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Due to my college workload I regret that I am currently unable to take on any custom orders. I am, however, still designing and working through my stash of fabrics. The results that are for sale are in my website's Direct Sales section. So please do take a look in there, you might find something you like :)
There's all kinds of designs in there: Alice in Wonderland inspired garments, steampunk clothes and accessories, you name it :)
News
Monday, March 8 2010
Hello everyone I'm happy to announce that the 11th edition of the Gatehouse Gazette is now available for free for your reading pleasure!
For those that don't know it: the Gatehouse Gazette is a wonderful online magazine about steampunk and dieselpunk :) This issue is all about Victorientalism, east meeting west and everything it entails.
We have interviews, a fashion article (Victoriental fashion), talk about movies, war and much much more.
Do not be alarmed if you have missed an edition of this magazine, they are all available for free via this link.
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On the 20th Bert and I went to Gala Nocturna, a Gothic/historic costume/assorted gala event hosted in the beautiful Chapel of Altena by Viona Ilegems of Viona Art.
This is what I wore. I didn't want to go for normal steampunk, and because I ADORE Alice in Wonderland I opted for making a Wonderland's Mad Tea Party inspired outfit ^^ Sadly you can't see my goggles (which were hanging off my belt) at all and the (Cheshire) Cat mask I wore in my hair not very well but hey, can't have everything :)
A big thank you to Viona for the picture of me and Bert (I had nothing to do with Bert's outfit btw, he mostly bought that in Venice, Italy, a couple of years ago).
Monday, February 1 2010
I made a coinpurse out of some
scarps, this is it. It's far from perfect but that's ok :)
It's just something I quickly whipped up for myself. In the end it'll probably
end up a dicebag for LARP :)
Wednesday, January 20 2010
My friend Saltje is getting married so I made a white skirt with blue details for each of her Blythe dolls :) If you're interested in clothes for Blythe dolls, please check this link.
Tuesday, January 19 2010
Here are some photos of my friend Lin's Blythe Miss Ruby in a scarf and skirts I made for her. If you're interested in clothes for Blythe dolls, please check this link.
Sunday, January 17 2010
I've reorganised my direct sales section, adding a Blythe clothing page to it. So for those that own (a) Blythe doll(s) and are looking for cute little skirts, check it out :)
A big thank you to my friend Lin for letting me use her Miss Ruby as a model!
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Have a fabulous 2010 everyone!!!
Thursday, December 31 2009
This brown doll skirt is perfect for steampunk outfits and costumes, or for daily wear if you just like the colour brown :)
It's cheerfully short, but not too short (it will be longer on a Pullip or Blythe doll I imagine).
The fabric has stitched line details, which makes it extra special :)
Thursday, December 31 2009
I'm happy to announce that the 10th edition of the Gatehouse Gazette: "Taking to the Skies" is now available for free for your reading pleasure!
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Monday, December 28 2009
This tea party inspired skirt is perfect for well, tea parties or taking your doll along to go see the new Alice in Wonderland movie in the new year. Or if you want something sweet but not pastel coloured for your doll :)
It should fit Blythe and Pullip dolls too although I imagine the lenght will be different on them.
Only 1 in stock! It's for direct sale, so if you want one, make sure to snatch it up whilst stock lasts. The fabric is sold out so if it's gone, it's gone!
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Friday, December 25 2009
First and foremost:
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
Here's some Christmassy photos for your entertainment ^^
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Thursday, December 24 2009
Today I bring you a pair of black spats that I'm selling. These spats are excellent for steampunk, steamgoth or gothic accessories or if you like Victoriana prints. They are made out of a lovely grey cotton with black pinstripe and victoriana flower print and close by plastic buttons. Hight is 28cm/11 inches.
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Wednesday, December 23 2009
Last year in December I got two
mini top hats from a stand at Archeon Midwinter fair (which I sadly didn't
manage to go to this year).
One of the hats is still being all plain and untouched, but I did manage to
decorate the other.
I put it on my BJD's head because I'm not sure whether or now I want to make a
fascinator type thing for myself out of it yet :)
Anyway, I think it looks quite pretty on her :)
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Tuesday, December 22 2009
This tea party inspired skirt is perfect for well, tea parties or taking your doll along to go see the new Alice in Wonderland movie in the new year. Or if you want something sweet but not pastel coloured for your doll :)
It should fit Blythe and Pullip dolls too although I imagine the lenght will be different on them.
2 in stock! They are all for direct sale, so if you want one, make sure to snatch one up whilst stock lasts. The fabric is sold out so if they're gone, they're gone!
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Monday, December 21 2009
First of all I want to congratulate my friends Peter and Leentje who got married the past weekend! Congrats guys!
Also: Merry Yule everyone!!
In design type news: I just uploaded this cute star printed doll skirt on the direct sales page.
