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My Giant Post of Wedding Photos

My Giant Post of Wedding Photos

Chris and I tied the knot this past October, as you all know. I just recently received the photos from Matt & Jentry, the incredible photographers who shot our wedding,...
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Christmas Tea at the Brewery Arts Center, Carson City, NV

Christmas Tea at the Brewery Arts Center, Carson City, NV

This past Saturday good-sized group of us Great Basin Costumers invaded the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City, for their afternoon High Tea. There was no set period for costume,...
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The 3rd Annual Steampunk Ball of Piper's Opera House, 2013

The 3rd Annual Steampunk Ball of Piper's Opera House, 2013

Liza rockin' her Victorian tail bodice with shorts and amazing stockings This past weekend Chris and I worked our tails off at the 3rd Annual Steampunk Ball up in Virginia...
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2013 Costume College, Pt. 3 - The Gala

2013 Costume College, Pt. 3 - The Gala

Merja's Baroque gown OMG. This wasn't her Gala dress, but I needed to include a photo of it anyway. Ready for the last set of pics from Costume College? Well,...
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2013 Costume College, Pt. 2 - Festive Attyre "Curtain Along" Meet Up

2013 Costume College, Pt. 2 - Festive Attyre "Curtain Along" Meet Up

Waverly Curtain dresses in chronological order from left to right. Ready for more photos from Costume College? I have tons, so here goes! Saturday, during the day, was the "Curtain...
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2013 Costume College, Pt. 1

2013 Costume College, Pt. 1

I'm back! I'm alive! Costume College was splendid this year. I had SO much fun, met and chatted with so many cool people, and took so...SO...many photos. I'm breaking this...
Event: Henry Ford's 150th Birthday Party at the Nat'l Automobile Museum

Event: Henry Ford's 150th Birthday Party at the Nat'l Automobile Museum

From a huge Duesenberg Warning: Lots of pictures of old cars. I like old cars, and I like to take pictures of their shiny bits, so if cars don't interest...
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Tagged: 1920s Events Vintage
Sugarpine Living History Day, 2013 - Two-Person '20s Invasion

Sugarpine Living History Day, 2013 - Two-Person '20s Invasion

Yesterday our army of costume-clad amazons, all two of us, invaded a nice little local event at the Ehrman Mansion on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe. We go every...
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Bastille Day Picnic 2013

Bastille Day Picnic 2013

This past Sunday, our local costume club, the Great Basin Costume Society, held a little picnic in honor of Bastille Day. We called it the "Off With Her Head Tea."...
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June Retro Picnic, with Vintage Advance 6643

June Retro Picnic, with Vintage Advance 6643

This past weekend was The Weekend of Costume Picnics. My Facebook feed has been exploding with the photographic evidence, and we here in Northern Nevada also partook. Despite the weather...
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Tagged: Events Vintage
Rat Rods & Rockabillies - Reno Rockabilly Riot

Rat Rods & Rockabillies - Reno Rockabilly Riot

....that was a lot of 'R's, lol. This past weekend, my friend Stephanie and I visiting Reno Rockabilly Riot, a cute little event with a few vendors and a lot...
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A Trip to Valhalla Renaissance Faire, 2013

A Trip to Valhalla Renaissance Faire, 2013

This past weekend was one of many festivities, one of which was the annual visit to Valhalla, our most local Renfaire. Oh Renfaire, how I love thee. A day of...
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