Thursday, October 15, 2009

Cherry Blossoms in October


The Eldest has been busy.

While I can only injure myself with toilet paper, The Eldest is able to create a wearable dress out of it.

I bring you, "Cherry Blossoms in October".


This project was for her Fundamentals of Fashion Design course. She had to create a wearable garment using materials not normally used...no fabric, zippers, buttons, etc. allowed.


The Eldest took her inspiration from a few places. She loves cherry blossoms. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and her grandma is fighting this disease. She used Purex Bathroom Tissue, as they are currently donating money to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation*. The Eldest loves pink and wanted a soft 'cherry blossom' pink. She chose to colour white bathroom tissue instead of using the limited edition pink Purex bathroom tissue. She coloured the dress with diluted food colouring sprayed on with a spray bottle


Now all that's left to do is try to find my house underneath all the mess created along with the dress.

* I'm not getting paid to advertise for Purex. But if for some reason the Purex company is using Google search and falls upon my little blog.....uhm...."Hi! Love your bathroom tissue! Thanks for donating $$ to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. My mom thanks you. I thank you. My 3 daughters thank you. My sister thanks you. My nieces thank you."

11 comments:

Unknown said...

Sister?... :'(

Me too! I thank them too!

MahoneyMusings said...

...oy....sisterSSSSS. My 3 sisterSSS thank you!

Theresa said...

So so so so very fabulous! I can't believe it is TP! I'll be watching the designer . . .

Heather Stilwell said...

Gramma is speechless!

bridget {bake at 350} said...

That dress is AMAZING!!! She has some serious talent!

elise666 said...

Wow , she has quite the imagination...it is just beautiful!

Ellie said...

That is incredible that she made that out of PUREX toilet paper (I love the stuff too) she did an amazing job! You must be proud of her!

Scary Mommy said...

I have no words-- that is amazing!!!

MahoneyMusings said...

Thanks everyone. I'm a proud Momma.

And...Hi, Scary Mommy. I'm always a bit taken aback when someone 'big' in the blogging world stops by. Thanks for stopping in!

~liz said...

now THAT is impressive!!! lovely.

Captain Dumbass said...

That is fantastic!