Damsel in this Dress Blog

After 19 years solid of vending at many types of festivals, I started to see a general "trend" in the energy of each type of crowd that attended these different events. For the record, I did Renaissance Festivals, Comic Cons, Faerie Festivals, Pirate Festivals, Steampunk Events, and one single Oktoberfest.  At Ren fests, people always "got it." I didn't even have to explain to them how they had to "fluff" their bosomage after we laced the corset on. I hardly ever got asked "Where would I wear this?". The people just completely connected with my product on multiple levels. I...

In high school, I went through my "safety pins in everything" phase and I proudly caked my eyelids in thick black eyeliner.  You know....to stick it to the man.  And here, as a woman in my 30s, my little black goth heart still wants to shred my jeans and wear tall black leather boots. Is there some kind of mystical power held in these talismans of angst? Why was I so desperate to break free and do the unexpected? I suppose this is all part and parcel of being a tortured soul artist. If you are not in "creation mode"...

It's January, and you may feel that you have had a significant drop in your will to spread mayhem.  It can be really difficult to be a Villain, but Damsel in this Dress is HERE TO HELP with some playful tips and tricks to get you out of your slog and BACK onto your black, spiky THRONE! Sister, we get it. Some days it is SO hard to strap on that high collar to let everyone know that you mean BUSINESS. Our Villainous Villainess Collars go off and on in a pinch. Let those nefarious deeds FLOW. Keep them on...

WE GUARANTEE THESE ITEMS FOR LIFE!! (Your life, not the corset...) I do my very very best to make these things indestructible, but sometimes where are little weak points, mishaps, or inner workings that cause issues. I would love to fix them for you to the best of my abilities!  ***IF I CANNOT FIX YOUR CORSET, WE WILL OFFER YOU STORE CREDIT FOR ANOTHER SIMILAR TYPE ITEM!*** My son Todd was showing me the knife he got yesterday and he proudly spoke about how the owner of the company offered a lifetime warrantee on the knife, saying that they would...

The backdrop for this week was lovingly painted and produced by my son, Todd, who is turning 17 years old today!!!   He is an incredibly cool, tall, angular, disheveled-in-a-careless-yet-edgy way young man that is boundlessly talented, loving and supportive to his friends (in that special way that only teenage boys can manage) and I am truly impressed and proud of the man that he has become over the last few years. As a toddler, he might have been my biggest struggle. I didn't understand at that time that I was dealing with an over-active nervous system and a tender little...