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I've brought my Nikon before...never had an issue with losing or wrecking it. You might want to bring it in a camera bag that then doubles as your bag, though, for ease and extra protection. I've never had a problem getting my Nikon in through security, either.
Ugghhh - I've never had the problem of having too many choices but I have tons of cute 'roo clothes now - hippie skirts, sundresses, tank tops - I cannot bring them all - plus 4 pairs of shoes.
Not good - normally I get to this point and panic because I don't have enough casual clothing to get me through Bonnaroo. decisions, decisions...
*shrugs* I have to think about the camera thing... I also only have 1 SD card so I'd have to switch the card back and forth. Hopefully 32gb is plenty (I take tons of pictures wherever I go though)
You guys make me want to go dress shopping. I never wear dresses regularly (always wear jeans at home). I only have 1 dress i could use for fests. I'll bring it for sure and can wear with leggings but now I feel like I need another 1 or 2. Hmm...
I posted this over on the Discount thread, but thought I'd share it here too:
Rite-Aid currently has a lot of their name-brand sunscreen buy one get one free. I think it expires tomorrow, but includes aloe vera. Also, their travel-sized items (shampoo, etc) are buy one get one free, as are their Citronella insect-repellent candles, which might be handy for campsites. Target has solar pathway lights for $2. Expires tomorrow too.
As for inexpensive fashion, I started a blog last night and am including some of my Forever 21 purchases. I got a ton of stuff for barely over $100. Here's my blog. It's nothing fancy, but I really have gotten some cute, great deals for 'Roo!
I also scored a camera from Amazon. I wish I'd thought of posting it yesterday, because it was only a one-day sale, but the Canon Powershot A490 normally goes for $100, and I got it for half that. It's now at $80.
My BFF is bringing his DSLR, so I'll be able to use that for better shots. Just wanted a cheapie camera that can fit in a purse. My mom has consistently taken over all of the cameras I've ever bought (this last one she is now using for work, but I didn't like it much anyway, even though I spent several hundred on it).
I would have to see it to offer up any suggestions. How many layers of tule did you use? And the length can come into play some. Typically the shorter the tule the easier it is to keep pieces separate and fluffy.. Kinda like when you cut curly hair short and it gets all poofy.. And if you used multiple layers sometimes the way you wrap it can make a difference. Like you can loop several together on the same loop or you can loop them all individually and build up the layers. Looping them individually in several layers would give you the most separation if that makes any sense... But without seeing it it is hard to know what the fix would be.
And depending on your tutu making skills and the look you're after you might be able to add a stiff ribbon.. Maybe with wire to the end and that could help keep its shape.
I am quite inexperienced with tutu making. What I have going on is a premade leotard tutu dress that I am attaching a "tail" to (it's a unicorn costume). The tail consists of about 2.5inch wide strips of glittered tulle that vary in lenght from about 16in to about 24-30in. I am folding and sewing the strips to a piece of elastic and will create a sort of bustle of these rainbow colored strips to form a tail. They are sticking together though and just bunching up in a messy pile rather than flowing freely. It may be the glitter in part. There may be nothing I can do about it. But I didn't know if there was some kind of spray, or if the static cling spray works for tulle or what. I read somewhere about spraying lacquer on tulle to make it stiff, I don't know if that may help it not stick.
My tutu has to be fingered through a bit to keep it from bunching up. Maybe you could add some ribbon to kind of put a satiny layer between the tulle pieces. It would be really pretty too.
Ugghhh - I've never had the problem of having too many choices but I have tons of cute 'roo clothes now - hippie skirts, sundresses, tank tops - I cannot bring them all - plus 4 pairs of shoes.
Not good - normally I get to this point and panic because I don't have enough casual clothing to get me through Bonnaroo. decisions, decisions...
Meg, I feel ya. I started packing my clothes last night and can't fit everything I want to take in my bag I had no idea I had accumulated so many Roo clothes over the past four years!
