SweetNaomi ReCreations : My Altered Couture Project

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Monday, March 7, 2022

A Scrumptious Project for Spring 2022

Every once in awhile, I get asked to design something

that really is special.

Recently, I was asked to take a basic little dress

and re-design it for a special event -
a wedding vow reaffirming ceremony.

The dress as it looked.

Pinterest Inspiration

* So, this dress is leather and very different fabrics

than I would be working with. However, the concept

of the shirt's layers and asymmetry was the

beginning of some inspiration.

I had one piece of this lovely beaded detail which
would perfectly pair with the beaded crown.

And, I was all set to start the re-designing!

Re-aligned the under-slip and added the
♡ Lovely Detailing. ♡

Then I cut off the bottom tier of the skirt.
And, added length to the under-skirt.

I realized that the middle tier seam was never going to look

right. It was going to have to go!

This meant removing the entire skirt to remake it.

Much better!
Next step was adding the (curtain) sheer skirt fabric.
This was very assymetrical and would become
a train at the back of the dress.

Now, for the fun part!

The tiny hand-cut fabric flower buds - each one
with bits of multi-color yarn strands.

Some of the detail work could be sewn
on by machine . . .

. . . but much of it would be hand-sewn.

A few views of the skirt and train:

Introducing, my favorite Spring 2022 Project:

This was a fantastic and fun project.

From concept to finish, it was totally enjoyable.

I describe this dress as "ethereal" -

Delicately lovely with a fairy-land mystique.

Congratulations!

Monday, December 23, 2019

A Decade in Review

THE DECADE

Photo from 2012

Photo from 2019

My first blog post or story on this "blogspot" site was in July, 2010.
(That was 110 posts ago, to be exact!)
That is a crazy long time ago.

For this entire decade, we have made our home here in Puerto Peñasco.

(Wow! That seems like such a long time.)

For parts of all of those years, I have had my little studio

over there. . . just across the street.
Actually, the Grand Opening was in November 2010.

Some days, it feels like my "office"
as I hurry up to get to work on time!

But, most of the time, it has been my retreat

and a great little peaceful haven.

Looking forward to the next decade,

I hope to expand the property a bit more

as an artsy corner in Peñasco.

2010 - 2019
SHOP HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LAST 9 + YEARS

NOV 2010 GRAND OPENING
Read More: https://mexiconaomi.blogspot.com/2010/11/heading-off-in-either-of-both.html

Do you remember the first sign for my shop?

I WAS INTERVIEWED FOR A COOL BLOG

Read the Interview at this Link:

http://seashellsbyseashore.blogspot.com/2011/05/please-welcome-naomi-our-latest.html?spref=bl

APRIL 2012 TOUR OF THE SHOP
Read More: https://mexiconaomi.blogspot.com/2012/04/sorta-virtual-tour-of-workshop-other.html#links

INTRODUCING THE NEW! MERMAID'S MARKET FOR 2012
Read More: https://mexiconaomi.blogspot.com/2012/11/

AT THE BEGINNING OF 2013 I MADE A NEW PLAN
Read More: https://mexiconaomi.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-new-plan-for-2013.html

LATER THAT YEAR . . . YEP! AN UNPLANNED SIDE-PROJECT!
Read More: https://mexiconaomi.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-altered-ropa-contest-october-8th.html

IN THE SUMMER OF 2014 WE ADDED ON!
A SEPARATE WORKSHOP SPACE . . . YAY!
Read More: https://mexiconaomi.blogspot.com/2014/09/

IN DECEMBER OF 2015
I POSTED PHOTOS OF THAT YEAR IN REVIEW
Read More: https://mexiconaomi.blogspot.com/2015/

IN 2016 AND 2017 WE
DID SEVERAL EVENTS WITH JUNK IN THE TRUNK
SAN DIEGO, CA AND SCOTTSDALE, AZ
Read More: https://mexiconaomi.blogspot.com/2016/07/

AND, IN 2017 WE ADDED ON AGAIN!
THIS TIME, IT WAS FOR THE SEASHELL MUSEUM!

Read More: https://mexiconaomi.blogspot.com/2017/

THE HIGHLIGHT OF 2018 HAD TO BE MY
MOST RECENT FASHION SHOW.
It was at Manny's Beach Club and I think it had
my most beautiful and thoughtful designs ever.

Read More: https://mexiconaomi.blogspot.com/2018/11/

OF 110 POSTS IN ALMOST 10 YEARS, ONLY 3 WERE MADE IN 2019.
A SIGN OF THE TIMES, PERHAPS?
More and more, my posts are "short and sweet" photos with #hashtags!

(Yeah. I even figured those out in the last year or 2).

Looking at the few posts in 2019, I seem to be amazingly concerned with

how time is flying by...

So, here we go!

Off to the beginning of the new Roaring 2020's!

My 2019 sentiment remains:

TIME FLIES

"She said luck is all you make it
You just reach out and take it
Now let's dance a while

She said nothing ever happens
If you don't make it happen
And if you can't laugh then smile

But after a while
You realize time flies
And the best thing that you can do
Is take whatever comes to you
'Cause time flies."

~ Lyrics Time Flies, Porcupine Tree