This adorable blue skirt with little golden stars isn't just good for Christmas, I just got carried away by the season whilst taking photos :) It's one of a kind so get it while you can! It should fit Blythe and Pullip dolls too although I imagine the lenght will be different on them.
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Friday, December 19 2009
These brown doll skirts are perfect for steampunk outfits and costumes, or for daily wear if you just like the colour brown :)
They are all for direct sale, so if you want one, make sure to snatch one up whilst stock lasts.
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Thursday, December 17 2009
These cute plaid doll skirts are so cheerful and one of a kind! One is slightly shorter than the other but they are both fabulous for all kinds of dolls, whether they are BJD, Blythes or Pullips, your dolls are bound to look fantastic wearing these. They're both for direct sale.
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Wednesday, December 16 2009
I made myself this little holly hairclip to wear during the holiday season. I made my friend Charlotte one too, hers is the one with 3 leaves and 2 buttons.
I've also added this drawstring bag to the direct sales page for accessories.
These faux chainmail drawstring
bags are perfect for people that want a bag that looks just like chainmail, but
doesn't weigh quite as much. Or for people that just don't want to bother with
metal.
It look like it's been made out of chainmail rings, but in reality it's been
knitted with a special kind of yarn. This means they are much lighter than
actual chainmail bags, and you can just pop them in the laundry when they get
dirty :)
It has a clip attached to the back which can easily be removed and closes with
black wax cotton cord with dark brown beads.
12 x 12 cm/4.7 x 4.5 inches is the size of the bag.
It's being sold for € 10, shipping not included.
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Tuesday, December 15 2009
I've updated the Direct Sales section with a lot more items in pretty much every category. Go and have a look, you might find that one of a kind item you have been looking for!
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Monday, December 14 2009
Due to my college workload I regret that I am currently unable to take on any custom orders. I am, however, still designing and working through my stash of fabrics. The results that are for sale are in my website's Direct Sales section. So please do take a look in there, you might find something you like :)
There's all kinds of designs in there: Alice in Wonderland inspired garments, steampunk clothes and accessories, you name it :)
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Monday, November 23 2009
This is of course only of interest if you play in the Camarilla's Lost game and want to come to one of the games I run, but I'm still putting it up here.
The game dates for 2010 for the Belgian Changeling the Lost game are now available!
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Tuesday, November 3 2009
Gatehouse Gazette # 9 out now!!!!
I'm happy to announce that the 9th edition of the Gatehouse Gazette: Beautiful Industry is now available for free for your reading pleasure!
For those that don't know it: the Gatehouse Gazette is a wonderful online magazine about steampunk and dieselpunk :)
This issue is all about industry and the city. We have an interview with the wonderful author Carol McCleary and a review of her book "The Alchemy of Murder", talk about coctails, an article on dieselpunk fashion, a steampunk holiday greeting card for your printing pleasure and so much more I couldn't possible sum it all up here!
Do not be alarmed if you have missed an edition of this magazine, they are all available for free via this link.
Oh and guys, for our next edition we are still looking for photos of you in your finest steampunk or dieselpunk outfits! Every edition our chief editor Nick Ottens choses one from all the photos send in and that photo will be published in the magazine. So if you're interested: drop him a line with your photo in attachment on n dot ottens at gmail dot com Please only send in photos that you are allowed to use, we don't want any copyright infringement!
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Monday, November 2 2009
I gave my friend Jon the Peter Pan hat I knitted for him on Halloween, and this is a picture of him wearing it :)
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Saturday, October 31 2009
Happy Halloween/Samhain everyone!!!
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Sunday, October 25 2009
I knitted a scarf for Bert, here's a photo of him wearing it :)
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Friday, October 9 2009
I went to Disneyland Paris for the Halloween season, which is a yearly tradition. This is the costume I wore :)
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Monday, October 5 2009
I've made a bunch of Halloween printables, you can download them for free here.
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Wednesday, September 30 2009
I knitted a steampunk type scarf
out of fuzzy yarn I got at the yarn stand at the local Sunday market ages ago :)
It's going to keep me warm for sure ^^
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Tuesday, September 29 2009
I knitted myself a hat. There's keys dangling from the cords. If I undo those cords I can wear it as a cowl. This multifunctionality makes me happy :)
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Monday, September 21 2009
This is the Peter Pan inspired hat I knitted for my friend Jon for Halloween :)
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Saturday, September 19 2009
Happy Talk Like an Air Pirate Day everyone!!!!
May your day be filled with treasure and piratical fun!
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Thursday, September 17 2009
I made this costume for my cat Merlijn, who is going to be a skeleton this Halloween. He absolutely adores it, putting it on is no efford at all, taking it back off however, ow man X_x There's a lot of sad meowing and pathetic looks involved when I take it off again, he loves it so much (my cat is a bit odd, he loves clothes).
