Posted on 04/13/2010 8:54:24 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
GARNER, Iowa -- An Iowa teen is all bubbly over her one-of-a-kind high school prom dress she made out of gum wrappers. Elizabeth Rasmuson made her dress - and matching vest for her date - out of blue and white wrappers from Wrigley's "5 gum." The high school junior says she got the idea after hearing about someone making a dress out of duct tape.
She and her boyfriend began collecting gum wrappers last August. Rasmuson says she quit counting after 200.
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In this Sunday April 11, 2010 image made from video provided by KMIT-TV, Elizabeth Rasmuson and boyfriend, Jordan Weaver wear a dress and vest made of gum wrappers from Wrigley's "5 gum" in shades of blue and white in Garner, Iowa. They will wearing them at their high school prom on Saturday.
Question: If she was gay and wanted to take her lesbian partner to the prom, would she have chosen Juicy Fruit?
Just wonderin’.
How in the heck does anyone chew that much gum?
I just threw away a half pack of Juicy Fruit that my children gave me over ten years ago.
Is 5 Gum sugarless? If not, she’s gonna have a problem with the food nannies.
Do you think she will wash her hair before the prom?
Gotta give her points for creativity. Very nicely done.
Shalom.
I'm thinking she'll just change the oil.
Doing it just for the sake of being different is just weird.
He looks a lot like young Dexter.
I”m glad they told us she was wearing the dress and he was wearing the vest...I couldn’t tell otherwise
This story should be happening in Florida.
Well, it is creative and doesn’t appear to be slutty.
Good for them.
hair people: she needs to wash hers, and he needs to cut his.
Perhaps he’ll ditch the capris and spring for a new pair of dress pants.
My daughter makes all sorts of things out of duct tape. My wife is making some kind of clothing out of Target plastic bags cut into strips.
It’s the Obama economy, after all.
Her boyfriend needs a haircut.
I'd rather they do it just for the sake of being different, than because everyone else is doing it.
Some of those duct tape outfits are pretty amazing.
Props!
Dress in the pic looks as nice as most other prom dresses.
Creative, inspired and ambitious enough that I’d hire her right out of high school.
Environmentally responsible! Reduce, reuse, recycle!
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