I've been working on my Regency dress bodice all night long. It's the "red spot" bodice from Jean Hunnisett's Period Costumes from Stage and Screen. Does this look about right? Adding in the gathers at the top and bottom really helped the fit. Of course, I can't quite tell how well it fits in the back. The problems of living by oneself.
I have birthday money. I need to get some sort of medical alert jewelry (preferably before I go flitting off to P-burgh next month). What do you all think of this one
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Sun King died today. No, not the man (or at least I hope not). I walked in my apartment today and instantly noticed that something was wrong in my fish tank. There was poor little Sun King floating around quite unnaturally on his side with Zorro and Olympia sometimes poking at him. I'm not sure what got him. He didn't appear to be sick. I had
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But, here, mmebahorel, it does have men in regimentals and new borders for the UK. Though I am most disappointed that our favorite bit is not included (though you can't condense all twelve acts into a ten minute clip, I suppose).
Seriously, Amazon? The shipping estimate you give me for Mockingjay is the 30th? I have to wait six whole days beyond the magic release date for you to get your act together and ship it to me? This is like Harry Potter release, only more exciting to me. I pre-ordered this with the thought that you would have it to me right after
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Zorro has metamorphosed into... Sun King? He's finally lost all of his black spots (I had been noticing them disappear though first I thought it was all in my head) and now I'm finding it difficult to tell him apart from Sun King. Except, I really think looking back on my old pictures of the two of them, that Zorro is now more gold than Sun King
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