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Journal Entry: Fri Aug 31, 2012, 8:16 PM

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Hello again my old friends...
I've gone MIA again for a while. It seems like life has a funny way of taking over. I got a new job last November, and it has proven to gobble up all of my existence. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you all...

I've been busy sewing and crafting my little heart out. For those of you who may not know, I am the overlord of a small business named SilverLotus Costumes. I've been working hard at it, but I need a bit of help. Perhaps even from you guys. I need to buy myself an industrial sewing machine, a new serger (mine is on its last leg, seriously) and an embroidery machine so that I can continue to make beautiful costumes and accessories. My dream is to make this my full-time job, and as it stands, I have to have a part-time job to pay the bills. This means that I'm not dedicating 100% of my time to making beautiful creations. I have TWO new lines of costumes and accessories already designed and ready to go: Tiny Lotus , a line of super-adorable, retro-inspired fashions for babies and toddlers, and Lolita by SilverLotus, I'm sure you can guess what that one is... lol

So to help me get the new machines I need, I've started an Indiegogo campaign, which ends September 29th!! If you can contribute in any way (either money OR spreading the word!!) I would be so grateful! Join my facebook SilverLotus page, and you can easily 'share' the link from there.

AND! I'll be at Montreal Comic Con, September 14-16 giving various panels on costuming and Steampunk things. Come check it out if you're in the area, and say hello!!

What else is new...

I've been doing many discussion panels on Steampunk costuming and even one on 18th century costuming! (I had about 80 attendees!) These were at G-Anime, Ottawa Comic Con, Polaris, and FanExpo.

Fêtes de la Nouvelle France was a great success again this year. I hope to post pictures eventually. *sigh*

Just came back from Fan Expo, and what a weekend! Also, photos to come...

ALSO If you guys have questions for me, please don't be shy! I try to respond to them as quickly as possible. It also helps if you're clear in your question-asking in the first place.

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Thanks to all my loyal DeviantWatchers and all the New watchers too!
Thanks so much for your support guys! I really appreciate all your faves and the lovely comments you leave. I read every single comment, and I try to respond to as many as humanly possible.
Thanks for being faboosh.

Take care everybody! Until next time, huggles for all!

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_{As I'm done school now, I'll be starting on my gold silk Polonaise. Keep yer eye on it!}

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_{This is what I've been doing at school and in my art practice.}

My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Updated with some Greek costume stock. Enjoy!}

My Photobucket album of 18th century goodness
_{In case you're wondering where I get some of my inspiration for my costumes...}

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

I've made quite a few costumes in the last few months... a couple Star Wars characters, 'Wiccan' from Young Avengers, Rincewind the Wizard from the Discworld book series...

Next up:

Spiderwoman

Steampunk Huntress

some sort of Lolita outfit for myself.

some more goodies for my Etsy shop!

F E A T U R E S

I so don't have time to go traipsing through DA right now... I'll fill this in later.

O n e d a y . . .

~ Gold brocade dress with blue accents c1778

~ Marie-Antoinette's Robe à l'Anglaise - I happen to have a billion meters of blue taffeta just lying around...

~ Marie-Anoinette's blue velvet outfit - perhaps not in velvet though...

~ Eliza Doolittle's Ascott race dress from My Fair Lady?? hurrrmmmm...

~ A sack back dress (aka - Robe à la Française)

~ Another Polonaise dress?

C O M M I S S I O N S

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Listening to: Soundtrack from \'Wicked\'
Reading: \'An Abundance of Katherines\', by John Green

Spring!

Journal Entry: Fri May 27, 2011, 9:37 PM

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Hello Spring! Hello watchers!
School is finally done. *le sigh* My Grad Show went amazingly, and in fact, I won the 2011 Ottawa U sculpture award. ZING!
Here are some pics from the Grad Show of my piece entitled

"Engineering of Submission: the intricacy of structured foldings"

Yes, that IS a life-sized crochet octopus hanging from the ceiling. It took me three months to create. There is also a semi-victorianesque dress comprising of unbleached cotton, embroidery, crochet, fur pelts, twigs, embroidery hoops and metallic thread. I guess you could try to take this all in, in a direct kind of way, but as a female artist, the octopus, to me anyway, represents the threat of the female craft being perceived as high art. It's all very spooky when women put their minds to things, let alone make crafty things that she creates as high art. </sarcasm>

If you'd like to see more shots, please mosey on over to my personal art blog at edithchartier.blogspot.com

My Photobucket Album

These are some of the inspirations behind my 18th century costumes, and perhaps they can be of use to you as well.
_{I'm starting to dislike photobucket. Photobucket seems to like getting rid of all the titles of the artworks when I upload them as well as change their order, which makes it a very tedious job to rename all of them. So if anyone has an idea for a better alternative (free would be lovely), please let me know!}

~SilverLotus-Stock

New pictures have been uploaded into my stock photo account. My friend Rob took pictures of me wearing a Greek-ish costume holding various water receptacles. Hope you enjoy!

Take care everybody! Until next time, huggles for all!

LIVEJOURNAL BLOGGINGNESS!!!

_{As I'm done school now, I'll be starting on my gold silk Polonaise. Keep yer eye on it!}

MY ART BLOGGINGNESS!!!

_{This is what I've been doing at school and in my art practice.}

My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Updated with some Greek costume stock. Enjoy!}

SilverLotus facebook fanpage

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

Summer is almost here! I've managed to make two new 1940s/1950s dresses and a pair of convertible high-waisted pants/dungarees/coveralls! Pictures to come soon...

Gold silk with pale ivory chrysanthemum print Francaise / Polonaise
Dress. . . . .0% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 0% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 0% complete.

