DUDE. Steampunk Iron Man.

I want this SO HARD. Someone fic it, PLEASE.

Literally, my brain is broken with how awesome this is.

So. This whole sewing thing isn't going according to plan, because I'm a big old chicken ( Read more... )

Of COURSE the day after I decide to start saving for a house THIS EPIC BEAUTY is posted.

It's $400 and so utterly gorgeous and OMG WANT.

Can you imagine that with a matching skirt?

Gah, this corset thing is an addiction, I swear.

I've admitted it, and that's the first step, right?

I've fallen in love with corsets.

I bought the one for Halloween, and it's an "outside" corset--worn over the clothes for fancy steampunk look.  But I LOVED the way it felt...so I ordered an "under" corset.  A real corset--my "everyday" corset, as I refer to it--that I've learned to lace up on my ( Read more... )

A) GODAMMIT I WANNA GO OUT FOR HALLOWEEN!  This probably means I'll have to go to Austin, otherwise I will either alone (which sucks) or the hanger-on of a close-knit group I don't know well.  *pouts*  THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY FOR ME, PEOPLE ( Read more... )

First: Hart Hanson, stop saying David Boreanaz has swine flu.  Not funny, dude.  At all.

Second: PRETTY MUCH done with the awesome steampunk Halloween costume of awesomeness!  I redid the hat today (needed feathers, but the best place for them is Hobby Lobby, which was closed yesterday), this week I plan to finish my Penny-farthing necklace, and ( Read more... )

So...um...developing a love for Steampunk.  I'm actually knee deep in creating a Steampunk character for Halloween, even.

I found a full-length crinoline & beautiful floor-length gold skirt at the thrift store for $7 each, paired it with a vaguely military/vaguely corsety vest I bought on clearance but haven't been able to find a use for (though I ( Read more... )