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How to make pixie fairy gloves out of old t-shirts: Tutorial step by step

Priscilla Hernandez — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:14:08 +0000

One of our readers sent to us this lovely tutorial of how she makes pixie fairy gloves out of old unwanted t-shirts... They´re easy to do even for people who are not so used to sew, so definitely worth a look! I'm going to try it myself... I have quite a few things to recycle!!

Your Dress Maker: historical, pagan, gothic... a bit of everything!

Priscilla Hernandez — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:51:19 +0000

Your dress maker is an ebay store that lists some historical and renaissance garments. All clothes can be custom tailored to fit your size. The company is based in Thailand and offers some really full garments for quite affordable prices. The store lists in several languages so you can be sure about the purchase process.

Above: Taffeta renaissance Gown. Made of taffeta and decorated with pearls. The gown is fastened with laces at the back. The upper part is boned and fully lined.

It features a collection of historical garments from a wide range of prices from medieval to Italian renaissance, Tudor, French Baroque (these would be an add to our previous Marie Antoniette´s article) , Civil War and more... From noble clothing to peasants...

Tutorial: Making Iron Age, Viking, Irish ghillies leather shoes

Priscilla Hernandez — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:23:28 +0000

Some time ago we published in your fantasy costume a post about this kind of shoes that are called Ghillies in our previous article "Medieval moccasins and ghillies for Highlanders, irish goblins and fairies".

Some pictures below so you can make an idea, and go and visit the step by step tutorial in Therese´s blog Earth and living.

Arm Street Medieval Store: Historical costumes, armor, footwear, tents and more

Priscilla Hernandez — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:39:05 +0000

Above: replica of XV garment Arm Street is a huge store specialized in medieval things armor, helmets, combat gauntlets, medieval and renaissance costumes, dresses and tunics, authentic leather footwear and belts.Please add me to your list of favorite sellers and visit often. They also run a store in ebay, so you can also go there and check their listings at: ARM STREET IN EBAY

Isolda: Limited edition Wedding Dress. I really love this one... It'd go great with my white wingsssss!! slightly resembling to the accolade it has that lovely preraphaelite romantic look!

Catherinette Rings: STEAMPUNK JEWELRY by Daniel Proulx

Priscilla Hernandez — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:09:58 +0000

As we started to introduce you all to the Steampunk culture in the the previous article now we go for the complements and accessories as we go deeper in detail highlighting crafter and artist Daniel Proulx who started to create his own designs of intrincate retrofuturistic rings and pieces back in 2008 . Yes, be ready because some of the pieces are a bit pricy, but also be ready to find one-of-a-kind outstanding items and even some sculptures that worth it if you want to add just the final "perfect" and totally cool stuff to your steampunk garment. Both retro and futuristic and cool also as prop for productions in the genre. And even you will find also some affordable pieces too in Catherinette Rings etsy store.