Happy Holidays Part 2!

Here is the second installment of "The Lost Files of Captain Robin of the S.S. Okapi"

I did this set of potrait-y photos last February and then proceeded to forget all about them. So here they are now!

I also forced Maggie and Jessica to model my Gem Sweater collection (in the style of the unforgettable Leslie Hall) They are good sports.

I will have to update this photo set-my collection has grown considerably! Also, lighting?!?

Also, doesn't Maggie look so different with long hair?

Thanks so much to Jessica, Hunter, and Maggie for modeling and Jessica and Kallie for doing makeup/hair!

Anyway, I hope everyone had/has a wonderful ChristmaHannukahKwanzaSolstice and I will see you next year!

Happy Holidays

The other day, I was looking through my old files and I found these photos I took last Christmas and then did nothing with. So here they are now, the lost files of captain Robin of the S.S. Okapi (don't think too hard about that one, I will tell you now that it is in no way relevant to anything, other than the fact that I am now referring to myself as "Blog Captain", leading my tens of readers through the high, unicorn-infested seas of the blogosphere) So anyway, here are some sparkly and fun photos for the holiday times:

 A belated thanks to Hunter, Becca, and Maggie for modeling. Also, if I remember right, I borrowed Becca's camera for this so an extra thank you to her! Stay tuned for another installment of "the lost files of captain Robin of the S.S. Okapi" coming soon!

Note from the Captain: I do apologize for the lack of posts on here recently. The holidays have been super busy (as I'm sure all of you can relate to) Also, I have been hired to work on a super cool seeeeecret project that you will hear about in February. It's gonna be good!!

And lastly, I would just like to acknowledge that this photo exists and I enjoy it very much. The cat's out of the bag, Maggie is a robot. And Becca is very intrigued by that fact. Hunter just doesn't care.

Happy Holidays!

Room Tour!

My bedroom is one of my very favorite places in the world. I recently rearranged a little bit and I thought it would be a good time to do a room tour!

The fake wood siding on the walls used to drive me crazy, but I couldn't get rid of it because the walls underneath are completely covered in glue. But I'm kind of starting to warm up to it... I'm probably just going insane.

My bureau lives across from my bed. As is evident by the Winnie the Pooh stickers on the drawers (which have proven impossible to remove), I have had it for a very long time.

I slung a scarf over the mirror to hold pins, earrings, and such. I use teacups and this cute tin from Bariloche to hold other stuff.

A few years ago, I covered my side table with pictures of old rave flyers and images from the 80s and 90s. Even though I was only around for half of the 90s and none of the 80s, I feel really nostalgic about stuff like this.

This corner needs some work. For starters, I really need a new desk! This one is way to small to work on and the drawers don't work. Also, I could really use a new chair. I stole this one from the kitchen a few months ago. Shhh!

 These shelves are immensely helpful. All of my supplies for projects are in one place! In the top right shelf is the set of encyclopedias I often use for collaging or just inspiration, and the shelf below has other helpful reference books. My phone, which I found (fully operational!) at an antique store, is also kept here.

On the other side of the room is my closet and bookshelf. I also keep my body form here. It really comes in handy with sewing projects!

My bookshelf houses some book collections, magazines, and, of course, my unicorn collection. Oh-and I have a "message board" behind it where people write random stuff.

My closet looks a bit disorganized, but I know where everything is! I keep fabric and other supplies in a compartment here.

A door shoe organizer has always come in handy to store random stuff, and I keep all of my jewelry on top of a second bureau in the corner. 

I hope that wasn't too boring! Some more interesting photos are coming soon. 

I would love to hear some feedback in comments about what people would like to see or what I could be doing better. Anything helps!

Fireworks!

Happy Independence day!

Thrifted shirt, shorts, and headwrap, modeled by Maggie

So another resolution I made for this summer was to make something every day. In June I successfully did that, until we left for Greece. Since I have little access to supplies and such here, I decided to take a hiatus. But here are some photos of the things I made during the beginning of the month:

Friday, June 7

I made these shorts out of a dress I found at the thrift store. I really liked the tiny pattern and trim on the bottom, but the dress was an awkward shape, so I decided to deconstruct it for parts. The shorts are really comfy! They are serving me well on this trip because they work as both sleep shorts and daywear.




Saturday, June 8

I found this unicorn and rainbow fabric remnant at JoAnn Fabrics and I had to get it. Since the remnant piece wasn't big enough for anything else, I decided to make another pair of shorts. I really like them! You can"t really see in the photo, but the fabric is covered in glitter, which makes it, like, 48 times better. The only problem is that they get wrinkly quite quickly, so the need to be ironed a lot!

Sunday, June 9

Okay, so I got a bit carried away with the shorts... These ones are made with some lace I found at the thrift store and some random polyester-ish fabric scraps I found. I like the light pink color on the white!

Whoa... I just realized the waistband looks all screwy in the picture. It doesn't actually look like that lol


Monday, June 10

I made a unicorn horn using something along the lines of this tutorial, except that I used flour and water papier mache paste because that is what I had. It's for a super-secret thing that you might see soon-ish!

















Tuesday, June 11

 Today's thing was a little lame, but in my defense I was distracted by thrift shopping and... um... eating? But I found this plaid skirt at the thrift store and hemmed it, so yeah.




























Wednesday, June 12

I made a camera strap cover with some of the extra fabric from my skirt-hemming adventure. It definitely brightens up the black-on black of my camera!

Thursday, June 13

 

I loved the way my camera strap cover turned out, so I made one for my aunt!

I also made this little zipper pouch for my other aunt!

Friday, June 14

These little notepads are made out of old record covers and bound with the Japanese stab method. I made them for Maggie and me so that we could use them to jot things down on the trip. They have definitely come in handy!

Saturday, June 15

I was supposed to spend Saturday packing and getting everything ready to go, but I hate packing! So I took a little break and worked on my Tarot deck. Here are the cards I made:

Two of these I actually did on Thursday and Friday, but I can't remember which ones! Whatever... And I realized that I haven't posted any pictures of my Tarot cards, so here are the rest of the ones I have finished so far:

Most of the images I used for these are from an old encyclopedia set I found at the thrift store. It is full of awesome photos and illustrations that I was so excited to use! I have finished eleven of the 22 cards in the Major Arcana, and then I have 56 Minor Arcana cards, but those will be a lot faster!

I feel like this is out of order as far as the day I made specific things, but I guess it doesn't really matter! I am really excited to make more things and post more as soon as I get home. A post with photos from Greece coming soon!