"His legs flail about as if independent from his body!"

For Liz's birthday I told her that if she wanted one, I'd make her a stocking the likes of Dwight and The Hoff, but she had to come up with the moderately famous person to go on it. We all sat around in silence, pondering the options and suddenly Laura yelled out, "Michael Flatley - Lord of the Dance!" Liz happily approved and I got to work. Laura is truly inspired:


Some close-ups:

You can see my inspiration here. I changed it up a bit (the tattoo was too hard and whenever I picture Michael Flatley he always has a headband on.) but the essence (meaning - the lunging) is all there.

This was a tough one because 1.) it's not a very natural pose, 2.) all of those letters, and 3.) all of that sparkle. You can't really tell from the pictures but that's a beaded belt. And that gold thread I used on all the letters is made by Satan himself. He handcrafted it using gold foil floss and the souls of people who kept Full House on the air for so long. What I'm saying is that it was not that easy to work with. But it was totally worth it because it made it look fantastic. Although my plan is to eventually sell these (maybe not always as stockings. How about pillows or book bags?) so I'm going to have to modify it a bit because I think I may have developed a brain tumor from using it. If someone wants to pay $1,000 for a stocking ($5 for materials and $995 for the CAT scan) I'll think about it. But for Liz, anything. Mostly because I know that she'll visit me in the hospital and make me laugh hard enough for the IV to pop out and the nurse to come in and shush us.