F E A T U R E S

Soooo, I figure this fella deserves some pageviews. He's a friend of mine and he's not terribly hard on the eyes. He makes his own costumes (mad props there), and although his ego certainly doesn't need any more inflating, I'll feature him anyway.

O n e d a y . . .

C O M M I S S I O N S

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Listening to: Adele - Rolling in the Deep
Eating: Frozen blueberries

Helloooo!

Journal Entry: Tue Feb 8, 2011, 7:46 AM

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Hello my friends!
Yeah, it's been since Halloween since you've heard from me. I apologize. I've been super busy with school, and life in general. You know how it is.
This semester is my last at school, so it's buckling down time! I've been working on textile art and painting since September. Here's a sneak-peek if you're interested...
_{Yeah, I know, yet another blog to go check out... lol}

Firstly, I'd like to thank Petra from ~ArtcoreCafe. She posted an entire section on her blog,
artcorecafe.wordpress.com/

Thanks to Petra, Laura from the Harlequin Romance Novel company contacted me from Toronto and asked to rent my Red Polonaise dress for a photoshoot for the cover of their upcoming novel.
I can't wait to share pictures with you guys (I don't have any yet).
As Laura asked me about the dress, I asked her if she needed a body to fill it, and she said they already had a model, but that she would keep me in mind for future projects, not to mention that she would rent more dresses from me, and perhaps even commission some as well! So, take a few minutes to go check out all the loveliness on her blog. I could spend days there!!!!
So, to you Petra, from ~ArtcoreCafe I thank you sincerely.
<3

I taught myself to crochet two weeks ago. Expect to see some real purdy fingerless gloves... as soon as I can figure out how to properly read patterns. LOL

More cruelty-free feather fascinators are on their way! Check out my

Etsy Store

I'm still thinking about new dresses to make for next summer's Fêtes de la Nouvelle France. I found some exquisite gold-coloured silk with a chrysanthemum print on it in pale ivory... *swoon*

Reading...

Textbooks. fml

My Photobucket Album

~SilverLotus-Stock

Thanks to all my loyal DeviantWatchers and all the New watchers too!
Thanks so much for your support guys! I really appreciate all your faves and the lovely comments you leave. I read every single comment, and I try to respond to as many as humanly possible.
Thanks for being faboosh.

Take care everybody! Until next time, huggles for all!

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_{It will be updated as soon as I get started up on my française gown again, promise.}

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_{This is what I've been doing at school and in my art practice.}

My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

SilverLotus facebook fanpage

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

Let's be honest, I don't have any time for costuming at the time... *infinite sadness* School is almost over though, and then I'll be able to spam the heck out of you guys with beautiful costume creations!!

Gold silk with pale ivory chrysanthemum print Francaise / Polonaise
Dress. . . . .0% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 0% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 0% complete.

F E A T U R E S

O n e d a y . . .

C O M M I S S I O N S

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Listening to: Ellie Goulding
Reading: DamnYouAutoCorrect.com
Drinking: Green tea FTW

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Journal Entry: Tue Oct 12, 2010, 11:45 PM

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Good evening my rattly little sack 'o bones! OMG where has the time gone... Here's where:

August 27-29th: I was at FanExpo 2010 in Toronto, dressed like Dark Phoenix for a day, and then in Stemapunk attire for the two other days. I participated in the Steampunk Fashion Show on Saturday evening. I was also featured on the Marvel Facebook fanpage, as well as their regular page, in various photo albums. Yeah, I'm kind of a big deal...

September 4-5th: Attended a Victorian Festival in Victoriaville, Quebec. Lovely parade, and Victorian Ball. *swoon*

September 11th: I moved to a new apartment, and didn't have internet for almost a month. First, the new modem took forever to arrive, then the internet company took their sweet time, then they didn't send a technician when they had scheduled one... *dies*

Halloween costume

Since school has started and I haven't had a heck of alot of time to commit to a really extravagant or complicated costume... I decided to go with a simpler costume that I've wanted to do for a long time;

Princess Jasmine!!

I've finished the costume, all I have left to do is make a wig, and the tiara. Oh, and also find some curly-toed shoes...

Here are a few of my favorite renditions of Princess Jasmine from DA

Other News

I'm still rearranging my new sewing room... it's kind of a disaster right now, with boxes of fabric all over the place... I hope to have it all nice and clean really soon so that I can get working on projects. It stresses me out not to know where stuff is. In happier news - The room is painted robin's egg blue, which is totally adorable, and I've covered the insert of my armoire doors with a white toile de Jouy that has a light blue pattern on it. [heart]

I've been working on paintings for school, and I've decided that they're all going to feature a representation of some dreams that I've had. So far, it's been going rather well. I'm just not sure if I want to put them up on DA yet... We'll see. This is my last year in the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, so I really have to step it up so that I can have some amazing pieces to show at the Grad Show in April. Wish me luck!

Reading...

Mostly just school-related books. Sorry guys. A book about painting theory and colour; Books on dream interpretation...

Thanks to all my loyal DeviantWatchers and all the New watchers too!
Thanks so much for your support guys! I really appreciate all your faves and the lovely comments you leave. I read every single comment, and I try to respond to as many as humanly possible.
Thanks for being faboosh.

Take care everybody! Until next time, huggles for all!

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My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Still making photoshoot arrangements to get good costume stock images.}

SilverLotus facebook fanpage
_{Keep up with me on Facebook!}

My Photobucket Album
_{A small collection of fashion plates and costume-related inspirations.}

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

S C H O O L

aka - no time for anything, really.

F E A T U R E S

O n e D a y . . .

~ A sack back dress (aka - Robe à la Française)
~ Marie-Antoinette's Robe à l'Anglaise - I happen to have a billion meters of blue taffeta just lying around...
~ Marie-Anoinette's blue velvet outfit - perhaps not in velvet though...
~ Eliza Doolittle's Ascott race dress from My Fair Lady?? hurrrmmmm...

