Craaaaanky bloomers

[cupcake_goth]

Good: no migraine making me think longingly of drilling holes in my skull!

Bad: hello, hormonally-triggered cranky/rage/no brain! Kindly go away!

Random thought from when I was getting ready this morning: You know what I need to make? An ElderGoth-themed shadowbox. It would contain:

- a small can of Aqua-Net (the olde skool kind, not the new-fangled redesigned can).
- an empty pack of clove cigarettes.
- a black eyeliner pencil. (EDIT! A stub of one, actually. staxxy is right.)
- a heaped pile of rosary beads (preferably black).
- a silver ankh.
- skull beads.
- pieces of lace and fishnet.
- dried roses.
- and maybe miniature versions of the album covers of Bela Lugosi's Dead, Staring At The Sea, Juju, Phantasmagoria, and Floodland.

Comments

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

minor correction:

-a black eyeliner pencil *stub* (if you do make this box, I can donate this to the cause, I am sure)

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

You're absolutely right. I'll edit the post now. :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

No little rubber vampire bat to place inside?

Glow in the dark rosaries would be acceptable also.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Oooh, good point, a little rubber bat is absolutely needed.

I still have my glow in the dark rosary. It's on my motorcycle jacket. :)

[marc17.livejournal.com]

Rather than miniature album covers, how about cassettes (cases)?

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, good point!

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Where's the little black notebook filled with angsty poetry of woe? (Woetry?)

[reddheart.livejournal.com]

if it were mine, I'd say the Ankh would come from the first Vampire: The Masquerade LARP box, alongside a crumpled character sheet. XD

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Pack? TIN. Red metal tin of Djarums. Wonder if you can still find the tins anywhere.

[cass404.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the tins in so very long. I do have an empty pack though. I keep hoping for a miracle to make it new again.

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

That is a killer idea. Maybe I should make one too...

And I love the term ElderGoth...so much better than, "Old Fogey-Goth":)

[morseren.livejournal.com]

Fantastic idea...I would substitute the rosary beads for a old style gothic cross. As a former Catholic here I have issuse about rosaries, they signify prayer to me. I don't associate them with "goth" imagery for myself, but I don't find it offensive if others use it.

The cassette idea is wonderful, I think I still have a huge old box of them....hmmm maybe your idea might spark my creative streak.

Seriously this could be a wonderful Gothic Charm School "Craft Section" idea:0

Rebecca W.

[lemonlies.livejournal.com]

I had a friend that did something similar in an old apothecary jar. It was lovely.

[carpe-jugulum.livejournal.com]

I love this idea, J! What a great project. Maybe we should have shadowbox making night? I have one I need to finish from like, 2 years ago. Gothbox ftw!

Also, I probably have everything on that list except for the Aqua Net. I was really a Rave #4 guy, myself. :)

[deadrose.livejournal.com]

This sounds like the perfect use for a pile of old cassettes I need to get rid of. Right now I have them in a wall rack as a sort of memorial to the 80s.

[devonsego.livejournal.com]

Good bog, I have almost all of this hanging about my house. Minus the Aquanet gold can. But do you know how often that comes up in wistful conversation?

[zenkitty-714.livejournal.com]

Wow, this made me nostalgic for my college years.

[tzuki17.livejournal.com]

I am a little concerned that I can see all of these items - save the hairspray - if I simply turn my head to the left.

Other items on my dresser are peacock feathers and beeswax candles....and the lighter I have to go with my djarum is rose scented! Possibly patchouli or lily scented is a marketing opportunity missed!