Jewelry Made from Auto Parts & Paper Dress on Dateline Detroit

A few weeks ago, my friend and amazingly creative designer Matthew Richmond told me he was contacted by Channel 4 style editor Jon Jordan to make a dress out of automotive brochures for the lovely Ashlee Baracy, traffic reporter and former Miss Michigan to wear to the Auto Show Charity Preview. Then he asked me if I could make her jewelry out of auto parts. Of course my answer was yes (followed by a little squeal if you must know)! As you probably have already seen on my blog, Matt doesn't just design dresses using traditional materials. He makes his fashion sculptures out of recycled materials like paper, plastic, and even VHS tape.  They may be sculptures but they are in fact very wearable. Channel 4 came to his studio area to shoot us creating and talking about our work. We arranged for models to wear four of his dresses: two that he made out of my photographs, the VHS tape dress, and the stunningly beautiful ball gown made out of Kroger grocery bags. <div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMK9hH881o41aIliMrEmiMyatYl4KCAuwvaYCgKKMUTys0TBp-CTU1Q0MGZ8yKza2LyTV_xWd0cmRJhMqKdX_TlC6feIjnKNdIicnW6bxvA_PNITW8QwU06s_GirzF1e-RIxcgEjYijo/s1600/IMG_0838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMK9hH881o41aIliMrEmiMyatYl4KCAuwvaYCgKKMUTys0TBp-CTU1Q0MGZ8yKza2LyTV_xWd0cmRJhMqKdX_TlC6feIjnKNdIicnW6bxvA_PNITW8QwU06s_GirzF1e-RIxcgEjYijo/s320/IMG_0838.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaE-J-X1pEJjKm3t7cqJRfFlmxvUItXwGaLKZYze3KoSDpTW1QB3dbB6WuMpT2tJ1FU2hNTLhr7lKIWqvZaI-bTCGfKKUGKXxzzig01vSfALGNdOg6FnD23_3IoGiFO1AJlfTmOawRaGU/s1600/IMG_1089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaE-J-X1pEJjKm3t7cqJRfFlmxvUItXwGaLKZYze3KoSDpTW1QB3dbB6WuMpT2tJ1FU2hNTLhr7lKIWqvZaI-bTCGfKKUGKXxzzig01vSfALGNdOg6FnD23_3IoGiFO1AJlfTmOawRaGU/s320/IMG_1089.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jpOG9ABAULbHX-MeBDO8om3S1Ne1BoeVwKTBwZO2Z_IQvZC1OBNnY4OdZwJqFBt1p3CYhd92sVWmrG2k-U1lVYGJTdkKKsW-FsC2_c7eibakGJFKd8A8LhIWHrrvtFomRvkG4Hca_kY/s1600/IMG_0860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jpOG9ABAULbHX-MeBDO8om3S1Ne1BoeVwKTBwZO2Z_IQvZC1OBNnY4OdZwJqFBt1p3CYhd92sVWmrG2k-U1lVYGJTdkKKsW-FsC2_c7eibakGJFKd8A8LhIWHrrvtFomRvkG4Hca_kY/s320/IMG_0860.JPG" width="280" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2sjIsq8jBI2hVhy7OZJZZH3Un3VcQA8xVUNSxggx9F0AUzuqMei8AT-g-J7enWvFrXwSAvVwjP2yG4kGXhP-rry5CEq14QCYKJeldejFYXyAtcP3yLz3GJkagsqPUUQqx2Za4I88WBU/s1600/IMG_0859.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2sjIsq8jBI2hVhy7OZJZZH3Un3VcQA8xVUNSxggx9F0AUzuqMei8AT-g-J7enWvFrXwSAvVwjP2yG4kGXhP-rry5CEq14QCYKJeldejFYXyAtcP3yLz3GJkagsqPUUQqx2Za4I88WBU/s320/IMG_0859.JPG" width="319" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I received a box full of little car parts, most of which I had no idea what they even were. While Matt was making his amazing dress I started laying out different design ideas with them.