Friday, February 17, 2012

Altered Ballerina Dressform

I finally get the chance to sit down and share with you the projects I created for the Lindy's Stamp Gang Booth for CHA 2012. I had a lot of fun making all that I made, but I'm sure I'll make several posts about all them, because there is just too much info to share.
First off, the booth had a Springtime in Paris Theme, which all the the designers tried to follow for all the projects made. It is a super fun theme, and with all the variety of Lindy's Stamp Gang products available, even more fun to create. I wanted to provide something to display some of my pieces, and when I saw this dress-form I knew I had to use it. It would display all the themed tags I would make for the booth. This is what it looked like when I purchased it.
For some reason I did not what to keep it black. Black just does not seem very "springy" to me lol. I decided I would paint the whole thing ivory, and lighten things up a bit.
After that, I knew I had to dress it and brighten it up, so I took some of my favorite Making Memories Rosette Trim and gave it some fine garments lol. I also used some gorgeous trim for the straps and waist accent, which I received from my friend Dale. She got it while on a trip to Norway, and I knew I wanted to use it for a special project such as this. I added some coordinating trim to the skirt and waist, and this is what it ended up looking like.
Of course, it was not finished yet. I had to glimmer it up with some gorgeous Scrintilating Silver Glitz Spritz from Lindy's Stamp Gang, and that just made it look just right. Take a close look at the shimmer on this baby.
The picture definitely does not do it justice, but if you were able to stop by the booth and see it at CHA, you know that it sparkled like no other. It was perfect to display the tags I created for the booth, and this is how they hung from it:

I will post all the tags I made with details of all I used on the next posts, as well as the other projects that I also made for the booth. You don't want to miss them. Stay tuned!

40 comments:

  1. Love that dress form!!!! Love the way you decorated it... it stood above the rest (literally)... lol.

    TFS.

    x0, D

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  2. Very very pretty! What a wonderful way to "dress" up a dress form!!
    Love the close up shots!

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  3. Noooo...this is perfect to hold on my earings!!

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  4. Oh myyyyy!! So gorgeous!!! What a lovely way to display your beautiful work :) Can't wait to see the rest of the pics of the tags!

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  5. I have never seen a ballerina dress form before. It's adorable.

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  6. Holy Molie!! thats so awesome!! your right, black wouldn't have looked elegant like it does ivory! This is such a beautiful piece of art!!!!
    Love it!
    xoxo
    Jen

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  7. This is beautiful Sharon and such a wonderful idea. Love the fact that you can display your tags with it. Adorable!
    Hugs, Rosalee

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  8. This is just beautiful! You did an amazing job!
    Kayla

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  9. goodness how do you come out with the things you do. Amazing! Thanks for replying to my other question about the printer you use! I found an HP photosmart and so far haven't been disappointed!

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  10. Oh how beautiful! I've often wondered how people alter these and now I know! :)

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  11. Love it! I LOVE dress forms and that one is just adorable!

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  12. OMG that is beautiful I have one like that. I just purchased it at a discount becuz it was missing some charms so I have to use your idea, hope you don't mind. Beautiful (X

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  13. OMG, THAT FABIC TRIM IS ABSOUTELY AMAZING.I JUST WANT TO GET MY HANDS ON SOMEO THAT... TFS XO

    ANNA

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  14. What a gorgeous dress form! It's so whimsical. Love it!

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  15. like evry project, this is gorgeous!

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  16. Oh my word Sharon! This dressform is incredible. I spend yesterday (17th) being spoilt rotten as it was my birthday. And shortly my in laws are coming up and we are going to have something scrummy to eat. Yummy! This dressform really is stunning, what a transformation. Lee x

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  17. OMG. To much gorgeous. I love it.

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  18. Where did you find that adorable dress form? You did a wonderful job with dressing it up I wish I could have seen it person. TFS
    Evelyn (Evinadas)
    evl14512@gmail.com

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  19. Oh wooow! That's soooo pretty and so creative :)

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  20. Oh, I Love this! I have never seen a Ballerina Dress Form. My Grand Daughter would Love this. Thanks for Sharing! :0)

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  21. The dressform before was lovely but after your hard work it's simply stunning, everything about it is just right, the rosettes to the trim to the glitter, absolutely gorgeous. Can't wait to see what else you came up with xx

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  22. This is just the sweetest thing! I love that Rosette Trim!
    -Heather M
    http://cardsbyann.wordpress.com/

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  23. oh my goodness! this is so amazing! i love it! you are so creative!!!

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  24. Truly beautiful....and I love that it's functional....a beautiful way to display your tags which are adorable as well...tfs

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  25. What an amazing dress form.!! I love the color and the beautiful trim you used!!

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  26. OMG I really LOVE that rosette trim!

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  27. So beautiful! I don't think there is one thing that you've created and shared that I have not absolutely loved!

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  28. OMG!!! Love this I wish I could buy something similar here in Mexico!!! Great idea!!!

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  29. Where did you find the dressform? You did such a beautiful job on it.

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  30. Wow Sharon, this project is fabulous!

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  31. Beautiful way to display those gorgeous tags!

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  32. interesting idea. love this dressform:)

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  33. What a cute idea! I love how it turned out and the fun bright colors!

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  34. I love, love, love what you did with the dress form!! It is so pretty & girly, but elegant as well. I also love the tags you made & look forward to getting a closer look.

    Pam

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