ode to the dressform...

WARNING!
what i am about to show you proves just how obsessive i am.

and these are only the ones in my studio...

Comments

[Jill]

wow!

[Kelli Johnson]

oh boy they are so cute, I love them all. way cuter than my camel collection. LOL (more girly too)

[Tami]

Yes I love them too. If fact I have couple you have. However my pillsbury doughboy collection is truly out of hand more than 200.

[Regina Ponce]

just a little.. hehe... I love it..!

[Jeanette]

Oh but what a fun & stylish obsession it is. :)

[Julie]

I think that there are programs you can join to get help for this sort of thing . . . :)

[Cindy]

I love them! If I didn't already have so much "stuff", I'd consider collecting them, too.

[CocoCupcake Designs]

WoW that is a lot. When did you start this obession?

[CocoCupcake Designs]

WoW that is a lot. When did you start this obession?

[Audrey]

and they are all unique and beautiful!

Love them!

[Faye]

Oh man, I am jelly. Love those dress forms but I'll have to admit my love is not as great as yours, well not yet anyway.

[maryjo]

very fun. btw, ballard designs has some cute ones. on the expensive side but very cute. you probably already have it.....maryjo

[Heather]

Here are 3 Dress Forms I've painted.. These are the paper mache (sp?) forms... I have two others that I don't have pics up yet.. :)

[Heather]

a link would be nice, huh?
http://web.mac.com/neonraven73/iWeb/Scrapbytes/Current%20Projects.html

[Nikki Weber]

Fun..I LOVE dress forms too. I just bought one this weekend made of metal like your black one with the hooks. I am so excited to hang it in my bathroom.

~~Nik

[Nicole]

Cute!!! Love it! It's not obsessive, it is fun :) Listen, if you told me you have a dress form tattoo or were considering dressing as a dress form for the rest of your life, THEN I'd think obsessive nut. Instead, what you really are is a collector. It's all good :)

[emilyruth]

oh, that orange one is awesome!

[Jann Saulsberry]

Thanks...I had to show your post to my husband to be -- because he has been a bit overwhelmed by my collection of dress forms....and where we are going to put them when we merge houses...this gave him a little hope -- seeing as all of these fit in your studio. I keep telling him that if we build a "studio" that is where all the crafty stuff goes....this helped a lot! Love them by the way!

[Mary]

LOVE your collection! Those are just beautiful!

[Sherryann]

And I thought my folkart roosters were alot. I think you might have my collection of 75 beat.

[Kass]

i thought I was obsessed with dress forms!! You win! Now, you need to list the stamps so I can source them......PLEASE!

[EmmaJ]

Hey, we each have our own little obsessions... don't feel guilty one bit!

[Nicole]

Dressform diva! :)

[Nicole]

Dressform diva! :)

[Nicole]

Dressform diva! :)

[Jennifer]

Wow! So, I guess you like dress forms, eh? Ha ha...cool collection. I have a dress form ornament that I might just have to send... :)

[Jenny in Maine]

LOve the pictures!! and I can relate to the love of dressforms..

My Bestfriend Sharon in Florida had "Isabella" delivered to me while she was up here in Maine visiting me. I took a pic and it's on my blog, just scroll down to June 1st post to to see her if you wanna smile :)

MY BLog: www.ThisEveryDayLife.com

Hugs,
Jenny

[Monica]

Love the collection, they are beautiful~ I was going to suggest Ballard Designs too!
Totally unrelated, but I saw this quote and thought of you today...

LIFE is a great big canvas
and you should
throw all the PAINT
on it you can. -Danny Kaye

[Anna Molina-Wilkinson]

They are gorgeous!

[Michelle]

What to say - beautiful! All of them!

[Dedra]

They're gorgeous...I have the same problem with books, old decrepit tomes of useless outdated knowledge..at least yours are easily moved..

[Melissa Salomon]

Wow! That is severe...but really cute.
Melissa S.

[Kate Greenslade]

BUT.... do you have Jean Paul Gaultier's Woman perfume???? The one that smells of vanilla and comes in a tin can... GORgeous.

Love ya, K xxx

[PROLIX from la Normandie]

and JP Gaultier makes a special summer version only for this version each year with a new collector bottle only!
;o)
I love the summer version!
It remembers me when I still could buy me perfume... ;o)
You're a great collectionist Donna!!!
Do you have a dressform cake to eat???
lol

Prolix
{ThE fReNcH tOuCh}
artsy english-français blog
http://prolix.typepad.fr

[JenniB]

You've got dress forms, I've got pigs...

[Marilyn]

Love Them!! They look absolutely fantastic - wish I could "borrow" some from you. Where did you get all of the stamps?? I will have to start looking now!

[Hebe]

Wow, they're fab!

[Torm]

Very cool. And it begs the question...do you have 3 pregnancy plaster forms hanging somewhere too? 'fess up.

[susan opel]

Is is because we all want to be as shapely as them? They ARE gorgeous! My favorite is the one entitled Dressform8.

Hi, Donna!

[beth opel]

Ah, so cool!
I have a few, too! Quit copying me!

Wait, maybe your collection is a bit more extensive, so am I a copycat? My sister is afraid that we need to put some clothes on the life-sized one before my little nephews come to visit...

[suetreiber]

I like the orange one. But they are all cool.

[Sara]

Even though I only know you thru your blog, I have to admit, every time I see one, I think of you! :)

[jes]

they're all beautiful, my fav is the one hanging on the wall! very cool collection... we need to see more ;o)

[Jaymie]

Love them! I have several of those, too. Just blogged about my newest additions - http://jbrooxd.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/06/the_collection_.html.
What I really want to know is where have you found the stamps - I have several dress stamps, but no dress form ones. . .
No one gets this collection for me either, but I don't care - I love the lines of them - so feminine!

[Sheryl]

Yeah, I love dress forms too! I bought one recently, a metel one. (A shop was closing and was selling everything half off! Could not resist! Had to buy it! Love it!After three months, I finally decided to transform it to my "Ribbon" holder. Check it out, on www.shewearslemon.blogspot.com.

Thanks for the inspiration Donna, as always!

Sheryl

[Leslie Miller]

Oh, I love your dress forms! You do have quite a fabulous collection! Adeline directed me to your blog because I just posted a dressform card on mine last night. How fun! Off to check out more of your blog now!

[Donna Bettencourt]

I love these Donna........I try to look the other way when I see them........I have one paper mache naked one and one that I altered quite cutely for the altered item week of your BPS class last week that was requested by a certain altered magazine and never heard from again!! Wahhh........

Donna (still looking for Donna's under 30!)

[Pineconegirl]

Your collection is spectacular. Thank you for sharing. I love that you are displaying what you love. What fun!

[metrochic]

that has to be one of the BEST collections i've ever seen. gorgeous!

[Cheryl]

Oh my I love the one you have attached to your wall with the hooks on it! It surely rocks my socks!

Very cool collection, nothing at all obsessive about it!

[Bonafyde]

I'm not alone, I'm not alone!

I collect these too and I must say your collection is fabulous...I'm inspired now to tak epictures of mine now, thanks!

[Amanda]

OMGosh! Where do you find all those?! They are GREAT! And I love the stamp collection of them too!!! :D Very cool!

[Tawnja]

These kinda weird me out, like mannequins, only these don't even have heads. I haven't decided if a head (with creepy blank eyes) or without is better?

[Linda B]

I love you obsession :)
...go have a look-see at my dress forms on my blog

http://atclindab.blogspot.com/