Last night I started AND finished a project! I received a bunch of photos of my cousin’s 2009 wedding this week and I got some paper and an album and put them in it! Wow. The album’s not all that exciting to look at, but here’s my favorite picture from the wedding.
So, this is uber exciting for me! After I finished the outline, Warren created a wiki page where we’re putting up lots of information about the story. 7 people have already volunteered to write episodes (only 4 left!) and one has already finished hers! Yay!
I’ve been researching cloths and taking a hat making class so I can make some super cool hats. I’d originally set the story in 1874-ish, (just because there was a cool dress that was the height of fashion then that I wanted to make), but the later 1890’s hats are OUTRAGEOUS! They’re called “Titanic” because they are so huge and ornate. That is appealing to me… 😀 I’m going to finish my little hat this weekend and will post pictures of the process and the finished product.
I picked a really pretty, fresh green corduroy to start with and am going to put a small, off center brim on the oval pillbox. I’m not sure how I’ll decorate it… I’m thinking of some brown velevet ribbons and some yellow/orange roses (to go with the roses I’m making for my wool coat – also to be finished this weekend! By golly!) but, I’ll have to wait and see… Since I’m taking this class at PCC I’ll get a 10% discount at the Button (and Ribbon) Emporium – one of the greatest stores IN THE WORLD!! They don’t have a webpage, so I can’t link you to it. 🙁
And, in related news to the Steampunk movie, Alex has started working on a robot costume, but has been delayed due to lots of work. I’m going to try to work on THAT this weekend, too… check out his progress so far!
A somewhat unrelated question for readers: I’ve noticed that the pictures I’ve put in the blog are very small and I had decided not to link them to my picasa. What would you prefer? Bigger pics? Links? Or are the little pictures enough to convey what I’m doing right now?
So, I have finished it! yay!
The outline for my steampunk video series ended up being 9 single spaced pages with 11 Chapters. I’ve asked my friends to pick a chapter and write the script for it. So far I have three people who’ve committed to it and I hope several others will volunteer soon.
Tomorrow, at my weekly craft-night, I’ll be making ribbon roses to cover the moth holes on a sweet retro wool jacket I bought a couple weeks ago. I need to get this done soon because there’s maybe only a month left of 3/4 length, wool jacket wearing weather… I also plan to work on my life timeline as well as the MAME, so we’ll see how much I actually get done. I will take pictures and share them, things are getting too text heavy here!
I am SO looking forward to a three day weekend at home… I plan to not get dressed much and do lots of projects!
So, Phil came over and finished installing the MAME drivers on the computer we’re using. Success! The image shows up on the tv, the driver works and games are visible and partly playable! He spent some time mapping commands to the controls, although there are several buttons and joystick switches that aren’t working quite right. Also, I didn’t realize that you need separate buttons for 1 or 2 player selection AND add coins for each player. My job for this task is to install two more buttons (I’m thinking of adding switches behind the “coin” buttons with some LEDs to light them up). Another task is to cut back some of the cabinet so the control board will sit nicely. The joysticks stick out too far and don’t allow the board to lay flat.
Phil’s coming back maybe this weekend or next week with his voltimiter to try to find the problem with the malfunctioning buttons and joystick switches. He’s also going to figure out what voltage is feeding the light bulbs so we can put the right ones up in the marquee. I’d like to close that up and have the lights be functional soon.
I’d gotten some small computer speakers from Goodwill last night, but they did not work so I’ve got to take them back and get some others. That’s it for the MAME right now! Wahoo!
Ack! So much going on… I’ve commited to completing four things by the end of the year:
1) Steampunk miniseries script. I finished typing out my outline last night and have asked a couple of people to review it for gapping plot holes. I’m kind of afraid it’ll be really boring for them, but it seems interesting to me. Sadly, I can see myself reflected in the main character and I’ve always found that annoying in other people’s writing. I’m hoping by encouraging more collaboration among friends that we’ll remove that blatant reflection and turn her into her own person. After I hear back from them and make changes, I’ll have to turn it into an actual script.
2) Business Plan. I’m nearly finished with my primary rough draft based on a magazine article I read a few months ago. Then I’ll go through it referencing a book that I’ve found usefull and add anything else that seems helpful.
3) Reference photos for web page and Steampunk miniseries. I enjoy this athestic and am going to base my webpage on this anachronistic style. Warren needs some photos to help him see what I’m thinking of so he can build the page. He also suggested I provide photos to the group as they work on the script so they can get an idea of the mood that I’m shooting for in the series.
4) Red dress photo shoot. This is a fun 1950’s era dress that I made for myself. It’s the first dress I fitted using my duct-tape body double and it turned out so nice! I actually like it and wear it! But now we need to take some pictures for the web page and in preparation for a rainy-day project I’d like to do soon…
SPEAKING of other projects… Here are some other things that I want to do:
5) Crochet gauntlets and hooded scarf. I bought a bunch of yarn and need to get these made – it’s cold enough!
6) Rainy-day project. My friend is going to dress in a 1950’s milk-man’s outfit and carry a crate with single-serve milk boxes while I wear my red dress and we pass out home-made cookies to people on the MAX. Covert photos to document the memory and/or arrest. I won’t be SELLING anthying, so I’m hoping that doesn’t happen…
7) A friend’s bride’s maid dress. The wedding is January 1st. She (the bride’s maid) is pregnant and getting bigger, so I’m putting the sewing off as long as possible before the wedding… a tight balance!
8) Pattern drafting. I have drafted a lovely hip-block that I’m using to make perfectly fitted garments. Skirts are good for me right now because they are simple and are easier to refit since I’m loosing so much weight (50 pounds so far!). I need to hurry and draft a pants pattern based on it before I loose much more weight, though, to make sure I know how the process works. I’ll have to do the whole thing over again when I reach my goal, but I figure a couple pairs of pants will be nice, since all of my pants are falling off!
Phew – lots to do!