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.

Renn Faire 2009

Professional photos by Craig Carpenter of Luster Studios.








Colorful Waves at Renn Faire
Video Clip

NC Renn Faire 2009

We performed this past weekend at the NC Renn Faire in Wake Forst. Showtime: 11 am, 2 pm, and 5 pm at the Dancing Dragon Stage. Next weekend is the last one...come by and visit us! Live Middle Eastern Drumming at the 2pm show.





**Photos by Pamela Stocker

Perfect Purple....

Here is my newest baby I purchased from a dancer in CA. It is absolutely fabulous and has become my new favorite!! I love purple!

A work in progress....

March 21, 2009

So last year I decided to make a coin bra/belt set...I set out on a mission to collect coins and it took forever....I had friends send me some they collected..I even got some from as far away as Japan! I ended up having to buy a "lot of coins" on ebay. I bought some fabric back in August and finally in the past couple of weeks got the momentum to start. I am going to chart my progress. I started with a regular bra...cut off the straps and sides. Reinforced it ALOT with buckram. I halfway separated the cups tilted them inward and reinforced the space between the cups. I made new sides with buckram (and yes those are jeans) I thought that was about the strongest material I had for the base. I attached it to the inside of the cups and start covering it with the fabric. I have gotten alot done in the last three days...I am on a mission now! LOL

Snow Goddess

We had some snow today and I decided to finally do some bellydance photos with the beautiful Winter Wonderland as a backdrop.


Snow Goddess Gallery

Red and Silver Bella

My newest costume is a beautiful Red and Silver Bella. I have been good and only bought one costume so far this year.I couldn't resist it!