Costume Blogger American Duchess is doing a Giveaway! also a Grilled Cheese Skirt.

Costume Blogger  American Duchess is doing a giveaway. She is giving away a pair of  "Nankeen" Regency half-boots Nankeen Regency half boot The Nankeen boots are a late Regency Era fabric boot. The boot has a leather sole, lacing closure, and a round toe. These boots are also dye-able. For more info about Nankeen head over to the Nankeen Regency Boot page at the American Duchess shop.  Enter her Giveaway for a chance to win HERE! IN other news  Well another skirt for a costumer done. This...

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Bum Pads and Pocket Hoops

The Bum Shop Bum Pad After a week, I was slowly getting the energy to get back to work. I pretty much knocked out my skirt supports in three days. Since I hadn't decide at the time which style of dress I was going to make at the time I made the choice to just make a bum pad and a pair of pocket hoops. The bum pad was pretty easy and only took an hour to finish. I couldn't find a pattern or any real instructions on how to make one, so I just kind of worked with pictures I saw. The first step was to measure the width of my, well...

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My 25th Birthday~New dress and a little Tea party

Yesterday was my 25th birthday and I spent the day just lay in bed watching movies cause we celebrated on the 13th. We did it a day early cause my sister had to work on the 14th and we wanted her to be included.  In my last post I wrote about my dress inspiration and fabric. Well after that I had to get to work on a bodice for the dress. After choosing how I wanted the bodice to look it only took me a few hours to finish the dress. I pretty happy with how it came out.                ...

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My Birthday~ Tea cups and Roses

My birthday is just around the corner. On February 14th  I'll be turning 25 years old and I'm finally having a tea party. Yes a tea party. I have been begging everyone to join me for tea but they just don't want to, so when asked what I want to do for my birthday I knew I had them. I love to plan parties, I love every detail of planning the party just as much as the party itself. Last year  made my own cake just cause I found a new cake I wanted to try both for baking and eating reasons. I started getting everything together...

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