And so it begins....

[gurdymonkey]

Now I've got to wait for this section to dry before shifting to the next.....

EDIT: For those not up to speed, the design was inspired by an early 17th century tsuba. I think I'm going to skip the cherry blossoms. Not that they're not lovely, but they connote a specific season. If I leave them off, this garment will be seasonless and I can wear it when I like.

The back of the kosode is stencilled and I will finish tomorrow. The light up here in the garret is pretty much gone for the day and it's hard to see the metallic paint against the shimmery silk (this photo does NOT do it justice) under my work light.

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Thanks to danabren  for the special surprises I found in my mailbox today.
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Random Christmas memories of some of those must have toys of my childhood, 'cause those Chinese hamster things are just kind of creepy.

Anybody here old enough to have played with Ideal's Petite Princess doll house? The house itself was cardboard sheathed in vinyl, but the furniture was pretty amazing. Pink satin bedroom suite, including a chaise longue, White piano and grandfather clock, red "velvet" flocked dining room  pieces. 

My younger sister collected trolls. I seem to recall they had some sort of house too.

Fun Flowers and Creepy Crawlers?  I'm kind of surprised we never managed to burn ourselves or the rest of the house down.

We went through all the classic board games too. Candyland. Sorry, Parcheesi, Life. Monopoly. And of course Moustrap. What was not to love about Mousetrap! 

Comments

[broider-barones.livejournal.com]

lovely!!!!

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

Fun Flowers and Creepy Crawlers?

Incredible Edibles! I loved making those things--until Mattel took the Goop off the market because it was sweetened with cyclamates :-(

What was not to love about Mousetrap!

I had Mousetrap, but I never played it. I just loved building the Rube Goldberg machine, over and over again...

[laurensa.livejournal.com]

I don't remember playing Candyland as a kid, but all the other board games, definitely! (I bought Mousetrap and Life for my kids, but they've changed the games, and they're just not as much fun.)

Creepy Crawlers! Loved those! I seem to recall, though, that Mom made us make the Creepy Crawlers down in the basement. I don't know if she didn't like the smell, or didn't like the mess, but then, most of our toys were in the basement. We had a huge playroom down there.

We didn't have the Petite Princess dollhouse, either. We had one our dad built for us, and we loved it, he made it big enough for Barbies. Younger sister, though, had ALL the big Barbie accessories, the house, the airplane..

[danabren.livejournal.com]

Looks lovely so far.

And you are most welcome :)