C O M M I S S I O N S

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Mood: Zest
Eating: green tea ice cream with frozen raspberry chunks

Summerrrrrrrrrr!!! (almost)

Journal Entry: Mon May 10, 2010, 10:03 AM

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Good afternoon my squiggly little groundhogs! Summer is almost here, I can smell it! Except that it has still been intolerably cold lately, and the weather is just completely wacky. It SNOWED the other day! What the?!

I don't want to talk about it. Moving on...

TISSOT GOWN COMPLETE!

Betcha didn't even see that one coming! That's cause I've never mentioned it before.
James Jacques Tissot is an extremely accomplished 19th century painter (one of my faves) and I've been aching to make the gray and white striped dress that appears in several of his paintings (like, 8 of them!). I happened to find the fabric a couple weeks back, and on my day off last week, I got down to it and started making the dress. It is now complete! I had also decided to make this dress for a Victorian picnic I am organizing for the end of June.
Anyway, it looks like this

As always, I promise photos. In the very near future.

This dress makes me want to go for a stroll by the Rideau Canal or in a park or have a picnic. *le sigh*

Other News

I'm so glad you all liked my Cyber Tribal Punk photos!! I know it's quite a different look from my regular stuff, but it was for a fun post-apocalyptic-themed evening a little while back, and I thought it'd be fun to do a little photo shoot with the costume.

Now that summer is here, I'm counting down the days to Fêtes de la Nouvelle France, once again. Not that I'm not counting it down the rest of the year, but honestly, how does it sneak up on me like this? EVERY YEAR! So, there are 85 days until I get to play dressup for an entire week. I know this, because I put a countdown timer on my SilverLotus webpage. heh

Also, for those of you in the area, the Steampunk Ottawa group will be holding a Steampunk Science Fair at the Centertown United Church on June 12, 2010. See the Event Page for more details. I will be in attendance, selling my wares! I will be selling some feathered headbands, fascinators, other hair accessories, and possibly some costumes pieces as well.

Reading...

"18th century Embroidery Techniques" by Gail Marsh and "Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail" by Avril Hart and Susan North
BEAUTIFUL books. I cannot say enough about these. The embroidery book is very very detailed, has lots of lovely colour photos of actual embroidered garments, and then line drawings and explanations of the techniques and materials used for the embroidery. I give this book 4 thumbs up. As for the 17th and 18th century fashion in detail, it is also quite drool-worthy. Pages and pages of large closeup colour photos of garments and all their glorious details. Each piece has a little blurb attached explaining the garment and whatnot. The only thing I think could have improved the book would be to have an actual smaller sized photo of the full garment, instead of a line drawing of it.

Thanks to all my loyal DeviantWatchers and all the New watchers too!
Thanks so much for your support guys! I really appreciate all your faves and the lovely comments you leave. I read every single comment, and I try to respond to as many as humanly possible.
Thanks for being faboosh.

Take care everybody! Until next time, huggles for all!

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My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Still making photoshoot arrangements to get good costume stock images.}

SilverLotus facebook fanpage
_{Keep up with me on Facebook!}

My Photobucket Album
_{A small collection of fashion plates and costume-related inspirations.}

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

1750 robe à la française in a floral cotton print

A simple dress for taking a stroll in the park...
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18th century fully boned stays
. . . . . 50% complete.

Purple embroidered taffeta française gown
Dress. . . . .100% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 100% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 100% complete.

A pinup-style fishtail navy dress.

Some purses, and accessories

A skirt with sunglasses printed on it.

Hawaiian-print 50s-inspired pinup wiggle dresses . . . 100% complete!

F E A T U R E S

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O n e D a y . . .

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Mood: Content
Eating: green tea ice cream with frozen raspberry chunks

Goodbye

Journal Entry: Mon Mar 15, 2010, 1:24 PM

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My grandmother passed away peacefully Friday, March 12th at the age of 86.
She was my daily inspiration, and the embodiment of everything that is lovely, kind, and ladylike.
I see her smile every time I smile; I have the same squinty eyes, same nose and mouth.
I can only hope that I will be as lovely as she was when I am her age.
I love her very much and I will miss her dearly.

Other stuff

My Photobucket Album

I've been updating that photobucket album with neato fashion plates that I've been finding here and there. These are the inspirations behind my 18th century costumes, and perhaps they can be of use to you as well.
I'm starting to dislike photobucket. Photobucket seems to like getting rid of all the titles of the artworks when I upload them as well as change their order, which makes it a very tedious job to rename all of them. So if anyone has an idea for a better alternative (free would be lovely), please let me know!

~SilverLotus-Stock

I haven't had time to decide what Steampunk pics to upload into my stock images account. Bear with me folks.

Thanks to all my loyal DeviantWatchers and all the New watchers too!
Thanks so much for your support guys! I really appreciate all your faves and the lovely comments you leave. I read every single comment, and I try to respond to as many as humanly possible.
Thanks for being faboosh.

Take care everybody! Until next time, huggles for all!

LIVEJOURNAL BLOGGINGNESS!!!

_{It will be updated as soon as I get started up on my française gown again, promise.}

My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Still making photoshoot arrangements to get good costume stock images.}

SilverLotus facebook fanpage

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

1750 robe à la française in a floral cotton print

A simple dress for taking a stroll in the park...
. . . . . 0% complete.

18th century fully boned stays
. . . . . 50% complete.

Navy blue Retro 1948 dress
Dress. . . . .85% complete.

Safari-print retro dress with Dupioni silk detailing
Dress. . . . .100% complete. Photos soon.

Purple embroidered taffeta française gown
Dress. . . . .100% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 100% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 100% complete.

A pinup-style fishtail navy dress.

