What did you do with your belly cast?

We just did mine not this weekend, but last weekend. It turned out gorgeous! My MIL did it (she was in town for the week, otherwise we would have done it later). She's a sculpture and is thinking about doing belly casts as a business. So, she has lots of experience making body casts! I think a lot of amatuer belly casts are more fragile b/c the person making it didn't know how much thickness to use in various areas -- the sides and top/ bottom need to be reinforced with extra plaster.

We plastered a dowel on the back of the cast (between the shoulder blades) and hung it up with wire. It's on our living room wall right now. I haven't decided whether I'm going to decorate it or not, but eventually, I'll shelac or varnish it to help "seal" the plaster (this also makes it less fragile).

Here's some pictures (one of it on the wall, the other is my MIL drying the plaster on my body): http://alexisyael.livejournal.com/254050.html#cutid1
As you can see, it's a different style than most belly casts, since we did the tops of my thighs as well as my torso.

We just had my Baby Shower and I had the belly cast out so that people could sign it, decorate it and write something to the baby. It turned out very nice. We really don't have room for it to be on display anywhere so I guess it will be in the storage room until I take it out to show our baby when it is older. Since we did my boobs too, we could always turn it over and use it to serve chips, dip and salsa

I think belly casts are so cool, and would love to do one. But here's the thing - my dh and 17 year old nephew (who lives w/us), as well as our extended family, think I am pretty much a "hippy" already. I think seeing a belly cast of mine might really send them over the edge, especially my nephew. : Maybe I'll do it just to taunt them...