Long Time No See...

Hey guys....

So I feel kinda guilty. I haven't posted since October. How ridiculous.

Anyway, I shouldn't really make excuses, but I'll blame A-levels. Seriously, I have no time anymore...

So, an update... I'm hoping to post again later about something more specific but here's just a general update of what I've been up to since October...

Hallowe'en was great- I've got into the habbit of making my own costumes for Hallowe'en and last year, I adapted my birthday Alice in Wonderland costume to make it an Undead Alice in Wonderland costume... I was inspired to do this by some pictures I found on the Internet a while ago- of 'twisted' Disney princesses. The artist did one of Alice in Wonderland, and I love it. Just looking at it makes me feel evil...


The top half of my costume... I slashed the dress, added fake blood, and wore in over a red vest... spooky ;) I also backcombed my hair, and pinned in playing cards that I had smeared with fake blood. I made my face pale with some white face paint, then shaded in my eyes with black eyeshadow ^_^


Here are a few more pictures...

My whole costume (oh, and I turned out I was the only one who bothered to dress up properly ¬_¬)

Christmas was also good- as it always is- and I was given a vampire-inspired knitting book (I'm making something from it at the moment, if I ever finish, I'll post pictures)...

Otherwise, I have a confession to make... I have recently become obsessed with underwear. Well, I was always in love with it, but I think my obsession has grown in the past few months...

Anyways, about a month ago, I attempted to make a pair of knickers... didn't really work, but I was quite proud of my efforts seeing as I made up the pattern completely.... anyway, they turned out like elephant-pants for some reason... seriously, they were enourmous.

But, what I think is the most exciting news is that I have recently started to (attempt to) make a corset. I must be mad, but hey ho, welcome to my crazy world. As I said earlier, I'm hoping to post again today with more details (and pictures) of my 'corset'... watch this space :)

Last little thing... I've been watching a lot of Disney Classics recently, and they've really inspired me... so I wouldn't be surprised if I start a new Disney project in the next few weeks.

Best go now, homework calls...

Lots of love ^_^
Caitlin
xxx

P.S. Visit my facebook group. Do it. Now.

P.P.S. Rafiki from The Lion King is pretty cool. He's the baboon, by the way.

Quick Update

Just thought I'd give you all a quick update on the whole party thing.

Well today, I got my GCSE results! 5 A*'s and 4 A's- am very very happy :)

I also now have a laptop- my first. It is beautiful and has been christened Daphne, because I love Some Like It Hot. I'm having a few problems with iTunes but apart from that, everything is fine and dandy :)

Anyways, party-wise, today I'm making my cake, which was inspired by one I found on Google Images (be prepared for that, it's gonna be huuuggggee)... well I wont decorate it today but I'll make it :L

And then I think I might make decorations to go on the top of the cake as well :)

See ya later, alligator
Caitlin

P.S. Daphne says hi ;)
P.P.S. I am Sir Reginald, Duke of Chutney
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that's Robin Hood, by the way :D

A Week Down the Rabbit Hole...

So this week my house is becoming Wonderland, starting tonight- I've just started putting up decorations.

The staircase has become Tulgey Wood- the wood with all the mysterious creatures in the Disney (<3) film.

The hallway is now the room with all the doors- instead of one little door I've got lots of different sized doors, and it'll have a little table with a bottle labled 'Drink Me' there by Thursday.

The front doorway, I've decided, is going to be covered with a huge piece of paper with a hole cut in the bottom, and I'm going to pin some brown fabric behind it so people have to crawl through it- like a rabbit hole! 

This is like what I did for one of my birthday parties when I was little- we did a Harry Potter party and made a huge brick wall (platforms 9 and 10) which you had to run through- like getting onto Platform 9 3/4 :D

Anyway that's all I've got so far. I will probably post some pictures on Thursday, so you can see it all together :D

LOVEYOU
Caitlin

P.S. Pride and Prejudice is amazing, and Mr Darcy is gorgeous ;)

P.P.S. As requested, I LOVE KATIE!! (my best friend, by the way!)

Costume Troubles

So as I have previously mentioned, for my 16th birthday party next Thursday, I'm having an Alice in Wonderland tea party.

It seems that my brother George (who thinks that this blog is a waste of time because no one reads it, but I guess that's little brothers for you) did not get the message that my party is in fact next week. And so, while he sits and plays on his PS3, I have been trying to find ideas on Google for a costume for him.

George originally wanted to be the Mad Hatter, but unfortunately that role had already been filled. Then I said that he would be Tweedledum and he could bring a friend to be Tweedledee (I insisted that he would be TweedleDUM, I'm sure you see why). However, when I told my friend Grace who was originally going to be the caterpillar, she said that she would rather be Tweedledee/dum and that George could be the caterpillar.

And the caterpillar is the most IMPOSSIBLE costume to create, whether I am going to MAKE it or just put some stuff together.

Our original idea was to buy a cheap blue top and pair of trousers from Primark or somewhere similar, then buy some leg warmers for the extra arms/legs.

Of course, you can imagine how much success we've had with this, especially the blue trousers. The only pair I could find were some disgusting light blue combat style trousers, but they were not at all the right type and were £9, so there was no point.

So then we looked at ready made costumes. Well I'm sorry but I refuse to pay whatever $125 is in pounds for something I could make myself (pretty much). To be honest, it wasn't that good either.

So, I'm now thinking of making one. That should be interesting, seeing as I'm busy every day next week (Monday: shopping for party, Tuesday: results day, Wednesday: Katie and Emily over to help prepare for party, Thursday: party, Friday: birthday, although why would I make it on Friday anyway?) Then I need to make Emily's skirt. Still. Will post my progress, if any!

Anyways if anyone has any ideas that would be appreciated :)

Thanks :D
Caitlin

P.S. Frogs = comments. I changed it because 'comments' was boring.