Some purses, and accessories

A skirt with sunglasses printed on it.

Hawaiian-print 50s-inspired pinup wiggle dresses . . . 100% complete!

F E A T U R E S

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O n e D a y . . .

C O M M I S S I O N S

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Mood: Anguish

Ohai, I'm still alive....

Journal Entry: Mon Jan 25, 2010, 8:18 PM

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Hi everyone! I hope you had a great holiday "break" (we all know the truth, it's more stressful than having teeth pulled). I'm back from my two-month hiatus... At least you can't say that I swarm your inboxes with ridiculous updates every two days.

I'm back at school again for the winter session. I'm taking two painting classes, an interactive art (sculpture) class and an art theory class about postmodern art (ew). Meanwhile, I still have some huge plans for stuff coming up.

~chocomalk and I are planning to do some more fun photo shoots in the very near future;

I would like to make more Steampunk clothing and accessories, which I will sell in my Etsy boutique, (if I can find the time);

I've been designing some new feather fascinators made with feathers from a cruelty-free bird farm (I'm requesting their veterinary certificate to make sure I'm not lying to you guys). Those should be up as soon as I can get some nice photos of them.

I've been designing my outfits for next summer's Fêtes de la Nouvelle France (I have to get a head start on that, because the waistcoat I plan on making will be embroidered to the gills!)

I have so many cute ideas for retro outfits! *squeeeeee* I just have to make them happen... (_{i.e. shirtwaist dress made of safari-print cotton with wooden buttons; sailor dress; Hawaiian wiggle dresses...})

Reading...

"Madame de Pompadour, Mistress of France" by Christine Pevitt Algrant
Lovely book! I'm about halfway done; It's chalkfull of lovely information, but put into novel format. It's an easy read, it's really interesting, and it's got a few pictures in it!!!
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My Photobucket Album

I'm still updating that photobucket album with neato fashion plates that I've been finding here and there. These are the inspirations behind my 18th century costumes, and perhaps they can be of use to you as well.
I'm starting to dislike photobucket. Photobucket seems to like getting rid of all the titles of the artworks when I upload them as well as change their order, which makes it a very tedious job to rename all of them. So if anyone has an idea for a better alternative (free would be lovely), please let me know!

~SilverLotus-Stock

I'm still deciding what Steampunk pics to upload into my stock images account. Bear with me folks.

Thanks to all my loyal DeviantWatchers and all the New watchers too!
Thanks so much for your support guys! I really appreciate all your faves and the lovely comments you leave. I read every single comment, and I try to respond to as many as humanly possible.
Thanks for being faboosh.

Take care everybody! Until next time, huggles for all!

LIVEJOURNAL BLOGGINGNESS!!!

_{It will be updated as soon as I get started up on my française gown again, promise.}

My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Still making photoshoot arrangements to get good costume stock images.}

SilverLotus facebook fanpage

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

1750 robe à la française in a floral cotton print

A simple dress for taking a stroll in the park...
. . . . . 0% complete.

18th century fully boned stays
. . . . . 50% complete.

Purple embroidered taffeta française gown
Dress. . . . .100% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 100% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 100% complete.

A pinup-style fishtail navy dress.

Some purses, and accessories

A skirt with sunglasses printed on it.

Hawaiian-print 50s-inspired pinup wiggle dresses . . . 100% complete!

F E A T U R E S

:thumb118197482:

O n e D a y . . .

C O M M I S S I O N S

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Mood: Optimism
Reading: "Madame de Pompadour" by Christine Pevit

Stuff.. and an update

Journal Entry: Tue Nov 24, 2009, 10:23 PM

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Hello again dear friends and watchers!
I just wanted to let you know that I have added to my Photobucket collection; I had found a bunch of images on the German website <a href="[link]>"Journal des Luxus und der Moden", and found the website terribly difficult to navigate, so I uploaded them into a Photobucket album to make them more accessible. I'm not claiming the rights to any of these images, but simply want more people to know about them because they're a great resource for 18th century fashions.

Now for the update; I've found another lovely collection on the LACMA website and basically did the same; I've put them in their own respective folder. If you are as in love with 18th century fashions as I am, then you owe it to yourself to check out my album.

My Photobucket Album

_{Please respect the copyrights of the individual websites. Use these images as references only. Thank you.}

P.S. My tree-print cotton 1950s dress is almost finished!!! Stay tuned for more updates...

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I'd like to start off this update with a link  (_{Please make sure your volume is on})

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Thank you. Now on to less important stuff! loljk

I don't have much to update you guys on, honestly. I would like to thank all my loyal DeviantWatchers and all the New watchers too! Thanks so much for your support guys! I really appreciate all your faves and the lovely comments you leave. Thank you so much!

I don't know if you've noticed/care, but I've added the Twitter app on my DA Profile page... so, myeah.

Mmmmm what else? I've been working on more 1950s dresses...  I went to a vintage sale yesterday and bought soooooooooo many pretty things. I will post pictures, but most likely in my scraps.

Saturday I went on a Steampunk expedition with the local chapter of Steampunk enthusiasts, hence the reason for my recent Steampunk photos. I had asked ~chocomalk and ~PaulMcKinnon if they wanted to come along, because I thought it would be really interesting to have photos from photographers with different styles. Everyone had a really great time, and I definitely want to do more of this. I had great plans for a brand new Steampunk costume, but after finishing my friend's wedding dress (_{still waiting for photos...}) I sorta needed a little break from sewing. I KNOW?! a BREAK, you say?!  I know, it's absurd. Anyway, I had this great plush tiger print fabric in beige and dark chocolate brown that I wanted to use. I didn't have time to design a proper costume, and I didn't want to regret wasting the tiger stuff on something hasty, so I waited. I ended up using my 1886 walking skirt for the bottom half, an old leather bustier and I made a new Edwardian blouse in cotton, and the whole thing came out quite nice I think. Hopefully I will have more piccies for you soon darlings!

