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44 posts categorized "Art of the Dress"

February 23, 2012


Project Home Ec Fundraiser for Water.org :: Sassy Flounce Apron


Hooray! Another movement.
We are now at $750.
Through Water.org, we have secured clean water for 30 people for life. Amazing.

Jenny Doh
For this outfit, I am wearing a beautiful apron created by Marci Seither, using her lovely Sassy Flounce Retro Apron Pattern which you can buy here.
Water.org She used beautiful linen and cream-colored trims. Turned out great, don't you think? Here's how it looks from the back.

Sassy Flounce Retro ApronHelp bring clean water to the world and help me dress up my dress with your handmade accessory by sponsoring me here.



February 22, 2012


Project Home Ec Fundraiser for Water.org :: Fit


There's been movement!
We are now at $725. That means clean water for 29 people for life.

Jenny Doh
Though I don't usually wear the dress when I work out, turns out that I sometimes do ... especially when I'm recovering from a workout. Here I am with a Nike tank, and my trusty hand weights.

For me, there's no better accessory than Fit.

Help bring clean water to the world and help me dress up my dress with your handmade accessory by sponsoring me here.

February 21, 2012


Project Home Ec Fundraiser for Water.org :: Doc Martins + Ed Hardy


There's been movement!
We are now at $700.
Through Water.org, we have secured clean water for 28 people for life.

Jenny Doh
For this outfit, I am wearing my dress with my daughter's red Doc. Martin boots, Zella exercise pants, and my Ed Hardy leather jacket ... a killer combo.

Help bring clean water to the world and help me dress up my dress with your handmade accessory by sponsoring me here.

February 19, 2012


Project Home Ec Fundraiser for Water.org :: Painter's Apron


Yessss!
Another movement.
We're now at $675.
Through Water.org, we've secured clean water for 27 people for life.

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For this outfit, I am wearing my trusty apron that I wear when I paint. Very appropriate for today as I am painting all day long in The Painting Studio.

Help bring clean water to the world and help me dress up my dress with your handmade accessory by sponsoring me here.



February 18, 2012


Project Home Ec Fundraiser for Water.org :: Crocheted Tablerunner


Another movement!
We have now raised $600.
Through Water.org, we have secured clean water for 24 people for life. (We have 176 more people left to reach through this campaign.)

Water.org
For this outfit, I wrapped a vintage crocheted table runner to the waist and secured it with a fabric pin. So easy and fun.

Help bring clean water to the world and help me dress up my dress with your handmade accessory by sponsoring me here.

February 17, 2012


Project Home Ec Fundraiser for Water.org :: My Daughter's Closet


There's been movement!
We have now raised $500, which is 10% of our goal.
Through Water.org we've secured clean water for 20 people for life.

Jenny Doh
For this outfit, I went into my daughter's closet to borrow her faux leather jacket, jeans, boots, and necklaces. She has great style and as her mom, I love being able to borrow from her style sense.
Jenny Doh
Help bring clean water to the world and help me dress up my dress with your handmade accessory by sponsoring me here.



February 16, 2012


Project Home Ec Fundraiser for Water.org :: Underskirt & Uke


So I think I'm going to try and do a new post every time we have movement in terms of the dollars raised. And since yesterday, there has been movement! We are now at $350. That means that we are bringing not only clean water, but the dignity of having clean water for 14 people through Water.org.

Water.orgFor this outfit, I put on one of my favorite skirts as an underskirt for the dress ... and holding my beautiful ukulele it its case. Maybe we'll have a sing-a-long when we reach our final goal.

Help bring clean water to the world and help me dress up my dress with your handmade accessory by sponsoring me here.

February 15, 2012


Project Home Ec Fundraiser for Water.org :: Altered Trench & Umbrella


Yipee!
We've raised $275 so far.
That means we have secured access to clean water for 11 people for life, through Water.org. Amazing.

Jenny Doh
Here I am with my dress, and an altered trench coat by Cynthia Shaffer, and my trusty umbrella.

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Wanna learn how to make this altered trench? Instructions for this and 24 other adorable applique projects can be found here in Stash Happy Applique.

Help bring clean water to the world and help me dress up my dress with your handmade accessory by sponsoring me here.

February 14, 2012


CRESCENDOh Project Home Ec Fundraiser for Water.org


I'm excited to launch on this Valentine's Day,
a new fundraiser to benefit the cause that is closest to my heart: Water.

It's hard to believe, based on your everyday reality and my everyday reality, that there are so many people in this world who don't have access to clean water. Just think about that. No clean water. How do people survive? It's unimaginable. Lack of safe water endangers the health of families, prevents children from getting an education, and traps millions of people in a cycle of poverty.

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Let me shift gears and talk about The Uniform Project by Sheena Matheiken. In 2009, Sheena founded the project and pledged to wear the same black dress for one full year to raise awareness and funds to support underprivileged children in India. She raised more than $100k. When I learned about this project ... about Sheena's audacity, and about the real dollars that went to chidren in need as a result of her imaginative project, I became deeply inspired. Sheena challenges others to take the pledge and raise awareness and support to help people in need. The project also makes us aware of how much we as consumers consume ... and how maybe we don't have to consume so much ... that perhaps we can choose to make do with what we have. Because you know what? We have SO much.

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So here's my pledge: I pledge to wear this uniform dress that was designed and made for me by artist Cynthia Shaffer, who drafted the pattern inspired by Sheena's original dress as follows:

  • I will wear this dress every day from today until Valentine's Day 2013.
  • The times when I won't wear the dress will be:

+When I have to wash it, dry it, or repair it
+When I am going to and from the gym to exercise
+When I am exercising at home
+When I am taking the kids to school early in the morning (usually in my robe and slippers) :)

  • When I have interesting outfits that I compose with accessories, I will share images of those outfits with you here.

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So how does this relate to water? I have started a fundraiser campaign titled the CRESCENDOH PROJECT HOME EC FUNDRAISER through my charity of choice: Water.org. For more than 20 years, Water.org has been finding long-term solutions that involve buy-in from local community members within developing nations to find ways to support sustainable ways in which water can be brought to people who need it.

If you feel inspired, I ask you to sponsor my fundraiser by making a tax-deductible donation of $25 to Water.org. With this sponsorship, if you are a creative type, you are invited to send me a handmade accessory (e.g., scarf, pin, socks, bloomers, vest, apron, cuff, etc.) that I can wear with my uniform. All sponsored accessories will be used to compose a uniform outfit that gets photographed and blogged about on this blog, with a link back to your site. Please note that you are not required to send in an accessory. If you want to just make a donation without sending an accessory, that would be great. My goal is to raise a minimum of $5,000 during the course of this year.

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You can send your handmade accessory
and confirmation of your donation made to Water.org to:

CRESCENDOh
PO Box 11726
Santa Ana, CA 92711

If you would like to have your accessory returned to you,
please send sufficient funds for return shipping.

For only $25, Water.org can get someone safe water for life. I hope you'll join me in this effort. Thank you for considering it. Donate here.

Happy Valentine's Day.

With love,
Jenny

October 21, 2011


Art of the Dress :: Eggplant Cardigan & Soldered Choker


I love my eggplant cardigan that I picked up for nearly nothing at the thrift store. And I'm crazy about the soldered choker I made that I like to wear with a piece of pale-blue vintage ribbon.

IMG_1136Goes well with my trusty go-to dyed slip from Sherry.

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