Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Fantasy/RPG Token Sneak Peek
Fantasy/RPG Token set Sneak Peek.The bottles are sealed but the items inside do move around. You can roll the dice. =D
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Simple Antique Clock Keys with Leather Cord
So many people at the Steampunk Ball liked the regular keys on the leather cord that I decided to post some of the clock keys I have available.
Unfortunately I did not grab shots of the other keys before I sold them. They went quickly!
Now Available at Secret Oktober.
(This is the only one that is sized as a bracelet.) Sunday, May 23, 2010
Elysium Steampunk Ball
It was a blast and the costumes were awesome!
As soon as photos of the costume contest winners are posted I'll link to them. It was great to see everyone out there and I look forward to another event.
Many thanks to Secret Oktober for bringing everyone together for this!
Are you in need of a new hat or hair pins to jazz up your outfit? Check out ScarlettLily Hair-Thangs! She has a wide variety of styles and can customize as needed. All her hats are handmade.
(There have been rumors of a ball in Nov... I'll keep you posted!)
As soon as photos of the costume contest winners are posted I'll link to them. It was great to see everyone out there and I look forward to another event.
Many thanks to Secret Oktober for bringing everyone together for this!
Are you in need of a new hat or hair pins to jazz up your outfit? Check out ScarlettLily Hair-Thangs! She has a wide variety of styles and can customize as needed. All her hats are handmade.
(There have been rumors of a ball in Nov... I'll keep you posted!)
Saturday, May 22, 2010
STEAMPUNK BALL SPECIAL
Stop by Elysium in Austin, TX tonight from 9:30p-12:30a
and pick up some of my pieces at a special rate.
All charms and basic necklaces will be $10.00.
My highest price will be $20.00 for the wine necklaces and more ornate pieces.
Magnets are $3 each or 4 for $8.
See you there!
Friday, May 21, 2010
May 22- A Clockwork Man Steampunk Ball @ Elysium in Austin,TX
A Clockwork Man Steampunk Ball hosted by Dj Void & Dj Johnny Violence at Elysium. Dress up in Steampunk gear. Prizes, costume contest, vendors & goth, ebm, industrial music. Only $3 cover. Doors open @ 9:30pm.
Plus, there will be a costume contest that night with prizes! (Prizes will come from Secret Oktober, Monkey See Monkey Do, Big Top Candy Shop, The Alamo Drafthouse, End of an Ear Records, and Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop.) We'll have a list of vendors for the Steampunk Ball on Saturday, May 22 @ Elysium: Tara to the T, Turner’s Tokens, Scarlettlily, and Caveat Emptor. Please check these local vendors out near the back bar.
There will be a Steampunk Pre-Party at Secret Oktober on Sat. May 22nd from 5pm to 8pm. As usual, they'll have goodies. Stop by, get dressed up and hang out.
See you Saturday!!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
What got me started on making the tokens?
When people come across my items, many times they ask me what got me started making them. Usually I answer that I had been collecting bottle caps to do something with and just leave it at that.
True, the bottle caps were collecting and I wasn't doing anything with them at the time, but tonight will mark 1 year since I first entered the hospital due to medical issue called Guillain-Barre syndrome, GBS, which is what actually kick-started me making my tokens.
GBS is an auto immune syndrome where your system starts to fend off an infection and after the virus or bacteria is eliminated, your immune system remains in a fighting mood and begins attacking your nervous system (the part that allows motor function.) It keeps attacking until it realizes it made a mistake and stops to start recovery. The usual timeframe of all this is around 3 weeks when you hit rock bottom and begin the climb back up.
I entered the hospital when I began to lose feeling in my legs and I was having trouble breathing. That was on May 18th. By the 24th I was on a feeding tube and respirator and had lost a majority of my motor control and started to have double vision. I was sent to Texas Neurological Rehab where I focused on learning how to walk again, working on using my arms and generally see how much I could recover. July 9th I left the rehab to return home and begin an out patient physical therapy program to focus on strength and endurance.
