Past Project #2: RenFaire Gowns for Me and Aubrey

My best friend Aubrey and I go to the Renaissance Faire almost every year (except not last year... *tear tear*).  She and I have shared the same love of dress-up ever since third grade when we first met.  Thankfully, our dress-up has evolved from tacky ready-made '80's tube dresses and bad hair to period clothing and Lucille Ball hairstyles (you might see those later).
These are some basic peasant gowns I made for us.  Aubrey's consists of a chemise, a skirt (natural linen cotton dyed yellow), and a bodice.  Mine is loosely based off of an Irish gown (except I didn't wear a leine underneath), with a regular chemise, a skirt (dyed olive green), and a bodice with an attached skirt.

On the way to the RenFaire, Aubrey unfortunately lost her navy green snood (hair net-type thing i'm wearing).  We never found it!

With Don Juan and Miguel!  These guys were hilarious.  And great at snapping whips!

Tevas?  Totally historically accurate!  

I look goofy but look at our matching trims!

Past Project #1: The "Marie Antoinette" Gown

I took AP European History as a sophomore (this was 2010).  What a labor-intensive class that was!  During the middle of the year we were assigned a singular creative project on the French Revolution.  I decided to go ahead and make an 18th-century costume that I could wear for the class and teach everybody about the basic articles of clothing: the chemise, the pocket hoops, the stockings, shoes, underskirt, overgown, etc.  Everybody was amused at the fact that I walked around school all day dressed like this (it was too labor-intensive to change out of).
I definitely took some liberties with this, as this was my first attempt at making a costume that needed boning.  it laces up in the back, and doesn't have watteau pleats in the back that would have been characteristic of many robes à la françaises at the time.  But this was a 10th grade class... they wouldn't know the difference!  ;)

You'll see a painting based off of this photo later...

I'm sorry there aren't any decent views of the dress in full (after being hemmed, that first picture looks like I'm drowning in moiré).

And wouldn't ya know it, I painted it for an art project!  Two-in-one, sophomore year!  It got the Teacher's Choice Award, that's the little purple ribbon.

First Blog Post!

Actually, this is my first experience with blogging... ever.
My name is Veronica.  I live in upstate New York, and I'm a senior in high school, but will graduate in a mere four months from now!  Next year, I'm headed off to Northwestern University, slated to be a Theatre major (with a possible minor in Art History or... GASP!... Chemistry).
My favorite subjects in school are French, Art, English, and Biology.  The only classes that leave a bad taste in my mouth are ones that involve trigonometry and/or linear programming (MATH, eep).
Besides creating art in my spare time, I love to travel when I can, and I ADORE cooking and baking.  I possess all of the skills of the ideal housewife, despite being a hardcore feminist (isn't it ironic?).
That's all I can think of right now.  You'll learn more about me the more I post, hopefully.
This is me:

I have a difficult time making a straight face in any photo taken of me.  So get used to that.

Anyway,  whilst blogging, I want to focus on my hobby for artwork, including costuming, dollin' up, painting, drawing, and all that jazz.  It will be nice to finally organize my thoughts for my own benefit as well as everyone else's!