Paint Party Friday - The Dress

Welcome to Paint Party Friday! This piece is based on a newspaper clipping I saw, I loved the bow at the back of the dress. It is done on purple cardstock (6" x 6") in permanent marker, sharpie white marker, and outlined with a PITT pen.

The Dress

Husband M and I went to a Christmas party last weekend at the home of some friends we've known for a very long time.  The food was very good, it was a potluck supper.  One of the ladies there, she would be in her early to mid-sixties, remembered when she worked at the old Eaton's department store in the eighties or earlier.  She worked in the section where they sold very expensive dresses.  It is common knowledge that some women would purchase an expensive dress, wear it with the tag tucked inside and return it to the store soon after.  Maybe people still do this.  One particular lady had bought a dress and came in complaining she broke out in hives after wearing it.  Her money was refunded.  The manager sent the dress out to be tested.  They discovered it had traces of formaldehyde!  It seems the dress had been used on a deceased person for a visitation!  It must have been returned and the dress was sold to this other person.  Can you imagine?

Paint Party Friday - The Dress

A few weeks ago, Gloria of Loving Frida decided to show her first PPF entry around the time it just started up. I decided to do the same for this week's Paint Party Friday! Here it is, all the way back to March 18, 2011.  I had seen this beautiful dress in a magazine and loved it.

Sunday Sketches - The Dress

Happy Birthday Alexandra!!! Thanks for always hosting!

I'm showing a couple of ATCs this week in acrylic. They were inspired by a lady I saw in the grocery store recently. I wish I could've taken a photo of her dress instead of trying to re-create these versions from memory here! I also showed the lower dress at Paint Party Friday.  The one on the easel is new for Sunday Sketches.  Happy Sunday!

Linking to Sunday Sketches.

Paint Party Friday - The Dress

This is an ATC in acrylic entitled 'The Dress'. It was inspired by an outfit I saw a lady wearing at the grocery store the other day. I couldn't take a photo, but tried my best to capture it here. Hers may have hung more loosely and the colours may have been slightly different, but she looked so comfortable and stylish at the same time.

Linking to Paint Party Friday, thanks as always to Eva and Kristin for hosting.