As for inexpensive fashion, I started a blog last night and am including some of my Forever 21 purchases. I got a ton of stuff for barely over $100. Here's my blog. It's nothing fancy, but I really have gotten some cute, great deals for 'Roo!
I love your blog. Thanks for sharing. Are you from SC? I'll be leaving Wed night from Greenville.
Thanks for all the great suggestions on cameras guys! I'll probably be searching all over the internet tomorrow for the best deal I can find before roo, and I might visit my local pawn shop. I didn't even think of that. Maybe they'll have a cheapo camera that will help out, and take decent pics.
I also couldn't refuse this dress at TJ Maxx yesterday See? If I had a camera I could show you it too!
Ok, so I just wanted to update. I got my feather hair extension in the mail yesterday and put it in this morning. Very happy with the results. Looks great and it was super easy to put in. (with help from my hubby)
As for inexpensive fashion, I started a blog last night and am including some of my Forever 21 purchases. I got a ton of stuff for barely over $100. Here's my blog. It's nothing fancy, but I really have gotten some cute, great deals for 'Roo!
I love your blog. Thanks for sharing. Are you from SC? I'll be leaving Wed night from Greenville.
Yay! Thank you! I'm actually from Augusta, GA but my BFF is in Columbia and he has all the camping gear, so I will be heading out with him from Columbia. We're going to be taking the I-40 route, so we'll be passing close to you. Through Atlanta is slightly closer, but I HATE the drive down 20 to ATL. So boring, and I don't ever get to see the parts of the Carolinas and TN we'll get to go through with 40.
I've got some of those large Tupperware-like bins and was going to put my clothes in them instead of in bags, to try to prevent wrinkles. Any reason why this would be a bad idea?
I've got some of those large Tupperware-like bins and was going to put my clothes in them instead of in bags, to try to prevent wrinkles. Any reason why this would be a bad idea?
i guess it would depend on how much room you want to take up with bins, whether in the car or at your campsite. whenever i travel i always roll my clothes vs. folding them and it works pretty well. once in awhile i'll have something that's super prone to wrinkling: i just try not to overstuff the bag it's in and stick it loosely on top.
other than space though, can't think of a reason to not do the bins. does it really prevent them from wrinkling? and are they big enough to lay down everything flat without any sort of folding?
I've got some of those large Tupperware-like bins and was going to put my clothes in them instead of in bags, to try to prevent wrinkles. Any reason why this would be a bad idea?
Nope.. As long as you have room it's great.. And if you get a taller one it can double as a table.. To eat off of or to sit at with a mirror.. And in show choir in high school we had costume changes for about 4 or 5 songs, and we would use the long roll away bins for under your bed and lay the clothes out flat to prevent wrinkled and those bins got hot under the buses and would have totally wrinkled if anything would have but didn't. And we decorated the top of the bins so we would know which was ours.. This could be a fun project for Roo... Acrylic paint with brushes, paint pens and even crayons work well for this. My prettiest one ever was with crayons because I could do more detail in my drawing than I could with a cheap paint brush and I could use more colors than I could with paint pens because of the cost, but paint stands out more.
I am quite inexperienced with tutu making. What I have going on is a premade leotard tutu dress that I am attaching a "tail" to (it's a unicorn costume). The tail consists of about 2.5inch wide strips of glittered tulle that vary in lenght from about 16in to about 24-30in. I am folding and sewing the strips to a piece of elastic and will create a sort of bustle of these rainbow colored strips to form a tail. They are sticking together though and just bunching up in a messy pile rather than flowing freely. It may be the glitter in part. There may be nothing I can do about it. But I didn't know if there was some kind of spray, or if the static cling spray works for tulle or what. I read somewhere about spraying lacquer on tulle to make it stiff, I don't know if that may help it not stick.
