MirthFairy's Blog

What: Labyrinth (David Bowie crotch on the big screen)
When: Wed 27th @ 7:30
Where: Regency Tropicana Cinemas
3330 East Tropicana
Las Vegas, NV 89121
How Much: $8

Costume is optional, but encouraged!

I figured that my cutting list wouldn't get lost if I posted it here.  BWahahaha!!

Part 1, undergarments:

Chemise/smock 3.5 yrds fine cotton. I would go something fancy, but this goes under the corset, so I don't want to risk sweat rash with unnatural fabric

Corset 2 3/4 yrds coutile or twill cotton, of course, boning

Farthingale 4.5 yrds broadcloth - woo hoo. Also 15 yrds plastic tubing and 5 connector. Hurray for shortcuts.

Part 2, the dress:

Bodice .75 yrds fancy fabric. I have this already!! woot!, .75 lining,  Trim etc. Will need remants for tabs/shoulder treatment.

Overskirt - whatever is left over from bodice. Will be flounced, so length is not an issue. Lining too.

Underskirt - 4.75 yrds something a bit thick and green - then arse loads of flake greenery. glue - lots of glue.

Part 3, accessories:

Sleeves: who knows...

Kicky hat to go on big hair.

I've actually gotten a lot done on my loli dress:

It's Anime Vegas time again and I'm working on this year's costume!

This is what I’ve been working on over Spring Break. All of these are projects that have been sitting around unfinished. Whew.

Vintage Wrap Dress
Food PJs
2 Aprons

I finished this a few weeks ago. Cute.

Larry had her baby and it's a GIRL!


Welcome Aralia Sherri Diane Courtwright to the world! She is pink and healthy. Larry is doing well too.

Update - Both Larry and baby are both well and are being sent home tonight at 6. I'm sure that she will be happy to have visitors after she has had some sleep.

If you're sick or even feeling under the weather, please wait until you are feeling 100% better, so you don't make her little baby sick.

I know that Santa Lucia day was December 13, but I made this as a Yule present for a friend of mine.

Say hello to Fuzzbutt..

More Hot Chocolate! I love mint and chocolate!

Mint Hot Chocolate

1 mug of milk
2 tbs cocoa powder (unsweetened stuff!)
1 1/2 tbs sugar
1/8 tsp peppermint extract - don't be tempted to add more. This stuff is STRONG!

Bring to a simmer and wisk ingredients. Serve when hot.

Hurray!

I'm frugal. I'm proud of being frugal. I can make dinner with almost nothing.

Anyways - I got a bunch of leftovers from Thanksgiving and I've been slowly processing these leftovers into frozen meals.

I want everyone out there to know that making soup from scratch is easy. Really, really easy.

Stupid easy.

Pea Soup

1 lb dried split peas

1 cup chopped ham or 1 meaty ham hock (you can find hocks, which are feet, in most grocery stores. They are very very cheap. Yes, they are feet.) - skip this if you want to make it vegetarian or if you're too poor to buy meat

8 cups water + 4 chicken/veggie/pork bullion or 114oz can of broth + 2 3/4 c water or 8 cups water which will be salted later

2 carrots, chopped

1 onion, chopped

2 stalks of celery

1/4 tsp dried herbs (what ever you have on hand)

1 bay leaf

Okay, now for the seriously complicated instructions. Follow closely.

Step 1 - Rinse and sort peas. Just make sure you get any funky looking peas or twiggy bits out

Step 2 - Dump everything into a large pot and bring to a boil. Add salt if you aren't using broth - 2 tsp should do. Bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer. Cover and simmer for about an hour, stirring occasionally - every 10 min or so.

Step 3 - If using a ham hock, remove from pot and strip off meat when cool enough to touch. Add meat back onto pot. Now is a good time to taste. Add salt if you feel it needs more.

Step 4 - Simmer for 30 more minutes or until the soup it thick and the peas have dissolved. If the soup seems watery, simmer uncovered until you like the look of it. Keep stirring, as you don't want it to burn on the bottom!

Voila! Soup!

Trouble Shooting - Don't use old beans. Beans will last about two years and after that they dry out too much and won't take on water.  No one wants crunchy soup.

A recipe I put together this morning. Mmmm....

1 mug of milk
1 oz of bittersweet or unsweetened chocolate (I used 3 squares of TJ's Pound Plus)
1 tsp honey
sprinkle of cinnamon

Add all ingredients to a small sauce pan and wisk or stir until chocolate is melted. Pour back in mug and enjoy.

It's exactly how I pictured it....

Always use the freshest butter you can find when making homemade frosting. I didn't and wound up with a batch of nasty off tasting butter cream... blech...

Ha!

For a while I've been wondering why my internet connection was slow. I went to Castle Corps which is an anti-virus and anti-spam site to see what they had to say. I went down their list for how to keep your computer safe and one of the items was "Make sure your firewall is on.". So I checked it. IT WAS OFF.

Duh.

So it's on now, and I've run Norton and Ad-Aware and my internet is much faster.

I didn't document this one as closely as the other. Freya contains many many feet of piping and lots of little black studs.

After some trouble I HAVE MY WIGS!! HURRAY!!