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long time no talk?

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well..tribe seems to be up and running at the moment :)

dancers, need your photos

I've started this project a few times and dammit this time I want to finish it

I'd like to create a thumbnail gallery that will be published on my site of dancers in different colored costumes. I'll need photos of all kinds of dancers in all colors of costumes **but would really love if a good handful of them are costumes such as Pharaonics, Hanan, Sim, Eman..something you would find in the Dahlal catalog. They tend to use some of the same similar colors over and over each season and a lot of the veils I have created have been made to GO WITH these costumes.

So what am hoping to do is showcase the costume colors and then provide a link or two to veils that will go with that costume.

You'll receive full credit, photographer credit, and your weblink on the page. My site gets HIGH visibility..I'll also feature it in the blog and probably on etsy and ebay pages as applicable.

You don't have to have an akai veil in the photo, it just has to be a clear enough photo so you can see the color of the costume, and it should be pretty obvious what the dominant color of the costume is (it can be multi so long as it's overall one dominant color)


I'm going to cc Michael Baxter on this since I love his work and know a lot of the dancers he has worked with but please send pics if you would like to be added. As i receive photos of costumes I'll cross those colors off the list. Would LOVE an assortment of dancers in all shapes and sizes.

Send images to : akaisilksinfo@yahoo.com with info about your name, website, photographer name

again I'll welcome any photos but am looking for photos in costumes that are dominantly one color

here's the colors needed (and if you have something I haven't listed please send that along as well)

red
burgundy
chocolate/copper/browns
chartreuse
light apple green
emerald
dark green and/or teal
peach
any pastels
nude
turquoise
blue
dark blue
lilac
royal purple
the eggplant-y purple popular in Dahlal
the magenta-raspberry popular in Dahlal
black
white
orange
the common pink in Dahlal

here are some great link examples (drooool) gawd i had to go look
if you have any great images from swap meet page those are fine too

www.dahlal.com/default.aspx

www.dahlal.com/default.aspx

wow wow wow look at untamed spirit, ok not applicable but da-yum

www.dahlal.com/default.aspx (page 11 of this link has some great examples in teals and purples i'm after)

still over at blogspot

still having trouble signing in to tribe so have made a permy home at www.akaisilks.blogspot.com

too difficult to sign in here but miss you guys

seeing red

am also now at www.akaisilks.blogspot.com cuz its easier to sign in




so what do you think happens when you are down to your last bit of red and were too lazy last week to bother ordering more (always with that thought in the back of the head that hey if i run out i cant work so i'll just go to the beach) . i decide, despite the brain squishing migraine that has clobbered me since a nap yesterday, to dye a few things so that tomorrow won't be as busy. i have two bottles of red left but of course that won't go far when i just got an order for 10 katerina veils.




we haven't put up a tent yet, just tied a tarp that has snapped the cords twice due to strong winds. i could hear my husband outside yesterday beating the hell out of something and i assumed he was hammering something into place to tie down the tarp again. it snapped. again. it's still fastened on one side, the leeward side, and it's blowing like a bitch in the wind. snapping. flapping. driving me nuts. but you won't see me get on a ladder to fix it. i should stay out of high places.




so being the brainiac i pulled the loose end down and weighted it with the fallen ladder. surely that will hold it. i'm lucky i didnt get my head sliced off when it lifted up. no really i did graduate college.




i weighted it down again with tubs of water. i'm lazy and wanted to get my work done. please note i dont have to dye today. it can wait. but i like punishment.




my arrangement was secure and i was feeling cocky and dyed a few different things, saving the red stuff til last. two katerina veils were reaching perfection when the tarp snapped in the wind again, first dragging the tub of water across the lawn then spilling it. the red dye that had of course been sitting next to it flipped in the air, sprayed me and the tarp, and now the tarp was flapping in the wind, covered in red. it was red rain. it was someone's blood. i was ready to kill. i wanted to beat my neighbor and his dog. i knew they were next door watching and laughing. assholes.




he heard me swear. he heard me say the muther of all words. you know the one. "ooohhhhhhhh fuuuuuuuuuuuudge" except i didnt say fudge. bonus points if you know what movie that is from. here's a hint it's a xmas classic.




to top it off i was rinsing the station with a hose that got out of control and ended up soaking my pants. i knew if i undressed down to my skivvies on the back porch someone would see but i did it anyways. i ate some potato chips to console my battle wounds and looking at the clock, it looks like i have a bit over two hours to wash up, lay down and stretch, and gather myself before picking up the baby

white out sale

www.etsy.com/view_listing.php

other white stuff you may want to try dyeing yourself at www.akaisilks.etsy.com

get the word out, multiple quantities available. help me unload so i can dye new things!

photo by Erifily

rocky pony

is that the best smile?

calorie counter and horoscope added to www.akaisilks.blogspot.com

www.akaisilks.blogspot.com

cuz we all need calorie counters and horoscopes

comments on purse making

so i'm painting again and want to dick around with a purse set..a small one for small items, a lower end cost item at souvenir price point level and then a fancier one, something larger not quite tote size but a larger purse ..both must be functional. i like making accessories and clothing that is functional.

should have some pics pretty soon, today i'm laid up with ocean related soreness. i busted ass yesterday to get a lot of stuff done in the morning so TY and i could go boogie surf. imagine our surprise when the surf report was completely opposite of what it said, we experience the highest tide we've seen there yet. nice soft barreling but cushiony waves.

i looked down at one point to see a large flat brown/gray back. at first i thought it was a manta ray. i started stupidly paddling after it and saw that it was a turtle, if i paddled at a decent pace i was able to keep up with him. he was pretty big, not the largest i've seen but he was swimming about five feet below me, closer to the reef. effortlessly. he looked like he was having fun. he was completely oblivious to me and didn't seem to mind i was observing him. a wave crashed on my head and after i surfaced he was gone.

all listed at

www.akaisilks.etsy.com

a few more things to do then break for lunch:)

dance of the seven silks

new gift set featuring seven scarves dyed in the seven colors of the seven islands (my interpretation)