Mermaid scales
It's a bit early in the year yet to be talking about mermaids...I guess. I've just always associated mermaids with summertime, particularly since my sister and I used to pretend we were mermaids when we got in the kiddie pool. Either way my bow today looks a little mermaid-ish. It's one of those that looks like a JoJo bow but is not, thus being what I like to calla faux JoJo. I've got a few like this that I bought from Wal-Mart, and while they're not brand-name they're just as good.
The finish on this bow reminds me of fish scales. The scales themselves are rigid and clear, and the fish's bright skin is visible underneath. Same sorta thing here; the bow itself is colored, and the sequins are shiny and clear. The sequins flip, by the way, though the sequins are clear in this case and the "flip" function is kinda pointless. They do look nice, though.
Oh, flip sequins. I can remember a time, not too long ago, actually, when everything but everything for little girls was covered in flip sequins. For the uninitiated, flip sequins are colored one color on one side and another color on the other, so if you stroked the sequins in various directions you could have your item in one color, another color, or a combination of both. One could even trace out messages on the larger items like the purses and the pillows, and I saw some fairly dirty ones at one of the local Wal-Marts, LOL. The sparkly items reminded me of another item that was trendy during my high school days: every girl and their dog had to have a purse that had dangly beads or large sequins on them. The sequins in turn dangled on loops of thread that were decorated with tiny beads of a coordinating or contrasting color. Because of the threads the purses were kinda fragile, but they made a nice soft rattling sound when they were moved. I usually eschewed trends during my high school days, but that was one trend that I jumped on. I had a brown one, a black one, and a tan one! The brown one was my favorite, because it was the biggest and thus held the most stuff.
Oh, flip sequins. I can remember a time, not too long ago, actually, when everything but everything for little girls was covered in flip sequins. For the uninitiated, flip sequins are colored one color on one side and another color on the other, so if you stroked the sequins in various directions you could have your item in one color, another color, or a combination of both. One could even trace out messages on the larger items like the purses and the pillows, and I saw some fairly dirty ones at one of the local Wal-Marts, LOL. The sparkly items reminded me of another item that was trendy during my high school days: every girl and their dog had to have a purse that had dangly beads or large sequins on them. The sequins in turn dangled on loops of thread that were decorated with tiny beads of a coordinating or contrasting color. Because of the threads the purses were kinda fragile, but they made a nice soft rattling sound when they were moved. I usually eschewed trends during my high school days, but that was one trend that I jumped on. I had a brown one, a black one, and a tan one! The brown one was my favorite, because it was the biggest and thus held the most stuff.
I think that's about all I want to say for today. If you've got a little mermaid in your life, give her a hug for me today.
Love,
RagingMoon1987
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