Whee... a friend just e-mailed me some photos from the Ojai Pirate Festival that a coworker and I went to LAST YEAR (grumblegrumble...) They're rather silly of course, but I've been so terrible about posting photos lately that I figured I'd put them up for you all to laugh at. They were taken in a friend's backyard before the faire, not at the ( Read more... )

Since I've had a few people ask me over e-mail about the Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade, I figured I'd post a general update.

The short version is, it was awesome. I can't wait to go next year, and I've got costume ideas already.

( The long version... )

I did go to Beverly's after work and pick up ribbon and hooks & bars... and more! I'd been keeping an eye out whenever I went to Michael's or JoAnn's for some interesting jewelry findings, but had never really found anything that I liked, so I'd kind of given up on the idea of making jewelry to go with this outfit. BUT... Lo and behold, Beverly's ( Read more... )

First, let me say that my friend Susan is a paper mache' goddess. I went over to her place after grocery shopping last night and I sewed while she put the last layers of paper mache' on my goblin mask, and she did such a great job! It's sitting out drying today, and once it's dry, I should be able to paint it (hopefully, tonight after work ( Read more... )

Had a moderately productive evening, in spite of the plumbing chaos ( Read more... )

I believe it will surprise noone when I say that I haven't made much progress on the LoJ goblin dress this weekend, what with steve being around and all. I did manage to get a little bit of sewing in after he left last night though. I pleated the underskirt onto a waistband, so that all i need to do is hand-sew the other waistband seam and stick ( Read more... )

Finished sewing on the sleeves last night (although I might move the gathering stitches down 1" if I have time. Right now, they seem to want to sit a little bit above the elbow, instead of right on it the way I'd like ( Read more... )

not much time to post today, but ( Read more... )

After a quick trip to Henry's for lunchy stuff for the week, I managed to come home and get a bit of sewing done ( Read more... )

I'm bad. I got almost no sewing done on Sunday. I got up, puttered around online a bit, took my car to Jiffy Lube and forked over far too much money because, in addition to the oil change, i needed my coolant changed too... I also need the transmission fluid done, but couldn't afford both. So, I guess this means not spending money on trim for ( Read more... )