Chugging Along

I can promise you that I will never get myself on a permanent schedule. It is what it is, but at least I won't lie and say "I'll be better" or "I promise I will always post on...", so I think I deserve some credit for that. And in that vein I sit before my computer at five till eleven on Friday night drinking a glass of red wine and presenting you with an inspiration board.

It's bright, it's frilly, it's the circus! Fantastic timing since I've been looking at a bunch of House of Worth gowns from the late 1800's to the early 1900's and they have the same kind of whimsical feeling to them. Also, every time I look at this board I remember that the bride wants to put the groom in tails and then I think of is the ring leader. BRILLIANT!

So The Scanner...

Yes it deserves to be capitalized, it has become an entity of of great villiany in my life. That is to say it is still having problems. I know how to fix it, thankfully, but in the end I have decided that I 'm going to wait on posting the actual designs I did, and instead post those all together at the end.

So for my next board I was able to find pictures from an actual chemistry themed wedding, which I know will tickle my friend's fancy (she loves chemistry - her dream kitchen would be a chemistry lab). On my end this should be interesting because it has no actual dresses as reference. I have a few details in mind from some dresses, but nothing substantial. So here we go:

I personally am a big fan of the candy table with all the periodic elements as labels. Enjoy!

No drawings today

Sorry if you were looking forward to it. I have both preliminary sketches and a finished piece that I really want to show every one, but my scanner is out of commission at the moment. Hopefully next week will yield better results. So until then here's the next inspiration board to hopefully appeal to the senses:

This one I'm really excited about, and the reason for this excitement is that it's a bit of a military influence. It might not seem that way since it consists of Empress Elisabeth of Austria's coronation dress and costumes from the ballet Stars and Stripes, but the reality is that both were already influenced by military dress to begin with. Also, the whole sword thing going on down in the right hand corner - I know that there are talks about a mock battle during the ceremony. What can I say, my friends have a flair for the dramatic!

Hope everyone has a good coming week!