My tutu has to be fingered through a bit to keep it from bunching up. Maybe you could add some ribbon to kind of put a satiny layer between the tulle pieces. It would be really pretty too.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Ok, so I just wanted to update. I got my feather hair extension in the mail yesterday and put it in this morning. Very happy with the results. Looks great and it was super easy to put in. (with help from my hubby)
"Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors" - Hunter S. Thompson
My worry isn't packing MY clothes, it's making sure my kids have enough packed for when I'm gone! They're going to be at 3 different houses so I'm stressed trying to sort all their stuff out. I wish I could have gotten someone to just stay at my house with them. Ah well.
Anyway, I sorted my laundry this morning by darks, lights, and bonnaroo ;D Made me so happy!! Can't wait to start packing!
My worry isn't packing MY clothes, it's making sure my kids have enough packed for when I'm gone! They're going to be at 3 different houses so I'm stressed trying to sort all their stuff out. I wish I could have gotten someone to just stay at my house with them. Ah well.
Anyway, I sorted my laundry this morning by darks, lights, and bonnaroo ;D Made me so happy!! Can't wait to start packing!
HA! I'm in the same boat. It's doubly bad for me b/c it's VBS week so not only do I have to set out clothes for all 3 kids for every morning but another set for VBS night Thur & Fri. My husband swears he doesn't know where I keep the kids clothes! Oh well, it's a small price to pay for a birthday celebration at Bonnaroo!!
My worry isn't packing MY clothes, it's making sure my kids have enough packed for when I'm gone! They're going to be at 3 different houses so I'm stressed trying to sort all their stuff out. I wish I could have gotten someone to just stay at my house with them. Ah well.
Anyway, I sorted my laundry this morning by darks, lights, and bonnaroo ;D Made me so happy!! Can't wait to start packing!
HA! I'm in the same boat. It's doubly bad for me b/c it's VBS week so not only do I have to set out clothes for all 3 kids for every morning but another set for VBS night Thur & Fri. My husband swears he doesn't know where I keep the kids clothes! Oh well, it's a small price to pay for a birthday celebration at Bonnaroo!!
I reread your post & you have it much more tough than me. Although I do wish my hubby was coming with me, at least I don;t have to arrange places for the kids to go. Hopefully I'll have that problem next year!
My worry isn't packing MY clothes, it's making sure my kids have enough packed for when I'm gone! They're going to be at 3 different houses so I'm stressed trying to sort all their stuff out. I wish I could have gotten someone to just stay at my house with them. Ah well.
Anyway, I sorted my laundry this morning by darks, lights, and bonnaroo ;D Made me so happy!! Can't wait to start packing!
HA! I'm in the same boat. It's doubly bad for me b/c it's VBS week so not only do I have to set out clothes for all 3 kids for every morning but another set for VBS night Thur & Fri. My husband swears he doesn't know where I keep the kids clothes! Oh well, it's a small price to pay for a birthday celebration at Bonnaroo!!
Kinda the same here - I have one going to my mom's the first few days and the other to his mom's and then they will both be at his mom's and then both of them back to my mom's
First of all, I'd like to say that I'm not necessarily "anti feather extensions." In fact, If I had the extra money, I would already have some myself. However, I stumbled upon this article today.
Apparently, the feathers used for the extensions were originally used as tackle by fishermen and the new feather trend has increased the prices and made fishermen mad. I thought it was interesting to see the other side of the story and thought some of you might be interested in reading this.
First of all, I'd like to say that I'm not necessarily "anti feather extensions." In fact, If I had the extra money, I would already have some myself. However, I stumbled upon this article today.
Apparently, the feathers used for the extensions were originally used as tackle by fishermen and the new feather trend has increased the prices and made fishermen mad. I thought it was interesting to see the other side of the story and thought some of you might be interested in reading this.
Wow. This part really struck me:
They come from roosters that are genetically bred and raised for their plumage. In most cases, the birds do not survive the plucking.
I had no idea. Everyone can make their own decision, and I won't blame them, but I'm not going to buy into the trend, now.
I obviously don't know much about feathers, but I assumed that they were malted naturally. My aunt has peacocks, and she sells the feathers to crafters when they fall off. Obviously, I was wrong.