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A quick update

I'm a little behind on posting so I wanted to catch you guys up but it's also 3am so I'm gonna do it real quick ! Here's the latest:

- family stuff kept me busier than I expected all week but that's over after an event tomorrow (crap, it's 3am, tomorrow is today)

- my daily LOTR livestreams have been a lot of fun and I'm going to keep doing that at 3 daily (most days) on twitch

- the transmission in my vehicle up here has to be replaced and I'm pretty stressed about that...

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This Old House

Just a quick bts shot from today's adventures in Gothic Homemaking! There are a few more I posted to the upper tiers

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Old house .gifs

Some upper tier content from this week's projects

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WIP pics from last year

I never got around to posting these selfies from a fitting I did for my silk Georgian gown (partly because I tied my corset lopsided, lol)

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Crown moulding last month

A couple extra photos from the crown moulding window box thing I made last month

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How am I supposed to get any work done

I successfully taught him not to sit on my project. He is technically not sitting on the project. 🤦‍♀️

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Tuesday Pun Day (One Day Early)

It's been a few weeks since we did the pun game , so I'll give you this one early! AND it's a .gif

In case you're new, here's the scoop: on Tuesdays I like to post something funny and let you guys go crazy on stupid puns in the comments. It's a reward for being so very well behaved on the comment section of my patreon!! Thank you ❤️

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Dragon Hair (upper tiers)

This took fucking HOURS 😆

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Dragon Hair In Progress

I finally got around to doing the fire hair that I designed for my Smaug costume!!!

The idea is for my hair to look like literal fire, with lots of red flames and a little bit of yellow, and grey/ black at the bottom to represent the ashes left behind by the fire

Stage 1 is complete. It took long enough that I had time to watch all of Empire Strikes Back and 3 episodes of Rick & Morty while my hair was being painted last night 😆 Stage 2 later this week probably (will add...

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Stormtrooper .Gif No. 2

Another editing experiment for my VIP level 😘

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Stormtrooper .gif

More experiments in editing... this one seems like a good exclusive for my VIPs 😘

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It finally happened

...I ordered something without checking the dimensions 😆

BUT I LOVE HIM

what happened is... I have one of these plushies but it's like, pillow sized (and I use it as a pillow). But I don't have it with me rn because I'm in Michigan and all my stuff is pretty much at my house in Florida.

So when I went to place an order for some concrunch stuff and they were like "add this to your order for $3?" I was like "sure I want one up here" and well... I did not think to check...

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Gifs and Outtakes

In which Lance makes an appearance

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Experiments in .Gif

Testing some new editing tricks , let's see what you guys think 🥰

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THE GOLD DRAGON IS HERE

I rarely do group costumes in the traditional sense but I'm going to have half a dozen dragons this year (a whole rainbow's worth!) at dragoncon. Despite the name, not many people wear dragon costumes at dragoncon, so I'm pretty excited to have this in the works!

Already completed:
- red dragon
- green dragon
- blue dragon
- white /gold dragon

Still to come:
- black dragon
- purple dragon

And one of my friends is putting together a cottage core dragon...

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Attic Stairs: how to see the full length version

So apparently the actual full length version is too long for patreon 😆 I'm still learning the ropes on patreon videos I guess.

I posted it to tiktok and inatagram as friends only

This is a great time to check if you're on my friends list! If you're not, message me your username(s) so I can add you. Remember that if your tiktok /instagram is on any kind of lockdown, you'll have to approve my request :)

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Unicorn Swimsuit

I finally got a chance to make another swimsuit with my new pattern! Have some work in progress pictures 🥰

(The rest of the photoset is posted to the upper tiers)

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Unicorn Swimsuit (upper tiers)

I finally got a chance to make another swimsuit with my new pattern! Have some work in progress pictures 🥰

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Star Trek Sleepwear (upper tiers)

As promised, here is the whole photoset 🖤

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Star Trek Sleepwear

Someone sent me the Captain Kirk nightgown from my wishlist and it was exactly the right soft comfy thing for tonight's James bond marathon with Lance (the cat).

(The rest of the photoset is posted to the upper tiers )

Good news: I now have someone to help me keep up with the paperwork and various other stuff that's been keeping me overwhelmingly busy

Which means i can get back to posting every day (ideally, twice a day)

Honestly, this is thanks to you guys. You...

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MERMAIDS

This is from a few weeks ago , unboxing the mermaid corbels that I ordered from a 3rd generation woodworker in Ukraine (to go in the bookshop I just built in Sauagtuck)

I try to steer clear of violating the terms and conditions on social media so I didn't want to post the top less mermaids there, which means it's exclusive for you guys 🤷‍♀️

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Crown Moulding Day (upper tier)

Yesterday i made a decorative faux window box out of crown moulding as one of the last touches on the job I'm finishing up in Saugatuck (I posted photos of the finished project on my Instagram) ... here are some work in progress photos

I'd appreciate if you guys would not repost these. the DIY video is still a work in progress and I'd rather not have the unfinished screenshots floating around the internet. thank you. 🖤

(I'd rather you didn't repost anything that I share wit...

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Ridiculous Book Titles

One of my favorite things to do is make dumb jokes about books with unintentionally bad titles

I can't post this to instagram because they do not behave so it's just for you guys. Have fun!

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Night mode test shots

Some random shots for the upper tiers... been playing with the night mode on the camera with fun results

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When will the boxes end

As promised on Instagram here is the rest of today's photoset, lol

We are so close to being done and then I can just do costumes and stupid shit again all the time please and thank you 😆



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I am hilarious tonight

If you have not already seen it please immediately go watch the video I posted to instagram (and tiktok but the soundtrack is best on insta)

This is the best joke I have ever made.

(Here are some stills from the video)

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Goth Girl Beach Day (Chicago) [upper tiers]

I never go to the beach in Florida but I did go when I visited Chicago at the end of last month 😆

The weather was so pleasant and there was a nice shady spot to lie so I didn't burst into flames

Also, my friend convinced me to try Chicago style hot dogs (it wasn't hard, I love food) and that was tip notch

I'm going to try and do a livestream tomorrow night if my schedule allows for it !

Reminder: if I have not yet added you to my instagram /tiktok friends list ...

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Doing Bookseller Shit with My Bookseller Friends

I've been working nonstop on the bookstore stuff so I haven't had a lot of sewing / costume things to post.... so here are some photos of me working on inventory today ! (The rest of the photoset is posted to the upper levels )

Reminder: if you would like me to follow you back on tiktotk / instagram, message me your username so I can add you to my friend list there :)

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Doing Bookseller Shit with My Bookseller Friends

This is the upper tier edition (full photoset). enjoy! 

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Autocorrect can't tell the difference between kitties and titties

Most of the time I'm a competently mediocre photographer. I can light things well enough, and focus the camera, to show what I need to show.

Some days I'm a God damn artistic genius 😆😆

Edited to add: if you sent a message I didn't answer yet, I'm sorry. I had a hell of a travel week and I will catch up on emails and dms after I sleep some more today

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