A year ago today was the first day of lockdown (and working from home) caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. And what a year it’s been! Stress shopping led to me buying a couple of those awesomely horrible (or horribly awesome) Target dresses that spawned the #targetdresschallenge, and I decided to wear it to highlight all […]
Little Coven on the Prairie
As trends go, I don’t tend to follow them. But the Target dress challenege had me cackling and I managed to snag the red one and blue one in my size. My idea would be to show pandemic life from my perspective, and I enlisted two of my favorite witches to join me in one […]
Exploring Alentejo Red Blends Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored five really stellar Portuguese red wine blends from the Alentejo region. We attended a wine sustainability program late last year and had the pleasure of sampling a couple of these wines already, but stacking five blends together in one sitting, plus pairing them with Valentine’s Day faire, was […]
Exploring Monte Velho Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored two delicious Portuguese white and red wine blends from Esporao Monte Velho, and paired these wines with good ol’ American comfort food. Wines that we sampled: Monte Velho White 2019 Monte Velho Red 2019 Having a particularly rotten day, comfort food was on the menu, and this turned […]
Exploring Gaia Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored two Gaia red wines on Winter Solstice (and the Great Conjunction of Satern and Jupiter) during a pandemic in a backyard setting. This most auspicious astrological event paired well with great weather, great friends, and great wines. Wines that we sampled: Gaia Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 Gaia Cabernet […]
Exploring Domaine Bousquet Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored a lovely sparkling rose whilst celebrating Christmas during a pandemic in a backyard setting in the cold dead of winter. Odd as it all sounds, we really enjoyed ourselves. Wine that we sampled: Domaine Bousquet Sparkling Rose This beautiful and refreshing dry rose from Domaine Bousquet in […]
Costuming Scully and Mulder from The X-Files: Bunny Hutch Edition
I’ve always wanted to go to the Bunny Hutch party at DragonCon, despite negative reviews from other con goers…only because I wanted to make a cute costume. So that’s exactly what we did in 2019. I turned our otherwise vanilla Dana Scully and Fox Mulder costumes from The X-Files into bunny and Heff versions… [Related: […]
Making My Texas Wildflower Witch Hat
After last October when I posted my friend Sarah’s How to Make Your Very Own Fabulous Witch Hat, I made my own witch hat with fabric and craft remnants for my Loblolly Pine Witch costume. I had so much fun with it, I had to make more, and decided I’d make one for each season! Here’s how […]
A Quick Regency Beach Bonnet
More Regency era clothing and accessories? Why not! I’ve spent the majority of this pandemic sewing through my fabric and notions surplus, so when it’s safe to gather again, I’ll have plenty of options to wear to Houston Regency Society events. Last week I converted a cheap floppy straw hat to a casual and simple […]
Went With the Adidas: A Carol Burnett Curtain Dress Costume Mash-Up
With my tendancy to kill repurpose curtains, the curtain dress from The Carol Burnett Show “Went With the Wind” skit was always a dream costume for me. I’ve almost bought the civil war dress pattern several times, I just couldn’t bring myself to wear that many velvet curtains…it looks too uncomfortably hot to wear! So […]