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Demolition of the Paris Metro, definitely one of the best photo essays I have ever seen! After reading that one, I spend another hour or more on the site. The site is very well done, and the photography is amazing!

I have always been interested in those old places, the places your not supposed to go, abandoned, etc. But I am not so adventurous to go to a lot of those types of places, well at least not the ones that I would like to go to!

Restoration Hardware.

I don't often venture into many places in the mall, It all cost so much, and makes me want things. BUT I did go into Restoration Hardware the other day looking for Christmas gifts, and WOW I love that place! Who knew there was a store out there so...Steampunk! Well, I don't know if I would pay for most of the stuff in there, but it all was so pretty! Not that it was unreasonable or anything, the prices were reasonable, but I would much rather figure out how to make my own things.

It is great inspiration though!

Busy!!

I have been a little lacking for the past couple of days. But the quarter is over, and I promise to pick back up in a couple more days!

Singing in the Rain

I love old films, and old film stars. Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Danny Kaye, I love them all. There is something about those old movies that mesmerize and glue me to my seat!I got to go see Singing in the Rain at the local theater today, and it was wonderful! Then I came home to watch Glee (yeah, I have something about musicals), and the newest episode also had Singing in the Rain music in it! It made me happy. Besides Steamcon on the brain, I have been looking at:

In other news, I leave for Steamcon Thursday morning!

Treasure, 4 days, and Vacation!

I have slowed down a lot this week, on both my etsy and my blog. Gearing up for Steamcon II has been taking over everything! So from now till next Monday. I am officially putting the blog and the Etsy store on vacation! I will try to update both during that time, but no guarantees! I'll check both while I am gone, to make sure I message anyone that may buy something within that time. I'll make sure to post a ton of photos and talk about everything when I get back!

In other news, we went again this Saturday to my Great Grandparents old house to help clean more. While it overwhelmed a lot of my family (there was a lot in the place) the whole thing didnt seem to bother me. We did a ton of cleaning, and made it almost ready to estate sale everything that wasnt kept or moved with my Great Grandmother.

I got some fun smaller things, mostly for jewelry making and such:

I also got a wood crate with great graphics, a vase, and a army bag:

Plus these, they are my very favorites:

Today I went to my Boyfriends family get togeather, and that was a good time! Tomorrow it is back to school and finishing up some more projects for Steamcon II!!

Weekend Thrifting!

Another busy weekend! Skipped school on Friday to work, and Saturday was full of awesomeness! Mom and I met with the Knitting Ladies on Saturday to go thrifting, and go to lunch. It was an all day affair, but so worth it! We went to Value Village, and a couple more local thrift stores, plus lunch at The Elk Public House. So good!

Awesome vintage domed frame. The dried flowers were a plus too, all in one piece! For now at least, I plan on putting something in it eventually.

Another train baby vase! I love these things, they are a terrible addiction. Sometime I'll have to post a photo of all the ones I have so far. It's so weird how collections manifest themselves. It always starts with one right?

Awesome, awesome, wool plaid button up shirt. Very Coco (Chanel) in her yearly years. Mom and I are "sharing" this one.

Another Alice book! Most the time, Alice manifests itself in threes. This time I broke it, I bought this necklace on Etsy, then the book showed up, but nothing came up as a third this time.

This...well I don't know what it was, or was supposed to be, but it is going to be skirts. Its a good cotton, with elastic already in it, easy and a great silhouette for a skirt. Plus IU am going to try my hand at some dying and embellishing on a couple of them. It should make 4-5 skirt I think. So thats a lot of playing! Some will go to my Etsy too!

I love full skirts. My problem is, full skirts are always to long, or mostly just not quite the way I want them. So most the time I find broomstick skirts that are in good condition and chop them in half. Then make a new waistband for the bottom and they are perfect. Nice full, above the knee skirts! That is what this one is going to turn into.

The fact that I was brought up thrifting, and learning to make old into new is something I am so happy my parents did. I love the hunt in the thrift store, and I love the product when I have made it my own. Vintage and used items have history, and that makes them even better.

Ayumi Hamasaki

I love Gaga, I admit it. This is where she pulls her inspiration from.

Unhinge your bones with your skeleton keys

Happy Halloween! Rocky Horror was great, and today was nice and calm after all the busy I had on Saturday! Better update tomorrow!

Arisu

Busy weekend! Better update on Sunday of all my shenanigans! Till then, a blog that I cannot belive I haven't posted!

I love Alice in Wonderland, it is an obsession! This is only a portion of my Alice collection. I have stuff all over that is Alice.

I love pretty much anything that is Alice, or can relate to Alice. Except the new Tim Burton one. I don't like that one. He made Alice so helpless, and that stupid dance at the end killed it. Way to much hype for not enough pay off. Anyway, here are some Alice images/things I love/wish list of mine:

And a photo I took of one of my oldest copys of Alice:

 Image above © Gianna Morrill/Kuriio