Why am I screaming with excitment?
Because I'll be attending a very giant and very merry New Years Eve steam extravaganza!  Now, I wait impatiently for my costume to arrive

Delicious blouse I'll be reinforcing with leather straps in the back. It's always good to have sleeveless tops when one plans on dancing one's self into a shamanistic stupor.

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Hello fellow steampunks!

Given the fantastic response to my Steampunk Military Spats Pattern, I've developed a new downloadable sewing pattern. I'm very excited to announce that the Tie-On Bustle Pattern is now for sale!


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Hello! For a few years now I've had this skirt in my closet and it dawned on me that it would be a very nice piece to work around for a steampunk outfit. However my only problem is that the tops I usually wear are black muscle tops. What other tops, blouses or shirts etc would compliment this skirt?

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I had a lovely time today at Pittsburgh Ren Fest.  There was a strong Steampunk presence.  Many local folks asked me about my garb. 
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The latest post at the Steam Wench's Salon is a really quick and dirty post on tricking out a thrifted skirt (cost me 90 cents at a charity shop that was closing) with trim on the hem and button and ribbon accents.

Details are, as usual, in my blog:

http://steamwenchsalon.blogspot.com/2011/05/quick-and-dirty-tricking-out-thrifted.html

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Greetings everyone!

The convention/Renaissance festival season is just starting so I'd like to put the link for my Etsy shop here since I know many of you are trying to gather costume pieces for your events.

I make very reasonable priced petticoats and skirts. (And also take custom commissions.)

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So I'm on day 2 of 7 of the casual steampunk challenge, and I really like how this outfit turned out.

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I hope this is okay to post, but I thought it was community appropriate. I don't do a lot of commissions these days, but recently a young woman, Delight has fallen on some bad times, and some of us are banding together to help her out. One of the things being done is offering auctions of custom made items to raise money ( Read more... )

Hiya gang!
Sandy here from Mythdemeanor!

My partner and I need to raise some money for our new pad (twice the crafting space! yay!!) and clear out stuff so we won't have to move it later this summer so we're offering you 30% off of everything in the store (except gift certificates, of course) and.....drum roll please......
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