darkemeralds: A round magical sigil of mysterious meaning, in bright colors with black outlines. A pen nib is suggested by the intersection of the cryptic forms. (true colors)
2012-07-28 12:11 pm

Blackest Black

In the Dressing Your Truth system, only Type 4 is supposed to wear black, and then only really black black. When your Type 4 black jeans begin to show a greenish cast, or your tidy Type 4 black denim jacket goes white around the edges, DYT recommends getting new ones.

But that's because they don't know about Blackest Black. Blackest Black is like Goth nirvana or something. All they sell is their special blend of very, very black reactive cold-water dye.

It took my order a while to arrive--they're in the Netherlands--and when I began to despair, they offered to ship me a new order free of charge. That's now nice they are. But my package arrived an hour after that email exchange, so all is well.

Before )

Okay, wish me luck. Off I go to the repurposed recycling bin that's sitting in my bathtub.
darkemeralds: A round magical sigil of mysterious meaning, in bright colors with black outlines. A pen nib is suggested by the intersection of the cryptic forms. (clothes)
2011-05-21 05:27 pm

I score with the Kleins

I went shopping at Ross Dress-For-Less this afternoon to soothe my tattered nerves after completion of a system patch that involved my working last weekend and this.

Score! )
darkemeralds: A round magical sigil of mysterious meaning, in bright colors with black outlines. A pen nib is suggested by the intersection of the cryptic forms. (clothes)
2011-03-12 11:49 pm

Total class

I spent the day sewing. It's just like riding a bike. The motions of threading the machine, pinning and cutting, the order in which the seams go together--this is stuff I learned so young that I don't remember not knowing how to do it, and I haven't forgotten.

Behold the leopard-print piping! I raided it from the old robe.

Shawl-collared bathrobe in gray-violet fleece with leopard-print piping

Still a few seams to go, but it's coming together.

ETA: Thank goodness for that piping. Without it, I just realized, I will vanish into the background of my living room.
darkemeralds: A round magical sigil of mysterious meaning, in bright colors with black outlines. A pen nib is suggested by the intersection of the cryptic forms. (clothes)
2011-01-29 06:48 pm

Shopping in my closet

After discovering that the Interim Holy Grail jeans fit today, I got really daring and decided to try on some other stuff from the back of my closet.

I found a whole outfit! )