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Monday, September 13 2009
I made this top for my friend Anke for this Saturday's International Talk Like a Pirate Day :)
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Friday, September 11 2009
I wrote up the knitting pattern for the slouchy pumpkin hat I made a while ago. You can download it for free and make your own.
Do take note that this pattern is available for PERSONAL USE ONLY! You can't make any money off it or pass it off as your own!
And apart from that I made some trick or treat bags for this Halloween, out of scraps left over from Halloween costumes I was making. Better make bags out of them than throw out the scraps, this is a far more productive, and fun way to use them :)
These two were made for my friends Manu and Rik, out of left over fabric from my Halloween costume.
And these two were made for my friend Anke out of left over fabric of her Halloween skirt.
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Thursday, September 10 2009
This scarf was double knitted with 100% cotton yarn. It's in candy corn colours, but with black for those that prefer a scarf a little darker than the normal brightness of the Halloween candy. It's for sale here on my etsy page :)
A big thank you to my friend Anke for modeling the scarf! (I made the horns she's wearing as well, she just needs to paint them now ^__^)
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Wednesday, September 9 2009
These are the spats I made for this year's Halloween costume. The print is just the best, then again I love pumpkins so I'm biased :)
Check the spats page for more photos!
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Friday, September 4 2009
I made this screenprinted longsleeve for my friend Anke as part of her Halloween costume. Picture of the full costume (we worked on it together) will follow soon I'm sure :)
If you want your own Halloween top, t-shirt or longsleeve, have a look at the Halloween Screenprints page :)
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Wednesday, September 2 2009
This was actually the first hat I ever knitted :)
I put some leaves on the string to give a pumpkin plant leaf effect (they originally were silver but I put a coat of green acrylic ink over them).
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Tuesday, September 1 2009
I knitted this scarf for my friend Jon in candy corn colours. Because he LOVES candy corn. It's seriously super long, which is cool because it won't let through any cold :D
My story is that it's a candy corn scarf Dr Who style when Tom Baker played him and I'm sticking to that story :)
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Monday, August 31 2009
I'm happy to announce that the 8th edition of the Gatehouse Gazette is now available for free for your reading pleasure!
For those that don't know it: the Gatehouse Gazette is a wonderful online magazine about steampunk and dieselpunk :) We have articles on several subjects, fashion, comics, reviews and much much more! And this bimonthly edition is all about the frightful things we all love.
This time we have an article about Victorian Halloween, Talk like an Air Pirate Day and Halloween printables, an interview with Sam Van Olffen, a short story by Ms Natania Barron and much much much more!
Do not be alarmed if you have missed an edition of this magazine, they are all available for free via this link.
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Tuesday, July 21 2009
First things first: Happy Belgium day everyone!
(It's our national holiday over here in Belgium.)
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Tuesday, June 30 2009
Gatehouse Gazette # 7 out now!
I'm happy to announce that the 7th edition of the Gatehouse Gazette is now available for free for your reading pleasure!
For those that don't know it: the Gatehouse Gazette is a wonderful online magazine about steampunk and dieselpunk :)
We have articles on several subjects, fashion, comics, reviews and much much more!
This time we have an article about etnic steampunk, beer, a tale of travel and the city of London, reviews about movies, books and roleplaying games (Unhallowed Necropolis), comics and many more interesting things!
Do not be alarmed if you have missed an edition of this magazine, they are all available for free via this link.
And in other crafty news, I knitted a bag for my friend Manu for his Changeling the Lost LARP character Ben :)
If you want your own drawstring bag, check out my faux chainmail range, and if you like something out of a different type of yarn, just drop me a line :)
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Sunday, June 21 2009
Yesterday was the wedding of my bf's brother Peter and his gf (now his wife) Eva. I knitted her a faux chainmail bag as a wedding present and took photos througout the day.
I made the dress I wore myself.
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Sunday, June 14 2009
I had an outfit shot done, not the greatest shot I know, but the weather here in Belgium is being absolutely dire. It was really warm, then it rained but didn't cool down so it's this nasty sticky humidity here now. I fled back inside where it's cool O_o
I hope everyone is having a fabulous time!!!!!
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Tuesday, June 9 2009
I recently started knitting, and whilst I'm not capable of all kinds of spectacular things, I did figure out how to do some nice accessories and scarves. And become the owner of a ravelry account :)
Faux chainmail drawstring bags, I've knitted loads of them on commission lately.
I've also knitted some scarves. The brown one is mine, and the purple one was knitted for my friend Charlotte.
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Friday, May 15 2009
A while ago I made a
red
zipperskirt for the fabulous Finn von Claret of Abney
Park.
She did a shoot with photographer Fabio Governato wearing that skirt and kindly
send me this photo, which I think is absolutely fabulous!
