I don't like having my pic taken.  It's a thing I'm trying to get over.  My friend L took these, and I was like "Geez, how many are you taking??"  And she was all "About twenty, cause you'll only end up keeping maybe two of them.  I know you."

She was mostly right.  I only really kept three.

Now, it's only mostly done.  The sleeves aren't attached ( Read more... )

I have achieved panniers!

For the costume-lingo unfamiliar among you, panniers are these things, and you wore them to achieve silhouettes like Marie Antoinette. My costume wouldn't look "quite right" without them, because while a bell shaped underskirt looks good with full, heavy skirts, it's not the right look for a gown based on the fashions ( Read more... )

Today, I mean to finish the second chapter of Consort, and finish writing the synopsis for Nemesis, so it can get off to my lovely volunteer beta reader. Well, and so I can be done writing the thing and no longer feel the need to bang my head on my keyboard repeatedly ( Read more... )

Things I am happy about:

~ Today is payday as well as being Friday! Whoo-hoo!

~ The Marie gown moves forward, but I still felt it was missing something. Gowns from that time tend to be extravagant with an emphasis on "extra". My trim just wasn't working for me all that fantastically. So this morning, I ordered some of this:


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Good morning LJ ( Read more... )

Okay, so talk like a pirate day was last week, but I also attended the third annual Portland Pirate Festival this past weekend, and have, as promised, pictures. Many, many pictures. In case it needs to be said, don't click on the cut if you're on dial up. (Is anyone still on dial up these days?)

( Arrrrrgh!!! )

I finished putting my sister's corset together last night, as far as I can until I've fit it to her tomorrow.

( Pics behind the cut )

I'm trying to take this corrupted Word doc thing in stride.If it had to happen, better now than a few thousand words down the road, right? Except that's not exactly true, because a few thousand words down the road, I'd've grown a damn brain and backed it up*breathes ( Read more... )

So. After all that waffling earlier this week, I decided I'm just not happy with any of the wig options. Sure, I could spend $65 and get the one everyone voted for, it's the one I liked best of what was available ( Read more... )

Okay f-list, you have all convinced me to go the extra mile and spend the extra money to make my costume fabulous. So. I've narrowed it down (I think) to two wigs. One I can get for about $50, the other for about $65. Which one, just from looking at the pics, do you like better?

( Wig choices )