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTA4FIwuV5mPygR1G1tVeOvc8odS_gUHchUqUwBGAzN1zGRO4qzYiilgg8hxd7nXJxfAhozQn46eGEiw7UDGKiv4bz2Bte4wD3DIGu5sTysqqbTA0dk3g3J6fvP11liDOcVBTnloqQpF8/s1600/IMG_0136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTA4FIwuV5mPygR1G1tVeOvc8odS_gUHchUqUwBGAzN1zGRO4qzYiilgg8hxd7nXJxfAhozQn46eGEiw7UDGKiv4bz2Bte4wD3DIGu5sTysqqbTA0dk3g3J6fvP11liDOcVBTnloqQpF8/s320/IMG_0136.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>One of the challenges of working with found, unknown items is you never know if they are going to solder together or not. It was a lot of experimentation. Translation: a whole lot of fun and little bit of frustration. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThKWZ8eJ-Gg_pVnP4pcuA2BC6EMlX_QR5qNBdzVwmQ53wXTtDnTSwmPduAmDZrqqH4uwc14PtaKVP_JQQQ790SBPe9NIh9ne-qoQS3gMYMa85tcBZtecRWLmuarXb1rR6LOkUcujDcD8/s1600/Joan+black+and+white+by+Janna+Bissett-0139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThKWZ8eJ-Gg_pVnP4pcuA2BC6EMlX_QR5qNBdzVwmQ53wXTtDnTSwmPduAmDZrqqH4uwc14PtaKVP_JQQQ790SBPe9NIh9ne-qoQS3gMYMa85tcBZtecRWLmuarXb1rR6LOkUcujDcD8/s320/Joan+black+and+white+by+Janna+Bissett-0139.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> One idea I had but the tire weights can be made of lead...probably not something you want against your skin...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXq43vjCWn6_h1tOVBpkAxk2D6xHP7cYNEScylG68v_y8B4HZ1-mvaqzIEa2IqZn43mBq8Qwq7FN0dBuSPRPing4UKESY-YHkgEOHJIKyrKY5x6hV_zsNxQ_gSukjbtF5Zl9egCb847k/s1600/Joan+black+and+white+by+Janna+Bissett-0140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJKaLwt_MFk8Gw5t4AWUlYZ2_m5ldJFV7TVmtiP8W0CuMWiZ4rC2WUP-oxRfw_Ef2-wwWK2QTeBPx1DHH-9XKzfWMhm9Wr1CO_xLD-hlcn4R-LjHZmUEY3iBF6ojZsmjTVWD79mh_as0/s1600/Joan+black+and+white+by+Janna+Bissett-0142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJKaLwt_MFk8Gw5t4AWUlYZ2_m5ldJFV7TVmtiP8W0CuMWiZ4rC2WUP-oxRfw_Ef2-wwWK2QTeBPx1DHH-9XKzfWMhm9Wr1CO_xLD-hlcn4R-LjHZmUEY3iBF6ojZsmjTVWD79mh_as0/s320/Joan+black+and+white+by+Janna+Bissett-0142.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgg6QOr_KHQWNcvaNrwpIiRiAl3CuvYkhwN1VmGJN8oeGeWYZD_-5V3ZSxYEIPnezW0Dgt_wtsToaZesu36elopCAQpZvc4K-xXbjg1_xbzs8EDaQUOA5jt66MWQ_rvQ_QU9rg5tm_Sc/s1600/Joan+black+and+white+by+Janna+Bissett-0149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgg6QOr_KHQWNcvaNrwpIiRiAl3CuvYkhwN1VmGJN8oeGeWYZD_-5V3ZSxYEIPnezW0Dgt_wtsToaZesu36elopCAQpZvc4K-xXbjg1_xbzs8EDaQUOA5jt66MWQ_rvQ_QU9rg5tm_Sc/s320/Joan+black+and+white+by+Janna+Bissett-0149.