Thanks Finn!
Model: Finn von Claret
Photographer: Fabio Governato
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Tuesday, May 5 2009
Due to a rubbish internet connection I
sadly couldn't post about this sooner, but better late than never!
I'm happy to announce that the
6th edition of the Gatehouse Gazette is now available for free for your
reading pleasure!
For those that don't know it: the Gatehouse Gazette is a wonderful online
magazine about steampunk and dieselpunk :)
We have articles on several subjects, fashion, comics, reviews and much much
more!
This time we have an article about an alcholic beverage,
an interview with me, mad science, and much much more!
Do not be alarmed if you have missed an edition of this magazine, they are all
available for free via
this
link.
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Friday, May 1 2009
Happy Beltane everyone!
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Wednesday, April 22 2009
Happy Earth Day everyone!
If you're not already environmentally aware, now's the time to change that!
And in other happy news, I got featured on Brass Goggles, one of the foremost steampunk resources on the internet! *happy*
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Thursday, April 16 2009
This is of course only relevant for the Cammies that read this page, but I'm still going to post it. The last flyer for the Belgian National 2009 is finally out.
You can find all information about this event on this link.
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Tuesday, April 6 2009
I've uploaded a new skirt today on the bellskirt page. It's got a brilliant print :)
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Wednesday, April 1 2009
Happy April Fool's everyone. Remember: mean pranks are not funny! The Smoking Lounge is celebrating this amusing occassion too, and has temporarily changed it's lay-out. See, steampunks and Dieselpunks know how to have a good time :)
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Monday, March 30 2009
Today I bring you this shirt, which is available for direct sale at a bit of a bargain price (it's cheaper than the starting price for pouf sleeved shirts!)
The shirt shown here is made out sailor print cotton, with black plastic buttons with swirl detail. It's a size small and is currently for sale at bargain price of € 20 (shipping NOT included)
Drop me a line if you're interested!
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Tuesday, March 17 2009
But today isn't just St-Patrick's day, oh no, it is also AIR KRAKEN DAY, a steampunk and dieselpunk holiday :)
So: HAPPY AIR KRAKEN DAY EVERYONE!!!
For more on Air Kraken Day and other steampunk and dieselpunk holidays, check out the Smoking Lounge forum :)
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Sunday, March 15 2009
I've uploaded a brown denim zipperskirt and shiny new brown cordoroy tailcoat. I've uploaded them on the zipperskirt and tailcoat pages. And on the steampunk variety of those two.
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Saturday, March 14 2009
This is only of interest to the fans of LARP I'm sure, but I would like to make some time to announce the Camarilla Belgium National 2009 anyway :)
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Wednesday, March 11 2009
For the 6th edition of
Gatehouse Gazette we
are holding our traditional photo competition again :)
Just send your best photo (steampunk, dieselpunk, clockpunk, ... we welcome it
all!) (one per person!) to our chief editor
Nick Ottens before April 26th and the winner will get a page big feature of
his or her photo in issue 6 (which will be released end of April/beginning of
May).
As a sidenote: please only send in photos
you are allowed to send in. So photos you took, or of which you have permission
of the photographer to enter. Entering photos is on your own reponsability :)
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Tuesday, March 3 2009
And yet more spats, for one can NEVER have enough/too many pairs of spats :) Like all the other pairs, this too has been added to the spats page (you'll have to scroll down a bit though). It's a special one of a kind pair with Mickey Mouse heads print. I promise I'll soon start posting something else than spats (although I've got at least one more pair coming up), with some luck I'll be able to get some more things photographed this Thursday (and no, those things will NOT be spats :P).
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Sunday, March 1 2009
I've finished another pair of spats, a more Goth pair this time. I've put it up on my spats page :)
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Monday, February 23 2009
Last Thursday Bert and I went to Disneyland Paris for a day to meet up with our friends Dan and Jon. For those interested, you can read the trip report here, and see photos here.
And in more important news:
Gatehouse Gazette # 5 is now out!!!!
This time we have an article about an alcholic beverage, an interview with fashion designer extraordinare Vecona, steampunk adventurers featuring Rober Brown from Abney Park and much MUCH more! Do not be alarmed if you have missed an edition of this magazine, they are all available for free via this link.
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Wednesday, February 18 2009
I made myself a pair of pretty blue spats with victoriana print. Pictures on the spats page :)
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Saturday, February 14 2009
Happy hearts day to all of you!
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Wednesday, February 11 2009
I've made a page for spats, for spats are made of win and awesome :)
I've also got this lovely red pair for direct sale at € 20 (shipping not included, within Europe shipping is € 3, and € 5 for the rest of the world). They are 23,5 cm/9.25 inches tall and made out of cotton (outer layer and lining both) with black plastic buttons. (They've never been worn, the only time they've been over boots was for these photos)
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Monday, February 9 2009
Come join the Smoking Lounge!
