Set up day!

Today was the day that i first caught a glimpse of the the Ultralounge. Its amazing! It looks totally fab, such good decorations. 'The Girls' pervious work is all up on the big pink walls which looks really good. They have a big checkered dance floor with gliter balls and hula hoops. Loads of craft tables and little corners full of tacky 80's junk.

I got given my space and started to set up my cutout wardrobe. My rail was already there so i got my cutouts out and tied them up. It looks so good, definitely better than i thought. the colourful ribbons work really well. The rail is also get set a black back ground so it really stands out.

Before i came i hadnt had enough time to stencil on my letters on my back drop. So when i arrived i did it there. Zoe had some pink paint left which was good because its the same pink that they have used to piant props so it will all blend in.

The stencils worked really well and it came out really bold and bright.

This is what it looks like! I love it.

I also need to look for a space to put up my signs. I wasnt sure how i was going to do this. But when i got there in saw that i had quite a bit of wall space. So i made up this card on canvas frames which i could hang from the wall. I made one big one for the generally info and another smaller one for the model release forms.

I like how they look. They fit well with the interior because they have that scrapy kind of look and look a bit old and worn. They also compliment my back drop, and i used the same string for my photo wall.

My photo wall. I also didnt have a set plan for this and i wanted to see what the space was going to be like and base it around that. Opposite my backdrop is one of the pink wire fences. This was perfect for tying my string on and also i can put the photos on both ways so people can see from either side.

Each peg will have a picture, and hopefully the wall will grow as time goes by!

Overall i am really happy with my space, i was a bit worried about how much space i did have and whether i set back far enough to get the people and the title in, but i brought my slr in and i can. The whole space is general looks fab. So 9:30am tomorrow i shall be hitting Selfridges. Wish me luck!

Translation

I my tutorail we discussed making my signs in different languages because Selfridges is a popular tourist attraction! I dont trust the translation wesbites because they do it all literally and not in the proper forms. Lucky i have a French Aunty, a Spanish friend, a Chinese colleague and obviously i am English. I think this is quite a good range. So i have sent off the write ups to them and just waiting to hear back.

Bath tub staining...

I managed to get my material for my back drop. Its massive, think i might have got to much but this is good because incase it all goes wrong! It got quite messy so i had to put the bucket in the bath to stop it going everywhere! I am doing the coffee staining but i am bot sure how well its going to work with this much material.

Finishing cutouts

I have finally come to the end of finishing my outfits and they look great! I am so happy with the way they turned out. At first i wasnt so sure and thought they looked a bit naff but they are really bold and fun. I wanted to know what they look liked on so i got my mum to help me out.

Introducing the fabulous Mrs Jarvis!

I think this is my favourite outfit, i love the colour, and its a really good shape.

Some of them i smaller than others and i think if i was to do this again then i would need to look at making them in more varried sizes.

This blue colour works so well, it really stands out. I hope it works just as well in Selfridges.

Drawing my cutouts on card

I finally managed to get round to drawing my cutouts onto my pre-painted card. It was alot harded than it sounds. To create consistancy i used an OHP to project my cutouts that i had already put onto acetate.

My acetates!

Here is the OHP i used, it was a bit of an old one so didnt work to well and they didnt come up to well but i managed to fit them all on.

This was the wall i used, i blacked out the windows and shut the door, it got very hot!

Here are some of the finished items! Bit shody but i am painting them anyway so can really make them special!

Mini roller

I dont know if this is worthy of a post but i thought it was just really cute. So when i spray painted my rail i found out the can ran out really quickly. I was going to use this effect for the 'cut out wardrobe' title on my back, but it would be to expensive. Anyway i managed to find some really good bright pink paint that will work just aswell. I am going to make my stencil and paint it on. When out shopping i came across this and thought it would be a very good way to get a nice even spread and would be alot neater.

Hanging the washing out

Thought this was quite a good example of what my cutouts might look like on my rail.

I had just finished doing some washing i needed somewhere to hang a few jumpers and dresses and this was the perfect place! of course.

Obviously these look nothing like my cutouts but its nice to see how the rail will be filled out!