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Shining up the parts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJCK5GjreVBgswGHzyhb4kdPzmKJA8tkMpnzEQJvj8V4Z597DL80_aVenm1lEn19ZeyX_Oy55aoUd2GUxdrZ1zxaMPUvU_akhwP6x6D_DDvhPZ75rmMy96dsGb-lnUvsyRJssOIFv1QI/s1600/Joan+black+and+white+by+Janna+Bissett-0156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJCK5GjreVBgswGHzyhb4kdPzmKJA8tkMpnzEQJvj8V4Z597DL80_aVenm1lEn19ZeyX_Oy55aoUd2GUxdrZ1zxaMPUvU_akhwP6x6D_DDvhPZ75rmMy96dsGb-lnUvsyRJssOIFv1QI/s320/Joan+black+and+white+by+Janna+Bissett-0156.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Making the bail out of sterling silver.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">A true "cuff!"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5P9FYhTGTqUvVhuyfycnkB26vctx3bHHeQcZcHYhXS8hAkT1nyi4KcUIP1tMxdwtx9QVfslEGbUtr2QKjMAnZcV2QLuFEm_FdJT2932fZfErE6D8cNabzZledy5_2kb2rPuKEIQYSRw/s1600/untitled-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5P9FYhTGTqUvVhuyfycnkB26vctx3bHHeQcZcHYhXS8hAkT1nyi4KcUIP1tMxdwtx9QVfslEGbUtr2QKjMAnZcV2QLuFEm_FdJT2932fZfErE6D8cNabzZledy5_2kb2rPuKEIQYSRw/s400/untitled-3.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RrITmjjAYaNBCqJGXSdx-LNBkAiueQX1JiqzBI4HoW_rJtpwce5P1yr1Ld6GViRpK8O1oR6cYluRL2H0Q380Vpi7v6HS4UHn-hnCacBT7i7PWzAUcE_xryvSE6hPUlnd-Lin9OPQ8O8/s1600/untitled-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The Charity Preview was incredible! Everywhere Ashlee went people would swarm her to ask about the dress and touch it.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzO6WPtJIffMYRlT2WtNCI0luMUgnyTzDVXRy8NkSE8ZH3lvTtvLtUzRZ6_Ne_2uthuAS3dPprXRAi2D1DMvdyzjgTRpA2-ljC1f_4yJWN6oUkaYO-XEzUwnoB1I65boU_o1wS9K2tBQ/s1600/untitled-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzO6WPtJIffMYRlT2WtNCI0luMUgnyTzDVXRy8NkSE8ZH3lvTtvLtUzRZ6_Ne_2uthuAS3dPprXRAi2D1DMvdyzjgTRpA2-ljC1f_4yJWN6oUkaYO-XEzUwnoB1I65boU_o1wS9K2tBQ/s640/untitled-1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcFqsYYQ01f4l71BPS5GVTD2HRJxQrKF9QkRcq17iG5teOg2jMwpqDETnUa-gdh71tFOjaYEZXyT6Uo9amH2CvVEX-KBdDYqiTbxfacD0JNnm0PkoyOGi6FUt-1k41vN_OG8CRkkFBtg/s1600/bilde.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcFqsYYQ01f4l71BPS5GVTD2HRJxQrKF9QkRcq17iG5teOg2jMwpqDETnUa-gdh71tFOjaYEZXyT6Uo9amH2CvVEX-KBdDYqiTbxfacD0JNnm0PkoyOGi6FUt-1k41vN_OG8CRkkFBtg/s400/bilde.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo courtesy of The Detroit News</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-wrpzlAGGwkskBX6Efj-3YjgvwYcFYW_ynkMKDxLGPLHxN1pP_1b2zDf3I9zlE1V1IiIOwWl41LSjIYDnYrUd970Avt8d42WBVEzaS0LbxBspcQQzukWsVOzKRPauM_9-HLYJC9mrbA/s1600/andrewpotterphoto1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-wrpzlAGGwkskBX6Efj-3YjgvwYcFYW_ynkMKDxLGPLHxN1pP_1b2zDf3I9zlE1V1IiIOwWl41LSjIYDnYrUd970Avt8d42WBVEzaS0LbxBspcQQzukWsVOzKRPauM_9-HLYJC9mrbA/s640/andrewpotterphoto1.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo by Andrew Potter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpqHdLfo1YHPgBdOoGRigxZim_iEnhcnCh5hfeMVfoeyH0OmZE5NK8HegnyBzMuNDeyuL3HxylQsfh-oBQ1jAbT3qrIg_30q6_aAOK6IKYappXmzAhNeWAGTHgA4qlK-Jeov2yRc6INk/s1600/Lauren-and-Ashlee-JPG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpqHdLfo1YHPgBdOoGRigxZim_iEnhcnCh5hfeMVfoeyH0OmZE5NK8HegnyBzMuNDeyuL3HxylQsfh-oBQ1jAbT3qrIg_30q6_aAOK6IKYappXmzAhNeWAGTHgA4qlK-Jeov2yRc6INk/s400/Lauren-and-Ashlee-JPG.