Throughout all of this my hands had become very weak and my day job requires me to work on a computer, use a pen stylus and I also used to enjoy drawing in my free time. I decided to try and find a fun way to incorporate my hands and wrists with something that would require a bit of time and keep me interested while building hand strength.
I noticed my collection of bottle caps was larger than I remembered so I decided to start playing around with them and did some research on bottle cap art. Everything I saw was very interesting but none of it really screamed at me, so I kept hunting around for something to do with them. Then I came across steampunk culture and was really interested in the artistic aspect of it. I figured I would try out a couple ideas on some bottle caps and then I had a few more ideas, and a few more... Eventually I ended up with them kind of piling up and thought “Hey, maybe other people would like these too,” and I decided I would try going to Houston’s Comicpalooza as an artist.
Back to the medical part; in March I went to my neurologist and was happy to hear that all of my reflexes have returned in my arms and legs. (This was something that GBS patients do not always recover.) My arm and hand strength has also greatly improved and continues to do so. I am slowly working back to full time with my day job as a creative in an advertising agency. I am also currently working towards walking/jogging a Half Marathon with my family members.
Would you like more information on GBS? Check out this website: http://www.gbs-cidp.org/
May is GBS Awareness Month!
True, the bottle caps were collecting and I wasn't doing anything with them at the time, but tonight will mark 1 year since I first entered the hospital due to medical issue called Guillain-Barre syndrome, GBS, which is what actually kick-started me making my tokens.
GBS is an auto immune syndrome where your system starts to fend off an infection and after the virus or bacteria is eliminated, your immune system remains in a fighting mood and begins attacking your nervous system (the part that allows motor function.) It keeps attacking until it realizes it made a mistake and stops to start recovery. The usual timeframe of all this is around 3 weeks when you hit rock bottom and begin the climb back up.
I entered the hospital when I began to lose feeling in my legs and I was having trouble breathing. That was on May 18th. By the 24th I was on a feeding tube and respirator and had lost a majority of my motor control and started to have double vision. I was sent to Texas Neurological Rehab where I focused on learning how to walk again, working on using my arms and generally see how much I could recover. July 9th I left the rehab to return home and begin an out patient physical therapy program to focus on strength and endurance.
Throughout all of this my hands had become very weak and my day job requires me to work on a computer, use a pen stylus and I also used to enjoy drawing in my free time. I decided to try and find a fun way to incorporate my hands and wrists with something that would require a bit of time and keep me interested while building hand strength.
I noticed my collection of bottle caps was larger than I remembered so I decided to start playing around with them and did some research on bottle cap art. Everything I saw was very interesting but none of it really screamed at me, so I kept hunting around for something to do with them. Then I came across steampunk culture and was really interested in the artistic aspect of it. I figured I would try out a couple ideas on some bottle caps and then I had a few more ideas, and a few more... Eventually I ended up with them kind of piling up and thought “Hey, maybe other people would like these too,” and I decided I would try going to Houston’s Comicpalooza as an artist.
Back to the medical part; in March I went to my neurologist and was happy to hear that all of my reflexes have returned in my arms and legs. (This was something that GBS patients do not always recover.) My arm and hand strength has also greatly improved and continues to do so. I am slowly working back to full time with my day job as a creative in an advertising agency. I am also currently working towards walking/jogging a Half Marathon with my family members.
Would you like more information on GBS? Check out this website: http://www.gbs-cidp.org/
May is GBS Awareness Month!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Steampunk Fashion Climb
I was hunting around to see if any papers are writing about Steampunk and evidently they are.Check out this article on the Ottowa Citizen about the Steampunk popularity climbing.
Friday, May 7, 2010
New Business Tags
New "business cards" came in! Got the idea from my cousin. :D
Not quiiiiite what I wanted it to say but they are reprinting new ones at the moment.
Can't wait to get them in!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Toying with a new effect...
Playing around with a new effect I may start integrating into some of the pieces. (It was originally a smooth top.)
Sunday, May 2, 2010
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