Lady Spleen - Artist : Pin-Up Girl : Rock n' Roll Vixen

So, it being one year since our wedding, we decided to honor our nuptials by reprising our roles - only now as the living dead!

I have to admit, our costumes were very easy. All I had to do was add a wig, painted stitches, and throw on some of my performance accessories while Larry painted himself green and added bolts. After last Halloween it was nice to do something that didn't require too much effort!

However, the wig was a complete pain to deal with. It looked terrible when I got it and not at all like the photo on the package. I went at it with some scissors, hairspray and a blow dryer and after cutting away almost a third of the wig and using heat to uncurl all the fibers so that they'd point upwards, I managed to make it look alright. Oddly enough, the veiled eyeball rose hat is the one I made for our engagement pictures, though I wear a plain one at almost every show we play.

We had a blast and ended up having our picture taken with a bunch of the trick-or-treaters who visited our house :)

So tell me - what were you this Halloween?

I'll be sharing a load of pictures soon!

Being someone's creative subject is very flattering and quite and honor. I wanted to share a few of the awesome Spleen inspired art pieces that have been sent to me...

First, a sexy Winged Spleen! I wish I looked that good in my corsets

Butterfly! This one is by far the most unique - besides the wings, I'm wearing pants!

How awesomely creepy is that!! :)

A very intense sketch by my friend Paul

I was a reference model for a comic book and this is a guest artist pin-up of that character - a tattooed, crime fighting, hottie magician!

A perfect porcelain doll draped in black velvet... a 1920's starlet wreathed in a halo of sinuous smoke... the beautiful enigma at the other end of the bar... the most exquisitely dressed woman in any room... the epitome of dark elegance

... of course I'm thinking of my favorite model, Scarlett St. Vitus!

It would take up far too much space to include all of my favorite images of her,
but here's a try

*sigh* Isn't she lovely? Look at me blush!

Not only is she gorgeous, she's a fabulous DJ and has starred in a few horror movies.

You can find more of her here

I have a little obsession with tea parties. Something about the combination of pretty dishes, miniature sandwiches, tiny sweets and cakes makes me all giggly and girly. I even have subscriptions to tea theme magazines (a shock to some people). It may seem odd, but I know a number of spooky girls who have indulged their secret love of the tea party and had one.  So, a few weeks before my Halloween wedding, my mother, grandmother and bridesmaids threw me a bridal shower and I jumped at the opportunity. The only input I had was "Tea party! Girly, pink, frilly, Marie Antoinette-esque tea party!".

They completely blew me away...

Everything was so pretty! To satisfy my sweet tooth there were gilt edged plates filled with glossy chocolate truffles, sugar coated cookies and plump little petit fours with tiny sugar rosebuds on top.

There were roses galore in varying shades of pink - from brilliant fuchsia to pale blush

They served silver platters stacked with tiny canapes of prawn and cucumber, smoked salmon and dill, strawberried cream cheese and cranberry chicken salad.


Much more after the jump!