Alice Outfit

I was feeling very Alice In Wonderland this weekend, so this outfit transpired.

 I bought these stockings a looong time ago, but I never got a chance to wear them. I don't have anything they'd go with, so I waited until I realized "Duh, blue!"

 I also added these spikes to my boots, they look so menacing. :3

 The face shot. Buh.

 These were the necklaces I wore- a classy cameo, and a bottle with skeleton key.

 This cameo was given to me by my aunt many years ago. It's long and dangly, but by wrapping it around my neck and clasping it at the base of my throat, it's juuust right. :D

 This was the necklace I bought at the Emilie Autumn concert a few months back. It was made by Veronica Varlow.

 My little musical hair bow. I love hair bows, I just can't find the right sort to go with my long wavy hair.

I think this shot sums up what a modern day Gothic Alice would look like, bullets and all! <3!

World Goth Day!

World Goth Day is coming up! 

It's two weeks away, and I wanted to make sure to get the word out to as many Spookily-inclined personage as possible.

It's on a Tuesday, but if we start planning now, it can be a really big and fun event for all!

What will you do? Dress Goth to work? Hand out Gothic candy canes? Have a horror movie night?

Don't worry about dressing all out Goth. If you wear a uniform to work/school, wear your favorite Spooky underwear! Don't have Spooky underwear? Wear striped socks!

Whatever you, remember "What would Sioux do?" <3!

For more information:
http://worldgothday.com/faq.html

DIY Gothic Journal

I hate that I could never find a cool Gothic journal that I like to tote around with me. That's why I decided to post this DIY journal tutorial! I've been doing this for a long time, and I thought it was about time I shared. You will need: one black composition book (see below), scissors, Crazy Glue, and random assorted Gothic things. 

I used to buy Gothic Beauty Magazines, so I now cut those up and use a lot of those Gothy articles for this. Any magazine will do. Just flip through with your scissors at hand and cut away at whatever you like. Pictures, words, phrases, etc. I also collect and reuse old Gothic clothes tags, business cards, and stickers too. Like these:

Also, if you don't want to have that black composition book marbled background as your backdrop, you can salvage a piece of tissue paper, wrapping paper, or cut out a whole page from a magazine you like and superglue it to your composition book.

Now with your backdrop chosen, start putting things onto your journal! You can start like this and just place the objects as you choose. You could go like this:

Or choose one sticker as the main focal point of your journal, like this:

Or turn your book to the side and layer stuff like this:

I also saved some old Gothic business cards, and a Vampire Freaks sticker too. You could layer these on the journal too.

I love to do this. I've done this sort of stuff to my bedroom walls. I'll include a few photos of my walls for inspiration sake.

This little corner is dedicated to Victorian, romantic, black-and-white things.

This corner is purple and orange themed.

This is one huge poster I made composed of several themes:

Black and red:

Red and blue:

 Red and Purple:

 Here are some photos of old journals I made, this one was Alice In Wonderland themed:

 This one was storybook forest themed:

 This one was Phantom of the Opera themed:

 This one was faerie tale creature themed:

These journals make a great personalized gift for anyone. Just choose a theme and start gluing. :D <3!

"The Crow" The Movie

What's that? You've never seen "The Crow"? Well, now you have no excuse. Enjoy, oh spooky ones! <3!

Today was the day Zombie Bunny died for your sins and arose from the grave! This is why we must consume bunnies of marshmellow fluff and... color... eggs! ...

Okay, so maybe I have my facts wrong. But I somehow managed to look human for my familial gathering of nourishment consuming events. AKA, a BBQ.

Nothing is worse than being a vegetarian at a barbecue. But one thing made me feel a bit better. This little guy. Erm, girl.

It's a baby hen that my uncle bought for his family. She's about 2 weeks old, and they haven't named her yet. I assured her that she was safe in my hands. In fact, these were the only real food items I consumed at said barbecue.

Strawberry cupcakes with vanilla frosting and sprinkles, mmm!!! My cousin David insisted that the baby hen was friendly, so he took her out and played with her in the living room.

I don't know why I was afraid of the little hen. Just look how well these two get along. :3

My other cousin, Lorena, had learned about a hair technique called "chalking". Apparently, you buy some of these chalk pastels, rub them in your hair, and they temporarily color your hair.

For those of you who never heard of it, here's a fast video that explains how to do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfqtCBa_S8M

I wanted to try this, so I chose the brightest red color there was. I'm a brunette, so I knew a brighter color would stand out on my dark strands than a more subtle color.

 With a trusty mug of water nearby, Lorena and I were ready to experiment.

 I got a section of hair just by my ear like this.

 and started coloring it...

 Until it looked like this. I brushed it out a bit, and it still stood pretty red. Not too bad.

Today was pretty fun. Lots of food and family to keep me going. And some new stockings too.

There are little black bows in the back, guess I should wear these the right way next time. What did you guys do for your Easter? Did you celebrate? How did you celebrate? Finding eggs in bushes? Throwing eggs at houses? Divulge. <3!

Gothic Easter Gifts

So it's Easter. You're Goth, and you don't know what to give. It IS a day of sparkles and bunnies and eggs, so what do you do?

 Well, there is that light and fluffy part of me that loves pink and sparkles...

 But there is also that part of me that loves all things vampiric and sharp.

 I love how the frame is mirrored, and this design is very classy and elegant.

 Another great Goth gift is candles! How else can you give darkness and fire in one gift?

 Of course, every witch needs to have a familiar.

 No matter how unconventional they may be.

 ... very unconventional.

 No matter what gift you're giving, these guys are super fun when adding some awesome to a card. I've wrapped gifts in white paper and doodled on the paper when I wanted to make the gift more personal, and these guys (Sharpies too) are really fun to use.

 What's a Goth without their intellect? Books are every body's best friend because intellect looks great on everyone.

 I REEEALLY wanted to buy this for myself, but I refrained. I never have any visitors, but something like this would be uber-cool. AND it was $9.99.

 For your wardrobe needs, black and white vestements are always an order.

 Something white and lacy is always Spring-y, even if you aren't into floral prints.

Or you could stick to the basics and mix it up with a black lace number like this one.

All of these items I found at Ross for under $10 and, since today was the day that Zombie Bunny died for your sins and rose from the dead, you best spread some Gothic-egginess. <3!