I was very pleased with the look of the dress shape wise as I have always had trouble with the bust area
(stop sniggering, please )
This dress seems to have plenty of shape all over and possibly too much around the top of the bust area. Hoping my daughter will come over tomorrow to model it for us as I'm sure it will again look completely different once on someone.

This is with the mannequin closed and the dress not stretched, it seems to have a 40's or 50's feel to me. I rather like the over elaborate feminine shape, although I think we would need to put an extra strap from the top/side just underneath the armpit of the breast area around behind the back to hold everything in place.

Just finished off the dress that I started last week at Thelma's. These pictures are with the mannequin fully open and stretching the dress open.
I like the open ness of the waist area and the dress seems to have better shape to me.

absolutely stunning

Been playing around again and this is what I had in mind when at Thelma's but couldn't get it right in the last set of pictures.

This is about 90% of what I was thinking it would look like so am pleased with the outcome, not sure how practical or useful it may be but you never know;

The stem of the flower goes through all the bubbles with no latex around the stem, on the previous pictures there was also a layer of latex around the stem making it look unsightly to me. I have another idea that may work, but then again it probably wont. The only way to find out is to try and then when it doesn't work it may look like something else or give you another idea to try.

Yvonne, that's nice cheery news first thing   The more you twist the stronger your fingers become. I can normally do 3 whole days without too many side effects, wait till your fingers lock and you can't move them for a minute. You'll know when this happens to you, trust me you will. I get one of my fingers crossing over another one and there is nothing you can do except wait a while till the cramp or whatever it is stops and the feeling comes back into your fingers.

So have a nice time today and drink plenty of water and get a few breaks and dont forget to have fun!

Had an Idea when at Thelma's but we ran out of time. In my head this was not how I wanted it to be but I do like the look of the first picture.

These are all very nice but the doggy seems to have a strange personality to me and is my favourite  

Sean, she is really a wall flower. Infact she can be two very nice wall flowers if she tries  :lol:

Well I think I commited the cardinal sin today      Went to the photo shoot and left my camera at home. Still once the pictures are published next week they will send me copies to add to my website and portfolio so should be OK.
We ended up putting over 30 flowers inside some 12 & 18" clear balloons, to say my hands and fingers ache is an understatement.
I could certainly do with a hand massage, they are wonderful and very relaxing.
Will put the pictures up when I get them.

Some great replies, I'm sitting here crying with laughter.
What a great little competition  

Quote from: "Danny the Idiot""For some reason Thelma and I seem to bounce off each other" says Graham.

Thelma gets ready.

This one had me LOL, really funny    :lol:

While away at Thelma's this week the new DVD has turned up from the duplication centre.
So if anyone would like to order it    Then here's the link; http://sempertexballoons.co.uk/index.ph ... ent=9&pg=1

We even started another dress as well although we ran out of time so will try to finish it off over the weekend;

Just for fun, if you can come up with a good line