Severance

I grew up hearing the adage that Art Imitates Life, and in mine it seems that my Life Imitates Art.  This has been especially true since beginning the Reliquarian, if you've read some of the other blogs I've spoken of the parallels, and how almost...

Tutorial: Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake Shoes

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_text_separator title="Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake Shoes - from ``Higher Learning``"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The Cake Shoes were one of the easier and more fun props/costumes to make.  It's relatively inexpensive to do on your own, and honestly...

A Second Succession

Since I was a child I was enamored with antique keys, skeleton keys, old house keys.  I've seen projects and thoughts, ideas, and inspirations from childhood weave their way into the reliquarian from so many directions.  I believe there are certain interests and predispositions we...

Unsung in the Bleeding Wood

"I can not do this on my own."   We write what we know, where we are, and who we are in our lives.  I often question why my protagonist is this little girl who spends so much of her time lost and wandering, unsure, but soon...

Pick Your Poison

Sweetie knows that I deal in tough love, and decided to give me some back recently she hopped up on the chair and reminded me of my own advice: “You make it happen or your make excuses… get to shooting.” When I was a teenager doing...