What do you do when your real job and your hobby smash up into a huge peanut butter and jam sandwich? I guess you write a blog about it. Show some pictures. And just go on about how crazy your life can get.
SO if you don't like profanity, avert your eyes.. it's gonna happen.
Look, it's a cute Pug to distract you from the profanity!!
I am gonna go light that fucking lawn on fire!!! I mean srsly, she's lucky i don't have a car and a gas can. She calls me up, wanting to do something.. then turns it around saying she has no time today.. and that she needs to mow the lawn. I'm here for 3 more days. After that i'm in Chautauqua for 9 weeks.. then we move to alabama. Do you NOT want to fucking spend time with your only child??!?!?!?!?!?!
So now she wants to spend tomorrow with me. I think i might be sick. I just can't take this stupid crazy shit.
SHE FUCKING CALLED ME!! Did she forget!?!?!?
Alabama can not come soon enough. Then at least the crazy is limited to phone calls.
I just don't understand. And i'm trying to just let it alone. But man, a good rant does help.
So i haven't posted in ages. I've been home, packing, being with family, lazing around, and just generally enjoying life and being off. Sunday I leave for 9 weeks. Yeaaaaaaayyyy Chautauqua Opera!! It's like summer camp for rich people. I'm crafts person again!! Yay!!
This will hopefully be my last trip away from home for work. After we move to Alabama, i will be full time. SO no more moving around. I can't wait for that. I want some stability. I want a job i love. I want to have health insurance so i can start a family. I'm just hoping it all clicks into place. I want to be able to go to conventions so i can play with friends. Dress up in costumes and cause chaos.
So i guess i should pack for Chautauqua lol That involves laundry.. so i guess i know what today is.
I know this isn't the normal posting of Costumey goodness, but i'm trying to spread the word.
My Aunt Cindy has been an educator for as long as i can remember. A good one at that! A few months ago, something terrible happened and shook her world. The school she had been working at for several year had a board meeting where they announced her non-renewal of contract. To the surprise of many.
I really hope you take the time to watch it. SO MUCH Discrimination and injustice happening here. We are trying to get as much feedback to the station, so they investigate more and keep this in the public eye where it belongs. Here is an email where you can send feedback connect@ad.gannett.com It doesn't matter where you are from, we just need feedback.
Please take a little time out of your day to help.
So i'm back at home. Been here a week now. I will confess, I really... really.. REALLY miss Alabama. I'm very glad to see my hubby and my other pugs.. but damn is it cold up here. Damn is this house crowded with too much.. and DAMN this mattress sucks like an industrial vacuum.
On the plus sides, i have a corset commission. Hubby got a second part time job!! And we are cleaning out all the extra stuff, which feels really good. The problem area.. my sewing room. I walk in and want to cry. I just don't know where to start.
I also need to stop eating the crap food. I stopped for the most part when i was in Alabama and felt really good. Sunday morning we went to Golden Coral.. mistake #1.... Mistake #2 was eating the pizza my parents brought over. Lets just say i was sick for 2 days. And then silly me was taken over by temptation and i bought potato chips.. UGhhGHHGHhghggggg... SUPER HUGE MISTAKE!! I need the hubby to teach me how he makes the sushi rice in the rice cooker. I think i could live on that. OOhh and I made instant mashed potatoes tonight.. Also.. i now feel icky. I think i'm finally getting the hint from my body. At least i have kicked the soda habit. I go for water now... YAaaayy!! Small Victories :)
And i started to look for pictures from Merry Wives. I am disappointed in myself... though a certain wig girl owes me some pics that she took. Stupid not taking pictures.. Baahh!!
Till i go Home!!! Yaaaayyyy! I can't wait to see my husband and the other dogs!! I was supposed to go home this morning.. but after the weekend i had running wigs for the show.. I would have never it made it. I was sooooo exhausted. So i took today to relax. SLEEP. And pack super nice and organized. I'm so glad i did it that way too. It's a 10 hour drive. I would like to be home for dinner. So i'm probably getting up at the crack of dawn and heading out. Who's gonna have to carry a sleeping pug..lol
I still owe you the scoop on Merry Wives. I'll just say that it's a gorgeous show.. and there are some amazing Puppets!!! We even make a faerie crown for the 14ft tall puppet. It's kind of awesome and covered in glitter glue :D
I just needed a little venting. complaining. whining. whatever you want to call it.
I NEED a day off.. OMG... we have worked straight through since last tuesday. No days off. Not even for Easter.
I 'm exhausted. My fibro is starting to get bad. I'm in bed early. Jasmine barely gets her walks. I'm taking way more drugs than i want too. I go home next monday.. but i'm not sure if i can make it till then.. uggghhhh They keep dropping new projects on us at work. For example, today at 3pm we were told to take some stuff down to the dressing rooms.. and after that we could go home... *super frowning face* I come back up to find we have to make a crown for the giant puppet. OMG.. i'm already too exhausted to move... and i have to do more.. NOoooooooo
At least today i got a huge compliment, or i'm taking it that way. The shop supervisor does amazing crafts. He's been making 4 Punch and Judy style puppets. He's quite the perfectionist... so when he came over to me and asked me to make a mob cap for Judy..i was floored and honored. Yaaayyy!! No one touches his stuff.. EVER!! So he respects and trusts my work.. Yayyyy!!!
Stuff exploded. Work got crazy. Two beast of a shows.. Henry the 8th and Merry Wives of Windsor. We knew Henry was going to be bad. But when we looked at the renderings for Merry Wives.. it really didn't look so bad.. I swear.. We thought it would be easy... I'm eating those words right now, and they are not tasty cuppy cakes.
Since i last posted life has been a roller coaster. I also have fun photos of things made :) Lets start with those.. and i'll fill you in as i go :)
Henry the 8th's hat.. Isn't he handsome!!
Henry the 8th occured. It drove me mad. It drove me to drink margaritas. I build 18 brand new hats from scratch.. not even counting the couple i fixed up too. I did have some help. Megan from wigs is a wiz at sewing on pearls, cutting out patterns and general all around hand sewing!! She is pretty brilliant. I would have never finished it all with out her help. Everything turned out gorgeous!!!!
And from that gorgeousness, I impressed some folks.. enough so that i got a full time job offer :)
***SQUEEEEE***
Lady Anne Bolene
Lady Mary Tudor
Queen Katherine
SO don't judge the shapes too much.. I swear everything started to look like a Russian Headdress by the end. I blame the designer... I just did what she wanted. I also found out she's a Milliner and is super picky about her hats. Usually up the current shop milliner's butt. She left me alone for the most part.. and just let me work. I take that as a super nice compliment :)
Velvet Biretta for Cardinal Woolsey
Everything was made out of some sort of velvet.. i swear :/
Pulled wool felt skull cap with silk bias
I think i made a bajillion of this style of hats
Lord Chamberlain. Sexy Sexy Beast of a Hat!! (we won't discuss the difficulty of making a brim with crinolations.. Hoooolllyyyy COW!!!)
Here you can see the trailer they put together for the show. See how pretty it turned out!! Kind of amazing!!
So yes, i got a job offer. And i have accepted. So again.. the packing and moving. But it's full time. It's benefits.. Its super amazing!! And it's an absolute rarity in this day and age. Its work i love. I love it here. The shop is great. I really feel we can start fresh here.
I'll leave Merry Wives for the next posting. HEH.. it's a doozer!! I'm not even sure if i remembered to take photos of everything... but stay tuned :)
