tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14695237228650392392024-03-18T22:57:02.868-05:00fashionista diariesA blog chronicling my life as a fashion designer in the deep south. Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-34192521282292406732013-05-09T22:00:00.004-05:002013-05-09T22:00:47.389-05:00A New Direction<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you are looking for me, you can read new posts at <a href="http://blog.alyquintero.com/">blog.alyquintero.com</a>. I hope you will follow me to my new blog and new home, where I hope to showcase my current projects and you can follow my life after school as a fashion designer in the south.</span><br />
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I have a video, and a few more pictures, but they're on a different camera so they'll get up another time. I'm currently getting ready for the move to NYC! </div>
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So it seems like the people over at Project Runway are getting ready to film a new season! Last weekend I was watching some reruns and I'm super excited for another season. While, I'm not apply for the upcoming season, one day I may decided to apply to the show, but at this point, there is still so much I need to learn before taking a shot at it. What about you? Anyone out there looking to apply?</div>
<br />Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-53301258646919212842011-03-30T00:49:00.000-05:002013-05-09T21:33:33.979-05:00RefreshChallenge: 5 easy pieces, that coordinate to be worn on a weekend trip. Pieces must be able to easily convert from day to night and be suitable for your destination.<br />
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Sorry for the poor quality picture, its from my phone.Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-73829689668386560712011-03-23T23:53:00.000-05:002013-05-09T21:33:33.991-05:00Nail Polish of the Week: Laced Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So I finally got around to trying Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips. I heard a lot of good things about these, many of the girls in my pattern making class had tried them and loved them. I wasn't sure at first because they cost $10 for a set and I could buy a new nail color for $8. But you can get some pretty cool designs that you wouldn't be able to achieve with polish, so thats where I decided to go ahead and get some polish strips. </div>
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The stickers took me a few tries to get used to before getting the hang of it, I probably should have watched the video on the <a href="http://www.sallyhansen.com/products/nails/nail-color/salon-effects-real-nail-polish-strips">Sally Hansen</a> website. I even decided to time myself, I think I ended up taking about 30 minutes to put them on. I heard other people only took them like 5 minutes. None the less, they were still a lot quicker than when I paint my nails. </div>
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The nails lasted me about 6 days, on the last day I had my interview for my internship, so I was plenty nervous and started picking at them. They probably would have lasted a little while longer had I not gotten nervous. </div>
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I would probably do these again, but I would only do the prints, I wouldn't pay for the solid colored ones. </div>
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After a couple of weeks of waiting, I got some really awesome news Friday night! I was offered an internship with a high end designer in New York this summer! I am super excited and cannot wait to move up to NYC for the summer and be able to blog from New York all summer long! </div>
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This is my working sketch, I'm still tweaking things, playing with armholes and things like that. </div>
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I found this fabric at Mood which I really really really want to use, but its $14 a yard, and on top of an underlay, lining and notions... it would make the dress really expensive. So I'm going to have to really think, maybe look around for something cheaper, and start saving. </div>Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-50874267033060579202011-02-19T21:41:00.000-06:002013-05-09T21:33:33.976-05:00Wedding Bells!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So Anna and J are finally getting married! With Anna planning on going to Law School in the fall, we must delve right into wedding planning. The wedding is slated for June 2012 and the venues have been narrowed down to two. </div>
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The first, is <a href="http://www.boudreauxs2.com/weddings@boudreaux's.htm">Boudreaux's, </a>it offers an endless buffet, a wedding coordinator, use of candles, some florals, and overall is a very large space. Like every place, it has it's downfalls; its an older venue,and the location is not ideal as it isn't close to a hotel. </div>
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The second venue, <a href="http://www.thecookhotel.com/weddings/ceremonyreception/">Lod Cook Alumni Center</a>, is located on the LSU campus, with a wonderful view of the LSU lakes. It is a newer venue, with a hotel just steps away, its located pretty close to the church as well. The downfalls of Lod Cook include, no wedding coordinator, not allowed to use candles, and no decorations are included. </div>
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OPI just came out with their new Katy Perry inspired colors, and of course I had to have some! I got Teenage Dream, a pink glitter and Black Shatter, one of the coolest colors I have. </div>