You know you want to ;)
The Gatehouse and the Smoking Lounge:
quite probably the best Steam- and Dieselpunk forum on the web.
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Sunday, February 8 2009
Happy Jules Verne Day everyone!
Happy birthday Mr Verne!
The grandfather of steampunk, and one of the most celebrated French authors of the genre might have died over a hundred years ago, that doesn't stop his fans from celebrating his life and works! These is my outfit for the occassion, brown stands for adventure!
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Wednesday, February 3 2009
Viona who organises the fantastic Gala Nocturna 2009 (this year's was on Saturday the 24th) has put up a gallery with the photos she took at the event. These are the pictures she took of Bert and I. My own photos from Gala Nocturna can be seen here.
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Tuesday, February 2 2009
Happy Imbolc/Candlemass everyone!!!
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Monday, January 26 2009
Happy Chinese New Year !!!!!
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Thursday, January 15 2009
Well I might not have made the steampunk issue of Bizarre Magazine, but I did make the forum :)
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Tuesday, January 13 2009
No more cold hands! I've added a handwarmer muff to my accessories page. These things are sure to keep your hands warm all during winter :)
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Thursday, January 8 2009
Happy Founding Day (or should I say: 1st anniversary) Smoking Lounge!
I have baked cake with chocolate for this joyous occassion (and then Bert ate it, that'll teach me for baking it a day in advance!). There's pictures of the cake though, in honour of the Smoking Lounge, complete with special cake banner (that I made myself) and everything! :) It's a normal cake with bits of chocolate, simple, yet yum!
And this is the outfit I wore for the occassion.
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Thursday, January 1 2009
Happy New Year everyone!
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Thursday, December 25 2008
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
Should boredom set in at a family affair, I can heartily recommend reading Gatehouse Gazette ;)
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Wednesday, December 24 2008
Happy Christmas eve everyone!!!
And in other happy festive news, the wonderful steampunk and dieselpunk magazine the Gatehouse Gazette has just released it's 4th edition right in time for Christmas! It is completely free and totally worth the read!!!
Have no fear if you've missed any of the previous issues, you can download all of those (also for free) via this link :)
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Monday, December 22 2008
I found something that is hours of amusement guaranteed on the Coraline website. In the Other Mother's Workshop you can make your photos look vintage with frame and all included! And you could add buttons for eyes, just like in the movie (I didn't do that though). So if you like that kind of thing, you know where to go :)
An example of what I made on there (there's more on my flickr page):
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Sunday, December 21 2008
Happy Yule everyone!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wednesday, December 17 2008
Today I made some skirts for my BJD and took pictures, which I've uploaded on the BDJ page. So if you have a BJD that needs new skirts, go have a look :)
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Monday, December 15 2008
Yesterday I went to Archeon Midwinter Fair with Bert and Nick.
This is what I wore:
I put this and another photo of the outfit on my zipper skirt pages (both the standard and the steampunk one).
Of course I took several photos of the event (and no, not just of my outfit :P), which can all be found here, in a set on my flickr page.
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Tuesday, December 9 2008
My friend Robin (author of Roaming In Thought) was kind enough to share his fantastic gear website background with me! Thanks Robin!
It's now the background of this website's steampunk section :)
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Monday, December 8 2008
Happy Pretend to be a Time Traveller Day!!!!!
And seeing I never pass up an opportunity to dress up, this is what I wore today :) I need to get better pictures made of the skirt, I made that myself (as well as the top and spats, but the bellskirt needs to go on the bellskirt page) ^__^
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Tuesday, December 2 2008
Today my sister Bérengère kindly offered to model for me for my portfolio so I would have pictures of my new design. A variation on the zipperskirt: the ribbon skirt. It's been added to the clothing and steampunk pages. There's different pictures on it's page so it's worth checking out :)
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Thursday, November 27 2008
HAPPY TURKEY DAY
THANKSGIVING! to everyone out in the US, or that celebrates this holiday :)
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Sunday, November 23 2008
I have been working on new things lately, but sadly because of the bad weather there have not been any photo opportunities yet. Hopefully we'll manage inside location shots soon.
Bérengère was kind enough to take pictures of me wearing one of my Halloween print shirts at yesterday's Lost game, so I've uploaded that to my shirts and my Halloween shirts pages. Thanks again Bérengère!!!
Speaking of Lost, I have moved the website of the Camarilla Belgium Lost game to this site, because I run the game and need to be able to easily update it. So if anyone is interested in the kind of LARPs I'm involved, check out the Camarilla page, or better yet: the Lost page! :)
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Tuesday, November 4 2008
This is only of interest to the Cammies that keep an eye on this page I'm sure, but I've updated the Black Arc Photography page :)
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Monday, November 3 2008
First of all:
A very happy belated
Halloween and
!
