I need to stop writing these posts when I’m tired, so I can come up with witty titles!
HOKAY. So here we have: T-shirt from Rock N Swap & then dyed unevenly (more on that in a second), H&M hacked up skirt, JUMP booties, Tarina Tarantino bracelet is from BX, secondhand necklace, no idea where I got the teensy pentacle necklace, heart ring is off eBay, Hyde belt.
Jewelry detail:
And as you’ve probably noticed, I went and changed up my hurr:
It’s SFX Sonic Green mixed with a bit of Splat blue. The dark chunk on the right side of the photo is SFX Deep Purple, but it is currently being disagreeable and choosing to just show up as almost black in most lights/photos. It took me a few days to get used to it (I stuck with the purple so long, for me! I think anything would have been a bit of a shock), but I’ve decided I like it. I was originally attempting platinum with chunks of turquoise but my hair (and the remnants of the purple dye) had other ideas in mind, SO.
Anyways, this is what I wore to see Amanda play at a benefit for the Boys & Girls Club!
I am continually amazed by the great photos I get with this camera under most conditions. Unfortunately, zoomed in from 20-30 feet away using the flash at night is apparently not one of those conditions. Who knew! If you want to see more photos, check out Amanda’s website.
She’s really good! Totally undersells herself. She’s only been playing three months and has already mastered one Dixie Chicks song, at least. (Psst. Amanda. I vote for “Earl Had to Die” next time!) This is all mysterious magic to me, the person for whom reading music notes is like trying to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Worse, actually, I think I have a better handle on the Egyptian!
Back to the dyeing. Yeah, so, in my infinite wisdom I decided that, instead of trying to find a plug for our kitchen sink and putting the clothes in that one at a time, I’d just tump them all in the bathtub, since I’ve decided I kind of like the unevenly dyed look. And tote some boiling water in from the kitchen, since the water’s supposed to be super hot. Well, that part resulted in a burn, and while the clothes turned out okay (I’m sure you’ll see the rest of them soon), the bathtub…hmm.
I have dubbed it the Zombie Bathtub. Which of course, prompted a debate between Matt and I about how a zombie bathtub would spread its zombification. The odd stripes on the bottom are from masking tape – I had put some on the shirt to attempt leaving some spots totally white. I was unaware that when the masking tape hit the super hot dye-bath it would be all “EFF THIS NOISE” and immediately sink to the bottom of the tub. Thanks a lot, masking tape, you fail at life.
All I’ve got to say is that I damn well better get a lot of wear out of the clothes I dyed, since not only did I get a burn but I’m going to have to scrub and bleach the bathtub after I just cleaned the whole bathroom a week ago! I’m sure I’ll be able to get it out, but just a PSA for other adventurous crafters: bathtub dyeing = bad idea.
