Since it was so nice out on Monday evening I decided to take my wire and fake fur outside and make some progress on the tail.
Success!
So right now it just looks like a furry ironing board, but wait 'til I get it bent into shape.
In the mean time I need to start working on the costume for my next dance performance and Dark Alice. For the latter I've decided to go as the Dormouse and I really want some ears like this:
They'll be pretty easy to make and I can tailor the veil exactly how I want it. Might even go crazy and make them with blonde lace so when I pin my hair up on the ears they will show up better - oh, that is brilliant. Why, thank you!
Alright, simmer down. This week has got me feeling a little loopy so I'm off to get ready for bed and try to get some decent sleep tonight!
The Squirrel shirt is done! At least all the stitching is, all that's left is to zombie it up. Stitching detail (might need to go over again to make the stitching move noticeable)
Igor now has all the supplies he needs to start the mask Hoping to have the paper-mache done on the thing by the end of the month, but it all depends on how fast Igor's little fingers get to work.
I've put together a simple little dancing outfit for Saturday and am working on more complicated ones for future performances - including getting started on another belt (no I haven't finished the lace one, but I'm ignoring that for now). Don't know what I'm going to back it with yet, but probably some kind of lace (it's becoming a thing for me, lace and bone) and there should be more danglies I think.
Now the productivity continues while I watch more weirdness! Yesterday it was a Twin Peaks marathon, today Barton Fink and Dr. Who! Yay!!!
Just got back from Tribal Fest last night and my head is still spinning. The workshops! The vendors! The performances!!! It's gonna take just a wee bit to sort everything out that I saw and did on the trip, but until then, here are some pieces for new costumes I acquired and a couple other random photos from the trip.
A lovely hip wrap
The perfect metal piece for my next headdress
This amazingly sparkly scarf that I think I'm going to make into skirt panels
But the best thing I got, my new pride and joy, is this: So beautiful, I can hardly believe it's mine and I get to wear it whenever I want!
And now for some silly trip pictures!
Andria pointed this out, I think she was hoping Ash was inside
This is the first day of performances and I think I was a little over excited to have my wrist stamped to get in and see some amazing dancers.
We went out Saturday night to a bad, bad bar that was very dark and kinda skeezy - but I had fun. So dark! Who are these ridiculous people? The only good thing about the place was a random old dentist's chair - it might've been a barber chair, but I'd like to think it used to belong to some cranky old dentist. It does look like it made me a little uncomfortable (might also have been the flash) but Krista was very comfortable in it
Yeah, I'm pretty horrible when it comes to taking trip photos - I'm kinda lucky I remembered to take any at all.
Final thought of the night before I go to sleep, enjoy!
Performing on Friday, helping supervise and herd nearly twelve tweens for a sleep over on Saturday, very little sleep both that night and last night, mother's day (which was actually relaxing just hanging out with the moms and puttering around the yard when the sun decided to come out for a few minutes), a little secondhand store shopping. I certainly didn't get to do everything I wanted to this weekend, and on Sunday I made the hard decision of choosing much needed alone time instead of hanging out with awesome people - but sometimes I just need time to be a hermit!
On the bright side, I found this at the Goodwill near my parents' house (the one on 52nd, just off Woodstock in SE): Which will probably be incorporated into the next headdress.
I also started the shirt for my squirrel costume
P.S. I totally looked up frakking to make sure it should be spelled with two 'k's and not one. Yeah . . .
So, neither the bra nor the belt I was planning to wear on Friday were what I actually wore. The bra is structurally dangerous and the belt is still in its proto-planning stage.
Good news is that plan b was in full effect! Here's some action shots of what I actually wore:
Dancy dance!
Oh and here's the headdress that one of my teachers made, so beautiful (I won it in a class raffle).
More detailed shots to come of the individual pieces!
Starting today it's full steam ahead for Halloween costuming - especially since I *just* fully comprehended that I will be a bit preoccupied the week before Halloween since that's the week that Arkham City comes out. (Thank you Andria and Krista for having no faith whatsoever in my ability to resist playing it until after Halloween.) Yeah, so everything needs to be set up and ready for October 31st by October 18th because this is what I'll be emerging myself in:
(Yeah, that's the old teaser trailer, but it's still my favorite. If you're interested in the latest: Batman: Arkham City - Official Gameplay Trailer)
So, I've started my next dancing bra - nope it's not the one I showed last time. Instead, it's a basic striped covering I'll be able to build on and make more interesting in the future, but for now it's just something I can wear under a vest that goes with the next costume.
So it begins:
In non-bellydance, not even Halloween, related news, I'm making a new cropped hoodie for myself. I found a button up cardigan-type shirt at Goodwill that I liked the buttons and unfinished hem on, but the cut was all wrong. So, I took off the bottom of the thing and am making it into a hood.
Hope this will be a quick project so I can start to wear it as the weather turns more and more Spring-like (alright, maybe I'm getting a little bit excited about it).
While I work tonight, Igor and I are watching a classic: Leon, The Professional. Jean Reno, one of Natalie Portman's good roles, and a drug crazed Gary Oldman - yes, please! My only question is: why do they make such crappy trailers for such awesome movies?
The last couple days I've felt a little wistful for Fall. For those who worship the sunnier seasons, this probably sounds crazy. Maybe it's all the costuming I've been doing the last few weeks, maybe it's because I've been doing some Halloween 2011 planning and purchasing . . but I kinda wish it was the beginning of Autumn instead of Spring. I know, I know, winter's just ended and here I want crisp winds and decaying leaves already. I'm sure I'll change my mind on the first truly glorious day we have, but for now I'll dream of Fall.
Speaking of which, Halloween costume stuff!
This mask will become part of Igor's evil gnome face once it's painted up right.
This is the fur I just purchased to make my take and ears It's almost mangy enough, maybe if I rub it around in the dirt a bit . . .
Bra
Skirt
Belt
Headdress
Underneath I wore these nice subtlety sparkly pants and the vest I wore is currently undergoing modifications for another costume. Speaking of which, I have to finish the next dance costume by May 5th because I perform again on the 6th! Woohoo? What happened to my promise to myself to not perform again until August? Oh well.
