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sunny flower dress

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I thought up this design on the looooong drive back from Burning Man–there’s nothing like 2,200 miles alone to get the creative juices flowing. The fabric is a quilting cotton from Joann’s (called “daydream believer,” just in case you need something to hum while looking at the photos).

My favorite part is that I don’t feel the need for a bra with this.

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the streets of New Orleans just got a little bit sweatier.

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Taken from my post on Craftster

I’d been thinking about spicing up my latest bicycle–in New Orleans we like our bikes to be very spicy. Before, my seat was generic black and real bummer. So I pulled out a scrap of canvas and some paint and got to work!

A little bit of home-town pride. Everything I make winds up getting branded.

The key to keeping your bad-ass accessories from getting jacked in the Quarter is to put your name all over it, real big.

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suiting up

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For about a year and a half I’ve been eying some glitter Spandex at Joann’s, knowing exactly what I would make out of it if I could only find the excuse. Well, this year I went to BURNING MAN. It was insane; it was incredible; it was indescribable! And I was well dressed.

First, here’s a shot from the desert, with the fabulous Cosmo:

As it turns out, you don’t have to have a great body to prance around in a bodysuit. Stick anything in 2 yards of sparkly spandex and it’s fabulous. I got more attention wearing these than when I walked around naked.

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