What else... oh yes! Some of the pictures of my steampunk costume will be available to use as stock images, in my stock account, so check in once in a while to see if they're there yet.
~SilverLotus-Stock

Contest?

Ok guys, I think we're all sick of the pink journal skin. For the next month, I will be accepting entries for my contest for my new journal skin!
Up for grabs: a three-month subscription to DA!

Criteria:

It must be made by you, especially for me, for this contest.

I would like it to have either a costume-ish theme, or 18th century theme.

I like old paper (_{like This guy's journal...}</i>) , old frames, lace, pretty things...

Date contest closes: December 16th, 2009

Keep in mind all the different sections I currently have in my journal, I would like to keep those, but feel free to get creative with the design!

Questions?! ASK AWAY!
_{Disclaimer: I might make up some more rules as we go along, or add details, so check back often!}</i>

Take care everybody! Until next time, huggles for all!

LIVEJOURNAL BLOGGINGNESS!!!

_{It will be updated as soon as I get started up on my française gown again, promise.}

My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Still making photoshoot arrangements to get good costume stock images.}

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C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

Reproduction 1957 Vogue dress
(Blue tree print with pink on 100% cotton, ultramarine dupioni silk v-neck detail)

. . . . . 80% complete.

1750 robe à la française in a floral cotton print

A simple dress for taking a stroll in the park...
. . . . . 0% complete.

18th century fully boned stays
. . . . . 50% complete.

Purple embroidered taffeta française gown
Dress. . . . .100% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 100% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 100% complete.

A pinup-style fishtail navy dress.

Some purses, and accessories

A skirt with sunglasses printed on it.

Hawaiian-print 50s-inspired pinup wiggle dresses . . . 100% complete!

F E A T U R E S

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And also my Photobucket album of Journal des Luxus und der Moden images.

O n e D a y . . .

C O M M I S S I O N S

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CLUBS I BELONG TO

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Mood: Tired
Watching: Tudors, picking out the historical inaccuracies

ZOMG!!! ~and~ Notice...

Journal Entry: Fri Oct 23, 2009, 8:16 AM

THANKS FOR 58,027 PAGEVIEWS!!!

and to my 559 watchers!!

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Hello dear friends and watchers!
I'm terribly sorry it's been over a month since my last journal update. This school year has proven to be quite hectic. I hate writing essays with the passion of a thousand burning suns. I also got stuck with a painting teacher that I don't particularly like (the feeling is rather unanimous amongst my classmates as well). I've been working on a special wedding dress for a friend of mine who is getting married on Halloween (final fitting soon, pictures to come after the wedding), not to mention my own Halloween costume. Anywho, on to the important stuff.

~Notice~

I recently did a shoot with Brattoon in which I invested a great amount of time and effort. The result of which being mislead, treated like cattle and she didn't hold up her end of the bargain. The images in my gallery titled "Tuesday..." will thusly be removed in a couple days. If you really like them, I suggest you save them on your computer, or what have you. I don't appreciate being treated the way she did, and on top of that, making me feel like it was MY fault, and so, I will not support or promote her work in any sort of way.

Happy Halloween!

Show me pictures of your costumes!!!!!!! I hope you guys are all ready for Halloween; I'm getting there, slowly but surely. I only have a couple details left to tend to, and it will be all honky dory from there. I think it only took me three hours to sew the whole thing... and then there's the painting of the details... ha ha ha Can't wait to show you guys!!
At my work, there are lots of people that come by, looking to make costumes; I've heard the most creative costume ideas ever! Mango (4 year-old girl); Elephant-shrew (5 year-old boy); Prehistoric feathered bird (5 year-old boy); Gum stuck under a shoe (shoe worn as hat + pink dress); Bacon and eggs (couple costume); Beaker from the muppets; Viking (classic...) and the list could go on forever.
If you need help or tips with your costume, crunch time is here! Please don't be afraid to send me a note to ask! (I check my notes much more often than I update my Journal, lol)

Take care everybody! Until next time, huggles for all!

LIVEJOURNAL BLOGGINGNESS!!!

_{It will be updated as soon as I get started up on my française gown again, promise.}

My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Still making photoshoot arrangements to get good costume stock images.}

SilverLotus facebook fanpage

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

WOLVERINE costume for my boyfriend for HALLOWEEN!

. . . . . 20% complete.

DARK PHOENIX costume for me for HALLOWEEN!

. . . . . 95% complete.

1750 robe à la française in a floral cotton print

A simple dress for taking a stroll in the park...
. . . . . 0% complete.

18th century fully boned stays
. . . . . 50% complete.

Purple embroidered taffeta française gown
Dress. . . . .100% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 100% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 100% complete.

A pinup-style fishtail navy dress.

Some purses, and accessories

A skirt with sunglasses printed on it.

Hawaiian-print 50s-inspired pinup wiggle dresses . . . 100% complete!

F E A T U R E S

By:

Superfun photographer I just met ♥

And also my Photobucket album of Journal des Luxus und der Moden images.

O n e D a y . . .

C O M M I S S I O N S

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CLUBS I BELONG TO

♥

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Mood: Excited
Listening to: Monster mash
Reading: books for my essay on James Jacques Tissot
Watching: Tudors, picking out the historical inaccuracies
Eating: Pomegranate seeds!!!! MMmmmm

Lately...

Journal Entry: Tue Sep 15, 2009, 7:17 PM

THANKS FOR 52,772 PAGEVIEWS!!!

and to my 530 watchers!!

*Commissions are open for select projects. Please contact me through a note for inquiries. Thanks!*

News

I've been doing some photoshoots with some local photographers, which has been rather fun, but still alot of work. I don't think I'd ever want to be a "real" model.

