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Andalee's many hobbies: My First Student Hafla
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010. My First Student Hafla. Yay, we did it! Last weekend I hosted my first student hafla! Now, I've helped plan lots of events before but this one was all me (well not really, because I had so much help). At the end of the night we raised $100 for the Triangle Belly Dance Scholarship Fund, which helps students in financial need pay for belly dance classes and workshops. To apply for the scholarship, visit http:/ andaleedance.com/Triangle-Belly-Dance-Scholarship-Fund.pdf.
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Andalee's many hobbies: The making of a stash buster
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Saturday, February 27, 2010. The making of a stash buster. Back in March of 2009 I realized that I had collected enough stuff in my sewing stash to create a new costume. These items were mostly impulsive purchases, things that I bought on clearance, or left over items from other projects. Inspired by costume maker Ozma and her stash projects. I decided to start one of my own. This is what I discovered in my stash:. Click the pictures to enlarge or view the album here. Oh but wait, there's more! I beaded ...
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Andalee's many hobbies: Everyday beauty tip: Finally, a non-dance related blog!
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Thursday, March 4, 2010. Everyday beauty tip: Finally, a non-dance related blog! A couple of weeks ago I bought a clearance dress from Target for $15. It's so cute and trendy that I decided I needed to wear cute shoes with it. Now, I've been on the unsuccessful hunt for cute boots all season and I have yet to find anything. So this morning while digging around in my closet for something other than my go-to Danskos, I rediscovered a pair of brown boots! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Andalee's many hobbies: Costume musings
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Thursday, June 3, 2010. A couple of weeks ago a dance friend commented about how I always keep track of costumes (i.e. what people wear to shows and who the designer is). I love costumes and costuming, especially of the belly dance variety, but I don't want people to think it is because I am superficial or because I like to play dress-up. That's just the way I am. I always have been. I recently bought a Pharaonics Butterfly costume, a very popular style, and it will be my 4th! Mountains to the Sea.
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Andalee's many hobbies: New blog
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Saturday, December 11, 2010. Dear readers and fans,. I have recently revamped AndaleeDance.com. The new site now houses my blog. I have transferred all of these articles to the new blog and I will now be posting on that blog from now on. Please updates your feeds and bookmarks. The new blog can be found at: http:/ andaleedance.com/blog/. April 17, 2011 at 10:49 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mountains to the Sea. Istanbul: Not quite Europe, not quite Asia. Find Andalee on Facebook.
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Andalee's many hobbies: The glitter dot goddess costume
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Monday, August 3, 2009. The glitter dot goddess costume. About a month ago I started making a costume from scratch using some fantastic glitter dot and mystique lycra. I was going to blog about it once it was all finished, but well I am too excited and I've been home sick so I have nothing else to do. Here is what I hope to be a run down of the events thus far. First I "sketched" out the design in Photoshop using a croquis I found online. I also needed some strong fabric for the side-straps of my bra....
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Andalee's many hobbies: "I'm learning to dye, but I ain't got wings"
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010. I'm learning to dye, but I ain't got wings". As if I need another hobby! I've recently started learning how to dye silk. Most belly dancers prefer to dance with silk veils and most of us can be downright picky about the size, weight, color and style of them. During my veil class with Deirdre, it became clear that my veil collection wasn't up to snuff. I was using a performance veil and it snagged and now has a hole. Oh noes! And that just got me thinking. My partner won't let ...
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Andalee's many hobbies: The chunky blue costume
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Sunday, September 5, 2010. The chunky blue costume. Time for another costume post! Because this costume took an obscene amount of work, I'm not going to go through an entire tutorial like I have in the past. Instead, I'm linking to my Photobucket Album. Each photo is captioned with my notes. Take a look and let me know what you think! What a great little slide show! Yes, that DOES look like an obscene amount of work. :-D Great job. November 4, 2010 at 5:59 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Andalee's many hobbies: Two and two makes new!
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Monday, May 10, 2010. Two and two makes new! I've blogged about both of my handmade costumes here and I really like both of them. The first one was the sleek and simple pink and purple costume. And the second was the stash buster. For my hafla I wanted to wear something super easy to get in and out of because I would have to change costumes twice. That ruled out several things right away. I also wanted to wear something a little more casual, yet unique. I reached for my stash buster. Mountains to the Sea.