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I had trouble finding the Katy Perry nail polish, I usually get mine at Ulta, but they either didn't have it yet or weren't going to carry it. I found it at Trade Secret and also on Amazon. </div>Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-49360265123558253732011-01-17T22:44:00.023-06:002013-05-09T21:33:33.975-05:00Nail Polish of the Week: Fash Pack<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I forget where I heard it first, but I'd heard about the nail polish brand Butter London, and I definitely wanted to try it. However, I just heard about it and never really looked into where I could get some. Then I was browsing <a href="http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?skuId=2222047&productId=xlsImpprod2420233&navAction=push&navCount=1&subdoc=621dayswhatshotnails">Ulta's website</a>, and came across the Butter London line. At $15 a bottle, its my most expensive nail polish, but its definitely one of my favorites. I chose Fash Pack, which was described on the <a href="http://www.butterlondon.com/lacquers/choose/72">butter London</a> website as "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">An edgy and unusual colour. Putty meets mushroom. Sounds strange and wrong, but somehow it works, like deep fried Mars bars. (an actual English delicacy).</span></i>"</span></div>
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It delivered, I have finally found my long sought after Putty colored polish. I am most def going to be wearing this color for a while. </div>
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Earlier in the week, my nails were painted Essie's Chubby Cheeks, which is and orange/coral color. I think the picture made it look more orange than it truly is, but not by much. </div>
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And I finally found something to hold all my nail polishes! Although, its already mostly full and I'll probably have to get something else soon. Oh well it works for now.</div>
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The first day we get there, the day before Christmas Eve, I made the silly mistake of venturing into the mall... I bought a gorgeous pair of Nine West shoes, but the mall was insanely packed.<br />
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Then on the way to my cousin's house, my cousin, little sister and I get into a car accident. We were stopped at a red light and the other car slammed into us.<br />
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We spent the night at the ER getting X-rays, we are all fine, but my back definitely still hurts.<br />
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I took pain killers and pretty much slept through Christmas eve, but not before getting all dressed up.<br />
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We spent Christmas Day at my Aunt's house, I got makeup and clothes. And forgot to take pictures.<br />
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Since, most people were either sick or sore from a certain car accident, I spent most of the trip just hanging out with my nephew.<br />
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<br />Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-49001076466377406052010-12-16T09:30:00.000-06:002013-05-09T21:33:33.974-05:00Nail Polish of the Week: Stealing the SceneI know it has been a while, but truthfully I didn't paint my nails for about a month. GASP! Last week I went with Stealing the Scene from Essie its a metallic mixture of silver and gold... and after a while it just looked completely silver. Nevertheless, its a great festive color.<br />
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This week, I have my KISS Everlasting French Manicure going. I haven't grown tired of it yet and popped them all off, hopefully I'll keep them on a full week this time.<br />
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And my toes are a lovely shade of Envy, which looked especially festive with my red peep-toe flats. </div>
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I may have mentioned, I've been consumed with school lately continuously working on projects. Well, this week as the semester draws to an end, so do my projects.<br />
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I think my favorite, but most intense class this semester has been pattern making. I spent many nights and countless hours in the classroom working hard on my patterns. My pattern work, wasn't as good as I would have liked. So when given the chance to challenge myself I went for it.<br />
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Our final project was to make a bustier foundation garment. We had to make a bustier with princess seams, or we could make a bustier with bra cups, which was a bit harder.<br />
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After my first sew up, I was starting to regret my decision. As you can see, the muslin was HUGE on Betty.<br />
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But it really wasn't that bad, it only had to be taken in... a lot. I did two complete muslin sew ups, then the canvas/final sew up. I then had to replace a whole piece of the canvas, because apparently Betty is lopsided. I added a bra (a padded fabric, which we had to make ourselves) and some boning.... </div>
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I am so incredibly happy with how it turned out! While I'm happy to have some free time, I already can't wait to get back to pattern making in the Spring!<br />
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Exhibit A: I'm writing this at 3 a.m. (I just finished a project, and thought I'd check in.)<br />
Exhibit B : 140 unread emails in my inbox this morning.... I am usually super on top of going through my emails.<br />
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Well, I have my big Bustier final due on Friday, and finals the week after... then freedom... and more regular updates on the blog!<br />
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My final project bustier, in muslin before the first fitting. </div>
