Finished DIY Bikini

In a previous post (Recent Polymer Clay projects, and Bikini decorating!) I put some pictures of a bikini top I was decorating. Here's the finished product! (unless of course I choose to add more things to it, which is quite likely).

(The top cost 7$ at walmart)

The cute little skulls on the left are finished, I painted on the faces with acrylic paint (because stitching them or sewing on eyes and such would be a painfully tedious task).

The heart on the right has a spider in the middle that I painted on.
andd, the little bow and charm in the middle were both made by me. I sewed the bow to the bikini, but the charm can be taken off and put back on easily.

Yeah, I'm thinking I'll add more to it. Its addictive! 

My Room.

A little more than a year ago was when I first learned about the goth subculture. After reading numerous articles by Jillian Venters on  http://gothic-charm-school.com/ and researching what the goth subculture is, I decided to start expressing my inner goth. I live in a very small town and I always thought Goth was just another style. However, once I learned that it was really an entire lifestyle, I realized I was pretty much already apart of it (I've been listening to Evanescence since grade 4, Lacuna Coil since grade 6, Sirenia and Epica since grade 7, fell in love with The Birthday Massacre in grade 8. Not to mention I always loved Beetlejuice, and horror movies have always been my first choice at the local movie rental shop, etc). 

Anyways, I started dressing Goth fairly abruptly (as I already had half a closet of black) and I wanted to give my room a little makeover. Unfortunately, my mother didn't (and still doesnt) approve of all the black and 'darkness' (she shakes her head constantly as I walk out the door to catch the school bus). So, since painting my room black and draping black and purple velvet curtains all over the walls was not an option, I've simply been tossing little gothy trinkets all over the room.

My bookshelf: Vampire books, Frankenstein, Vampire Manga, more Vampire books, some Stephen King...pretty cliche stuff, I know. On the top shelf, to the far right I scattered dried roses and some skulls I bought at the Dollarama around halloween.

I printed some bat silhouettes off the internet and taped them to my wall. Also I bought some cute stuffed animals.

  I got the Spider with the top hat from the Dollarama around halloween (His name is Mr. Chaps). The striped Voodoo plush I also got at the Dollarama; but surprisingly I got it in the spring (His name is Suffer VenTeddy)! The small bat is something I made :D his name is Barnibas Van FrankenBat. anddd finally, the bigger bat is an Ugly Doll plush that I got from 'Ms. Tiggy Winkles', named Beelzebub. 

I have a collection of candle's, paintings/sketches that I did..and Tea cups&pots!

(Because you'know..Tea is goth ;)

Lastly, my desk. not very gothy, but it sure is a mess of art supplies! 

I used to have more skulls and rats and such strewn around. However, every time a new friend comes over or has a birthday I give them one. So I'm nearly all out. Halloween needs to come faster! 

Recent Polymer Clay projects, and Bikini decorating!

So I've been working on some little artsy projects in the past two days. Here are some photos!

*WARNING* Picture-Heavy.

So this one is going to be a gift to my lovely Aunt, as her birthday is coming up in august. It's a miniature model of her, my Uncle, and their little dog, Bear; Made from Polymer Clay (Sculpey III), Acrylic paint, and little pink beads.

The following are two necklaces I made last night; An E.A. inspired Leech charm on a ribbon, and a basic black Bat charm (on a chain).

I'll be going camping on Wednesday for a couple of weeks, so I have been goth-ing up my bikini! So far it's a work-in-progress ;)

It's a work-in-process ;) 

The three white things on the second picture will be skulls. I made the little Bat cameo, and the little green bow in the middle, aren't they cute? :)