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I've finished a project that doesn't photograph very well. I made a dressup kit, which will be auctioned off tomorrow night at St. Ned's annual schmancy dinner. Of course, I had originally planned for it to be much bigger and more elaborate, but reality didn't work out that way. So here's what's in it:

2 skirts - one is sheer pink with white iridescent sequins and ribbon roses, and the other is purple metallic with beaded purple trim at the hem.

2 dresses - one is lavender stretch velvet with a sequined satin skirt and a border of wide lace, and the other is red metallic foil with red sequins and a pink marabou hem. This one could actually double as a skirt, since I didn't put straps on it. It just has the stretchy sequins at the top.

2 capes - one is that sheer pink fabric, with the same sequins and roses, and the other is black velvet with silver trim and big honking rhinestones glued on it randomly. The button at the neck is a nice antique rhinestone one.

3 boas/stoles - one is just a boring feather boa, one is pink hologram foil with metallic red boucle on the back, and the other is black slinky knit with blue and turquoise glitter designs on it.

I'm a bit nervous because I did one of these at my old church and the final auction price didn't even cover the materials I put into it - I should have just written the check to the church and saved myself the effort. But there are many more little girls at St. Ned's, so hopefully someone will want it. Or, more precisely, hopefully two or more someones will want it and there will be a bidding war. The proceeds benefit the diocese's ministry with the working poor and homeless in San Jose, and I really want them to make a lot of money from the dinner and auction this year.
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