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<br />Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-21997260137610923692010-11-08T23:10:00.000-06:002013-05-09T21:33:33.967-05:00Crazy Times!When I say the last week has been full of crazy, I mean it! There were obviously no posts from me last week, I was busy putting together my Visual Merchandising project, which took up all of my time.<br />
But I will now attempt to do a quick recap of things you might have missed:<br />
First, we missed Halloween, where I made a costume for the little sister. She went as Super Glue. I did not dress up...<br />
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Next, I went to Voodoo fest and saw Muse and Weezer. It was an interesting trip getting there but once there, it was AWESOME!<br />
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The next big thing that over took my life, the Visual Merchandising project. Where we created our own window displays.<br />
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Obviously, we didn't go with my design, but my group and I were very happy with the end results. The writing on the window says:</div>
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Oh and my nails have been naked for over a week, hopefully I will get some time tomorrow to finally paint them so we can have a Nail Polish of the Week this week. I am between redoing Envy from Ulta or finding a completely different color from something I've already done. Let me know what you think in the comments! </div>
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<br />Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-67122885877509835042010-10-26T00:01:00.000-05:002013-05-09T21:33:33.988-05:00Block PartyIt feels like I have been working on my block for forever! But really its just been a couple of weeks. Last night, making copies of my pattern, I was amazed at how far its come in a few short (very stressful) weeks.<br />
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We started out draping the muslin on the dress form, and came out with a fabric pattern piece.<br />
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Then we transfered the markings from the fabric to paper, from there we made corrections added seam allowances and cut and made our first sew up.<br />
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After the sew up, we did fittings. A few tweaks to the pattern later and we produced our block!<br />
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Now I can make tons of copies!<br />
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My block consists of five pieces: bodice front, bodice back, skirt front, skirt back and a sleeve. I am just displaying the bodice front piece though.Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-74964170033132293942010-10-25T23:37:00.000-05:002013-05-09T21:33:33.992-05:00Nail Polish of the Week: Damsel In a Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week's color is Essie's Damsel in a Dress. I got this color forever ago, and I think this is one of the first times I have used it. Anyway, its use was long overdue. I really love this dark almost black purple color. Its a great week before Halloween shade.Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-69526637141198669082010-10-25T00:38:00.000-05:002013-05-09T21:33:33.989-05:00Scheduling<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span>Its that time of the semester again! Time to schedule for next Spring, I have the classes I want lined up and now its all about waiting to get them. If all goes according to plan I'll have Fridays off, which is pretty neat. I miss those days, I had a schedule like that last spring, it was really nice.<br />
I am planning to take Pattern design with Computer Application, Apparel Design Studio, Management, and Interpersonal Communication.<br />
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The coming week is set to be pretty stressful, I have three big tests at the end of the week and I probably have to make at least one halloween costume. So I venture to guess you probably won't hear too much from me. I do have the nail polish of the week lined up for later today, and I did buy a new pair of shoes that I must show off, so at least we have that for this week.Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-46478104167136085062010-10-21T11:01:00.001-05:002013-05-09T21:33:33.972-05:00Nail Polish of the Week: March of Hearts 2009<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week's color is an ode to Breast Cancer Awareness month, March of Hearts 2009. Its a great light pink color, perfect for those quick nail polish jobs, I did this one 5 minutes before I had to walk out the door.<br />
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<br />Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-61386611548785296482010-10-19T17:50:00.000-05:002013-05-09T21:33:33.984-05:00Practice Makes Perfect<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
As I mentioned in my last post, I have numerous projects going on right now. </div>
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One of which is the Window Display Project. We are given windows and must come up with a display idea and construct it. In my group, we all decided to come up with sketches and then from there we would decide on our two favorite to submit to the teacher and from there we would pick which display to do our project on. </div>
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I came up with two sketches. In the first, the drape should be more of a lilac color although it didn't come out right in the picture. </div>
