Eva's journal

No matter that I'm tired and sick and we really ought to do some cleaning - this will be a good day! Because first I'm going to have a ritual with my friend/former High Priestess and then we're going to go to Tip the Velvet the Gothenburg Burlesque Club together - and lots of our friends will be there too.
I'm doing laundry now, but I'm trying to get the energy to pack my stuff, put my hair in rollers and learn my ritual parts by heart.

As I wrote in a previous post I changed my plans for the upcoming Tip the Velvet due to it having a Valentine theme. I have had to change my plan somewhat since I couldn't find white fabric with small hearts on it anywhere in Sweden and the only ones on eBay Uk who had any didn't ship to Sweden. So instead I will have black fabric with little hearts. This will make the skirt more useful for other occasions, since I prefer darker skirts than tops and maybe it's just time for me to stop being so damn sweet all the time!
As I said in my previous post I will use my red corset again, stripping it from christmas fluff. I made a sketch to show my idea; you have to visualize the red dots as little hearts ;)




I think that I will make a "hat" with a large felt heart too.

One of the shows from Tip the Velvet.

( NSFW )

It was fun and worth the soapy water I got on my corset.

Caroline's friends turned out to be really nice people, so the pre-party was lots of fun, mainly we talked about music. We actually had so much fun that we didn't arrive at Tip the Velvet until around midnight. This meant that we missed some of the shows, but we still managed to see one of Mr Mistress' numbers ( had no idea a skinny man in women's underwear and make-up could be so hot) and one of the local Lily de Luxe's, the latter involving quite a lot of soapy water. Apart from that I drank G&T's danced, talked to people, including one of my current students, met a woman whose blog I read and was made amorous advances to by a very pretty and nice girl.
I was in bed at four.

Well today it's time for the next airing of the pink outfit, since I'm going to the Gothenburg burlesque club Tip the Velvet tonight. I've been invited to a pre-party, but there is also the possibility to watch IFK play an away game on the computer. It's a very hard choice since the season is drawing to an end with IFK in second place, one point down, and only three matches left to play, including this one.

Apart from Vicky Butterfly there was a swing dance number, a fashion show (great) and a good band that I had never heard of before: The Other flesh - and disc jockeys playing swing and rockabilly. I even danced some. And drank very little, which was just fine - it was the kind of party when you can both immerse yourself in it and go crazy or sit back and look and enjoy yourself equally.

If you ever get the chance to see UK burlesque performer Vicky Butterfly - do so! The video does not do her justice!




She was one of many highlights yesterday.