Three years ago, Olivia Mears, also known as Avant-Geek, wore her Beauty and the Beast Belle costume into Taco Bell without thinking about it. She was Belle in Taco Bell — get it, Taco Belle? She decided to run with the idea and recently created a glorious and awesome dress that combined the two concepts. It’s the familiar yellow ball gown combined with tacos. A real Taco Belle. Mears said:
The tacos are hand-painted card stock, tissue paper, and felt. The flowers and ruffles are made from [unused] Taco Bell wrappers.
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Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell with Google Hangouts On-Air is every Wednesday at 7:30pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
