Nigga's in cosplay

This is just mores of Ethel's madness for cosplaying. However, this project entailed copious amounts of paint, and gadgets ets she found around the house. Karma couldn't recognize her squirt gun or Ethel's  binoculars anymore. Especially when out next to this newly presented welding goggles after paint and glued on lens.

Nigga's in cosplay

Ethel has a thing for cosplaying for conventions, the few that go on here. However yes it's an excuse to try out her DIY skills on creating things from scratch and modifying to fit a character's look. So here she made viera ears from final fantasy Xii. All you're looking at is felt, fake fur fabric, card board, wire, and a hair visor, oh and fabric paint for the black spots at the top...

Graphic novels

You'd be amazed at what the flats you don't like as much anymore some mod lodge (glossy finish) and a paint brush and a few comic books can accomplish. Ethel's new comic flats are in and she has provided a before picture for your comparison (for once). She took them for a spin at a gig and got some compliments. I know right she wore flats to a gig. 

Corona de Flores not the drink ;)

We guess you could say we got tired of seeing people with floral crowns and not having at least one to put on our blog... so we brought out the glue gun and grabbed the closest hair band/visor and a bunch of fake flowers laying around in the house......there! HA!  Okay back to professionalism (tee-hee) yes that's Ethel's face

walking wedges and fierce-some spikes

Ethel got these huge grey wedges from just fab dot com and decided to make them match her leather jacket by using a liquid shoe polish [to make them black] and adding on spikes(s/o to justfab.com and forever21) pardon Ethel's corny alliteration 

Spiked up and studded...not entirely

Ethel purchased a leather biker jacket from forever 21 and added spikes to the shoulders for a more punted out look. Enjoy! S/o to forever21

Wednesday/Wendy collar?

Ethel had a black cowl collar dress with some rips. Not only did she repair the tears but she pleated up the cowl and made a white Peter Pan collar, which in the end reminded both of us of Wednesday Addams. Et voila!

Not so long leggings

So Ethel was looking at multiple fashion websites (due to boredom I'm sure) and came across two kinds of leggings. First are the garter leggings; with a pair of black spandex cotton leggings and four suspenders clips she began with her scissors and went on over to the sewing machine and bam! Next are less galaxy leggings. We know those are everywhere so spare the comments tan pri...dismount mèsi. she got two pairs of black cotton leggings in case you didn't gather that. She sat down longer than the garters, and took some sponges and pink and blue fabric paint. And to finish it off she sprayed white acrylic paint for the stars. Check 'em out. 

Crossed tee

This shirt belongs to Ethel actually but she's shy af and karma was on a roll anyway. This is an old high low tee shirt, with white fabric paint and bleach sprayed on using masking tape as a stencil of some sorts to make the cross.

Le random OOTD

So this is the outfit karma ended up with after the most abstract photo shoot she's ever been to. Lolz

Veterans vest

A first, this denim vest was just a boring ol' jean jacket with a yellow ribbon pin on it. Until a rip appeared on a sleeve. And I thought,"hey! Vest....veteran?" And I wasn't done with the bleach (see Aztec shorties) so out came the scissors and the bucket. The yellow ribbon pin didn't seem out of place so we kept it as is. Oh and I took the fabric marker and went Haam >;) lookin like a BAMF if I might say so myself teehee

ToughArm candy

A little arm candy for the urban cowgirl [on a budget] never hurt nobody. These bracelets are literally leather scraps and twine....like manman always says, "fè l 'pou ou"

Aztec shorties

These snazzy Aztec shorties (yes we call them shorties) are inspired by crazy patterns we've been seeing everywhere for about $45. It inspired us to make some of our own. Lolz

Amazing what some old jeans, scissors, bleach, and [black] fabric paint can do when you have an idea and an empty pocket.