Hi, My Name is Lisa & I'm a Lame Blogger....

So I have totally left this blog in the dust with all of summers eventfulness. I have done quite a few projects but Haven't taken the time to post them. Now that summer is slowly coming to a close I will have more time to blog....

I do have some exciting news, I am finally finished with my Fashion Design and Merchandising degree from SLCC!!! It took me about twice as long as it should have, but I am done and ready to take on any project headed my way!

Thanks to all of you who follow me and pass this blog on to others! You are all the best!

I promise more exciting things to come!

Cute Dancewear pics!!

Here are a few examples of my basic dance wear items. I made these specifically for my niece and used her favorite colors. I have made many leotards and shorts to specific specifications of color and style. Here are some of her favorites.

This has a fun snakeskin patterned white spandex with turquoise bottom half.

super sparkly gold headband

Hot pink shorts close up

Fun pink and white tutu

cute matching hot pink shorts and polka dot leo with chocolate brown bottom half.

Raw Couture 2009

This post is way overdue!!!

These are pictures taken during the dress rehearsal of SLCC Raw Couture 2009. The entire show was based on different decades from the 1920's to the 1980's. I was inspired by the 1930's flowy, and drapy designs, but I transformed them into designs for modern ballet costumes. The fabric I used includes chocolate brown stretch velvet for the leotards and hand painted silk burnout for all the dresses and drapy elements. I used a gold tulle for accents and volume.

Illustrations and Sketches

Here is a sample of some of my favorite sketches and Illustrations.

Here are the three illustrations for my board for Raw Couture. Because the fabric was so intricate, and my illustration skills are not quite up to par for this type of project, I scanned a section of fabric on to the computer and used photo shop to fill in the different sections.
Here is a sample of flats I drew for my Illustration class. The are part of a larger line of ballet and lyrical costumes. I designed the tulle to have an embroidered diamond shape with pearl beads placed in a diagonal all through the design.
These are a few sketches I drew up for my dance studio. I made the simple empire waist dress with spanky shorts for a little seven year old class for our Christmas recital. I plan to make all of these sooner or later.