Raven Purse!

For my Lolita meetup, I wanted a new gothic purse to go with my lovely new dress I had made! I searched and searched for something that might work, when I suddenly had a inspiration to make a Raven shaped purse!

I had leftover leather from one of my costumes, and it was perfect for a small purse!

I ended up putting him together in five hours, so....no progress photos! Ha ha!

But look at his wing! And his little silver clasp! And the zipper on the back (which looks kinda like a fanny pack, right?) is the perfect size for my phone!

I'm glad I tried him out first though, I totally forgot to sew his butt to the feathers, so all the small items in my purse fell out! Ha ha ha! I worked out all his little problems, so he was perfectly functional for the meetup!

 
  He's a little lumpy, but I'm okay with it since it's the first time I've made a raven purse! He's got character, and I'm sure my next one will be better!

A Very Purple Post!

I was hosting a little meetup for the Lolita com, so I really wanted to make a little dress for it!

I was so excited when I found all this pretty purple iridescent fabric! 
It ended up being the perfect day to look for fabric, everything was 50% off at the thrift store! And as I was waiting in line, a nice older man was happily chatting with me and offered to give me his 20% discount on top of the other sale! Total price? Ten dollars.

I also had a custom order from my shop for a purple butterfly headband!
The first sculpture was nice....but very simple.

I ended up sculpting another one, this time with tiny details! So shiny, so pretty! She ended up loving it!

The best part though, was my good friend surprising me by dying her hair purple! We took a lot of silly photos with props around my apartment! Purple hair twinners!!

Halloween Posty!

I know it's late, but I still have my Halloween decorations up, so I might as well post about my Halloween right?
Since I worked early in the morning I put on my costume in a hurry, but I didn't have enough time for my blood to dry!  It was hilarious because I was madly trying to keep the blood away from the leather in my car while driving to work!

The Vampire costume was such a hit at work! I brought everyone teeth, and we had a great time! It was such a comfy costume, I wish I could wear it normally! Although having blood pouring down my face might be a little disconcerting for people.....

That evening was fun too, I made bat wings (chicken wings with bbq sauce that I dyed black which activated charcoal!) pumpkin pie, apple cider and shepard's pie!

 I ended up having to buy more candy for the kids, because I ate all the candy....ha ha ha! It was a fun evening, we ended up watching Nosferatu and Coraline! See you next year Halloween!

Dracula Dental work and fake blood!

I'm going for the throat of the matter and coming out of the coffin, All Vampires Love being covered in fake blood. The internet is so helpful in coming up with ideas for drenching yourself in lovely blood, but I noticed all of them had three common ingredients. Corn syrup, corn starch, food coloring.  Since I'm pretty sensitive to artificial dyes, I thought I'd make my own using good ole beets!

The results were.....uninspiring. I watched it carefully, but it ended up looking like fry sauce? It left me in a bat temper!

I tried again, but this time I used some of my red makeup! It looks good, right?

What can I say? I'm a bloody genius! Ha ha ha ha! And it's tasty too! I have to be careful not to overindulge!
I also found a really really cheap-o "family vampire heirloom" that I ended up repainting! You think it's silver? Actually it's white gold, which I prefer, it doesn't burn my flesh!

But the best part is that I found a non-toxic fake teeth glue! (click here!) Now I can go out for a bite to eat!
And now, just for fun practice vampire makeup!!

I never drink.....wine! 

Cursed? No, the evening is the only time I feel alive!

Vampire Teeth! Love at first bite!

Or so it was supposed to be. See those nice shiny teeth? I got them at a cheap-o Halloween store and they were supposed to use silicone to kinda just rest on your teeth. But of course, they used a super super cheap silicone that never. dried. Never. And it tasted horrible.

So, I thought, well, I can improvise, right? I decided to try and melt some plastic into the hollow part of the teeth and then quickly put it on my teeth! Voila! New teeth!
Except it didn't go quite as planned..... Because melting plastic into a small tooth hole is really really hard!

Ah! Fire! How lovely!

Plus the fire kinda got out of hand, and I ended up melting a bunch of plastic onto my hands!!! And for some reason it wouldn't come off of my hands, so I ended up having a million plastic specks on my hands!

 And the tooth was ruined. Nooo! I called my Dad up for sympathy, and he thought it was so funny, he said I should dress up with just one tooth and be a homeless vampire!!!! Ha ha ha! Well, here's for you Dad!

Anyway, I ended up getting a pack (yes, vampire teeth come in packs!) of teeth so I could mess around with them! I ended up cutting gums into them, melting them a little bit and Hey presto! Vampire teeth!

 Oh oh oh, and the best part? They glow in the dark! Mwhahahahaha!

Yeah baby! I know that the love I have for these teeth will not be in vein! Or will they? Mwhahahha!

A wand for Ravenclaw!

This morning I woke up and felt inspired to make a wand! Luckily for me, I had an extra chopstick and sculpty clay!

Sculpt, sculpt, sculpt! Ta daaaaaaa!

Then it dried and the first coat of paint went on! 

Painty, painty, painty, paint! Spell to paint the red chopstick green? No problem! Ah hem, *Greenius coverious!*

And finished! I added a couple of runes to make it more magically potent. It worked like a charm! (heh heh)

Etsy Store opens!!! Ears, bows, and unicorns!

I've been tossing around the idea of opening my own shop for a while now, but this is the first time my life has been stable enough for me to try!

Theforestflora.etsy.com

I'm so proud/happy that it's finally happening! This is just the beginning of what I'd like to sell, I'd like to start making more leather hats, making unique clothes, and selling props. I'd also like to do commissions for unusual pieces of clothing.

 Oh, look how fun though!! I made my own little light box to take fabulous photos with! It's really nice to have perfectly lit pictures now!

 Unicorn bow is ready to party with the Stars!! 

I also had fun doing a little photo shoot on the beach for my bows! Wheee! (although I ended up taking too long, got sunburned and was madly taking photos as fast as possible at the end! Ha ha ha!)

Lightbox photo!

In a box photo!

I crocheted and felted little horns to go with some monster ears I really wanted to make. Because honestly monsters = awesome!

Oh, I also had fun felting some little roses and making cat ears. Nyah nyah!

Oh oh, remember those unicorn shoes I was making? I decided to finish painting sir unicorn so I could wear it with my Ravenclaw costume! I'm so excited to take pictures with my friend (Slytherin!) maybe later this week (hopefully!).

Anyway, I'll blog again soon, with more photos, and probably more costumes (it' been a whole month since I've gone to a convention *gasp*!) Ta ta~