20 before 21

My birthday was on the 4th, and I had such a lovely day! With a birthday, comes a new list of goals for the coming year. Here are 20 goals I hope to accomplish before I turn 21 next October. :)

1. have a booth at a farmer's market

2. write a 7 word autobiography (read more here)

3. post actively on my tumblr

4. work on creating a graphic novel

5. sell some of my artwork

6. watch all of Natalie Portman's movies (my favorite actress! yet I haven't seen several of her movies)

7. get dreadlocks

8. dye my hair with henna

9. make lavender cupcakes

10. make a stop motion video

11. create a painting series

12. raise my GPA to 3.8 or higher

13. try oil pulling

14. enter an art competition

15. visit B.C.

16. get out of my comfort zone more often

17. try needle felting

18. make an art journal

19. cosplay

20. write at least one outfit post a week on my fashion blog (http://bridget-frances.blogspot.com/)

Happy International Steampunk Day!

In honor of International Steampunk Day, I quickly whipped together a steampunk outfit and persona that I have been planning for a while now. I wanted to put a twist on the regular steampunk world and create a character living in the Middle Ages, rather than the Victorian Age.

Please allow me to introduce to you Lady Bess Rowland:

Bess lives near London, England in 1346, in the middle of the Hundred Years' War. France and England are in combat with one another over control of the French throne. As a loyal English woman, Bess contributes to  the war cause by using her seamstress skills to make dirigibles used in war. 

She carries a small bag to hold her needles and thread. Bess' favorite pair of scissors hangs from her belt and she wears a thimble on her finger so that she is always at the ready to work for her country.