Gothic Cathedral circle skirt

Wearing the cathedral embellished circle skirt

If you follow me on Instagram, you might remember I got a shipment of Heat Transfer Vinyl back in December. The main reason I bought this… was for this project – a Gothic Cathedral circle skirt.

I have been loving the iconography of cathedral windows (as visible in the papercraft project and the cathedral pillar I did) but also loved the sketch Emma Rubini did for her Harrow the Ninth/  Harrowhark cosplay concept.  I wanted to take this same concept, and apply it to a skirt for myself.

Pink micro-pleated cowl neck top

pink micro-pleat sleeveless cowl-neck top

Years ago I had a red slinky knit cowl neck top I loved. Of course, I ended up spilling salad dressing or something on it, and it was stained. I ended up taking it out of my closet, but knocked off the pattern to make an eventual replacement.

Initially I made the top up in a silver micro-pleat, and wore it for years before it succumbed to the same fate, getting stained with something oil-y. Boo!

At the grandmother’s sale a while back (not this most recent one!) I found some pink micro-pleat, which admittedly I don’t love as much as the silver (I also had plain top in gold, and a long housedress in black micro-pleat!) but I figured I’d use the same cowl neck pattern to use up the pink micro-pleat since I already knew I liked the style in the fabric.

Coffin Trinket Box

Vinyl embellished coffin box

If you saw my Coffin Ring Box post a few weeks ago,  I mentioned that a few years ago I picked up a few of these small coffin-shaped boxes from Michaels.

While one I turned into a ring box, I painted the rest at the same time, and after a visit to the Maker Space, their Cameo Silhouette, and some Oracle 651 permanent vinyl in gloss black, I turned one more into a place to hold some of the small locks I keep for luggage and other things.

Upcycled Candle Jar

Charmed Aroma Candle Jars upcycled with permanent vinyl

I’d been seeing posts from Charmed Aroma for a while, and for the holidays, my friend got me a gift card so I could buy myself some at their Cross Iron Mills retail location. I picked up some bath bombs and candles and have been loving them, plus the pretty surprise rings inside.

Something I found with the Charmed Aroma candles (well most of them, not all) – is that the labels peel off SO easily. Not so easily that they’re going to fall off – but really nicely, in one piece, with minimal work, leaving behind minimal residue, which unlike my Bed Bath and Beyond 3-wick candles, makes them an excellent contender for upcycling!

Gothic laser-cut pillar

Laser-cut gothic cathedral and bat pillar

A while ago I was laying in bed and suddenly an idea came to me that I wanted to try out at the Maker Space, using their CNC router, which now has an interesting 3D capability that I haven’t played around with yet but am super interested in.

Unfortunately, shortly after this idea bounced into my head, and I started designing it in Illustrator and Tinkercad (for the laser cut elements and CNC router elements respectively) a part on the CNC router broke, and the team working at the Maker Space have to wait until the next budget season in order to order a replacement and repair the machine.

Of course, I couldn’t leave the idea alone, so figured out a way of doing it without the CNC… for now.