Shiny and blue

Item #1:  I have a new camera!  Actually, "new" isn't the right word here, as I never had a camera of my own before... I finally HAVE a camera!  It's a Canon PowerShot SD1100 and is blue.  The family camera is a large and clunky Canon PowerShot of an earlier vintage, but the menu and buttons are laid out pretty much the same way on mine as on the old one.  I'm very grateful for this as it means I didn't even have to take the shrinkwrap off the instruction manual.  So yes, I have a pretty, petite, blue camera.  Did I mention it's blue?  It's blue.  :)

Item #2:  I used this nifty new camera to take some pictures!  Unfortunately, there are no nice, neutral backgrounds anywhere in my house and nothing looks very 1810-like at all, but I guess it's the dress that really matters anyway.



And before you ask or wonder, no, I am not wearing any socks.

( More pictures under the cut... )

I'm afraid my spencer is in the same condition I left it in at my last post; that is, in the state of being a fitting muslin.  I'm getting together with Mike and Katie tonight with the idea of actually working on the spencer, but seeing as how we're also planning on watching The Duchess (which I haven't seen yet), I'm not sure if I'll get much of anything done.