While, due to fabric choice, this may potentially be one of the most god-awful ugly objects I have ever seen (much less made) this was also one of the easiest and most satisfying random projects I have ever done ( Read more... )

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After watching an HGTV show on tree houses earlier today draxius and I decided that my preferred decorating style is "Turn of the century eccentric eclectic crazy rich world traveler". I like dark ornate wood and eclectic foreign pieces and that "overstuffed chairs and amber or green glass shaded lamps with odd creepy masks on the walls - Victorian world ( Read more... )

I have curtains! With glow-in-the-dark spooky eyes! I can finally sleep without a blindfold!

After re-lacing my leather Victorian corset according to these directions I have tried it on and discovered that it really no longer fits properly (nothing to do with the lacings though). It gaps about 4 inches on the top and 1 inch on the bottom, ( Read more... )

Tonight was sweeping historical costume drama night with Tracy, ate some popcorn and homemade muffins and watched Vatel and Orlando, both SPECTACULARLY beautiful films, very worth seeing, great fodder for the pennsic sweatshop. In which our brave protagonist finds out that Uma Thurman is part praying mantis and Billy Zane is actually hotter bald ( Read more... )