Showing posts with label goth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goth. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

OOOooops!

Well, first of all, Acrylic and Steel has an item in a gift guide! That, by the way, is awesome and has nothing to do with the title of this post.

Please Visit Jewels of Saraswati! Her Blog is http://jewelsofsaraswati.blogspot.com/ and she is featuring my skull light switch plate cover. Her store is http://jewelsofsaraswati.etsy.com.

This is my favorite item from her store :



If you click on the picture it will take you to the listing in her store.

So what is the oops about???? Well I did some printing last night. I make linoleum blocks sometimes along with my fifteen thousand other hobbies.


I decided to reprint this block to make invitations for Autumns first birthday.


That turned out pretty well. I think I printed about 20 of these, ant that is likely more than we need since most people will probably get an email invite.

I also did a first print of our Christmas card for this year.


I LOVE how the cardinal turned out. Too Bad the N is backwards in "seasons".

Anyway, I will probably just remove the words and keep the block as just the cardinal. I am a little bummed, because one little line is all it took to ruin the block.

Monday, June 8, 2009

My latest Obsessions...

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I am crazy about these creepy art dolls. I LOVE THEM. I love them so much that I want to learn how to make them... but I REALLY don't need another hobby... do I? You can go directly to either listing by clicking on either of the pictures. The second picture is a reserved listing, but I love it so I wanted to show it anyway.

The first one is from this store :http://hayleymonster.etsy.com and the second one is from this store:http://loopyboopy.etsy.com


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I am seriously in love with Japanese fabrics with TOO CUTE prints. These are from http://beautifulwork.etsy.com check out the store for more awesome prints!

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I have looked at so many craft stores for a roller skate stamp. I should have known etsy was the answer. This is from cupcaketree's shop. you can find it here: http://cupcaketree.etsy.com
If you want to go directly to the skate stamp posting you can click on the picture of it.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Gloves and Catsuits

Sooo... I have decided that I want to make a pair of kind of gothy vinyl gloves. I am not sure why... I just really wanna. I have a ton of vinyl fabric that a guy gave me. I have already made parts of Halloween costumes with it, and a sweet roller derby skirt for back when I was a doomsdame... you know, before I had a baby and got FAT. I would totally love another skirt, or some sweet vinyl pants but I will wait to make that sort of thing until I lose some more of this baby fat.

I want to make something like this white pair, only in black vinyl, with lace lining the ruffled top part. I would possibly also add a heart or something cute to the top of the hand. The pretty gloves pictured here are from The Victorian Trading Company. Adam and I actually get thier catologue and they have lots of fun stuff, suitable for the Polite Ladies Rollerderby Society, as well as some very cool steampunk accessories. http://www.victorian-gifts.com/index.html

I also think I want to use some of it to make victorian style bolero. Like this one, which is available-just by chance- on etsy. Of course again it would be black vinyl and have probably white lace lining. Mostly because I have a lot of white lace fabric. Though, if I had some red plaid I think that lining it in that would look pretty awesome. Oh, and that shrug is from this store: http://bonzie.etsy.com

Anyway, the bolero is no probley. Easy easy... But I am a bit intimidated by the gloves! I have never made gloves and I am very tempted to buy a comercial pattern... but I am enough of a design snob that I think I should be able to draft a pettern myself... but then there's the thumb. Fucking opposable thumbs. I have no idea how to draft a thumb. I know it will be kind of like drafting sleeve patterns, but I cant drape anything on to my thumb to make sure the fit is right... and how to I slope the curve??? Not only that, but there are surprisingly few resources out there that show you how to make gloves and glove patterns. I did find a pretty good resource. There is a dude that is a catsuit enthusiest. I don't mean that he likes hot women in catsuits, he likes making and wearing catsuits. I have not really figured out his facination. A few of his suits are for cycling, and one of them appears to be a superhero costume, but several of them are Zentai suits. That means they are suits that cover the entire body. I had never heard of Zentai before yesterday so I looked it up. It appears to be both a performance art movement and a strange fetish. I don't know which one the guy at stretchy.org uses his catsuits for, but I am seriously thankful for his efforts because between his youtube tutorial and his several versions of glove pattern drafting instructions I think I may have gained the confidence to try making my first pair of gloves.

Yay for catsuits.