Lesbian Bed Death - Soul Sucker

Remember when I went to Stoke to film a video? Well this was it! I'm the girl in the tartan dress being eaten!

I will post the behind the scenes photos I snapped in a few days :)

Happy Halloween!

The Vampire Bunnies and Franken-ducks are partying as we speak ;)

Alt Snap - Bram Stoker International Film Festival Part 3

I was very impressed by how this family were dressed.

I really liked this lady's hair style too :)

Vlogging from the Bram Stoker Festival

I filmed this on Thursday night but I was unable to post it until today.

Hope you enjoy my tour of Echo Beach!

Tiger feet!

About to go to bed, this is my roommate for the next few nights...Rawr!

Martian and Frankenduck!

Slutty Victorian!

Alt snap - Bram Stoker Film Fest part 2

This Lady (Engineers of Desire) makes the most fabulous leather corsets I've ever seen, I have been Vegan almost ten years now and looking at her corsets is the most tempted I have been by leather in a long time, so if you do wear leather they're defanitly worth checking out.

Style Guides: Dolly Kei

Image via Tumblr

Dolly Kei is an offshoot of Grimoire/ Cult Party that uses a lot of thrifted clothing ideas and often follows a similar shape to Lolita, though often without petticoats.

Image Via Dolly Kei

Dolly Kei often incorporates over the top hair accessories and braid based styles, it's a fashion that doesn't mealy stop at the shoulders like some others.

The Bare Essentials

A thrifted dress in muted colours (browns, burgundies, off whites and deep greens are popular).

Patterned wool tights.

Vintage styled shoes.

Dolly Kei by louisemarysmith featuring vintage looking dresses

This child will kill us all!

Alt Snap: Leeds Steampunk Market Part 6

This chap was certainly putting the Punk in Steampunk!

Giant Pretzels!!!!!

*school girl giggle*

Alt Snap: Bram Stoker International Film Festival

I loved this lady's hair!

Into the Dark of the Night: A Look at the Mysterious World of Goth Handbags

It is quite a fascinating and equally exciting fact that the world of fashion offers designers and consumers alike enough room to express their creativity, regardless of how eccentric, weird or “out of this world” the designs and styles may be. And when it comes to clothes and accessories, particularly in the bags and purses category, there are various different designs that come in style depending on the season as others have become timeless even after all these years.

And among these “weird” and alternative styles and designs, there are some that are really considered by many as obscured and not for everybody’s consumption and a perfect example of which are the goth handbags and purses. If you have no idea what and how these alternative handbags and purses look like, then let us try to dig deeper into the darkest realms of this brand of fashion that is slowly making followers out of women as the years go by.

Black Magic

Perhaps the first thing that you will notice about these goth handbag and purses and the primary characteristic that most, if not all of them embody proudly is the use of the black color. The bags and purses vary as far as the use of black is concerned. Some of them use solid black on all surfaces while some use black and mix it with shades of grey, brown and red for that really brooding appeal. If you are in for black handbags but with a different touch and appeal, one that is of the more eerie and eccentric, then goth black handbags and ladies purses are viable options for you to seriously consider.

Different styles with dark representations

Another obvious aspect that makes goth and alternative handbags and purses different from the rest aside from the generous usage of the color black are the styles, accents and representations they offer. Some of the styles that are available range from chains as straps, different shapes of the bags that resemble bats and other things that can be associated to the dark side and other eccentric touches and designs that can even be considered viable during Halloween parties.

Elements that will surely catch everybody’s attention are the skulls, the fangs, the bloody designs, different kinds of spooky creatures in the night, and if you are really a hardcore goth advocate, you can even go to extremes like a coffin purse which is something that you never really see every day. These dark-oriented ideas that are masterfully and artistically crafted in the bags and purses. But generally, the designs and styles of these black handbags and black ladies purses really stand out above the rest and will make you stand out as well.

