Highlights Of The Dress Form ball

What a Ball We Had!

I'm sure by now the carriages have delivered all of your girls home safe, sound, and exhausted!   As they left they were all chattering about plans for next years ball and even discussing what they were going to wear!

I found Belle "Resting" on a garden bench after everyone left!

Belle and Lady Anita Man met so many new friends.....

.......The Gorgeous Miss Begonia was dressed to the nine's and everyone was envious of her figure!

And Maybel in her stunning Paris inspired attire

And of course it wouldn't be a party if the.....Err...."Fun girls" didn't show up.....

.....Susan...And...

......The younger sister

And just when I thought I was in over my head some extra help arrived.....

....Judy sent over Mabel her head house maid for My Ladies Service....

.......And Sherry sent "Gigi" her proper French maid

So many guests generously shared tutorials on making their forms....

.....Deneen shared her chicken wire dress form tutorial

....And Beansie shared her dish soap bottle tutorial

Yes, they were big

Meggie

And they were small.....

Adele and Josette

And fun was had by all!

The Dress form ball is still available for viewing  HERE

My Sincerest thank you to all who attended.  I know the time it takes to plan, dress, photograph, write a post, and link up to the ball......Thank you for making it a success!

It's never to early to start planning for the 3rd annual dress form ball in 2014! 

Keep your eyes open for a vintage form and if that fails HERE is info on transforming or purchasing a new one

Happy Creating!

Carol

  

Welcome To The Polka Dot Closet 2nd Annual Dress Form Ball

 Belle....The "Belle of the ball" and Lady Anita Man cordially invite you to

Please grab a glass of bubbly and join Belle, Lady Anita Man, and the rest of the guests in the gardens

Everyone is welcome!  Link up as many dress forms as you like.  The party is open for linking all week 

If you want to continue to have a ball, I would love for you to follow The Polka Dot Closet

Please link back to the party so your readers can join in the fun!

Purchasing and transforming dress form tutorials HERE, HERE, and HERE

For my email readers, I don't want you to miss the ball! When you receive this emailed post, click on the title "Dress Form Ball", this will take you to my blog to see all of the dress forms.  Once there you will see dress form thumbnail pictures, when you click on a picture, you will be taken to that guests blog to read and see more pictures of her dress form.  The party will be going on all week so, be sure to check back later in the week to see those that have arrived fashionably late

Have a Ball!

Carol

Belle's Dress For The Ball

The Dress Form Ball is just two weeks away and Belle is so excited to show off her gown for the ball!

I thought we should wait for the ball to show off Belle's dress.....But, She thought we should show it now, Ok Belle wins!.

I started with a new dress form from Barr Display that I transformed to look old.  Tutorial HERE

Next I headed to the thrift store where I found a dress for $4.95.  It had 2 layers of tulle, fabric and a crinoline underneath...Perfect for a transformation.

I started by dying the dress and all of the fabrics, ribbon, and lace I was going to use in a big tub.  They all started out either white or beige, this is after everything was dyed.

Here is my tip:

  I like to dye everything together, even though different fabrics will absorb the dye differently, it keeps everything in the same hue.  I love this tan Rit dye, it turns everything to almost a pink color, depending on the fabric. 

The tutorial for making the flowers is HERE

I added a couple layers of lace just below the waist to give it some volume

If you're thinking all I do is play.....You're right!  This was my first project in my newly renovated and organized, craft room.  I had sooo much fun!

You still have two weeks until the ball, plenty of time to get your dress form ready. 

The Dress Form Ball is open to all dress forms, big, small, dressed or not.  Write a new blog post about your girl or girls, (Or you could use an old post) and link it up the week of March 11th.   Be sure to link up the actual post and not just the blog url.  If you don't know how to link up a post, email me the week of the ball and I will be happy to do it for you! No one gets left out of this party!

Happy Creating!

Carol