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My group liked both sketches, but we chose the second to go forward and get reviewed by our teacher. The other design that got chosen by the group was really good too, of course I'd love for us to go with mine, but I have a good feeling about our display either way. </div>Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-17399955987645751252010-10-17T02:31:00.000-05:002013-05-09T21:33:33.964-05:00BlehSo there is nothing else to say really, other than bleh. The past week, thats what it has really been, just bleh. Even though my midterm tests were all the week before, this week has just been jammed packed with STRESS. But I guess that just means I'm getting into the bulk of my fashion curriculum.<br />
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First, we were given 2 new projects to start working on. One of which we have about 1/2 page instruction for this huge assignment (the teacher really doesn't care about the class, but grades hard anyways). Both projects are group projects, and I have pretty much the same group for both. Hopefully the group thing will end up to be a positive.<br />
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Next, we had muslin fittings this week for our pattern... it just hurts me to talk about it. I worked so long and hard on my pattern and in the end you just want your pattern to be perfection. However, mine of course had its flaws. Which I guess I should just accept since its my first time doing this. I was crestfallen. Sewing is the one thing I think I am good at, and to have errors just blows.<br />
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This week, my hours have been so bleh. Tuesday I was at school from 8 am until 9:45 pm, we ordered pizza to our building. I hear the hours we keep just get worse, which is delightful to hear. As downtrodden as I feel this week though, I have a feeling that in the future I will look back and wish that this amount of stress was all that I had to deal with.<br />
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Oh, if you were interested in my projects?<br />
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For Product Development, we have to create a "company" and do target market research, create a line, do spec sheets and cost sheets and stuff like that. Its a big project with a lot of work and the teacher doesn't really care to give us to much info on it.<br />
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The second project is for Visual Merchandising. We get to create window displays! I am equally excited and petrified of this project. We have a lot to live up to from last semester, and I don't know where to start with it. But I am excited to get to work on it and see the end product.<br />
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Anyways, I don't know when my schedule will finally calm down, but until then, Ill try to enjoy the ride.Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-22120529860472753972010-10-16T15:17:00.001-05:002013-05-09T21:33:33.968-05:00Vampire Weekend Concert!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span>Last weekend, Mary, her little sister and I traveled down to New Orleans, to go to the Vampire Weekend concert! On the drive down, before we got lost, we saw this car, decked out in Hello Kitty!<br />
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Then we preceded to get lost and we ended up going through the French Quarter, but we eventually found our way and made it to the theatre before the concert started.<br />
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The concert was awesome, they had incredible lighting and backgrounds to go along with each song.</div>
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It was a truly great concert! Can't wait till they come again. </div>
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Check out the lighting affects that went with their song Cousins, it was pretty awesome.</div>
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I'm not happy with how this picture came out. In person, the color is a darker purple. I love it its really pretty and neutral. I think I'll try to take more pictures later of this color, but in the meanwhile check out <a href="http://www.byhillary.com/2010/09/review-essie-merino-cool.html">ByHillary</a>'s post on it, I think her color is more accurate.Alyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05831519804749011441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469523722865039239.post-69693968876448815132010-10-08T00:32:00.000-05:002013-05-09T21:33:33.990-05:0023 Days Left<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Halloween is right around the corner, 23 days away to be exact. In the past I have made my costume, and costumes for friends. This year, with school and other activities making their presence known I doubt I'll have time to do much. </div>
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Back in 2007, Amanda and I were pretty obsessed with Wicked, So we did our own version of the theme. I made her dress, and my skirt. </div>
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In 2008 and 2009, I did the whole Alice in wonderland thing, way before the movie came out. </div>
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Last year, I made Grace and her friend Phoebe Wilma and Betty costumes. </div>
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If I do make something this year, I'm either tagging along on a friend's plan to do Pacman, or I could live out my dream of making a Marie Antoinette costume (but I really want to devote some time to that). I have been watching costume makeup tutorials lately trying to get ideas. I love <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/kandeejohnson">Kandee Johnson</a>'s costume make up videos, they look amazing, be sure to check them out. I so want to try one!<br />
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Anna and I doing the whole Halloween thing, back in the day. My grandmother made these costumes. </div>
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So what are some of your costume ideas. </div>
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