Against the grain, making a statement

Let us face it, wearing goth outfit and sporting goth inspired alternative handbags and purses are not really for everybody. But, we cannot take away the fact that fashion should always be about expressing yourself and sometimes making a statement, regardless how bold or how against the grain it may be. So if you are planning or even considering to give yourself a fashion overhaul  or just a slight tweak or makeover when it comes to your fashion accessories, then why not give the goth black handbags and ladies purses a chance?

There are many different goth and alterative handbags and purses available out there, especially online and the same rules apply when it comes to your purchases. Be sure to check your possible sources if the products they are selling are of commendable quality and do your research with regards to the feedback that they are getting from their customers. 

About the author: Patricia May has been writing about general fashion and chic handbags which she truly loves to death.

Behind the scenes

Another couple of behind the scenes photographs from the "Fashion Bites" fashion show at the Brahm Stoker International Film Festival. I was in charge of hair styling for Forever in Black.

Yazi Von Bathory

Violet White

Druidess of Midian

Fashion bites!

First set of hair done :) more photos soon!

Organising a Party That Will Be Remembered Forever - A Step By Step Guide

When it comes to the festive period of Christmas there are two things on most people’s minds: giving gifts and attending parties.
If you are the one that is organising the party then there are plenty of things to start thinking about.  For a start, in such hard economic times, keeping within budget has never been more important.  Here are some things to take into account to make this party one that will be remembered for ever.
Party Planners
Party planners have been around for decades.  Essentially, you give them a rough idea of what will be needed for the party and they will do all the hard work.  They are the ones that spend the time organising the party, but this is not necessarily a good thing.  Time means money and when people are trying to save money this is not ideal.  Instead take the role of the party planner and save some cash.  The planning process is not necessarily as difficult as most people imagine as long as a structured plan is in place.
The Plan
Creating a plan for a Christmas party is possibly the most important part to consider before getting started.  Although there are major things such as the venue, time of arrival and similar items that people need not to forget and there are lots of little things to consider.  For example, will the catering facilities be adequate and will the entertainment roll on throughout the party or will acts change with a smooth transition?  Referring to the plan throughout each stage of the party planning process will help to ensure that as an organiser, you do not miss anything out!
The Host
Sometimes the most difficult part of a party is having a host on the day; usually it ends up being the planner.  This is not the ideal scenario but this is part of being the organiser!  These are the “go to” people if there is a problem but also if there are any suggestions on the big day of the Christmas party.  A good idea would be to spread the weight of the responsibility by getting a couple of others that are prepared to help out on the day of the party.  This will help to ensure there are enough hands to combat any problem should one actually occur on the day.
Budget
Of course the budget is something that needs careful consideration before starting the plans for a party.  This is something that might need to be adapted slightly throughout the planning process.  It is important to leave enough of a budget to ensure that the party is adequate in every single way.  That being said, a lot of parties have a budget that is fairly extravagant, which would obviously mean that they are wasting lots and lots of cash.  Carefully consider each item or service that will need paying for and then develop a budget based on this.  Obviously add all of these items and services to the main plan for the party to ensure that the budget is realistic in comparison to what really needs to be spent.
Gift Giving
There are plenty of ways to reduce costs of a Christmas party and one of them is to ensure that people bring gifts to give each other.  This is a lot better than having to buy gifts for each person individually as it will obviously save huge amounts of cash.  This is something that can be outlined in the Christmas party invitation fairly easily.  Simply recommend that guests bring at least one gift of a certain value to give to someone else explaining that they will receive one in return.  This will also create some excitement surrounding the party.  Of course, this is excitement that will give a long lasting impression and will ensure that people remember this party for years to come.

Christmas is a spectacular time of the year and much of the focus will be on gift giving.  For those that are looking to organise a party, organising gift giving based on secret Santa gifts is the cheapest and easiest way to get the job done.  It will save huge amounts of cash which can be spent improving other parts of the party organisation.