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Also, I have made a great connection with a photographer who is willing to do some stock photo shots of my costumes, which means good things for some of you! (_{you know who you are})
If you want to see this happen, go over to see ~PaulMcKinnon's Gallery , and show him some love. Tell him I sent you.

In other news, i just started university again. I've been busy with costume and clothes-making, and there are still many things in my "wanna make" list! I think this year will be quite productive.
This year, since I'm taking sculpture at school, I might post some pictures of my creations... if they're any good. Keep in mind, my university pushes contemporary and abstract stuff, so the pieces might not necessarily reflect what I'd like to actually make. A girl needs to get good grades! lol

I was mentioning last time that I was perhaps going to post pictures of my new sewing room setup... Not going to happen. It's like a quilted Hindenburg blew up in here! There's fabric everywhere; I've been swamped with all sorts of projects, and especially with Halloween rolling around the corner, it's insane. PS - Halloween costumes: Wolverine for my bf, and Dark Phoenix for moi.
Expect pics. Just saying.

LIVEJOURNAL BLOGGINGNESS!!!

_{It will be updated as soon as I get started up on my française gown again, promise.}

My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Still making photoshoot arrangements to get good costume stock images.}

SilverLotus facebook fanpage

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

WOLVERINE costume for my boyfriend for HALLOWEEN!

. . . . . 0% complete (selecting fabrics).

DARK PHOENIX costume for me for HALLOWEEN!

. . . . . 0% complete (selecting fabrics).

1750 robe à la française in a floral cotton print

A simple dress for taking a stroll in the park...
. . . . . 0% complete.

18th century fully boned stays
. . . . . 50% complete.

Purple embroidered taffeta française gown
Dress. . . . .100% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 100% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 100% complete.

A pinup-style fishtail navy dress.

Some purses, and accessories

A skirt with sunglasses printed on it.

Hawaiian-print 50s-inspired pinup wiggle dresses . . . 100% complete!

F E A T U R E S

By:

God I love his work. ♥

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And also my Photobucket album of Journal des Luxus und der Moden images.

O n e D a y . . .

~ A sack back dress (aka - Robe à la Française)
~ Marie-Antoinette's Robe à l'Anglaise - I happen to have a billion meters of blue taffeta just lying around...

~ Marie-Anoinette's blue velvet outfit - perhaps not in velvet though...

~ Eliza Doolittle's Ascott race dress from My Fair Lady?? hurrrmmmm...

C O M M I S S I O N S

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Clubs I belong to

♥

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Mood: Artistic
Listening to: Andrews Sisters, "Six Jerks in a Jeep"

My sincere appologies...

Journal Entry: Thu Aug 27, 2009, 8:41 PM

THANKS FOR 52,772 PAGEVIEWS!!!

and to my 530 watchers!!

*Commissions are open for select projects. Please contact me through a note for inquiries. Thanks!*

Dearest DeviantWatchers and friends,
Oh emm gee... It has been two months since my last update; there has been a whirlwind of events going on, including the 2009 Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France (photos of which I am certain you have already perused). I have been neck-deep in commissions, I tried to update my journal last week, my computer crashed shortly, and then I lost a hard drive. Woooot!

As you've seen from my photos, my purple française dress was completed in time, albeit I had to finish the front closure on the bus on the way there. I won a costume contest (hurrah for moi!) and had a fantastic time with my friends and hosts Martin and Yves, who are amazing costume designers/creators themselves. I had so much fun with the group of people I met this summer, we are planning a get-together for February to coordinate costumes for 2010, and perhaps think of little scenarios to do, such as a hunting party! THAT MEANS I'LL GET TO WEAR A HUNTING OUTFIT!!! WOOOooooOOOO!!!

News

Well, it's almost that time of year again - school time. I can truthfully say that I am not looking forward to it. I'm truly and honestly sick of it and cannot wait for it to be over. The university staff are incompetent and seem to be doing their darndest to prolong my suffering. I feel as though my life hasn't started yet, and it's like I'm forever waiting for something momentous to happen. I know this sounds like a terrible outlook to have on life, and that I should appreciate every moment, blah blah blah. Well, it's just how I feel, that's all.

I hope that all of you have had a terrific summer, and if not terrific, then at least uneventful in a positive way! I just got the new IKEA catalog and have wishfully stuck little pink tabs in a "matter-of-factly" kinda way, on the pages of stuff that I want, as if that could make them magically appear in my apartment. It's just a thing that I do.

I hope that things will calm down a little and that I'll be able to update my journal a little more often... OH! yeah, I used to have a giant ugly futon in my sewing room taking up waaaay too much space; it was moved to the living room, after the 25-year old couch was evicted, and now I have a makeshift cutting/serger table propped up on two small bookshelves in my sewing room. I'm planning a complete revamp of my sewing room to make it more user-friendly, let's say. I bought 14 fancy cardboard boxes for pattern storage, and a loverly fabric to replace the 6-year old IKEA roman blinds which are now a complete eyesore (I had tried to make them less hideous by ironing on a design and most of the strings have busted so they don't really work anymore). Mayhaps I will share photos when it's all said and done.

LIVEJOURNAL BLOGGINGNESS!!!

_{It will be updated as soon as I get started up on my française gown again, promise.}

My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Still making photoshoot arrangements to get good costume stock images.}

SilverLotus facebook fanpage

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

1750 robe à la française in a floral cotton print

A simple dress for taking a stroll in the park...
. . . . . 0% complete.

18th century fully boned stays
. . . . . 50% complete.

Purple embroidered taffeta française gown
Dress. . . . .100% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 100% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 100% complete.

A pinup-style fishtail navy dress.

Some purses, and accessories

A skirt with sunglasses printed on it.