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Getting interviewed. Photo courtesy of Channel 4.</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTCGvQGG1DnhVAxF78oGK_GzuY7G3D-ssyEsp-8SBHGHECxIZRL5jJ8sOwbNUb1bpj3Lz3e1NXp1m-swTg7mtUv212zlbi6yCOtGN43eFkC350-b9nqDu4cRP9fj6Q_XRBuC6SeIVabY/s1600/IMG_0966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTCGvQGG1DnhVAxF78oGK_GzuY7G3D-ssyEsp-8SBHGHECxIZRL5jJ8sOwbNUb1bpj3Lz3e1NXp1m-swTg7mtUv212zlbi6yCOtGN43eFkC350-b9nqDu4cRP9fj6Q_XRBuC6SeIVabY/s400/IMG_0966.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Lights, camera, action!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysMsiMN3JUAJ4-RimUNP_sZ7Pr1wOmR7aBBDpzhenO17Xmcgd7i7VIOyKasBDEITvxnOQ8y1eaZ4GYxYqdeFG2nrV1G1CHk_aw9GKPChmi7sFX3CEcnSvKqiRFSEHoljuJRcY8PNggeA/s1600/IMG_0969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUTkEnlJPlddib67J1Ze9FU7Ktqr-X5UCH9eHtK1qAaXsZ13I7wne8ESEPXChZiTAU2_dh315OW6tkEvou554sb713ko4CwZtA46vIRkWuUsK7SZ5lTaNUrRKPMFv7CwBE-e9rHYAv2k/s400/IMG_0996.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Headlights from the car meet headlights from the dress.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrjGrQ52_BobZJUwihyphenhyphenlplAUevW6V_sIqxbhWdRafIyuvwCbbaoGMuEsM7N6apeeyAMQV1rjQ9r0WDEH5yJBH73fla3t9Lx3Pgz-hyFIrlPeIh43jQ6cE9HHyPncSLiqtakzJ8CtHlPM/s1600/IMG_1001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrjGrQ52_BobZJUwihyphenhyphenlplAUevW6V_sIqxbhWdRafIyuvwCbbaoGMuEsM7N6apeeyAMQV1rjQ9r0WDEH5yJBH73fla3t9Lx3Pgz-hyFIrlPeIh43jQ6cE9HHyPncSLiqtakzJ8CtHlPM/s400/IMG_1001.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZqHoaXVinsaKemZv96ZPxRM3oGBhjcgp2GAPQM9Mq-iMW9SKhLdh9o6xhMLIriHzjuGna33GQWMc94og4sdc6EMPCxgjREKU9YRgKZ31BU-ANjMFuEmof38eVqzod3evaTQq_mGk30c/s1600/IMG_1006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZqHoaXVinsaKemZv96ZPxRM3oGBhjcgp2GAPQM9Mq-iMW9SKhLdh9o6xhMLIriHzjuGna33GQWMc94og4sdc6EMPCxgjREKU9YRgKZ31BU-ANjMFuEmof38eVqzod3evaTQq_mGk30c/s400/IMG_1006.jpg" width="298" /></a></div> Jon Jordan shooting the photo he used in this article: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/Ashlee-Baracy-s-dress-is-hit-at-Charity-Preview/-/1719418/8017292/-/mq5va2z/-/index.html<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelovDnGKqjB5VKs3xYeBazw6Kz0XV1NUyhctyMK06ediXe9xcKyLThhtGDD3ZjUgpJlE4bhjOhOvwWKhPugiuKtBx5moWwbkW2PNdMkMEVRv6nKqruHcy6AI7pf5B6wkOcafNXOiEPKk/s1600/IMG_1031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelovDnGKqjB5VKs3xYeBazw6Kz0XV1NUyhctyMK06ediXe9xcKyLThhtGDD3ZjUgpJlE4bhjOhOvwWKhPugiuKtBx5moWwbkW2PNdMkMEVRv6nKqruHcy6AI7pf5B6wkOcafNXOiEPKk/s400/IMG_1031.