Bearded Corsets!

Well, not really, but I do have beards and corsets....

I've had an epiphany. I always have so many projects in the works that my room has become a dangerous cave full of bags of half finished ideas just waiting to trip me. Its a health liability. So, I'm going to do something revolutionary, and just work on one project at a time. Yeah, yeah, I know, obvious, right? But I never wanted to have to structure my free time like I do for work, because it might feel like..... work. But times they are a-changing. And I, really want to finish something once an awhile.

In the future I want to post pictures of my works in progress, but since everything right now is for Christmas presents, I have to keep it all secret. All I can say is that there are a lot of leather studs involved. And flowers :)

And now for the mustaches!!!

Via Anna Fischer's Flickr

I re-found one of my favorite corset makers, Morgana Femme Couture Corsets. They were originally based here in Los Angeles but have since picked up shop and flown across the pond. London does seem to be the place to be to make fantastic lingerie.

They always used my favorite pin up models here in LA and now they're using one of my favorite from London. I'm not sure what her name is though...

Morgana Femme Etsy

And lastly, I love this jewelry!!! From Heron Adornment. Find more here

Its a chilly winter night....

I was going to go out to see Gridlok play tonight, but I'm feeling under the weather so I'm going to stay home and enjoy a fire.

I love this picture, I found it on Facebook, don't know who its from. It makes me think my life goal of visiting the north pole and making ice sculptures from blowing bubbles.

There's this amazing lingerie company called Strumpet & Pink are so good at what they do, that they only do knickers. yummy

and lastly, some vintage erotica via the good folks of Delta of Venus

Odalisques and Mini Houses

I have been reading an absolutely fantastic book lately about harems in Turkey. Its called "Harem : Life Behind the Veil" and its great for anyone who loves some good history, especially history concerning persnickety women. What is even better is the book is full of beautiful color prints of paintings of harem life, and black and white photographs of women of that time. One painter really resonated with me, and so I geeked out and tried to find all his works.

His name is John Frederick Lewis and he has an interesting wiki bio. What I especially like is that Lewis actually lived in the Middle East, and his depictions are of daily life are accurate. This is unusual for most of the painters of the time, who instead would paint idealized or completely fictitious scenes of "oriental" life.

On a different note, have you heard of Tumbleweed Houses? How cute are these? They are one room pre-fabs....