Circus Dragons

18 Friday May 2012

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barnum and bailey, circus, circus performers, dragons, entertainment, ringling brothers

A couple weeks ago I went to the circus with my fam. WHICH WAS AWESOME. Seriously. I almost went again. If Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey’s DRAGONS comes near you, I highly recommend it.

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The costumes, designed by Gregory A. Poplyk, were beautiful and a lot of fun (they also reminded me of He-man and She-ra for some reason). Comments are under the pics.

The Cossack Act.

Alexander Lacey during his act with the big cats.

I loved this clown’s hair. Loved it.

The Flying Caceres

The Assadulins and Troupe Scala.

These people crazy (The Torres Family). ↑ There were 8 motorcycles in that giant metal cage.

The Ringmaster had a couple costumes, but this one is my fave.

Andrey and Viktoriya Medeiros hang from their hair. And juggle at the same time. Multi-tasking.

The Flying Caceres use a double trapeze. It’s craziness.

There was a big section of martial arts/acrobatics with the Shaolins and the Kung Fu Kings. I didn’t take as many pictures, because I like the other stuff more.

this guy came out at the end. It was pretty sweet. It did breathe fire, too.

Visit the circus’ site here to see more about the show, and all the different performers.

Painting with Your Friends

16 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by Crystal in Art & Crafts

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night out, paint, Paint 'N Sip

Monday night I met a few friends for dinner, then we headed over to a new shop in Virginia Beach called Paint ‘n Sip, which is essentially an art class that shows you step-by-step how to paint a picture that you get to take home. I think I was the only one there who had ever attempted painting before, so we were looking forward to an entertaining evening.

We had a lot of fun! The instructions were easy to follow and it was great not having to clean up afterwards. ;-)

Here we are with our paintings:

(A couple of those were cell phone pics, so they are not the best quality. The others I stole from Alicia.) You can see in the first picture the original that we were attempting to recreate hanging on the wall.

Here’s a final shot of mine:

So, if you are in the Hampton Roads area, this is a fun night out with friends!

Anyone else out there ever done anything like this?

As Pink as a Rose

15 Tuesday May 2012

Posted by Crystal in Art & Crafts

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craft, diy, roses, tshirt

So this was an interesting experience. I had this great idea of using bleach pens on a tshirt to make some pretty white roses on a tshirt. Had that worked, I probably would have covered the front of the tee in roses, but alas: the bleach pen did not work.

The last time I tried it, the bleach bled much more than I wanted, so I was looking forward to trying again. Which I did. Three times. If you look really close at the first picture, you might be able to see the faint marks the bleach pen made. After the third wash I decided it was time to pull out one of the trusty fabric markers… And here’s what I got:

I based the roses off a design we used on a backdrop for a show at college (when I say we, I mean the theatre department and my dear friend Jen, who ended up cutting out thousands of these roses herself).

Simple and unique tshirt idea.