Modeling & Taxidermy

 I was playing around at home with a couple outfits for a photo shoot I had with a friend on the 25th of July; here's what I ended up wearing. I decided black and white would be the best look.

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In addition, I have a new animal skull (or, "bare-bone taxidermy") project at hand! This time, my subject is that of what I suspect to be a coyote. My brother found and cleaned the skull, giving it to me as a gift. 

Needless to say, I have some great things in store for this beautiful animal skull.

Steampunk Jewelry

Below is a menagerie of the steampunk jewelry I've acquired recently. The first photo is of a bracelet I purchased at a folk festival in September of 2010. The woman who designed the bracelet was very talented. She suggested the bracelet to me after overhearing me talk about my love for steampunk style. I proceeded to buy two other bracelets from her after looking around and finding others that I liked. Couldn't help myself.

The photos in between the top and bottom display the matching clockwork necklace, ring and earrings that I found at Claire's. I was surprised to find such items in that store, honestly. Claire's is perfect for the brighter and more colorful jewelry I wear; but they rarely seem to have anything of a rustic or natural color. Lucky find, I suppose!

The last photo is one of myself wearing the "gearring" from Claire's and the steampunk ear cuff I bought from Etsy in summer of 2010

I hope you enjoy the jewelry!

Steampunk Costume 2010

My Steampunk Halloween costume. Well, the beginnings of it anyway.
I'm not entirely sure of where I'll wear it, but I'm determined to unveil this costume at least once during the month of October! As you can see, I worked rather hard on making sure everything matched. Sorry the photos are a bit bright, by the way.
The joys of taking full-body self photos plus a self timer and minus a good tripod...