While I am away!

I'm off to Whitby for the Bram Stoker International Film Festival and then Goth Weekend the following weekend.

I have some guest posts and a few posts I've already written lined up, I'll also be taking the ipad so I will be making some posts while I am away.

Hoping also to have some vlogs for you all when I get back :)

Hair of the Day 22/10/2012 - Braids into sock bun

Alt Snap - Leeds Steampunk Market Part 5

I really liked this lady's skirt, made from ties!

Alt Snap - Leeds Steampunk Market Part 4

These two people were both super nice, and very well dressed :)

Hair of the Day 19/10/2012 - Flight to the Ford

My ears aren't really big enough for this style 0.o

Loepsie's tutorial

Hair of the Day 18/10/2012 - Bow Hair

Giant accent bow!

I really like this one, it's so cute!

Alt Snap Leeds Steampunk Market part 3

Klockwork Monsta really wanted this lady's pants!

A little Quiet

I'm sorry I've been really quiet, I've been hard at work.

Have some more teasing :)

The Sunday Round Up 1/10/2012

Monday: Nails by Carol - Spiderweb

Tuesday: The Girl With The Star Spangled Heart - Halloween Inspiration

Wednesday: Is It Weird? - The House of Shock

Thursday: Chasing The Frill- The White Queen's Crown

Friday: Gnostalgia - Spring Heeled

I am such a tease!

Some of the fascinators I've been working on.

Hair of the Day 12/10/2012 - Romantic Style

This one is kind of like a loose rope braid I guess.

In other news I'm feeling a lot better today! Huzzah!

Lopesie's tutorial

Alt Snap: Leeds Steampunk Market part 2

How amazing is this lady's rocket hand bag?

Hair of the Day 11/10/2012 - Waterfall Braid

I'm still not feeling at my best so I only did this on one side.

Heart in a Cage Fascinator

Hand printed fascinator I made for Queenie.

I'm going to do two more in this design, but only two because I designed this print for her.

I'm going to have one for me, and one to give away when I reach 100 subscribers :)

The Paradise Hair Tutorial - Clara's Braid Bun

Excuse my sniffles, I'm not very well :(

Alt Snap: Leeds Steampunk Market

I had a very interesting conversation with this lady about art and Parisian graveyards :)

Lolita in the Garden!

Digging for Victory!

I'm not very well today so there will be no hair of the day post. Hopefully I will be feeling better tomorrow.

Anyway I decided today to share some photographs from yesterday when I was helping to dig some vegetable plots in my Grandma's garden.

On Monday we're planning on putting in some Broad Beans, Garlic and Basil. When pumpkins start appearing in the shops I am going to save some pumpkin seeds so that next year we can try to grow pumpkins!

Busy Weekend is Busy

Sorry if I'm a little quiet today, I was out al day yesterday working before, during and after last night's XP8 gig (which was kick ass by the way), I woke up about an hour ago and tonight is Charnel House and tomorrow I'm going to be at Leeds Steampunk Market.

The up side is there will be lots of pretty pictures :D

Lookbook: Damien T - The Shadow in the Background

I really like this "Old School Lolita" look that Damien T has put together. The religious themes are tastefully done, and I am very much a fan of platform shoes used in Gothic Lolita.

Hair of the Day 04/10/2012 - Chinese Bun

My hair is finally long enough to do some styles that use hair sticks :)

Alt Snap - Newcastle

Spotted this gorgeous tattoo on Saturday at a craft fair when I was helping out Alter Ego Greeting Cards.
The tattoo was done by Tattoo Zone in Wallsend.

Hair of the Day 03/10/2012 - Arwen's Battle Braid

First try, need longer hair. Will try again in six months.

Lolita Loops Tutorial (Beginner friendly)

Hair of the day 01/10/2012 - Gimli Hair

For those of us who don't have beards!

Bunches work just as well!