All I want to as of late is make birds. Birds birds and more birds. I think it's the some what sunny weather (with bouts of rain of course) and day dreaming a bit about my spring wedding, and day dreaming about making little birds as decorations for the tables. Yes, I don't want to make just two birds to sit on our cake, I want three or four or five at each table! Now, if we could only find a beautiful yet affordable place to hold our wedding... then we could figure out how many guests and tables we will have, and then I can figure out how crazy I am for thinking I can make that many birds for one event! Hmmm..... I think I could do it!
Julia and James are gracing my shop now, along with a couple other ladies who are still available. I think Julia and James make a nice couple. I bet the other girls are jealous. (I need to make some more birds who speak to me in a mans voice.)
Also! I saw Pheobe in Wonderland last night (which caused me to immediately find and purchase a used copy of Alice's Adventure in Wonderland on Amazon because I ashamedly have never read the original story) and I fell completely in love with Patricia Clarkson's hair. This is exactly how I want my hair to be for my wedding. Now I just have to manage to grow it super duper long by next spring! It is so beautiful. I was so happy that she wore her hair exactly the same throughout the whole film so I could continue to admire it. I also really enjoyed the movie itself. You should see it.
These were the best photos of her hair I could find on the internet. Beautiful beautiful hair. Speaking of braids, have you ever heard of Carol Rama? She is one of my favorite artists, and is always pictured with this incredible braid crowning her head like a sweat band. Amazing. You should check her out too. I should really devote an entire post to her.
Yeah I love doing my hair like that! cool! do it! I have instructions with pictures on how to do it for a little girl but it works on adults too!
Posted by: Jessica Hanscom | July 10, 2009 at 06:36 PM
You could buy some fake hair, braid it and pin it around your head. I think I remember reading instructions for doing that in Blueprint!
Posted by: Carrie | July 13, 2009 at 10:09 PM
yes, as the comment above me states, you can do this with extensions and pins- just don't dance too hard or your hair will go flying! also, I was in DC last weekend and I saw a bird taking a dust bath that reminded me of your little babies here. he was all fluffed up and spiffy looking!
Posted by: Julie O'Boyle | July 21, 2009 at 02:36 PM
ps- whoo boy, I just watched Phoebe in Wonderland...tears!
Posted by: Julie | July 21, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Taking a look at you nice blog! My grandmother, an Italian immigrant, used to put her LONG hair into two braids, and then twist them around the back of her head, using many bobby pins to hold them in place. I loved watching her put up her hair. Amazingly, she continued to do this into old age. She must have been close to 80 when she finally had to cut her hair short.
Posted by: Maribeth | July 22, 2009 at 01:20 PM