Rainbows are easy to like. (I double dare you not to like them!) They’re so beautiful and colorful, and not something you see every day (unless you live in Hawai’i). Today’s outfit celebrates rain and sun and what they create when they work together: a rainbow.
My shirt is one I’m reusing from my hot air balloon Wacky
Wednesday (more than a year ago). But everything else I’m wearing is something
I created this week from supplies I had already. My hat shows the sun and a
puffy cloud with rain falling. The rainbow is a necklace.
The raindrops have a fun back story. Fifteen years ago I was
obsessed with beading and making jewelry. Eventually that hobby made way for
others, but a few times a year I dig out the beads to use them in a project.
Some of the beads are from that collection. Others (the pearl raindrops) are
from my friend Frana, who gave them to me a few years ago. Frana is an artist
and fashion designer who did costumes for the musicals I did a teenager. We’ve
been friends ever since.
The rainbow has a back story, too. I love buttons, and I
have a collection that has grown over the years. My creative friend Sam gave me
a huge stash of buttons last year (you rock, Sam!), and some of them are on
this rainbow. Others are from garage sales or from my own collection. Throw in
a few rhinestones and you have a sparkly, Vegas-worthy rainbow.
May your umbrellas not flip inside out, and may all your
rainy days end in rainbows.
i see a Room 3 craft coming up.
ReplyDeleteJill, oh, good! Glad you liked it...
DeleteSo lovely! Rainbows are my favorite!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Margarita. I think it's impossible not to like them...
DeleteI have no words. This makes me so giddily happy. It's so creative!
ReplyDeleteKimster, thank you! Glad you liked it, and I'm glad that the breeze mostly behaved today and allowed the hat to stay put.
DeleteWish everyone could have seen this on you today - so spectacular!! The "raindrops" glistened; the rainbow was SO colorful; and the cloud on your head floated beautifully! I couldn't believe you created this in just a few hours.
ReplyDeleteDebby, man--you're good for my ego! Thank you so much.
DeletePerfect costume for the upcoming rain! Loving it!
ReplyDeleteAdri, thank you! Does this mean we'll get a rainbow?!
DeleteYou are a lifter of spirits, Sarah! I always feel so lucky when I catch a glimpse of you when you parade your colorful costumed self around
ReplyDeletethe Being-Fit Center. We are all so lucky that you are a regular in
"the hood." Many Thanks for the smiles you bring.
Leni, thanks! It gives me a boost to see you, too...
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