{"id":4204,"date":"2015-05-23T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T14:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/?p=4204"},"modified":"2015-05-23T07:21:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T14:21:26","slug":"glamming-up-for-the-steampunk-party-at-the-romantic-times-convention-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/23\/glamming-up-for-the-steampunk-party-at-the-romantic-times-convention-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Glamming up for the Steampunk Party at the Romantic Times Convention 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Steampunk-hair-shara-1-e1432169435909.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/steampunk-family-2015-touch-up-with-title.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-4226 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/steampunk-family-2015-touch-up-with-title-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"steampunk family 2015 touch up with title\" width=\"491\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/steampunk-family-2015-touch-up-with-title-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/steampunk-family-2015-touch-up-with-title-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/steampunk-family-2015-touch-up-with-title.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a>Another awesome convention has come to an end, and I&#8217;m already suffering from sister withdrawls.\u00a0 This year all three sisters came to celebrate Colleen&#8217;s overwhelming success and we even lassoed a few extra family members and friends\u00a0into our corral in Dallas, Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"yui_3_5_1_2_1432241173539_664\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/thepenningtonedition.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/steampunk_10_by_dizydezi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"440\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"yui_3_5_1_2_1432240803387_564\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-Y50X531IZ7g\/TYUtmiPsIfI\/AAAAAAAAOOc\/SOONCCpRVcY\/s1600\/steampunk+necklace+tutorial+1.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"110\" \/>We started to plan for this party last year as we shopped for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medievalcollectibles.com\/p-27232-steampunk-brocade-underbust-corset-with-gear-and-chain-detail.aspx\">corsets<\/a>, torture devises that can really boost or destroy your self esteem with just a few painful tugs, homemade aged metallic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaels.com\/found-objects-antique-silver-copper-and-brass-gears\/10181451.html#q=gears&amp;start=1\">jewelry<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medievalcollectibles.com\/p-22263-knee-high-lace-up-steampunk-heel-boots.aspx\">boots<\/a> that make\u00a0you cheer with appreciation for what they can do for your\u00a0squat height, and bustles that somehow make you feel thinner since your\u00a0derri\u00e8re is covered in\u00a0yards of copious fabric.\u00a0 We just added some last minute goggles, hats, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stretch-Active-Tights-Leggings-Juniors\/dp\/B00HESUB4Q\/ref=sr_1_1?s=apparel&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1432240032&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=faux+leather+leggings\">faux leather leggings<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.medievalcollectibles.com\/images\/PRODUCT\/large\/FW2032_2_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" \/>My mom loves dressing up in costumes and we wanted to make her proud.\u00a0 So we put on our false eyelashes, metallic eye shadows, and curled our hair.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t know exactly what goes into a Steampunk costume just mix add a mix of a pirate, Mary Poppins, and a dirigible captain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For my hair we tried to copy a pretty braided headband style we<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"yui_3_5_1_2_1432241844993_549\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/addictedtobeautyuk.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/rosette-crown.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"256\" \/> found online. We had some pre-braided hair extensions and we just clipped them in and wound them into little buns nestled tightly next to one another. To finish off the look we used our last braid to weave in-between each bun to fill in the blank spaces.\u00a0 The rest of the hair hung loose with thick curls. 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Colleen&#8217;s overwhelming success and we even lassoed a few extra family members and friends\u00a0into our corral in Dallas, Texas. \u00a0 \u00a0 We started to plan for this party last year as we shopped for corsets, torture devises that can really boost or destroy your self esteem with just a few painful tugs, homemade aged metallic jewelry, boots that make\u00a0you cheer with appreciation for what they can do for your\u00a0squat height, and bustles that somehow make you 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