I was in Disneyland Paris with my friend Charlotte for this auspicious occasion without my laptop and internet so I couldn't put this up earlier. Sorry about that.
These are some bad pictures of my costumes that I had made beforehand (in bad lighting outside sadly). Alas you can't see the shirts well, but hey, you get the jest. Too bad the weather was so horrid (lots of rain and freezing cold) in Disneyland Paris so I sadly didn't manage to get better pictures taken in the park.
For better pictures of the shirt in the pic on the left, click here. I'll have to get pictures made of the shirt in the picture of the right, because the print is really very funky :)
And in other fantastic news: Gatehouse Gazette # 3 is now out! It's no doubt the best steampunk and dieselpunk magazine online, and you should all read it (it's free by the way)! This edition we have articles on LARP, history, fashion, music, reviews, comics and much much more!!!!!!
If you missed the other editions, fear not, you can download them all on this link :)
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Tuesday, October 28 2008
I got featured on The Gatehouse, a most excellent steampunk and dieselpunk website ran by Nick Ottens (the chief editor of Gatehouse Gazette).
Huzzah :)
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Sunday, October 19 2008
Today Bert and I met up with Tom at Bar Louis to have some photos taken for the Gatehouse Gazette and my portfolio + website.
You can find all of the photos on my flickr page, and the ones that ended up here in this site's steampunk section and on the contemporary waistcoats for men page.
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Thursday, October 16 2008
A while ago I was interviewed by Lux La Due for the Girl is Poison webzine. You can read the interview here :)
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Sunday, October 12 2008
Today I went to the F.A.C.T.S. 2008 convention in Ghent, dressed as a steampunk aviator. This is a picture of the costume I wore. I made the shirt and skirt myself.
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Friday, October 3 2008
I went to the seaside (Ostend to be precise) last Saturday to have pictures taken for the next edition of the Gatehouse Gazette and my portfolio. Results can be seen in my bellskirt page and the waistcoat page. I have but one more thing to say: airship pirates for the win!
For those following the LARP links on my website, the Black Arc coterie mini-site has also been updated with some pictures.
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Wednesday, October 1 2008
Let the count-down to Hallowe'en begin!
Because Hallowe'en is drawing closer, today's update is the Hallowe'en longsleeve made for Sille, the daughter of my friend Chris. You can find it on the Hallowe'en tops page. Don't forget to check out my Halloween section if you're still looking for that perfect spooky holiday garment or accessory!
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Monday, September 29 2008
And for today: an update with actual new stuff! I've updated the Lost garb page and I've made a new page in the Clothing section for contemporary waistcoats for men.
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Monday, September 22 2008
Better late than never: my costume for this year's International Talk Like a Pirate Day :)
ARRRRR!!!!
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Sunday, September 21 2008
Happy Mabon everyone!
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Friday, September 19 2008
ARRRRRR mateys today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! I be hoping ye all be having a grand day filled with pillaging and plunder!
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Sunday, September 7 2008
Yesterday was Sven and Nikki's wedding (again, congratulations you guys!) and I wore my fabulous new evening dress that I made myself. Sadly the only pictures of it that Bert took came out super blurry. So until I get better pictures within a fortnight, I'll leave you with this. You get the general idea from it at least :) (and no I am NOT going to make it a habit of posting blurry pics :P)
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Monday, September 1 2008
Hallowe'en is creeping up on us again (huzzah!) and thus I have uploaded a (temporary, it will return annually end of August/beginning of September) special Halloween section to this website where you can find all your Spooky Holiday needs be they costumes, clothing or accessories!
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Sunday, August 31 2008
Last day of the summer holidays, alas, so tomorrow it's back to evening college with me!
That said, today I've updated my special offers page with loads of new things for direct sale. So have a look, you never know whether you'll find something you love!
As an added bonus I'm selling two one-off items, which means that the person buying them will be the _only_ one with this particular garment!
Once they're gone, they're gone.
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In other news, I've recently had promo postcards and business cards printed by a London (UK) based company called Moo and I would like to take the time to heartily recommend them to any artist or person that wants to make their own postcards, notecards, greeting cards, business cards, sticker books and other funky things; for they are really rather fabulous! So if you need someone to do your (promotional) printing, check out Moo!
(By the by, there's nothing wrong with the colours of the bottom 3 business cards, the colours of those are just as nice as those of the others, the flash just caught them badly.)
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Sunday, August 24 2008
Huzzah, the second edition of the Gatehouse Gazette has been released! I've written two articles and a haiku for it, and provided several photos. Everyone should read it for it is absolutely brilliant!!!!
