A very good day

Today was actually quite magnificent really. Found another big pink storage container- slowly getting a few as my bucket system is great for trims etc but most projects atm are BIG! So after that I picked up two pairs of shoes from savemart as well as a sofa cover in faux suede, but the satinbacked…

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Bizarre jetpack issue resolved

Lj went down (502 error) and Jetpack’s “Publicize” went weird. Kept telling me to refresh connections. Seems to be okay now. My PC also crashed the other day. I think it’s my UEFI setting- has legacy bios compatability mode for some boot types andĀ given I get the classic BIOS screen and text type I think…

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Elsa textures!

Also a good guide to how very flared her gown is! Official source too šŸ™‚ You can download the free, official papercraft doll of Elsa here: https://family.disney.com/craft/elsa-papercraft/ But this is why my gown really works so well. I zoomed the PDF to grab this little corner: What you are seeing is a fabric with vertical…

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My poor blog!

I’ve been doing things, just posting through instagram as it’s an easy app. to use on my itty bitty phone, it can cross post (can’t be crossposted to, which is annoying) so there is a fair bit of backlog! Before I do a few updates on the state of theĀ current projects I need to get…

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inspiration hit hard!

Over the last few days I have been quiet here as I have been a bit busy and tired in what feels like equal proportions! It’s been skewed more to tired, strangely enough. Though I have fourĀ events and two hospital daystays in the next monthĀ so yes still to being busy. All charity events btw. Tis…

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Wig frankensteining

I have three lace front wigs that were not entirely perfect. The first was just a size too small for my head, the other two were slightly too dark for Elsa. Step One: A new wig cap.   This is a strip of high quality powernet (the rest is set aside to redo my Pink…

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steampunk corset photos

This was my favourite set of stays I have ever made for myself, and I am totally struggling to remake them! I am also trying toĀ illustrate why I love them so much to help someone with their gussested corset. So the first part was the pattern. These are all the pieces I used laid out….

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Progress!

It had been a while since I have had a chance to work with Make-A-Wish New Zealand so I was so happy to have had the chance recently šŸ™‚ And the first chance I have had to make snowflakes and share my sparkly icy jewels šŸ™‚ But it was also a chance to speak with…

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elsa cape dye success!

ELSA CAPE DYE SUCCESS! by admin, January 30, 2015   Confession, the old colour looked way too deep in shadow so I removed the colour. But the fabric went a blotchy silver with a few blue patches. So to the shame pile it went. I finally used a tiny tiny tiny amount of turquoise iDye…

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