Beaded Spiders

I've been making beaded spiders which I will definitely incorporate into my steampunk fashions. Amazing what you can do with a little wire and some beads. I gave my boyfriend the first one I made. It now lives on top of his computer monitor.
Here's some of the other ones.

Steampunk Coat Designer

Loving this Steampunk jacket my friend made. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18772290 Or course it doesn't hurt that she chose a gorgeous guy to model it. Rawr!!! She makes such fabulous stuff. Most of it isn't in her Etsy shop because she takes it to things like the Pasadena Designer Fair and pagan fests. Some of her coats I like more than others, but I've never not liked any of them.

Upholstery Fabrics and Jewelry Bits

Yesterday I hit the mother lode at an estate sale where I picked up a bunch of upholstery fabric, mostly in browns and golds and a mayo jar full of old jewelry bits. Hopefully I'll be able to make some clothing and jewelry both for myself and for my Steampunk shop on Artfire. How delightful. What I don't have is gears and clock parts. But Rome wasn't built in a day. Patience love, patience.

Leather and Chains

http://zenchantress.today.com/2008/12/31/steampunk-on-a-shoestring/

That link is to a blurb I wrote about DIY steampunk costuming. But I couldn't get the photos to post to my blog for some reason so I'll put them here instead.

I Signed Up For Artfire

I just opened an Artfire store called Steampunk. So now I need to make jewelry and other items to list in it. I thought I'd better snap up that name while it was still available. Register on ArtFire.com If you use my referral link I might even get my account for free.

I also have another shop there called Hypnotic Treasures. But I will probably put things in my other shop first.

Making a costume

I found these great patterns at Joanne's from Butterick and I can't wait to make my Steampunk costume. I talked about it more here:
http://zenchantress.today.com/2008/12/25/steampunk-costuming/

Butterick Patterns for Sewing

To my delight Joanne's had their Butterick Patterns on sale for $1.99 limit 10 and I actually got 9 because the other one I wanted was out of the size I needed. Seven of them will work for Steampunk as they are turn of the century looks. The other is a robe of sorts which will be perfect for belly dancing because it looks quite a lot like a sleeveless turkish coat. It's not quite right but it's close enough for my needs. I'll take photos tomorrow. Shopping has me worn to the bone tonight. The maniac bagger at the grocery store put 5 2L soda bottles in one bag and I couldn't even lift it, much less carry it in. My back hurts so all I want to do for the rest of the night is park somewhere.