December Vaudevillingham 2014

I recently acquired (after asking around, then Todd trading a set for 4 tickets to Vaudevillingham) a fireman's pants and jacket. It's totally too big for me, and totally amazing. (This is Chipps wearing it, with Greg stuffed inside!)

So, it was time to put the fireman act on the stage. Thanks to a long afternoon with Rod helping me with the sound edits (baby noises, fire noises, Bonnie Tyler's "I Need a Hero" song), it was Vham draft ready.

I had recently acquired a red long under-onsie with the bum flap (from Anneka's free pile), which, since included in the act is an unsavory striptease, it was my dream outfit for under the fireman costume.

It was also Vaudevillinghams 7 year birthday (we think). So I dressed as Marilyn and sang happy birthday to Vham while Jason blew his leaf blower up my dress, and Chipps finished by confetti cannoning from under the dress too. It was super fun. Days later, a sweet gal named Linda saw me at the Y and said "You were great playing Marilyn Monroe. Your legs were perfect for it".

What a compliment!

Marilyn photo-shoot with Thaddeus

I've had this idea for a few years now, and I've finally found the photographer to make it happen! Thaddeus Hink and I got together to photograph me as Marilyn Monroe with her famous blowing dress, but do it on a toilet with water blowing out of it. Thaddeus had the idea of adding toilet paper blowing out from under my dress to add to the toilet aspect. Here'a a smippit from the post-tp photo shoot.

It was such a blast working with him, and essentially making one of my dreams come true!

I'm so excited for the final product. We have a few more ideas, and probably another photo session before it's a finished product. But hopefully it'll be ready for turning into postcards, and other fun things soon!