Hawaiian-print 50s-inspired pinup wiggle dresses...

F E A T U R E S

By:

God I love his work. ♥

:thumb120586843: :thumb102755014: :thumb124382148:

And also my Photobucket album of Journal des Luxus und der Moden images.

O n e D a y . . .

~ A sack back dress (aka - Robe à la Française)
~ Marie-Antoinette's Robe à l'Anglaise - I happen to have a billion meters of blue taffeta just lying around...

~ Marie-Anoinette's blue velvet outfit - perhaps not in velvet though...

~ Eliza Doolittle's Ascott race dress from My Fair Lady?? hurrrmmmm...

C O M M I S S I O N S

~ ~ ~

Clubs I belong to

♥

::My Amazon wishlist::

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Mood: Lazy
Listening to: Andrews Sisters, "Six Jerks in a Jeep"

I LURVE SUMMER! <3

Journal Entry: Sun Jun 14, 2009, 2:59 PM

THANKS FOR 43,975 PAGEVIEWS!!!

and to my 455 watchers!!

*Commissions are open for select projects. Please contact me through a note for inquiries. Thanks!*

News

Hello dear friends and watchers!
Summer is officially here, and I love it. I've been working alot lately so don't have as much time to spend outside as I would like, but it makes me appreciate it that much more. So, what's new with Idzit?

I now have a fan page on Facebook! It can be found through the search under "SilverLotus</u>". Please mosey on over and check it out!

I've been sewing like mad! I haven't had a chance to get pictures of everything yet, so that'll be coming up soon. I'll have pictures of my Store display outfit (the 1950s dress in peacock-print fabric), and a new 1947-style dress (in black satin with floral print) as well.

Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France is about two months away, and I need to get crackalackin' on my costume-making! ack!

LIVEJOURNAL BLOGGINGNESS!!!

_{It will be updated as soon as I get started up on my française gown again, promise.}

My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Still making photoshoot arrangements to get good costume stock images.}

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

18th century fully boned stays
. . . . . 50% complete.

Purple embroidered taffeta française gown
Dress. . . . .25% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 20% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 0% complete.

Marquise en promenade sheer overdress
. . . . .0% complete.
Found some sheer fabric with white dots!!! Hopefully I can have it done for FNF this summer.

An 18th century mourning dress
(Super-awesome collab with ~Seitou!!!)
Dress. . . . . 0% complete
Petticoat. . . . . 0% complete
Hat. . . . . 0% complete

Victorian visiting dress (Camel-colored taffeta with black flocking)
Bodice. . . . . 100% complete
Skirt. . . . . 100% complete
Hat. . . . . 100% complete.

  Alice in Wonderland Tea Party: The White Rabbit costume
Jacket. . . . . 85% complete.
Pants. . . . . 98% complete.
Hat + ears. . . . . 98% complete.

</a>   Store display
Dress. . . . . 100% complete.
Fascinator. . . . . 100% complete.
Jacket. . . . . 100% complete.

A pinup-style fishtail navy dress.
Some purses, and accessories
A skirt with sunglasses printed on it.
a dress with magenta ombre variegated fabric

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F E A T U R E S

By:     God I love his work.  ♥
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And also my Photobucket album of Journal des Luxus und der Moden images.
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O n e d a y . . .

~ Gold brocade dress with blue accents c1778

~ Marie-Antoinette's Robe à l'Anglaise - I happen to have a billion meters of blue taffeta just lying around...

~ Marie-Anoinette's blue velvet outfit - perhaps not in velvet though...

~ Eliza Doolittle's Ascott race dress from My Fair Lady?? hurrrmmmm...

~ A sack back dress (aka - Robe à la Française)

~ Another Polonaise dress?

C O M M I S S I O N S

~ ~ ~

Clubs I belong to

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

::My Amazon wishlist::

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Mood: Excited
Listening to: Betty Hutton, "She's a Lady"

Why, hello!

Journal Entry: Sat May 30, 2009, 9:56 PM

THANKS FOR 43,975 PAGEVIEWS!!!

and to my 455 watchers!!

*Please note that I am not accepting commissions at the moment. Thank you*

News

Hello friends!
So, the Alice in Wonderland Tea Party was canceled at the last minute and has been postponed until we can find another suitable date for everyone. That's why I haven't posted pictures yet.

In other News

So, this super-secret collab you may have been reading about.. It's with

~Seitou!!

She agreed a while back to design a mourning dress for me, using a fabric that I bought a while ago, that I've been dying to use!! Here is the official design! I can't wait to make it. I really like that she put shorter sleeves because it is going to be warm at the festival (most likely) and the dress is a mourning dress, so it will be in black.

Next costuming event:

Victorian picnic this Tuesday;
I was supposed to attend a Victorian picnic today, in fact, but it has rained all week and up until last night the weather network announced an 88% chance of showers. Not that I don't like being stranded in another city in an elaborate costume, potentially soaked and muddy, but... So my friend Lars (the one you've seen lately in my "aged photo" experiments) and I decided to make up for our lack of Victorian picnic-ing, suit-up and have our picnic anyway. We'll be behind the parliament in full Victorian garb enjoying our lunch and some tea. If anyone is in the region and would like to join us, please do!

LIVEJOURNAL BLOGGINGNESS!!!

_{It will be updated as soon as I get started up on my française gown again, promise.}

My stock-images account: SILVERLOTUS STOCK

_{Still making photoshoot arrangements to get good costume stock images.}

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

Purple embroidered taffeta française gown
Dress. . . . .25% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 20% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 0% complete.

Marquise en promenade sheer overdress
. . . . .0% complete.
Found some sheer fabric with white dots!!! Hopefully I can have it done for FNF this summer.