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Tuesday, August 19 2008
Yesterday, Tom and I went into Louvain to sort out pictures for the Gatehouse Gazette (which we both work for). And I decided to use some for my portfolio as well :)
Copyright 2008 Tom Vanherck (photography)
and Hilde Heyvaert (design).
All rights reserved.
No unauthorized use or distribution.
The first two I also used for my steampunk and general zipper skirt pages, because I love them so much. Pictures of me by Tom, picture of Tom by me. (Tom's outfit is store bought btw, I had nothing to do with that! The first picture was taken in the university halls, and the other 3 at a wonderful store called Louvanist (which you should all visit should the opportunity arise!)
Many thanks to the propietor of Louvanist to let us use their store to take photos in!!!!! Below are the details for Louvanist.
Grote Markt - Kortestraat 2
3000 Leuven (or Louvain if you want the French and English name of the town)
Belgium
phone: 016 20 59 00
fax: 016 20 18 00
soon they will have a website too at www.louvanist.com
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Sunday, August 17 2008
I did a photoshoot today, so I was able to make additions to the waistcoats, poufed sleeved shirts (both general and steampunk specific pages), bustle skirts (I made a bustle skirt page for my steampunk section as well) and the Steampunk wardrobe index.
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Friday, August 15 2008
I now have a banner, courtesy of my friend Nick Ottens, who made it for me. Thanks Nick!
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Wednesday, August 13 2008
I've added another Regency waistcoat. One that I made for Bert a while ago.
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Tuesday, August 5 2008
Today I have made a page for a dress perfect for a steampunk mad scientist or engineer in the steampunk section :)
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Friday, August 1 2008
Happy Lammas/Lughnasadh everyone!
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Thursday, July 24 2008
I've added two extra sections to the website. One for all the Gothic designs I have made, and another for pirate garb.
And also another poufed sleeved shirt with extra ruffly collar.
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Wednesday, July 23 2008
Today's addition is another waistcoat for women, some updates on the steampunk section and a new zipperskirt :)
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Tuesday, July 22 2008
I've uploaded another Regency waistcoat today.
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Monday, July 21 2008
First things first: Happy Belgium day everyone!
Today is our national holiday you see, and despite of the lies spread in several newspapers, this country is NOT about to split up.
But I'm not here to rant/talk about politics.
Today I went out into Louvain with Tom, Els, Peter and Bert to sort out photos for my portfolio and website. Over the course of the coming days I will upload several on them here and my online portfolio.
Of course I'm starting updates of the website right now, and so I've made a new page in the costuming section, one for Regency waistcoats. My brand new steampunk section is also coming along nicely. I've added several pages on there already, make sure to check it out!
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Sunday, June 20 2008
I have added a page to the Costuming section for the Changeling the Lost specific LARP garments I make. If you play the venue (or if you're curious what this is about): check it out :)
Tomorrow I'm doing a photoshoot in Louvain with Bert and Tom for various garments I've made, so expect a lot of updates soon.
I'm also working on several new sections on my site.
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Saturday, June 28 2008
A picture of a steampunk outfit I made :)
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Thursday, June 26 2008
I've added some more photos on the cord tops page.
More updates coming soon! I'm profiting of the nice weather to get loads of photos taken :)
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Tuesday, June 24 2008
I've added a new page to the clothing section, that for the cord tops. First it was dresses, now this type of garment is also available as a top!
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Saturday, June 21 2008
Happy Litha everyone !!!!
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Friday, June 6 2008
I went to Versailles and Disneyland Paris, and couldn't resist dressing up!
My outfit for Versailles:
I like this photo so much I've also put it up on the zipper skirt page :)
And my outfit for Disneyland Paris (yes that's the Nautilus on the background):
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Wednesday, May 28 2008
I did a big update on the zipper skirt page and added 3 more models to it.
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Monday, May 19 2008
I've added two new pages to the clothing section.
First the page for the cord dresses, which are most excellent for summer.
And secondly the page for women's waistcoats.
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Thursday, May 1 2008
Happy Beltane everyone !!!!
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Monday, April 21 2008
Yesterday I went to Elf Fantasy Fair in the Netherlands, and Bert was kind enough to take some photos of my steampunk costume. More photos of this costume (different angles and details etc) on my steampunk page on flickr :)
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Friday, April 18 2008
My friend Tam has send me some photos of her wedding, for which I made two waistcoats and the pageboy outfits. They can be found in my customer gallery :) Aren't the pageboys absolutely adorable?!
I'm posting this one here because this photo of Jude in his kurta is too cute for words :)
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Sunday, April 13 2008
I went to the Funiversum convention in Louvain and profited of the occassion to have one of my steampunk outfits photographed.
