Alter Ego

I belong to a social organization. It's just a small group of women who gather each month.  Each month a different member of the group plans the monthly meeting and for the month of February the theme was Alter Ego.  The photographer Derek Blanks made Alter Ego photo shoots popular. I was so excited for the meeting because I couldn't wait to dress up and I couldn't wait to see what everyone else's Alter Ego was.  A lot of different people showed up, we had video vixen, a basketball wife, a ho, a stepford wife, a dominatrix, that's all I remember and then there was me.  I chose to go as a ballerina. I chose ballerina because when I was growing up I took ballet and I always enjoyed it and when I used to watch the Alvin Ailey videos, I always said to myself that's going to be me.  Well life took me down a different path.  So here is a picture of me dressed up as my alter ego. If I say so myself I look fierce. 

 I made my own tutu.  I was going to buy a tutu but my BF was like you should make it, go on YouTube to see how.  So I went on YouTube, found a video and I was like  I can do this. This is easy, all I need is 5 yards.  Oh yeah.  Ummmm..........  no.  That 5 yard was for a little girl,  I ended up going back to the store to get more material 3 times, I believe that I used like 26 yards of fabric.  Even though I was frustrated I survived the whole tutu making process.  I hated it at first.  I thought is was horrible because of something I added to the back but I took it out and I was happy with the outcome you see.   I plan on making my great niece one for her rock star princess birthday.  I'm in the tutu making business.  lol......