Last summer during a blistering heat wave, I made a garment inspired by Hans Christian Anderson 's story "The Snow Queen." The top is knit from Lion Brand's Vanna's Glamour® . It's a lovely yarn to work and adds this gorgeous shimmer that shifts with the light - perfect for my Snow Queen Dress. Having recently invested in a large die cutter, I decided to put it to the test. I cut a 100+ cardboard snowflakes which I then embellished. Naturally, no two snowflakes are the same. I painted, rubber stamped and colored with pencil and pen. I glued on sequins, wrapped threads and added small sparkling stickers. The dress became an experiment in how far I could push a mixed media approach.

I finally got around to getting the work professionally photographed. Larry Sanders is a genius at photography.

He knows exactly how to light my work to capture it at the best possible vantage. It was a big photo shoot lasting nearly

8 hours as I had so much work to be photographed. I love being able to step back and take a more neutral

look at what I've created.

Of course, now there is the question of where to go next with the work. It was an entry in the Craft & Hobby

Association's Craft Couture competition. As the garment is wearable, I am thinking of wearable art shows or

perhaps curating my own on fairy tales. I haven't gotten that far, but I am definitely scheming.