Coin costume update....

June 8, 2009

I ordered a bunch of stuff from Fire Mountain and am waiting patiently for it to arrive. (some pearls, filigree, pendents, beads, ect. I started sewing the coins onto the bra and also made 2 coin bracelets.

Bellydance RAQS!!!

Colorful Waves hosted our second annual Bellydance RAQS (ROCKS!) A rock-n- roll themed hafla and dance party. It was so much fun!

Video Clips:
You shook me all night long
Going Under


Amara, Shahzaadee, Hiya-Sahra, Kasha



Colorful Waves



Amara, Kasha, Mara



Shahzaadee, Amara, Hiya-Sahra in "You shook me all night long"

Beauty Portraits.....

I had a wonderful photo shoot with Audra doing her beauty lighting and glamor photos. Azhia (Christine Millan) who is a bellydancer and makeup artist was in town doing makeup and hair for the shoots. She was AWESOME! I had so much fun! I highly recommend both...they work so well together and produced such gorgeous images.

progress.....

June 2, 2009

has been made on my coin costume...I see it in my head coming together....bought some filigrees at the bead store today...ordering some pearls tomorrow...and more coins have been drilled!

I had bought a pearl necklace at Target and a shell one at World market but decided they didn't work, so they will be returned.

I am going to do a drape and hang coins and pearl danglies on that as well as add some pearls to the filigrees and in the chain links.

Pink Gypsy

My friend Mara got me a beautiful Gypsy style costume that she got at Spirit of the Tribes last weekend. She came home with about 11 different costumes so it took a while to narrow it down to only 1. I absolutely love it and can't wait to dance in it!

Apex Peak Fest

I was invited to dance again at the Apex Peak Festival. The weather was nice, a bit windy, but our performance was inside so that didn't matter. Shahzaadee, Hiya-Sahra, and Kitty also danced with me. We got to dance on stage in the new Halle Cultural Arts Center in Apex. Afterwards we walked the streets and danced on the corner while listening to "Children of the Horn" ..they ROCKED!

Peak Fest Video

Warrior Goddess...

This year at the NC Renaissance Faire I bought a chainmail bra and belt from Pendragon Chainmail. I took apart a tribal kuchi belt I had and had him add some coins and pendents. I bought some bells and attached those and will be adding some more coins. It is great..and really noisy! LOL!

Jewels and Silk....

A'Kai Silk Veils and jewelry from the NC Rennaissance Faire.

my newest beauty...

This is a beautiful red and black Bella that I got from a trade with another dancer. It came all the way from New Zealand. I love it because the belt is separate and it looks great with a black chiffon skirt too.

coin costume update

April 22, 2009

So I have been working hard on my coin costume and made alot of progress. I covered the whole bra and added the halter straps. I just made the belt base the other day. I used some patterns I got from my friend and altered them quite a bit. I decided to keep the belt small because I didn't want to deal with adding darts. I covered the outside w/ fabric today. Once I add the coins, then I can add the backing and sew the hooks. The hard part now is deciding how I want to add the coins....I also made just a coin belt with orings but need to get some type of hook. This is for another coin costume project.