historically inspired costuming & accessories for Ren Faire, Pirate, and Steampunk wear
Treasury list created by Cineloh featuring items by
Honey Bliss, Senufa, White Elephant, Kit Cameo
Raven’s Whimzy, Ocean Fire Pottery, Fleur Avenue, Seaside Wedding
Tricia McKellar, Diadem Jewels, Candy Mtn Art, you could do much worse.
Blue Bayer Designs, Images by Lynn Ann, Interesting Particulars, Big Bean Photography
During college, I realized that I would need a digital SLR camera for my photography to have better control of my photos than I had with the five megapixel Pentax Optio point and shoot I bought while I worked at the local camera shop. I ended up getting a Nikon D50 right before they were discontinued. It’s been a great camera for me, and I take all of my photos with it. But over the years of use for college and everything else, my main lens got knocked around too much. The manual focus loosened, and I’ve had trouble focusing with it since.
I started looking for prices on the same lens on all the photography supply websites I have bookmarked, only to not find my lens. Apparently they aren’t actually made anymore. Since it’s a bit hard to do photography jobs with a lens that doesn’t work properly, my dad found the lens I need on eBay that had yet to be used and bought it for me. I got it in the mail today and decided to try it out on a necklace I just put together for one of my best friends. The focus works wonderfully, as you can tell by the pic! The necklace has two rose quartz pendants as well as a small iolite pendant.
Dad, thank you so much!
a Patriotic yet Fantasy Treasury list created by BunnyKissd featuring items by
Flyttamouse, Plushroom Soup, MoonGlow Wishes, Moonlit Herbals
Faerie Fabulous Finds, Darkling Woods, Berkana’s Garden, Rainbow Dream Babies
Thyme2dream, Dream Art, Toadstools N Treestump, Helen Krummenacker
Faerie Garden Fancies, Altered Events, The Dancing Dragon, Faire Treasures
So I’ve mentioned that I got my degree in photography, yes? I haven’t exactly gotten a steady job with it yet, but hopefully that will change soon. 
In the meantime, doing photo shoots, especially when they’re costumed photo shoots, is a great way that I can use the skills I learned and my parents payed ridiculous amounts of money for.
A few days ago, I took photos of Marianne in her Seras Victoria cosplay in its original yellow! She’s spent the time since the shoot to bloodstain it with dye, not actual blood, before an Anime convention this weekend. I took her to a park near my apartment that we’ve shot some of the Mini Cloak photos at and had a bunch of fun doing several poses. If you’d like a better look at the images, just click on them to see them and more from our shoot at my DeviantArt account!
Treasury East list created by beezmiller featuring items by
Devil in the Details, Faire Treasures, Osborne Arts, Unseelie Designs
Vampie Oodles, ClosetGothic, Grichels, Damsel in this Dress
Mojo Leather, Creations By Angelia, Black Market Trades, Urban Prairie Girl
WackyWoodWorks, Tantrika Tribe, Hardwick Housewares, The Blonde Swan
I’ve been working on making and putting together a Steampunk outfit for myself for a while. It’s taking a while, but I’m finally getting a significant amount of it done! I haven’t quite pinned down how I’m going to incorporate photography into my outfit, but I think I have a few ideas.
Here’s a sketch of the major items I want to pull together for my outfit. I’ve made the skirts, purchased the shirt and corset, and plan on making the jacket in the near future. The hat and goggles will have to wait until I can save up some more!
The skirts I’ve made from McCall’s pattern M4090. A warning to anyone considering using this pattern: it really does run true to the measurements on the back! I made my skirts too small for myself because I bought the smallest pattern without paying attention to the measurements. o_o; Thankfully if I wear a corset, it’s not so bad. The lower skirt is black cotton look-a-like linen, the top skirt is made from brown linen with two hike straps.
The shirt I purchased from Retroscope Fashions, removed the buttons and replaced them with pewter buttons.
The corset I purchased from Heavy Red. It’s something I’d wanted for a long time, and came very close to not being able to get. I think I got the last one in my size from their site!
The hat I would like to get is made by Gypsy Lady Hats. I’m hoping to have one custom made with a mix of both brown as the main color and black as the accent color. The goggles I want come from Dark Wear. If I want to stick to my photographer outfit, I really don’t need the goggles, but if I were to live this kind of character, I would want to ride a motorcycle.
Of course, I really want a camera that goes with all of this… and I have one in mind. But I won’t be linking to it because finding it was ridiculously hard, and I don’t want it to disappear again! It is a beautiful wood and brass 4 x 5 camera that I would take tintype photographs with.
Coming soon… a photo of what I have so far all put together!
Happy Independence Day!
Now go watch a movie about defeating aliens with Will Smith. And eat popcorn. And drink a Coke.
July has begun, and I’ve been featured on the Fantasy Artists of Etsy Squidoo Lens as the member of the month! 😀
Treasury West list created by tangocatgems featuring items by
Dream Art, 88Links, Toadstools N Treestump
Green Haven Soaps, Susan Schroder Arts, Spiral Moon
Magick Mermaid Studio, Jasmine Worth, Up from the Ashes
Faire Treasures, Moonlit Herbals, tangocatgems