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hanging out at the studios afterwards. So much fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioy2fGrC0wbpEZmR4chW3UqkFVUeyytpdofsaHw_udUrDkD2E0gQOXt5cscIufuYjMh6SNp4coX6zZz-FhYwkaEaNDIHGos4uU47L0BY5hn4220D_lynxaqt6FP9_1sE99pWhAp6HMoTg/s1600/IMG_1032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioy2fGrC0wbpEZmR4chW3UqkFVUeyytpdofsaHw_udUrDkD2E0gQOXt5cscIufuYjMh6SNp4coX6zZz-FhYwkaEaNDIHGos4uU47L0BY5hn4220D_lynxaqt6FP9_1sE99pWhAp6HMoTg/s640/IMG_1032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLJnAuO4nVsbg-BCxPsueah4x7sfnNti1oL5siBdnBtETUdVGEoB3yANW6-3tJxk0bkoE8U_lHEfNdvKaM7Gn_RJqNMRsHhyphenhyphen6zbTvn7ORkoEfsEezE5067foqHGbLYjYtGsPA1e_IFsU/s1600/IMG_1034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLJnAuO4nVsbg-BCxPsueah4x7sfnNti1oL5siBdnBtETUdVGEoB3yANW6-3tJxk0bkoE8U_lHEfNdvKaM7Gn_RJqNMRsHhyphenhyphen6zbTvn7ORkoEfsEezE5067foqHGbLYjYtGsPA1e_IFsU/s640/IMG_1034.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hello Andrew Humphrey!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6uhfltXw_saOaOkkSgbeO75WCi8TaHSmW5ZRV2uwGsJewHgTnGKaPQwQX835EiGDrGW23jM7XkGVRpHgIDLzmGWlLqUxhXCjrJ_evekkLW5GAtEqn2H4a26qnSRo01Wr0FbpDUkLXuVg/s1600/IMG_1036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6uhfltXw_saOaOkkSgbeO75WCi8TaHSmW5ZRV2uwGsJewHgTnGKaPQwQX835EiGDrGW23jM7XkGVRpHgIDLzmGWlLqUxhXCjrJ_evekkLW5GAtEqn2H4a26qnSRo01Wr0FbpDUkLXuVg/s640/IMG_1036.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJFbPLblwE2j1K_mWKGU6sqR4LSJKuONjBnQ4Se9mYaDc6hKO4lETCshErbfWElRLGgbtEFDlA6WDbYarPfuAsOlzRYK3G0UTlgStJcHYmcNhyphenhyphen5cS_OJLCec73aWCjr-9rl5h8ik0LVs/s1600/IMG_1042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJFbPLblwE2j1K_mWKGU6sqR4LSJKuONjBnQ4Se9mYaDc6hKO4lETCshErbfWElRLGgbtEFDlA6WDbYarPfuAsOlzRYK3G0UTlgStJcHYmcNhyphenhyphen5cS_OJLCec73aWCjr-9rl5h8ik0LVs/s400/IMG_1042.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And if you haven't seen the segment on DATELINE DETROIT you can view it here:</div><div style="text-align: center;">http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/Dateline-Detroit-Car-ture/-/1719418/8266792/-/lujnx5/-/index.html</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Find my jewelry here:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://lilacpop.etsy.com/">Lilacpop</a> and <a href="http://shoplilacpop.com/">USTrendy</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Photography here:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://jannabissett.com/">jannabissett.com</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Facebook here:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lilacpopphotography">Lilacpop Photography</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And Matthew Richmond here:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Saving-the-planet-1-dress-at-a-time/289299613814?ref=ts">Matt Richmond</a></div>

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