Crafts
It turned out very nicely and I am a little sad that painted functional objects are viewed with such disinterest when compared with painted canvas, because I actually find it much more enjoyable to paint some existing object than a boring flat piece of paper. C'est la vie, I suppose.
I got to carve pumpkins this year! Yay! The cat is my previous skinny cat pumpkin design, rendered beautifully using one of those $5 electric carving blades. What a great idea that was! And I roasted pumpkin seeds after with sage and black truffle olive oil. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
I started this costume in 2004 and failed so miserably that I haven't worn a Halloween costume for two years. But I decided to finish it this year for my trip to the Black Cat Ball. I also entered in the deviantART costume contest. You can read more about the horrors of making the costume on my deviantART version.
I made the coffin box from Nightmare Before Christmas to put my duck toy in. The interior is bright, bright red, and the exterior has the patterns and ribbon from the movie.
Halloween 2003. White vest and pants with velvet and blue canvas coat and satin sash. Fake boot tops and hat were purchased separately.
Halloween 2003. Modified from a Sense & Sensibility pattern.
Hair made from cheap halloween witch wigs. That was - alas! - as high as my boobs would go. I just don't know how they got them up so high back then - years of corset-wearing, I suppose.
I made this for Christmas, 1999, I think.
Halloween 2002. From the Sci/Fi Series Lexx. Very authentic, but perhaps a little too much skin.
I made this for a winter wedding, 1999, I think.
