Officially!

I was officially 30 weeks pregnant as of last Wednesday...

The Burly Q Babies Burlesque and Cabaret show is officially booked for June 27th at The Martini Bar...

I will be officially putting in my notice to move tomorrow...

I have my first fluish/cold thingie since I've been pregnant and as it took over 7 1/2 months I believe that is officially the longest I've ever gone without getting a case of the sniffles...

I can officially say that church rummage sales on a Saturday morning are the best and cheapest flea markets ever and I always love them...

and...I am officially and obviously, blindly carrying on with these new random posts and I can say for sure that I'm not sure why, or when this all may go back to normal if ever. At least you can be grateful of the fact that I don't seem to be as much of a sorry sack as I was last week.

Picture: Feather fascinator and red flower pasties. I know I know...what's that got to do with anything ....nothing silly.

Cracking!

In the next couple of months I will be producing a burlesque show, moving to a new apartment and then topping it off by giving birth. These are all things I feel like I can handle I'd just really prefer they weren't all happening at once. I was sort of forced into producing this show and as much as I know it will be great and a lot of fun, I would avoid all production work if I could. The move is also not so bad, cheaper rent, bigger kitchen (for baking!!!), I will still have a small studio to teach in, all good things but it's really shagging up my ability to nest. I am a nester by nature anyway and of course that instinct is now being compounded by being close to 30 weeks pregnant. I will survive and I have to say I find a lot of joy in packing things away in boxes for some reason so I'm hoping that will help keep me satiated. It just would have been nice to do a little pregame decorating. I'm not going to get into the pro and cons of birth because well that just doesn't seem to be a good idea does it? I guess the point of this post has been just to vent. I've been feeling more then a bit stressed and panicky and haven't been able to relieve this knot in my chest so if burdening the blog land peeps will help then so be it!

Picture: Hula girl pasties and fascinator. Inspired by my love of Hula Girls and my own Hula burlesque routine. Even though we all know I'm not going to take off my coconuts I guess I'd just like to see you do it :)

Letting go

I'm looking to find ways to let go and no I don't really mean relax. How do you let go control over things that you have no control over anyway? Typing that out makes it sound rather redundant.

I worry about the baby, about my choices, about how everyone seems to have an opinion about how things should be done and I'd much rather it was the same as mine...at least when it comes to carrying, birthing and raising a child. I have to say I think this is something I'm normally pretty good at. I believe it takes all kinds of opinions and people to make the world go round. I'm normally not bad at seeing the other side and never needing to bring you on to my team. Saying that, since I am now magically and bizarrely two people at once and all those motherly protecting my young instincts have kicked in, I'm having a much harder time when the world and I don't see eye to eye. I know that this will always be the case and maybe it's more about not feeling supported while I'm making such important decisions.

So for now I'm searching for my mommy zen...it's no where to be found right now but I'm sure it will pop up somewhere.

Picture: White Flower pasties. These unrelated pictures are making me feel a little insane but they are probably the best way to represent my life right now...so completely at odds with it self.

Practicing

Patience, self awareness, Buddhism, yoga, empathy, compassion, kindness....

There are so many things that I believe belong in my day along side breakfast and brushing my teeth but somehow I have so much more trouble implementing them.

Picture: Sequin Pasties with blue feathers. I own and have made so many sets of these but getting to see me in them is like getting a glimpse of a once thought extinct animal, not entirely impossible but extremely unlikely.

Good Morning!

After a long night of techno music pumping through the floor in the bedroom I am miraculously rather bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning. The sun is pouring in the studio windows, the cats have each found a sun beam and I have the place all to myself, which if I'm honest I quite enjoy most of the time. It's mornings like this, when I will have my orange juice and english muffin on the patio, that I can really let everything go...even if it is just for the morning.

Picture: Flower fascinator and matching pasties. Not everything means something.

Things that make me happy

incense, fresh air, CBC radio, sheep, buttons, clean sheets, blank canvas, matching hangers, going out to eat, live music, paper dolls, old furniture, second hand stores, JO lying on my open book, pictures of people kissing, a good poet, wanting someone badly, finding things, stop motion, yoga, painting...........................

Picture: Pink Puff Pasties and Pink Button Fascinator on a hairband. Random yes but happy looking so somehow related. Bare with me people!

Here kitty kitty kitty

It's time! Anyone who has been following this blog in the last couple of weeks will be happy to hear that I'm counting down to the craft fair tonight! I've got five hours and everything is already packed up and ready to go just like the good obsessive little girl that I am. Besides all the clothing and general randomness that will be coming in with me you will also be able to sign up for burlesque workshops as well. I'll be holding a beginners class on March24 and a chair dancing class on the 31st!

Sadly the pasties above won't be for sale. They were made last month for Kocaine kitty and I felt bad that their cuteness hadn't been posted about yet. I love love love them and their hotness in action was unbearably sexy.

