The Rhythm of the Night

The last week of May was dance recital time for Megan.

Her class did Tap to "Funkytown" and a Lyrical ballet to a song called "Home."

Can you guess which costume is which? ;)

A while back I was inspired by Lauren Meader's Ballerina Frame...

http://laurenm.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/04/04/im-busy-busy/

It was just soooo cute. I decided I wanted to do a frame for Megan's dance teacher.

(I showed Lauren's frame to my hubby and told him my plan and had no trouble convincing him I needed that stamp!)

Megan's class, however, had grown to 14 girls! My 12x12 paper couldn't fit that many in one continuous row. So to make them fit I had to split them into two rows of 7. I Joined the two rows with a block printed with the name of their dance (Home) and The recital theme (The Rhythm of the Night, 2008) Since there were no toe shoes involved, I felt the tittle fit a little more than the original sentiment did.

Like Lauren I used the ballet costume colors.

Since they were doing a lyrical and not a classical, they were to have their hair slicked into a low ponytail with their hair ornaments around the ponytail, no buns. So, I colored the loopy bit on top of their heads as if it were a hair ornament instead of a bun.

** Megan decided to donate her hair to Locks of Love last month, so she had to opt for a small ponytail on top to pull the hair away from her face. She was the only one with her ponytail and hair ornaments on top :) **

I water colored the ballerinas to represent each girl in the class.

My ballerinas and tittle were mounted on a shimmery pink patterned paper with the word Dance in silver and black all over it. Then I put them into a black 8x10 frame.

(The dance studios main walls are done in a sparkley grey paint, a muted teal, and black. )

I also used this stamp to make a little gift for each girl... I'll get that picture and post up soon. :)

Finally, I want to give credit where it is due and thank Lauren for being such a wonderful source of inspiration!