Help me, oh Internets! The Peter Murphy concert is Thursday night. I, of course, dress slightly more elaborately than normal for these sorts of events. I am dithering between two options:

Circus Ringmaster: Pretty much what I described in this post (clicky-link!). Red riding jacket, black lace blouse w/ jabot, black ruffly skirts, stripy tights, boots, low-crowned top hat (low-crowned because wearing a large hat to a concert is RUDE).

Stripey: Pretty much the exact same outfit as above, but with one of my b&w stripey blazers instead of the red jacket.


[Poll #1799232]
Today is One Of Those Days. My chronic health issue thing is being particularly onerous, I do NOT feel awake or clear-headed, the Body Image Demons are warming up for full performance with choir and interpretive dance, and some of the tools for my dayjob are thwarting me. Grrr.

Oh, wait. I didn't actually make a post about the health thing, did I?

Read more... )So I'm having One Of Those Days.

Anyway, one of the things that I used to do, and have started doing off-and-on again (um, since Mom passed away), is occasionally writing things on my arms. I did that today ("buy yourself the motivation", and I know there are several of you who should recognize that line); when the Stroppy One caught sight of it, he was mystified. Apparently he is not the sort of person to write things on himself. But I know I'm not the only one - I know that at least four of my close friends do such things too. Which leads me to this poll!

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A while ago I finally treated myself to the Nevermore claw ritual necklace from bloodmilk. (clicky-link to her Etsy store!)



I love it. The pendant has a nice heft to it, and those talons are *sharp*. However (you knew there'd be a however, right?), I'm considering altering the necklace. I'm idly considering taking the claw and 7 of swords connector and hanging it from a strand of ivory glass pearls. But I can't decide, so hey! I'll ask you nice people!

[Poll #1642306]
I just got done putting together and sealing up the Crafty Surprise Bags that I'm going to be selling at the Steampunk Swapmeet this Saturday. Each bag has a random selection of Nifty Things! Antique-looking sunglasses! Vintage ribbons or lace! Jewelry-making goodies! Vintage (or vintage-looking) jewelry!

The thing is, I can't decide what to charge for them. Other than more than $1, I mean. So I turn to you, peoples of the internets!

[Poll #1619282]
Look at this Alexander Henry "Ghastlies" fabric! (clicky-link to Etsy!) Ooooh, wouldn't it look darling as the border on a fluffy skirt? Help me decide, LJ Hivemind!

[Poll #1597752]
I finished my new skeleton handbag last night. The Stroppy One then looked at it and said, "The hand should be positioned farther over. You didn't take the bow into consideration when you were figuring out where to attach the hand".

I know he's got a point, but I can't decide if the effort of unpicking the stitches, moving the hand, and re-stitching it is worth the difference it would make. Here, have a photo, so you can see what I'm talking about:

New skeleton handbag

So I turn to you, oh wonderful LJ peoples! What do you think?

[Poll #1526801]
Thank you to everyone who gave feedback on the previous post. You're all very right, I shouldn't let things like that get to me. I am looking into ways to re-organize things over at GCS so the reviews are a little more separated from the advice posts, with the help of the always-awesome [livejournal.com profile] leenerella.

In other news: I just got off the phone with my recruiter, and I have a job interview on Monday afternoon! Whoo! (Watch me get a job just as all of my writing projects take off. It's the way things go in my life.)

In other other news, ooooh, the mail brought me spaaarkly pink jewelry. Mmm, pink rhinestone choker and bonus bracelet.

In (::stops to count::) other other other news, I'm trying to decide if I want to put something through a dye bath or not. I have a black & pink striped skirt and matching cincher/belt, made for me long ago by Louise Black. Picture behind the cut! )

The problem is, the pink is a touch too coral, not my true cupcake pink. (Plus the skirt is a shade or two lighter than the cincher.) I'm considering putting them both in a black dye bath. You know what this means, right? Time for a poll!

[Poll #1524415]
In the course of re-organizing/culling the skirts yesterday, I unearthed a skirt that I LOVE the fabric of, but that is made in a style that is not as flattering for me as it could be. The skirt is a heavyweight black-on-black stripe, and is the type that is gathered (very tidily!) at the waist, with a waistband. I look better in skirts that are panel or circle skirts, without a bunch of fabric gathered at the waistline.

So, my question!

[Poll #1519321]
Thanks to some excellent thrift store luck, I have a bunch of b&w striped fabric. (Helpful Hint: bedsheets are a great source of bulk yardage for fabrics. Especially if you're willing to add a lining to a skirt you make from them.)

Anyway, yes, b&w striped fabric. I just finished cutting out all of the pieces for one of my usual skirts (knee-length, ruffle-edged, and tiers of ruffles down the back panel), and those pieces are now gently simmering in a pot full of black RIT. This will turn them into a black and grey-ish purple striped fabric, yay!

I have enough of the fabric left to make a second of the same type of skirt. My question is this: do I want to cut out the pieces for the skirt and then lightly tea-dye them to an ivory shade? I already have some b&w striped skirts, and the same goes for black and pink stripe. An antiqued ivory/sepia might be a good addition to my skirt collection. But I'm dithering about it. What do you folks think?

[Poll #1515631]
Firstly, [livejournal.com profile] stroppy_baggage is plotting some new designs for Gothic Charm School. (Ooooh, new bats, I hope!) Which, of course, will mean new merchandise, and a possible re-organizing of the store.

So! Should we leave the store organized as it is, by merchandise type? (clicky link!)

Or should we organize the store by design, which would give people larger pictures of the various designs, and then they would click those to go on to sub-categories of t-shirts, baby clothes, aprons, coffee cups, and so on?

[Poll #937271]
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