the hills” who was a part of the Lil Abner series by Al Capp. It was on November 15, 1937, and the story is that Sadie’s father was worried she would never meet and marry a man… and she would live at home her whole life. So Hekzebiah Hawkins, “a prominent resident of Dogpatch”, decreed the first annual Sadie Hawkins Day, which was a foot race in which the unmarried ladies chased the town’s bachelors, with marriage the prize. If they caught their man the guys were forced to marry the girl that caught him then and there. Sadie was famous for her big fast feet so she was soon married. Al Capp created a Sadie Hawkin’s Day storyline every November.

The first Sadie Hawkins Day in the real world took place on Wednesday, November 9, 1938, but it’s usually celebrated on the nearest Saturday in November to accommodate all the “girls-ask-boys” school dances and other events. Even though a forced shotgun wedding is not what anyone wants, the opportunity for girls to ask guys to a dance is fun. Why wait for the guy? Today girls ask guys on dates and to dances all the time but for some people to have an official day to break with a long standing tradition is fun.

By the late 1930’s the comic strip event had swept the nation’s imagination and acquired a life of its own. Life magazine reported that over 200 colleges were holding Sadie Hawkins Day events in 1939, only two years after its inception. It became a woman empowering rite at high schools and college campuses, long before the modern feminist movement gained prominence. Outside the comic strip, the practical basis of Sadie Hawkins Day is that women and girls take the initiative in inviting the man or boy of their choice out on a date, typically to a dance attended by other bachelors and their aggressive dates. al-capp-lil-abner.com

What it looked like as a cartoon and what it might look like in “real life”. Photo, Westportk12

Prom Tuxedo Made From Coke Cans!

cmerry — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:48:42 +0000

Quite an amazing accomplishment. Like the fun Duct Tape fashions it shows a great way to express your personal creativity. This guy had a can drive where he and his friends collected the cans he needed and then he crushed and shaped and stitched them into a vest, bow-tie and suit jacket. He even created a corsage for his date! Check out all of his pictures here.

Other fun can sites:

Lots of fun can crafts on Family Crafts, About.com

Canstruction, amazing site of large sculptures made from cans

Red Bull, Art Of The Can Contest

Prom “Fan Art”

cmerry — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:59:55 +0000

When someone isn’t old enough to go to the prom sometimes they have fun looking forward to it and creating art about it. Even if someone has been to the prom they may still have fond enough memories to create prom-themed art, both fantasy and realistic.

This is a cute assemblage of pictures of the doll brand Bratz in an early line called “Formal Funk” which was prom and formal dance themed. Click for full sized view! Art by Jordan. Bratz doll fan clubs: Bratz TV, and Bratz World

More cute Prom themed art:

“Prom Pose” by Cerebus.

Jane Prom by Kemical Reaxion.

Lita at the Prom by Crazy Cow Productions.

Prom Kellyfur and Springer by Silas.

The Whyville Prom by the Adobe Digital Kid’s Club.

Sam, Clover and Alex at the Prom by TheBeautyInEvil.

Prom Dress-up Games!

cmerry — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:45:16 +0000

Maybe you aren’t old enough to go to the Prom yet, or maybe you just like playing cute dress-up games, either way, these are fun for the young and young-at-heart. These dress-up games have cute graphics and are hosted on various family websites- you might even get some ideas for fashions and themes! Graphic, iDressup.com

ELLEgirl Magazine’s Primp My Prom Game.

Skybreeze Game’s Prom Night Couples Dress Up Game

Lifetime TV’s Create Your Perfect Prom Dress

i-Dressup’s Barbie Party, Barbie In Gowns, and Barbie In Gowns 2. And log on to play i-Dressup’s games Prom Dresses and Prom Dress 2.

Had to add this one: Spring Couture Dresses dress-up game. These are just some very gorgeous gowns.

Beware.. these are very addicting!
For more fun join:
Bratz TV for more cute links

Real Beauty vs Photoshop Beauty

cmerry — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:58:13 +0000

Stop allowing others, and yourself, to get you down about your looks and every little line and bump on your face. I guarantee what you look at in magazines is not real. Artists can even touch up frames of films and videos. Need proof? Pictures in magazines are re-touched and if you were to meet those models and celebs in real life they would not look that perfect. Yes they do this on male celebs and models too. Photo, Dove Real Beauty

Dove Evolution Film “How did our idea of beauty become so distorted?”

Glen Feron, Art of Re-Touching Place your cursor over the pictures to see the before and after.

Yossi Bitton Make-up Before and After Gallery

Fluid Effect’s Website Click Portfolio, click “agree”, click “before and after”, when the pictures come up click the before button to the left to see the work they did to make it look that perfect.

So next time some negative person tries to put you down because you don’t look as special-effects perfect as some girl in a magazine just smile and walk away because you know the truth, and the person being negative to you probably does too. Don’t waste your time. Just be who you are because that magazine perfection is a work of digital art, not real life art, and YOU are a real life work of art. That’s always better than something that ends up in a recycling bin any day. Photo, PRweb

Alternative Jewelry For Special Nights Out

cmerry — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:28:13 +0000

These are some cool alternatives to the sparkling gems we love. These may actually start conversations and get you a little playful envy! Creative adornment by artistic people for lovely evenings out… very nice to keep for yourself or give as gifts. Photo, ToyMe Sneaker

Tattooed Steel’s Brocade Dog Tags have that wild tattoo look to them without having to apply any ink to your body. Even if you already have some tattoos the look is striking. Check out their whole page for bangles money clips and other Dog Tag Designs. The brocade design shown is created by artist and Tattooed Steel’s founder, Jared Van Orman. Price $65.

Magnetic Jewelry Kit “No strings, clasps, or connectors are needed to make interesting and beautiful jewelry-just your creativity and this kit. It includes 125 powerful lead-free magnets in several shapes and sizes: large cylinders, small cylinders, cubes, and spheres. Link them in countless configurations; add personal items like coins, charms, and buttons. Ages 10 and up.” Price $39.95

Silver Sneaker with Real Pink Laces by ToyMe available at Triads. “New Italian jewelry line, ToyMe. Inspired by the world of toys. Silver chain with a silver sneaker with pink laces. Price: £138.99″ ToyMe’s stock sells out quickly so check out the rest of Triads ToyMe page to see what is available and check ToyMe’s Website often for the launch of their new catalog.

Pet Hypothesis Earrings are made from repurposed billboard vinyl with layers of sterling silver chains over colored vinyl, sewn with contrasting thread. $5 from every sale goes to the environmental organization, Conservation International. Check out all their funky earring designs here. This design is called Astropax 18, Price $75 a pair.

Perfido Bracelets (click “bracelets”) “Contrasting the warmth and rich tones of wood with lucite’s sleek modernist appeal, these bangles are made by Brooklyn-based furniture studio Perfido Design. The chunky, brightly colored bracelets made their debut as part of New York-based fashion label United Bamboo’s Spring/Summer 2006 line, fitting well with that collection’s Modern Art-influenced looks. You can get them in a variety of wood/lucite combinations from Perfido Design for $45.” (coolhunting.com)