Stoned Love

I mentioned a while back that I was considering making my own dress for the Stone Roses gig at Heaton Park this weekend, well I only went and did it =)

I bought fabric paints from The Range in Dark Blue, Turquoise, Yellow and Black. The dress was a ten pound one I bought from H&M about a year ago. (Note: You have to have washed the dress first before you begin customising.) Wearing some scruffy clothes, I laid out bin bags on our back garden lawn, weighted down at the corners, and put my dress in the middle. Then I just got splattering. I started with the turquoise, covering most of the dress, then used the dark blue. Lastly, I added some yellow accents and a little black to set the yellow off.

I should probably have left each colour to dry in between each layer but I didn't have time. It needed overnight and a blast from the hairdryer as some parts were quite thick. Once it had finally dried I laid a pillow case over it and ironed it all over on the hottest setting. Et voila!

I got loads of compliments on it at the gig, and a few people thought I'd bought it! I'm really pleased with how it turned out and I'm glad that I've got something to keep as a momento to such an amazing weekend. Aaaand I saw the Shane Meadows documentary being filmed, so I told them I'd made my dress and they filmed me doin what I thought at the time was a 'groovy' dance. CRINGE!
The gig was all my dreams come true and I can't wait for them to hopefully announce a full UK tour so we can do it all over again!

Psst, I also met Dominic Monaghan at the gig! I've only just started watching Lost from the beginning very recently and Charlie is my favourite character (so far...) so I was well chuffed! He was really lovely!

Yeah she looks like a painting, Jackson Pollock's number five

I've been a massive Stone Roses fan since first hearing them on a compilation CD 12 years ago. After years of resigning myself to watching their tribute bands they announced their reunion and subsequent gigs in October 2011 and I couldn't believe it. I was really worried and sceptical at first but I was of course first in line for tickets. It's now little more than a month away and I'm excited/nervous in equal amounts.

I've also got to thinking about what to wear for the gig. I've got an old faithful Ian Brown top I may throw on, or I may do something altogether more exciting and try to make my own dress inspired by the band. Their artwork, with it's Jackon Pollock influences, is very recognisable, and I think it would look great on a dress. With this in mind I had a little practice using some old NME's.

I love how the skirt has turned out, but I ummed and ahhed over the top part for a bit. I'm still not sure whether I should have used block colour such as black or dark green instead of cutting up Reni's sleeve from a poster. It's given me some ideas though, so who knows what I'll turn up wearing eh?

Edit: I did end up making a dress, click here to have a look =)