Things I am proud of :)

Lol....I could have/should have blocked out part of this year's Delano award...so it would read "GRANDMA CHAMPION"! :)




This is the trophy I got for placing in my age division in the recent River City Run 10K (you couldn't see the lettering in the Desmond/ desktop shot I posted above).

I was thinking that it would be silly fun to get some model paint and customize it---- paint the figure's hair purple, give her tattoos and rainbow colored running wear. Lol...I tried to use Microsoft Paint to retouch the photograph, but am too klutzy with the program, besides which there would be something kitschily appealing about OOAKing the actual award.

Books #30 & 31

Did get a couple of books read this last week.

30) Ralston, Aron. BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. Atria Books: 2004.

27-year-old outdoorsman and adventurer Ralston, set off for a day's hike in the Utah canyons. In the middle of a deep and remote canyon, the unthinkable happened: a boulder shifted and snared his right arm against the canyon wall. He was trapped, facing dehydration, starvation, hallucinations and hypothermia for five and a half days. The recent movie 127 Hours was based on this true life story.

31) Koja, Kathe. UNDER THE POPPY. Small Beer Press: 2010
"A gothic, glam-rock take on love and sex and death that reads a little like what would happen if Sarah Waters and Angela Carter played a drunken game of Exquisite Corpse in a brothel."
—Tor.com

discomedusae haeckle parasol project

Random links for yet another of my unfinished projects:

Which will be an art/accessory/parasol for a steampunk outfit featuring my newest corset (paired with some sort of bustle skirt)

Starting inspirational image: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/90014384/Hulton-Archive

info about Haeckel: http://www.mblwhoilibrary.org/exhibits/haeckel/index.html

Am dithering over what basic umbrella to start with?
---pagoda shaped http://greatglovez.com/Parisian-Pagoda-Parasol-Umbrella/M/B003WKNZMU.htm?traffic_src=froogle&utm_medium=CSE&utm_source=froogle
---ruffled http://www.amazon.com/Oversized-Adult-Ruffle-Umbrella-Parasol/dp/B001B9S6HI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=shoes&qid=1303419149&sr=8-1
---battenberg lace http://www.amazon.com/Wedding-Parasol/dp/B0029E04TM/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1303419185&sr=8-14

Jazz funeral umbrellas: http://www.secondlineumbrella.com/

Parasol cover tutorial: http://labricoleuse.livejournal.com/33277.html

Steampunk parasols:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahariel/sets/72157605798680286/with/2603459528/

Steampunk bustle: http://www.etsy.com/listing/44522913/jellyfish-bustle-belt

Flickr jellyfish costume pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shadowplay/2656309793/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_g_donald/3210900323/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_g_donald/2478391083/ (DIG the wig!)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cedwardmoran/3088073818/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cedwardmoran/3007789581/