I got some fun postcards to send out from time to time-- all of them safe for exposed postal mailings. The print quality makes them look very vintage.
If I haven't mailed anything to you yet and you...
2018-10-30 20:54:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Recognizing change can be difficult. Learning of the changes in my father's health has been alarming. I have memories of eating cheese and drinking home-brewed wine at the kitchen table in my teens, a...
2018-10-25 02:11:17 +0000 UTC View PostShot with the new camera under the fancy lights with the new curtains.
Shot in the home studio, but not in my actual home studio. That room is full of costumes that need to be put away and in-progre...
2018-10-22 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Photo by Mr. Snapper.
I really do love this quilt. I need a new bed to go with it.
When we moved from Los Angeles, we ditched our mattress and ordered a new memory foam mattress from Amazon. (...
2018-10-21 19:43:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Remember how my video camera died and it sucked?
Good news.
Thanks to my patrons, commissions and side hustling as a writer, we’ve added a new weapon to our arsenal.
This son-of-a-bitc...
2018-10-18 19:17:42 +0000 UTC View PostI have a full weekend of shooting content ahead. I believe I have seven looks planned.
Mr. Snapper is my MVP. He's helping with the styling and a bunch of other stuff. He acts as an assistant during...
2018-10-16 02:48:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Mr. Snapper and I traveled to Tucson over the weekend to perform "Buttercup" (AKA the finger in the butt song) at Arizona Burlesque Festival.
When I'm dancing, I pay more attention to what I eat bef...
2018-10-15 01:49:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Mr. Snapper shot some video while I set up my furry friends for the photo shoot. I talk about the toys I've collected.
The "newest" toy wasn't from St. Louis. I actually got it in Hollywood in 2003 ...
2018-10-11 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I love this dog. Having the dogs involved in this photoshoot was unintentional but predictable.
Coca is a rescue from Tijuana. She's also part border collie. High-anxiety and noise-sensitive, she's ...
2018-10-10 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostYou now get a private link for each Tub Tales video. YAY! https://vimeo.com/293835517/25042ddf69
Mr. Snapper and I went...
2018-10-07 20:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Photo by Mr. Snapper.
Part of upping my game over the past year has been investing in equipment for the home studio. This means buying backdrops, a backdrop stand, and a lighting kit.
Next up ...
2018-10-03 01:17:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Photo by Mr. Snapper. Derp by Buster.
I've always loved Dalmatians. This quilt was conceived from that love of Dalmatians. (More Dalmatian tales in November.) I had two Dalmatians back in the mid-ni...
2018-09-29 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I promised changes. I'm updating the levels tomorrow evening, and I'm switching to "charge up front" on September 30th.
Here are the monthly subscription levels:
$1 per month – You L...
2018-09-28 01:32:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I watch a lot of SVU.
One of the major projects that was in my queue was a murder mystery script for Viva Dallas Burlesque. (Since you can't just hand a script over to performers and expect them to ...
2018-09-24 22:22:39 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a tale to share with you because that’s what I do here— share my life as a creator.
The TLDR version is that I’m taking September off from posting because there’s some unpleasantness ...
2018-09-16 20:26:04 +0000 UTC View PostSorry this is late to you. A lot of stuff has been happening. (You'll see that in another post.) The great news is that there's a NEW camera in my future. This one was shot on iPhone. :D
Password is...
2018-09-16 19:53:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Photo by Madison Hurley. Melted hair courtesy of Dallas humidity.
I made this corset based on an existing pattern. I think it's called the heart corset because there's a heart on the front.
I ...
2018-08-29 03:05:48 +0000 UTC View Post
The quilt is too big to lay out on the floor of my studio without moving furniture. The video shows you where I was with the work last week, and I share the significance of the squares.
2018-08-17 21:34:40 +0000 UTC
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Photo by Jeff Fuller-Freeman.
I'm thinking a lot about the next new act. I think it's going to be a corset act. I keep thinking about songs that have lots of guitar and heavy bass. I can't get...
2018-08-16 17:45:25 +0000 UTC View Post
From Viva Dallas Burlesque on Saturday night. Ben Britt is amazing with getting the videos up right away.
It took years to break the habit I have of back-leading. I've been dancing ...
2018-08-06 21:48:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hair and makeup by LaDonna Stein of Dallas PinUp, photo by Through the Looking Glass Photos.
Russ Meyer girl turned mature and sassy burlesque legend Kitten Natividad gave me these shoes. She also g...
2018-08-04 18:53:48 +0000 UTC View PostPassword 'distracted by the bubbles'
Boy howdy, I yammer on and on and on in this one. I also keep playing with the bubbles. The days are hot here in Texas, so a warm bath isn't as appealing du...
Friday night I was the Bad Girls Club representative at Texas Queerlesque Festival, selling merch and raffle tickets to raise money for charity.
I was invited to join the Bad Girls Club a few months...
2018-07-30 23:54:13 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm sorting out what the next costume and act shall be. I have some investment pieces coming and some large props in my mind. I wanted to create two new acts this year. I did that, but the acts I buil...
2018-07-22 23:32:33 +0000 UTC View Post
This was the second time I wore a corset. (First was in college for a Moliére play.)
Mr. Snapper unearthed these photos from an abandoned photo account we had.
It was a couple years before I ...
2018-07-20 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Makeup and hair by LaDonna Stein. Photo by Through the Looking Glass Studio/Dallas Pinup.
Seriously, it had been ages since I did a traditional pin-up shoot. I have one naked photo from this one tha...
2018-07-08 23:19:09 +0000 UTC View Post
You saw the hair in my Tub Tales. It was like hairspray cotton candy.
I decided to get some pinup photos in my crown (and out of the crown) because I have very few current pinup photos. The classic ...
2018-06-30 17:25:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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2018-06-30 01:59:24 +0000 UTC View PostSeriously, I have huge hair in this video.
Password bread bath bomb
2018-06-28 03:08:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Photo by Hershel Self from Poppy Pie's Burlesque Roulette last summer.
There were two shows in Los Angeles that had live music. Both of them had a regular cast, which meant no opportunity for this l...
2018-06-20 22:23:25 +0000 UTC View Post