Lucky Odds

First, a very important announcement: Odds Costume Rental, after 22 years of serving the film, television and theater world, is going out of business. Considering rent in New York, and the odds of most theaters having the budget to afford rentals like these, I was amazed they were able to stay afloat so long. I suppose the film & tv budgets did the trick ( considering the number of police uniforms on the racks, I'm guessing the Law & Order franchise alone could have kept them going).

While I am very sad to see any business go under, I did take advantage of the fact that they are selling their stock to see if they had anything for our Steampunk wedding attire. Boy, am I glad I did. I found the perfect item for my groom: A lovely velvet frock coat, created by the talented folk at Euroco*, in perfect condition!

I won't guess at what was going on with the crazy alterations someone had done--I was just thankful they'd handstiched them and not shoved it through an industrial. After picking out the "darts" and giving it a good steaming, it was back to its old self. Won't my fiance cut a figure in this number?!

Go to Odds. You'll find some great stuff, they'll make some cash, and the costumes will live on.

Odds Costume Rental
231 W. 29th St.
Third Fl.
New York , NY 10001
Phone: (212) 268-6227
sale 10 am-4 pm
Cash Only

*see photos of Janet Bloor's silicone caulk techniques

Flights of Fancy

Just a quick post--so much has been happening here, with house guests today, and my dear friend home for a week from India, a visit to my parents, and apartment projects, and everything else. Life is so hectic, sometimes you just want to take flight!



I took a little time tonight to go through some photos, and I came upon these. I am always trying to capture birds in flight, and I get so excited when I actually get a good shot!



Now when I look at them I can just imagine how peaceful and amazing it must be to be able to glide through the air.

In Good Form

I am so excited! I won the instructables.com Mother's Day Contest and my prize is a new Singer Dress Form. Just in time to start work on my wedding dress. (I know I promised lots of interesting posts about that, but I am still going insane just trying to find a location!)


My mother, who has really impressed me over the past two years with her rapid acquisition of computer and internet skills, recently announced that she was going to burn some cds to listen to in the car! I immediately thought of getting her a cd wallet for Mother's Day, but they were all so boring. So I made her this one instead.

The full directions are at instructables.com.



Warning: Visiting instructables.com may lead to loss of time due to compulsive browsing of bizarre, useful and/or ridiculous DIY items.