{black vine} for boidoir

{model} heidi jo

{photography} alley kat photography

{make up} makeup by shelby

{mini hat} by entwined hair

Yes, my hair pretties' first boudoir shoot by Alley Kat Photography. How old are they, you ask. Well, barely a year old and they're already doing such grown-up shoots! Even I haven't done one yet. *sigh* Heidi Jo has been in contact with me since I started sewing adornments but this is the first time they're being seen in such a sexy way.

I've been following Alley's work since I've worked with Jenni and Kimber from the last shoot. I thought it was awesome to have such a bold and feminine point of view depicted in her photographs. She specializes in boudoir and pin up shoots. I didn't even think my stuff could be portrayed in such a setting primarily because I've only displayed them in conjunction with nature but she made it work. Nice.

Last night I went to Art Party VIII which was pretty awesome. I got to wear my Betsey Johnson dress that I got on my honeymoon, grey tights, white ankle boots, heavy pearls, and my white mini hat with feathers. Mai wore a peacock headband I made that match her purple ensemble perfectly. We were glittered out. I thought I looked a little crazy/quirky in my outfit for public, which it was, but then we stepped into AP8 and I wasn't crazy enough. Where was my body paint, cigars, and fairy wings? I mean dang!! I'll post pics of our outfits later :D

Dance, dance

When I got my full time gig as a graphic artist(which also meant writing articles, redesigning newsletters, logos, interior design, marketing guru, etc. etc.), I was determined to be the best at what I did working long hours, networking, and basically going hard core. At the end of the day, though, my brain would fry and I would be exhausted. Welcome to the working world, I know :D

My whole body yearned to do something physically tangible instead of working on the computer all day. I wanted to paint(still do), create my hair pieces, play with puppies, etc. At one point I couldn't bring myself to do any of the above, turning down orders and such so I recently started taking Ballet again and I love it. I have such a free, organic spirit that I needed to channel it into something very elegant and controlled. With ballet you can do that! Anyway, I'm at peace that it's ok to stay at home sometimes. I'm in the middle of a forest with lots and lots of inspiration to draw from.

Hello, squirrel neighbor. Is my music disturbing your friends? Alright, I'll turn it down.

Anyway, just a hint at what to come, I'm trying my hand at head pieces for young-ins and high-fashioned boudoir. Pretty neat, eh?