Next!

Storage room is empty, except for a final swept, most of that stuff is back home in the garage where it belongs, and I can admit that, sigh, I've been obsessing over something new. Like THAT is a surprise to anyone (rolls eyes). Anyway, it's Steampunk!

I've been intrigued for a while, but not seeing anything/anyone local I hadn't really pursued it. Now, I find out that there is a con being held in town and I am so there! It's the first weekend in May, and I'm dragging a friend, or two, along as well as finding out there are others that I know that are going too. I'm trying desperately to put together a couple of outfits for the weekend, without spending money for it.

That is not as hard for me as one might think. I have a red wool gown that was started and I've never finished, something in the fit or flow of it just wasn't right, and there's enough of the fabric left for a bodice, so that's my day dress.

I have some claret colored dyed silk with embroidered flowers (that stayed white after the dying) that I had targeted for a gown after Eleanora de Toledo, and well, two years on still not made up, means that I really didn't want to do that particular outfit, since it's still a pile of fabric that I haven't touched. I can always make the time for a new gown, so this is definitely one I'm okay diverting to a Victorian inspired ball gown.

My plan for the event is to go as a wandering lady artist, with a camera and sketching materials. I know I don't want to go with my standard digital camera, so I'm going to be making a shell for it, with lots of "steampunk" elements on the outside. The overall look will be similar to the Kodak "brownie" camera, that made its debut in Feb. 1900, pretty dare close to my target timeperiod, 1880-90. I have found at least one other camera from 1895 or thereabouts that is very similar as well.

I will also be making a Bandolier with art supplies, that I hope to gussy up a bit.

There's a hat waiting at home to be transformed to something outrageous.

There's an off chance I'll have a selling table, with some wrist ruffs, cuffs with lace that is, but it looks like they are full up on vendors, so we will see on that one.

AND as soon as I pull this one together, I will be going back to that SCA to-do list in the hopes that I can actually finish something before July.

so, yeah, life is fairly normal here

alex