An 18th century mourning dress
(Super-awesome collab with ~Seitou!!!)
Dress. . . . . 0% complete
Petticoat. . . . . 0% complete
Hat. . . . . 0% complete

Victorian visiting dress (Camel-colored taffeta with black flocking)
Bodice. . . . . 100% complete
Skirt. . . . . 100% complete
Hat. . . . . 0% complete.

  Alice in Wonderland Tea Party: The White Rabbit costume
Jacket. . . . . 85% complete.
Pants. . . . . 98% complete.
Hat + ears. . . . . 98% complete.

</a>   Store display
Dress. . . . . 100% complete.
Fascinator. . . . . 100% complete.
Jacket. . . . . 100% complete.

</a>50s polkadot dress with pink crinoline
. . . . .100% complete

</a>50s butterfly-print cotton dress with a white collar
. . . . .100% complete

Cloud skirt
. . . . .100% complete (April 22)

A pinup-style fishtail navy dress.
Some purses, and accessories
A skirt with sunglasses printed on it.

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And also my Photobucket album of Journal des Luxus und der Moden images.
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O n e d a y . . .

~ Gold brocade dress with blue accents c1778

~ Marie-Antoinette's Robe à l'Anglaise - I happen to have a billion meters of blue taffeta just lying around...

~ Marie-Anoinette's blue velvet outfit - perhaps not in velvet though...

~ Eliza Doolittle's Ascott race dress from My Fair Lady?? hurrrmmmm...

~ A sack back dress (aka - Robe à la Française)

~ Another Polonaise dress?

C O M M I S S I O N S

1950s ball gown in ultramarine dupioni silk . . . 100% complete. Hopefully I'll have pictures soon.

Clubs I belong to

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

::My Amazon wishlist::

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Mood: Content
Listening to: Betty Hutton, "She's a Lady"
Playing: Loco Roco II for PSP

New stock image account!

Journal Entry: Sat Apr 25, 2009, 11:14 PM

THANKS FOR 43,975 PAGEVIEWS!!!

and to my 455 watchers!!

*Please note that I am not accepting commissions at the moment. Thank you*

News

Yes, it's true! An actual stock image account! I was looking through some pictures and figured I would share some that everyone can use here on DA for their own manipulations and whatnots. Thanks to all of you who gave me some feedback on what I should include in my stock images account, I have taken that into consideration. So the account is up, but there are no pictures of costumes up yet - here's why:
The pictures I currently have of my costumes I do not feel are of good enough quality to be made into stock images, firstly. Secondly, some of the pictures are of me goofing off with friends while costumed, and are rather personal, so I don't want people messing with those. I want a fresh batch of images just for stock usage, so people don't get all confused with my regular account; they'll be clear, high-quality and on white/black/grey backgrounds to make it easier.
Without further adieu -> My stock images account!!

~SilverLotus-Stock

Next costuming event:

Alice in Wonderland Tea Party - May 3rd.

My jacket is coming along nicely!! The bodice is mostly done, I just need to add sleeves and it's good to go. The ears are also done, I just need to mount them onto a headband of sorts along with a little hat, methinks... Next will be the pants and perhaps a shirt and vest... some spats? ACK! It's coming up so fast!

LIVEJOURNAL BLOGGINGNESS!!!

_{Will be updated soon...}

C U R R E N T P R O J E C T S

Alice in Wonderland Tea Party: The White Rabbit costume
Jacket. . . . . 85% complete.
Vest. . . . . 0% complete.
Pants. . . . . 0% complete.
Hat + ears. . . . . 25% complete.

Store display
Dress. . . . . 100% complete.
Fascinator. . . . . 100% complete.
Jacket. . . . . 80% complete.
Clutch purse. . . . . 0% complete.

Purple embroidered taffeta française gown
Dress. . . . .25% complete.
Stomacher. . . . . 20% complete.
Petticoat. . . . . 0% complete.

Victorian visiting dress (Camel-colored taffeta with black flocking)
Bodice. . . . .80% complete (officially on the backburner)
Skirt. . . . . 0% complete.

I might be wearing this as part of my upcoming Steampunking event costume!

Marquise en promenade sheer overdress
. . . . .0% complete.
Found some sheer fabric with white dots!!! Hopefully I can have it done for FNF this summer.

An 18th century mourning dress
. . . . .(SUPER-SECRET collab of AWESOMENESS!!!)

50s polkadot dress with pink crinoline
. . . . .100% complete

50s butterfly-print cotton dress with a white collar
. . . . .100% complete

Cloud skirt
. . . . .100% complete (April 22)

A pinup-style fishtail navy dress.

Some purses, and accessories

A skirt with sunglasses printed on it.

F E A T U R E S

And also my Photobucket album of Journal des Luxus und der Moden images.

O n e d a y . . .

C O M M I S S I O N S

1950s ball gown in ultramarine dupioni silk . . . 100% complete. Hopefully I'll have pictures soon.

Clubs I belong to

♥

::My Amazon wishlist::

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Mood: Euphoric
Listening to: Betty Hutton, "Feelin' fine"
Playing: Loco Roco II for PSP

Almost done school!

Journal Entry: Tue Apr 21, 2009, 9:12 PM

THANKS FOR 40,971 PAGEVIEWS!!!

and to my 439 watchers!!

*Please note that I am not accepting commissions at the moment. Thank you*

News

I have one more exam to go, and then I'm done for the summer! Woot!

The new sewing machine is everything I ever hoped for and more. I finally got to play with it today, and tried making a buttonhole; it was the most fantastic thing ever! It's got a special foot where you put the button you want to use, and the machine will automatically make the right size of buttonhole. It's really something magical, I swear.

With that said, I made a skirt using the new machine: using the McCall's 2679 pattern, sort of a cloud-skirt in white cotton... I must say it looks fabulous!

Next costuming event: Alice in Wonderland Tea Party - May 3rd.