Where did the rum go...

I drank it all!!! That's where the damn rum went!

We are coming down to the wire. I still have a ton of hats. Brims aren't coming out right. Things are looking very very VERY Russian (It's a Tudor Show).  Stuff keeps changing. I have one week to finish at least 6 hats.

Beer is good. Especially when trying to do the impossible.

There are so many stories that i have to share with you all.. BUT NO TIME!! Must sew.. Must sew :/

(is still do love my job... i promise)

I promised Pictures :D

Ok.. I promised pictures in my earlier post.. so here ya go. He's a cutie, you've been warned

My name is Buddy. Love me!!

Hahahah.. I can jump onto the chair.. and then on to the bed. You thought you were safe!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Damnit woman.. stop taking pictures already.

Come monday, baring any difficulty, he goes to his new home. I will miss the guy and so with Jasmine. She's definitely had fun having a friend stay over.  But i also think she misses just spending time with me.

I'm still here.. i promise

I know i've been radar silent lately. I promise i'm still here. Working on Henry the VIII hats. There are about 15 new hats to be made. I have ONE completely done. Ugghhh. I have about 4 in progress. I am hoping to finish Henry's hat today. We have a photo shoot in a week and a half with 4 of the main characters. Good thing those are the hats in progress.

On other news... Last week, Scott and I went to the warehouse to get hats. Now that's about a 15 minute drive. Nice way to get out of the shop. We don't come back with the hats.. but I do find a dog :D  So typical me. He's a Chihuahua mix. He didn't have tags. His nails were super long and he had a tough time walking because of them. We thought he was really really old.. But at the vet, they said he was about 6 or 7 years old. He's a sweet heart. He had to be someone's love bug! He seems to answer to Buddy.  I've asked around to different vets and humane societies. Checked craigslist and the newspaper. No mention of the little guy missing. The one security guard that works at the festival also lives in that neighborhood and hasn't heard or seen anything. SOOOO.. No i'm not keeping him. I have 3 pugs. That's enough. But on monday he's going to the one vet assistant. SO YAY! I will post a pic later today. He's a cutie!

The day i don't remember

And the reason i don't remember it.... The woods right behind the costume shop parking lot... they decided to do some sort of controlled burn. And the smoke coming off of it... ALL DAY... was terrible. I have a migraine, was nauseous.. and just an overall feeling of yuck. Our Draper went home early. I'm really surprised our pregnant first hand stayed. My partner in crime had a bad headache too.

They really really could have done it yesterday... there were no shows.. and a bare bones staff. Uggghh
When i came back from lunch.. the theater was clouded in this this smoke. So bad and ucky!! Who even knows what they were burning :(

At least i think i got a few mockups done for hats. Henry's hat and Anne's French hood. I also did tons of labeling for "Travels with my Aunt" which starts dress tonight. And i rebuilt bow ties.

And then my supervisor found this picture:

Please notice his headwear :)

 The hat that Henry is pictured in ... in ALL his portraits. Well his coronation portrait can't be left out. He just plopped the crown on top.. I couldn't stop laughing at this.

TGIF

Yaayyy!! It's friday!! That would normally mean i have one more day till i have my "weekend".. BUT i guess folks were owed several vacation days, so we have tomorrow off from work. Meaning.. 3 Day weekend!! 

I'm a little bewildered. Confused. I haven't a clue what i'm going to do for the next 3 days. Sleeping in is definitely on the agenda.

On a fun note.. we spec'd Henry today. Meaning, the designer and costume floor manager, Scott and myself went over what was needed for the show. I have a bazillion hats to make. A BAZILLION (well ok.. like 15, but that is still a lot)

Wednesday... just Wednesday

39 Steps went into Dress Rehearsal yesterday. We figured we would come in to tons of notes. We've had two. Scott asked the designer what happened. Well she didn't get a chance to look at craft items, because of the craziness of getting all the costumes on at the right time.. And quick changes.. tons and tons of quick changes. So tomorrow.. i can bet we will get tons of stuff. At least we can get stuff cleaned up today.. so we can start the next show.

Technically, the next show is "Travels with my Aunt". It's a bought show so there is very little for us to do. Label things. Put dance rubber on the bottom of the shoes. Stiffen the hats.. Yeah.. that's about it. We will probably have that done today.

And after that.. HENRY the 8th!!! I can't wait :)

Monday.... well really Tuesday..

So work started off great today. I finished labeling all the socks, garters, pins, glasses.. etc. Sprayed some shoes gold. Dyed a gold purse more black. Had a yummy coffee flavored brownie.. and BAM!!! I got sick. Awesome.

I managed to finish adding velcro to the bow ties.. and my supervisor was kind enough to let me go home at lunch and stay home. He said we were kind of done anyways with projects. The show has Dress rehearsal at 6pm tonight. So we'll see what kind of notes we have in the morning. I just came home and slept. My tummy is pretty angry. Boo.

stupid coffee flavored brownie :(