On a cheery note, there was a lot of protesting against the Compton Cookout that I posted about earlier. Which of course sparked a privileged white jerkwad to make another offensive party to protest the protests. An excerpt of his ridiculous missive talking about his "Compton Cookout Part Deux" party: "If you truly care about civil rights, and you ( Read more... )

The Vintage Photo Generator, via steamfashion. This thing is just pure fun. :D Now I'm wishing I had a photo of me in a saloon-girl costume!


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Handkerchiefs rock. Especially if you know how to fold them. Handkerchiefs are steampunk! I shall have to get some cool fabric use some of the cool fabric I already own and make some.

A blog post on Resisting Racism about how people's perceptions of Michael Jackson's physical transformation say a great deal about their own entrenched racism and ( Read more... )

I came across some interesting free Photoshop things tonight that had a steampunk feel to me, so I figured I'd toss the links up in case anyone's interested.

High-res brushes of gears
Vintage damask textures: Part 1 and Part 2
Free high-res texture pack made from an old book
Vectors: Engraved ornaments

I wanted to try making a gun mod that looked more similar to a lot of the guns I see on the Steamfashion community. ( Before and after pictures behind the cut, and construction details. )

Today I went to a TSS gathering. I'd intended to wear my new tweed corset (*mutter mutter, throws something across room*) but suffice it to say that I screwed up on sewing the left half and it just wasn't ready to wear. So instead I wore my dusky-purple skirt with the 16' hem (and yes, with the massive petticoat underneath), and my green brocade ( Read more... )

(Note to the bellydancers on my list: be sure to check out the link to "Sleep, Isabella" from the songs below. I HAVE to choreograph something to that song.)

BPAL: BPAL put out a scent called "Giant Vulva". This has made for major lulz on the BPAL communities because now people are writing things like, "Where can I get my hands on giant vulva?" ( Read more... )

It was 1 AM and I was hunched over my sewing machine, trying to make the #&@(*%(& mockup for my tweed overbust corset turn out right, while listening to Vernian Process: Behold The Machine*. And I suddenly felt more steampunk than at any time since finishing my goggles.

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Folks, a steampunk by the name of Ani Niow has created a steampunk vibrator. The thing is powered by (get yourselves ready for awesomeness, because here it is) a tiny Tesla turbine. SERIOUSLY. A fuckin' steam-powered-turbine vibrator ( Read more... )

Steampunk insects. They take real bugs and then combine them with cogs and watch parts and that sort of thing.

I want this one so bad. Anybody got a spare $900 kicking around and want to buy it for me?

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