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Tuesday, April 8 2008
Jeni has send me some lovely photos of her and Anwen wearing the dresses I made them at Tam and Andy's wedding. They can be found here and here :)
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Saturday, April 5 2008
First and foremost: CONGRATULATIONS to Tam and Andy on their wedding! Which is today :)
I was commissioned by them to make waistcoats for the groom and his best man and the pageboys. And for the same wedding I was commissioned by Jeni to do dresses for her and her daughter Anwen, so stay tuned for photos of those showing up on this page and on other relevant pages of this website :)
Some pictures of Jeni wearing her dress (they're the one of the pretty lady in the long blue dress with flouncy sleeves) can already be seen in my customer gallery ^__^
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Friday, March 21 2008
Happy Ostara !!!!
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Monday, February 4 2008
I've added a new waistcoat to my Victorian Waistcoats pages.
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Saturday, February 2 2008
Happy Candlemass/Litha!!!!
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Saturday, January 19 2008
My friend Niels wore the pirate shirt I made for his brother Christoff at last night's Requiem LARP game, so I got a picture to put in my costumer gallery :). And on here too of course :)
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Sunday, January 13 2008
The first piece for the new year (hey we're only the 14th day, the year is still brand new ^__^): the hooded frock coat. The one in the photos is a winter version, but it's of course also available in shorter versions, all sorts of fabrics, for all seasons and without a hood. Go and have a look on my frock coat page :)
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Tuesday, December 25 2007
Coming soon! Photos of the new model frock coat: the hooded winter frock coat (only suitable for daily wear and fantasy pirate costumes, NOT for historical reenactment), and a new Edwardian waistcoat that I made for Bert. We're waiting on the weather to be cooperative enough for us to take pictures.
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Tuesday, December 25 2007
For more silly Christmas pictures, have a look here on my design blog :)
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Monday, December 24 2007
I know that this site hasn't been updated much lately, but I can assure you all that it's mainly to do with the lack of a good inside location for photos and the freezing (literally) cold weather outside. More new designs shall be posted soon when the weather (and mainly the temperature) is more cooperative, you can count on that :)
I'm also working hard on my collections, so more about that will be coming soon as well!
In the mean time, I hope everyone has a fantastic holiday season, whichever holiday you celebrate!
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Friday, December 21 2007
Happy Yule!!!!!
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Monday, November 5 2007
Lots of new things! First and for most I've added a new garment to my clothing section: a poufed sleeved shirt :)
I've also finally gotten 'round to uploading my Hallowe'en costumes for this year. First Bert and I went to Disneyland Paris early October, where in the Halloween season, adults are allowed to dress up too (and not just on after hours parties like in the US Disney parks).
The first day we were there I was the Cheshire Cat.
The second day I opted for a Hallowe'en pirate costume. Sadly I didn't manage to finish it all, so you'll just have to see this as a sort of sneak preview for my costume for next year :)
And last but definitely not least: my Hallowe'en costume for this year. I was a ghost girl :)
Merlijn wanted to be in the photo too :)
He didn't burst the balloon, he just tapped at it with his paw, without drawing claws at it :)
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Thursday, November 1 2007
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Wednesday, October 31st 2007
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Monday, October 8 2007
I've added a new version of the A-line bustle skirt, have a look on the
bustle skirts page ;)
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Monday, September 17 2007
In totally non-design news: I've (temporarily) uploaded the
Camarilla Belgium National 2007 registratration
form on my website. This is of course, only of interest to Camarilla players
:)
But it had to be hosted somewhere, so it might as well be here ^^
EDIT (Monday, December 24 2007): seeing the national is now long gone, the registration form has been taken off again :)
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Thursday, August 2 2007
I've updated my Clothing,
Costuming and Evening wear pages with a new
garment for men: the Edwardian Waistcoat.
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Wednesday, August 1 2007
I've added a new type of frock coat (pirate coat) to the costuming page. A new
model of fantasy pirate coats is now available for men :)
Many thanks to Timothy for modeling the custom coat I made for him!
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Saturday, July 21 2007
I, like many others, play a character in the world wide Camarilla Requiem LARP.
It's an entire supernatural world with many things you can play. A great many of
these "factions" have their own logos and symbols. Recently I've started desiging
imagery for these factions, and the results are now on their own
page in the costuming section :)
Next: Sworn of the Dying Light and Sworn of the Mysteries of the Ordo Dracul
covenant.
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Monday, July 2 2007
I've added a new page to my
costuming section, a pirate shirt page for both
historically accurate and fantasy pirate shirts for both men and women.
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Sunday, July 1 2007
My friend Jeni send me some brilliant pictures she took of her daughter Anwen
wearing the pirate outfit I made her. So I've added those to the
women & girls frock coat page and the
bellskirt page.
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Sunday, June 25 2007
I've updated the
BJD section with a funky sleeveless top, a bellskirt with tartan/plaid
ribbon detail and a miniature tricorn hat.
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