So.

This week has been three thousand years long. And that's even with all the busy work I've had to manage while boss-man's out. Graaaaah.

I decided that my red knit scarf wouldn't do justice as Mina Murray's signature scarf. JoAnn's had just the right velvet-look dead dino product and fringe for the scarf and black netting for a small hat. When I got home, I ransacked my box o' corsets -- much to Hubbyfink's delight -- and got dolled up in my Victorian duds. The jacket is waaaay too big and the skirt is a bit too big. Easy fixes. While researching my costume (i.e., reading volume one of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), I learned that this Mina isn't a full-on vampire, despite what the movie would have one believe. Hrm. I don't have to mess with the fangs. We'll see. I do so love to smile widely when my canines are long and pointy.

I believe I'll work on my scarf and hat tonight just so I will stop itching about doing something.

You win some, you lose some

The red scarf project is complete and looks pretty darn good, if I do say so myself. I cut a half-yard length of red velvetish dead dinosaur in half, sewed two short ends together, sewed fringe on the other two short ends, then sewed it into a tube. Et voila! I have a twelve foot long, fringed scarf for my Mina outfit.

The hat project is... I'm not sure what it is, honestly. I have one completed hat, but I don't know if I like it for this outfit. I have another almost completed mini hat which is cute, but awfully small. Maybe I'll feel better about one or both hats when the hot-glue blisters on my thumbs go down.

Ow.