it's wow & we're barking mad

What happens if you take your wellington map book, rip it to shreds, and then get caught up in the crazy balloon fetish of one of your team?

You lose direction, quickly realise that it's a good thing that entertaining at children's parties isn't your thing, (or yours Jo) and wonder why you thought it was ever a good idea to enter the World of Wearable Arts window competition in the first place.

If you've not heard of WOW before, it is the most amazing, most spectacular, most creative and crazy extravaganza of wearable art, all wrapped up in a stunning Cirque du Soleil-type show where art & fashion collide. It is a major highlight every year in Wellington, and the city gets involved in every way to celebrate.

The 2011 season gets underway tomorrow - hence the window display.

I would have to say that despite my early misgivings, making the dress was the easy part. I drew the longer straw obviously.

Especially when I saw Jo wrestling with those poodles.

A You Tube tutorial is all very well, but not when your vision says you must have lots of poodles - or should that be balloodles? And lets be clear - it wasn't my vision!

We called in an expert balloodle maker, and he literally blew & pulled those puppies in to shape before our very eyes.

All 21 of them.

Getting those puppies on their leads took much time, believe me.
Some of them had attitude!

The theme is 'Wellington is all Dressed Up for WOW' - hence the map dress.

 And the final result. Even if it drove us barking mad, we secretly love it.

We hope it makes everyone smile! 

You can see more photos on our facebook page.

Amanda xx

P.S If you are visiting Wellington for WOW, do pop in and see us. We have some little goody bags for you to take away that include a few treats, along with our secret Small Acorns map of our favourite Wellington shops & eateries. xx

P.P.S I'm linking up with Sarah's Good Life Wednesday over at A Beach Cottage. And I'm taking my girls to the show tomorrow night - we're all so excited!

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