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Signal boosting: My friend is filling art commissions to fund her wedding
My two best friends since high school (over a decade! WOW!) are going to get married sometime in the near future once Prop 8 is ground to dust, but they are pretty strapped for cash. Bonnie a.k.a. Madame Dei (check out her DeviantArt here and her website here) is drawing commissions to help raise money and her prices are pretty affordable (Pricing ( Read more... ) -
Yet another sewing question
I'm going to start work on a new costume this week. There is a tight fitting bodice/jacket that, according to the pattern, requires 24 buttons. I don't want to use that many so I am wondering if I can alternate buttons with eyelets and hooks so I would only use twelve buttons and make the front look less cluttered. Would that work ( Read more... ) -
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The Steampunk Style Test
You are the Scientist, the embodiment of steampunk’s academic side. Where other technological styles might emphasize the gadgets of the genre, you realize there is more to science than doohickeys and gears. Your accessories are medical bags, test tubes, measuring instruments, and academic papers. You are more likely to ( Read more... ) -
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My Evil Guide PlanCongratulations on being the creator of a new Evil Plan (tm ( Read more... ) -
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I'm watching the "Wizard of Oz" when it occurred to me ( Read more... ) -
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Since I finally have time, I want to try writing again. I've been musing on doing something involving a lady detective in San Francisco during the Late Victorian/Edwardian/Gilded Age period. I've basically fallen in love with steampunk, have always read primarily 19th c. literature, and am reading through the Sherlock Holmes novels and short ( Read more... ) -
Lucian Frued died age 88
Lucian Freud died aged 88
Lucian Freud obituary
Lucian Michael Freud, artist, born 8 December 1922; died 20 July 2011
British realist artist whose later portraits drew comparisons with works by Courbet, Titian and PicassoIt was one of those moments where you don't know how much someone you never met affected your life. Hole punched in my chest ( Read more... ) -
Vintage Sexist Advertizing
I have a tiny folder on my comp with vintage images I pull off the web. I thought I'd share some to torture sandglass over on JF of the more hilarious/ohgodwhy sexist advertisements of days of yore in my collection:
( Large post is large, Lysol saves your marriage, and Midol makes you gay! ) -
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Typing this up due to having rapid thought. Need to get it off my mind to sleep:
I've decided to go to The Labyrinth of Jareth this year with some friends. I have three to two and a half months to make/build a costume and am in possession of basic sewing skills ( Read more... )