BIRTHDAY SWAG AND THE WINNER IS...........

Searching for my "lost" youth

Is it over there......

Or over there?

Nope, but age is just a number. I'm wearing my new maxi dress: Kasper retail $109.00 on sale $34.95. And a new lantern. It was so cold yesterday morning, I ran inside  and changed into warmer clothes. And yes, I have to right to bare arms.

New boots. Say hello to Armie, one of Ray's armadillos.

Fancy French smelly stuff and free samples

Hinged box for treasures

Goofy cards and the program from the art opening

More jewelry and a rocking video game

Purple flower pillow sham from Antropologie. I got a 15% off birthday coupon.

And winner is..........Mary-Alice Adams(aka Dr. Malice) She came the closest without going over(really Sarah H?) at 54. I turned 57 yesterday. And have no idea what that means. Or how to "act my age". Thank you so much for all the guesses and the 3 new followeres since Sunday.                                                                                                                                                        

We closed The Would-Be Gentelmen last night and I'll be posting for photos of the costume I've been documenting , "The making of" sort of thing. Hope it doesn't bore you to tears.                                                                                                               

Thanks again for following me and have a lovely weekend! Love and kisses and some hugs, too!

WEIRD DOLL WEDNESDAY, PART 20/ BIRTHDAY EDITION

The Weird Dolls wished me a Happy Birthday and promised to stay in their cabinet. Today is my birthday and I'm......I'll tell you tomorrow, because you have until midnight to enter the giveaway. Guess my new age. And I have 16 followers! Thanks for making the past 4 months fun.

 14 FOLLOWERS!!!!!!!!!!!

 When I started this blog back in July, I never thought anyone would follow it. Every time I start a new post and I see "14 followers" I'm struck speechless. To have such a wonderful bunch of women commenting and making me feel like I'm a vital part of the world is beyond awesome. Oh, crap, get to the point: Wednesday Nov. 14 is my birthday and to say "Thank you" I'm having a contest/ giveaway! Yeah, presents! Here's the rules: guess how old I'll be. The contest is open until midnight of the 14th. I have same dentist stuff on thursday morning, but I'll try to post the winner by thursday night(maybe friday, if I'm out of it) So, good luck and here's some recent photos.

Looking lovely

Looking my shoe size

Looking serious

IT'S OPENING NIGHT, Y'ALL!  

THE WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN. That's him on the chairs.

We made all this, including the corset .

  

Nobles on the left, servants on the right. Oh, yeah, we made all this.

  

This is about half the cast. The Gentleman and the servants. I lost track a 86 things we built for this show, which is why I get tomorrow off. More photos to come.

Photos and set design by: Ruth Brandvik  

                                                Costume design by: Esther Iverson

WEIRD DOLL WEDNESDAY, PART 19

A puppet doll from Bali. The arms move by using the black wands. Again the detail is amazing.

THEATRE'S GONE TO THE DOGS  

Parish Morgan: as "the dog"                                                    Blake Fountain:as "the servant"

                      Leigha Witt: as "the beautiful daughter"                    Sara-Beth Mosley: as "the sassy maid"
Yeah, the dog has her own costume. 1st Dress was last night, more photos to follow. Show opens on Thursday. Photo by Abby Vincent

 DAY OF THE DEAD

The Death Jester came by

 

 

Hanging out at the new loading dock/ sitting area

 

My assistants and I have lunch every Wednesday and now we have a new spot. The loading dock is behind the wall

 

The Death Jester is really Chris, we tease him that for Halloween he should dress in a suit and tie and really freak people out. Patti-rice is wearing  a coat I gave her, so we asked if she was dressed as me.  Rebecca took the photos. It's crunch time of the costume shop ( 1st dress is Sunday), that means no days off for me until friday the 9th! Awe, theatre! We have a lonely day on saturday called "10 out of 12", it's a tech day and means you get a lunch and dinner break, but pretty much work from 9am to 9pm. I've been taking action shots of the one costume being built, I promise I'll have a post of that after the show is up. Which will look amazing , by the way. Yeah, show biz