Well, I'm glad her surgeon righted things, vw. Continued good wishes to you and your mom.

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vw, I'm glad to hear she's doing okay post-surgery.

Ellie is sitting next to me playing with her books. She has, however, discovered that the keyboard is something to hit. It's sort of dangerous for the keyboard. SHe also keeps trying to pull herself up on me and she has very pinchy fingers.'''

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Raq, I think the rules are much the same as they are for other things. If you feel you have large hips and feel like deemphasizing them, wear things that draw attention up top. Wear a stunning pendant that lands in the middle of your chest. Wear an ornament in your cleavage. I like to draw attention up top (and away from my hips) but I'm self-conscious about my fat arms and rolled shoulders so I wear a turtleneck that I cut away part of the chest from. When I wear that under my corset, It makes a nice diamond cut decolletage.

As for the bottoms, I have thin calves so I do best with flowing pants or skirts rather than tight ones. Although sometimes I do wear a tight skirt for performances.

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Apparently, the surgeon was pleased with the samples they got, so that's good. I think she's encouraged.

This is good, vw. I'm so sorry there was the drama, though. The whole thing is dramatic enough on its own.

I have plenty of pictures of it in my new Flickr group for gig pictures. [link] I haven't had money to buy new clothes for a while so I still end up relying on this corset a lot to put together looks for gigs. Because I didn't want to be stuck with a corset that could *only* be a Wonder Woman corset, I made a false front (aegis) that snaps off. You can see it both ways there.

That's gorgeous, Spidra. Do you get hot performing in the coat you have on for some of those photos?

Others are waking up. Me? I've been a dumbo and stayed up nearly all night again.

Ooof. I've been there. I hope you break the cycle today, and can sleep tonight.

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That's gorgeous, Spidra.

Thanks. I got a real sense of accomplishment from that one. I tried to do something I wasn't sure I could do and I pulled through nicely. I look forward to making another corset someday. What I *really* want to learn to make is a corset with cups. Basically, a merry widow, I guess. I'd need to do that to make a Golden Age Wonder Woman outfit not to mention the Lilli Von Shtupp outfit I'm dying to make. (Actually, I looked closely and realized that even though I remember it having cups, it's just a more curved front. Not sure how the costumer did that although I think if I use the Laughing Moon pattern view with gores I can do it.)

I am very cold most of the time. But I did warm up part-way through that gig and doffed the coat. Sometimes the heat is from stage lights. Other times it's from nervousness.

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Apparently, the surgeon was pleased with the samples they got, so that's good. I think she's encouraged.

This is very good to hear. How are you doing? I hardly ever get to post with the East Coast morning crew anymore! Oh and, Fay asked about paying for cookbooks over in the F2F thread.

For pretty much the reason Stephanie mentioned - I can't keep Mal away from the keyboard if he's awake and I'm on the computer. Not even if I set him on the shelf next to me: [link]

Spidra, that's a rocking corset!

Here's my day so far: [link] I should have photos up on Flickr today or tomorrow. I didn't take many as I didn't want to get firebombed.

My favorite quote from the article:

Ahead of the visit, anarchists claimed responsibility for planting several firebombs, burning cars but causing no injuries.

Which basically means it's Tuesday here. They've been making carbeques for months and months, why stop now?

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carbeques

Snerk. Well, everyone still gets their fashions from Paris, n'est çe pas?

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How are you doing?

I'm hanging in there. Trying to do better.

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{{{vw}}} Because.

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Damn. I was going to, pathetically enough, download last night's 7th Heaven. But, the website is down. I'm all sad, which is just stupid.

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