My Masquerade Costume

This post is for the Masquerade event over at AmandaBeth Online. You can read about it in this post.

Tinuviel Luthien

For my Sweet 16/Moving Away party, I had a masquerade party at home. My friends love costuming and acting, so everyone dressed up and adopted a character to act as when masks are on. You can see all of the masks on my Masquerade Masks post.

I wore my second sewing project and only costume-- my Elvish dress! Normally I go as Arwen, but changed my mind and adopted the character of Tinuviel Luthien. She is a Lord of the Rings character, although her only mention in the trilogy is in a ballad. She shows up in the Silmarillion quite a bit. (Gosh, now I'm sounding geeky. LOL-- that is because I am!)

First off is my mini-photoshoot (click to enlarge):

Searching for a berry.

With the cape!

Hi!

Running.

Temporarily out of character and being Arwen.

Me, caught unawares by the camera.

Wearing the mask and a fun length of blue fabric.

There you go! Now, here are my accessories. I really went all out. ^_^ But, hey, its Lord of the Rings.
Almost all of these have a separate post. Please click those links to see a full post and often instructions.

My mask! I cut, painted, and glitterified it, then sewed the white feathers on. Then I glued and sewed on the flowers, feathers, and ribbons on the side. Next, I attached ribbon to tie it to my head. My friend "L", whose family used to live in Africa, gave me a porcupine quill from Africa for my mask. Hopefully you can see it peeking out the top. :)

See my post on the masks my friends and I made: ( HERE )
And how to make the masks: (coming soon)

As Luthien I wanted  to have a little something different than I have as Arwen. Plus I wanted to be able to take my crown on and off without tangles.

So I wore my Celtic Circlet.

Normally with this costume I would wear my first-ever crown: and Arwen's Banner.

And here is the cuff I made to match the Celtic Circlet! ( HERE )

Earrings. ( HERE )

 

Elvish hair clips. ( HERE )

 I wore my Clay brooch/buckle (a replica of Arwen's, from her Chase costume in FotR) and a criss-cross ribbon on the front of the dress until the safety pins drove me nuts. ( HERE )


Of course, my little wire ring. ( HERE )

[PICTURE]

I wore my very first Evenstar that I made (which I had made to match this costume). Never mind that the Evenstar as a necklace only existed in the movies, and that Arwen, not Tinuviel, wore it; its Elvish, anyhow.
I finally got around to finding a pretty chain for it!

Instructions on making the Evenstar HERE.

The cape! My mom made it for me back in 4th or 5th grade for a Halloween costume. It just fits. I attached a pretty clasp to it before the party, something I wish I'd done earlier. Someday I would like to make a nicer cape. This one is really flimsy material!

The bag, earrings, and my Evenstar again. So purty. ^_^

The belt and a quill.

As birthday presents I received some beautiful homemade (and not homemade) jewelries from friends that went well (or perhaps not quite so well) with my costume. I wore them the whole rest of the day, and the next, and the next...
 A ribbon-flower barrette, a pretty flower/cross beaded bracelet, a rosary bracelet, and beautiful earrings. Also, a handmade bag in beautiful fabric. And a belt with 16 crocheted flowers (I think its and African style-- leastways it looks like it and is beautiful!) and bunches of African porcupine quills in multiples of 16. You can make beads with them. ^_^

So not all of it "goes" with the costume, but I wanted to post about it anywhos, 'cause I wore it all with my costume.

So. Much. Fun.
We walked around the neighborhood and ran through a bit of wood-- all in costume--, danced to Celtic Thunder, rock, and random music, made pizza, sundaes, and pancakes, talked, sang, played games... Boy, was it fun.

No-smiles old-fashioned picture. Just had to include it. :D

About my character:

This song by the Tolkien Ensemble says it all. :D It is the poem "Luthien Tinuviel" by Tolkien. (The short version in LotR, not the one in "Lays of Beleriand" in  Histories.)

SEE ALSO:


Masquerade Masks!

How to make Masquerade Masks! (coming soon)

Masquerade Graphics (coming soon!)

My Elvish Costume

Masquerade Masks!

This post is being published early for AmandaBeth's Masquerade Online Event. Info HERE. It is because of this event that you get ALL these pictures! :)

One of many homemade masks!

Everyone ready for LOTS OF FUN! Haha, I didn't have to blur anyone's faces for privacy because they are all wearing masks. :)

I had a Sweet 16/Moving Away party a few weeks ago! All of my friends love costuming, and with the help of two friends I made some masks for everyone! Here are plenty of pictures to enjoy.

My mask. I put alot of work into it... Please see my "Masquerade Costume Page" for more details!

The Phoenix. One of my favorite mythical creatures, and such pretty, vibrant colors!

The Little Mermaid. The dangling leaves are actually appliques from my friend's old shoes.

Black and white elegance.

(Click to enlarge the following:)

White elegance I

White elegance II

Those are all ones that I made. Here are the ones made by friends:

"Peaseblossom" had a very intricate and blinged-up mask! It was stunning. You can't see it well in this picture, but it has a fake butterfly and lots of handmade ribbon flowers.

Made by "L"

Made by "L" I love the stunning paint job.

Made by "L"

Made by my brother

The mask held at arms' length. :) Made by "L"

Made by "L"

 

Made by my little sister. Better picture later. :)

Made by my sis and I.

Thilly computer is acting up. Oh well. Here are the the masks laid out, waiting for everyone!!!

SEE ALSO:

My Masquerade Costume!
How to make Masquerade Masks (coming soon!)

Masquerade Event

Edit: Here is my entry:

MY MASQUERADE COSTUME

Related: Masks, Masquerade Graphics, How to make Masks (coming soon)



Hello, dear readers!I'd like to tell you about the online Masquerade event that I will be participating in. It is being hosted over at AmandaBeth Online. I recently discovered this sweet fashion blog (a discovery I should have made long ago, since many of my online friends follow it!).

Every now and then, AmandaBeth hosts an event, and this time it is a Masquerade! The details are HERE.

I almost laughed when I saw the post, because I just had a Sweet 16/Moving Away party with my friends, and guess what it was? A Masquerade! Not much of a Masquerade Ball, though. We dressed up, wore masks and costumes, and hung out around the half-packed house. Well, we did choreograph a crazy dance to Masquerade from Phantom of the Opera (we greeted the latecomers with the dance!) and we walked/danced around the neighborhood in full costume...

Anyways, I had made two posts about crafty things from the party, which I scheduled to publish in a few weeks. However, I am going to publish them early and make them far more in depth for this event!

The event does not start until August 31st; however, I am going to put my "entries" up on this blog today, because I won't be online the 31st.




(I also plan on making a post on how-to-make-masks and another craftsy thing I did for the party).

Earring Display Rack

I needed somewhere to keep my earrings from getting all tangled up, so I made this earring rack!

All it is is a piece of cross stitch fabric, a cross stitch/embrodiery frame, and a piece of ribbon. If you or a family member cross stitches, you will have these supplies on hand. My aunt sent me her old cross-stitch supplies, but I don't like cross-stitching, so those supplies will make some nice little racks.

To make it, simply put the fabric in the frame, trim off the edges, and tie a ribbon around it. Voila, nice and organized earrings.

Origami Box

One of my favorite origami designs, this time made from rice paper. A friend taught me how to fold this box back in third grade (in fact, she was the one who taught me what origami was! All I had made before was cootie-catchers). She was from Korea but living with her aunt and uncle for one year at the university here in town... she was in my class... I miss her.

Anyway, a question for my readers: I've done quite a bit of origami. I can make video tutorials (since picture tutorials are readily available online and in art books). Would you like that?