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Scrappy Gibbous Inspired Skirt

Whitney — Thu, 29 May 2014 20:24:55 +0000

Several years ago I was introduced to an amazing website full of incredible, scrappy, pieces that are so inspiring to look at. Since then I have been wanting to make a skirt inspired by the ones on the site.

For this year’s medieval faire I finally got the perfect inspiration…I started the skirt late the night before the faire and made a super fun and scrappy skirt.

If you want to see more details of the skirt and how I made it then click HERE!

**Click HERE to see other ways I style my corset!**

Adjustable Steampunk Skirt

Whitney — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:39:32 +0000

A year or so ago my dad bought me two vintage curtains at a thrift store. They were really cool – printed with different trains and train signs. I was saving them; trying to come up with just the right project. I had been considering them for a feature segment on a corduroy bag, but after a lot of thinking decided the print was too large and too busy for a bag.

About three months ago I shared a pic of the fabric on instagram and someone commented that it would make a great skirt for my steampunk costume. The idea didn’t really stick with me, until a short time ago when I was inspired with a certain skirt shape.

Once the idea of the shape was in my mind the entire project fell into place! I jumped right into making the skirt and it turned out so awesome!

I filmed enough of the process that I was able to put together a tutorial of my impromptu project. You can find that tutorial HERE!

I hope you love the project as much as I love my new skirt!

Steampunk Silent Short Film?!?

Whitney — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 03:15:45 +0000

About 15 months ago I got together with two co-workers and we filmed a silly little Steampunk silent short film. We came up with the idea the day before and only had a poorly drawn storyboard to go off of…but we had a ton of fun shooting it. The footage then sat mostly untouched for about a year.

Recently I convinced one of the guys to finish editing it. I love how it turned out and hope you like it!

Click HERE to watch the The Awkward Adventures of Steam Force One.

(BTW in case you’re wondering about the long title…it’s because we couldn’t decide on one and combined all the options)