I hope to see you at the fair tonight, Sunday March 1st. I'll be in the Avalon Mall UNICEF Craft/Flea market and my table will be near the Eddie Bauer store. Wish me luck!

Cherries... Yum!

I made these for Delilah Desire for her milkshake routine at the last burlesque show. We didn't get to see them in action because they were more of a safety precaution then part of the act but I knew they were there behind the well placed prop. I really love these! I always love the custom pasties and it's so hard not to make a second pair for myself just to keep. I remind myself that it's nice to keep the custom pieces special and not have too many similar things floating around and then I don't mind the idea of giving them up so much.

Come on people it's sparkly hearts!

These were in the pastie bin for awhile and for some reason I had never taken a picture or posted them. I never seem to be able to give sparkly pasties justice in a photo. Most likely because they are sitting under a lamp in the middle of the night when the pictures get taken.

While getting ready for the first ever BurlyQ Babies show the girls started putting in orders for pasties that matched their costumes or theme of their dance. One of the girls, Smokey Lane, was doing her first solo (Candy Man) and was wearing the cutest white fringed bra and panties ever. One of those outfits that works by itself, you just need to show up in it and shake it and there is no going wrong. Fringe is good on everything...fringe and icing! I've gotten a little off track... what I was trying to say was I knew I had just the right thing already tucked away and I must say that they looked much better on her then they ever did in the shoe box they were being stored in, oh my!

Everyone could use a pair.

It's a shame that this picture is so dark and you are not getting to enjoy the greatness that is a sequined pastie. I will for a moment let your mind wonder and imagine the lights hitting the stage and the glitter shine back at you... A little dramatic yes but I'm sure that more then one audience member felt that way when they saw these little babies in action on Ali Adaire.

Old School

I was looking through the beautiful burlesque book Pretty Things and came across a bunch a pictures of performers dressed for their Boston or less risque versions of their performances. One of the women was wearing a small, round, pink pastie with a little button where her nipple would have been and I thought it would be the perfect fit for my fan dancing costume. I settled on making a heart shaped pastie due to the fact that I've got more to work with then the dear little thing that was wearing the tiny round ones in the book.

An Overwhelming Response

Only a couple of days left until the Burlesque for Beginners workshop and due to an overwhelming response, we have added a second beginners workshop to Sunday December 9th! Space is limited and it's filling up fast but we have a few spots left in the 3pm workshop and the 7pm workshop so grab a friend and get ready to bump and grind! You can register downtown or in Mt Pearl. It's $25 per person and you will be going home with a little gift bag that will help you refine what you have learned in class once you get home. Feel free to dress comfy casual or to try out that fancy little number you've been dying to wear! Hope to see you there! Message or Email us at headlinehoneys@gmail.com to preregister

Raffle Prize!

I'm donating this little gift box as a raffle prize for the Vaudeville for Daffodil show. 100% of the proceeds are going to Daffodil Place. The flower is a handmade coffee filter rose on a hair barrette and the pasties have white lace appliques on pink cotton with hand dyed tassels.

Burlesque Part 4

Do I even need to say anything? They have ruffles! They are florescent! They light up! They will be glued to Miss Jezebel's nipples in Vegas! Enough said.

Here comes the bride!

These little ladies are another custom set of pasties. These are being made as a gift for a bride to be from her bridesmaids. I just hope she uses double sided tape and not glue. I'm not so sure that having to pull these babies off is going to make a good start to a wedding night.

Anyone need a nurse?

I made these crazy darlings for Miss Kei Kei de Murre of the lovely and talented Purity Girls. You can see the girls performing ever more frequently all around our lovely little city. You might also be interested in hearing that I will be performing a little number with the freshest batch of Miss Jezebel's new girl's at the Majestic in downtown St.John's. An Evening of Burlesque is always a fun time and you're going to spend that fifteen bucks anywhere you go on a Saturday night so I'd say us girls are more then your best bet..... I can almost promise it ;)

The Great Hunt!

I never knew that purple feathers were so rare but I suppose the recent extinction of the purple feathered Arctic chicken would make them a little harder to find. These little beauties are now proudly living in the boudoir of the Ineffable Miss Jezebel Express. I imagine they feel very much at home there.

Fluff and Puff

Please read the following in your best infomercial announcer voice:
Have you ever just been sitting at home thinking about how nice it would be to have fuzzy balls of fluff attached to your breasts? Well of course you have! Or maybe you just live somewhere that has a frequent chilly breeze and you just want a convenient way to stay warm. Well have I got the solution for you!

Pasties Pasties Everywhere!

It's so nice to be experimenting with a different kind of costume design. I feel like I'm really getting to play at my sewing machine for the first time in awhile. As much as I love "real fashion" I don't find it as much fun as getting to create a whimsical fantasy. As for these pictures I figured it would be best not to show them being worn, I didn't want anyone to pass out. I thought people might find the transition between cake and pasties to much to bare. Twirl twirl twirl.