Happy Halloween! The day when the veil between reality and fantasy is lifted, imagination is steered and one can be anything they wish for one night.
After being truly inspired by the scenery and culture of America’s halloween town, Salem, I really feel I’ve gotten the full dose of Halloween this year! Also I’m glad I got started on this collection so early, and avoided my usual mad rush. Each outfit is as special and unique to it’s model as I’d hoped it be. And the set has been great! The cauldron casts the place in an eerie glow with a tea candle inside. The trees, cut out from cork board, are decorated with quotes from Macbeth. Finally various items made the final touch-the perfume bottles as potions, the remnants from the trees as fallen branches and even some plastic spiders crawling into the blew. As a final touch I made some ‘spirits’, made from muslim squares and stuffed, hovering throughout the air from jewelry cord.
And so, without further adeu, I wish to introduce you all to my girls...I should probably note that the summer when I received these guys as a graduation gift, I had an internship in New York at the time. As such, they were all given surnames after areas in NYC.
Blanca Brooklyn
Name: Blanca Isabelle Brooklyn
Age: 17
Star sign: Saggitarius
Fav Color: Purple
Fav Objects: Travel size haberdashery kit
Occupation: Milliner
Pet: Venus the Cat
Style Icon: Westwood and Chanel
Phobias: The Dark (yes, she’s a witch whose scared of the dark!)
Magical Inheritance: Witch
Blanca became friends with the girls late. Often an outsider, she always had a hard time relating to people, and was hesitant whether or not she were meant to have friends. She expressed herself through her millinery passion, loving how hats can express one’s nature. She especially admires artists such as Westwood and Channel as inspiration.
Eventually, the others found Blanca and encouraged her talent and passion, often turning to her for fashion advice. Though the one who is still sometimes insecure, Blanca is learning to blossom with the sisters, often joining them for Tea and dressing sessions.
Blanca is also a witch from her mother’s side, although from a distant past when she was eccentric about her powers of telekinesis. She nows tries her best to hide them, though there are days when she tries to control her powers by occasionally practicing them, knowing she shouldn’t completely reject her magic inheritance.
Jaime Madison
Name: Jaime Christina Madison
Age: 16
Star sign: Taurus
Fav Color: Teal
Fav Objects: She’s not really materialistic-maybe her iPod?
Occupation: Personal Trainer
Style Icon: Any of the women from Marvel Comic Books
Pet: Harley the Rabbit
Phobia: Small Spaces
Magical Heritage: Valkyrie
Jaime is the boyish, confidant and head strong one of the group. Sometimes rushing into things without considering the outcome, Jaime learns to explore. She is passionate about trying anything, some odd foods to exploring different parts of the world. She is the one who absorbs and respects other cultures, and learning more. She is fluent in several languages, from Japanese to Sign. However, she loves to wear a dress or two sometimes, just to convince her friends that she can pull it off once in a while. She is often seen plugged in, listening to her rock music. While she plays keyboard, she bashes tastes sometimes with Rosalind’s demour style. Spunky, punky but always ready for action, Jaime is to go-getter.
Also being part valkyrie, Jaime is the best fighter, about to adapt and use any weapons within her reach and able to plan perfect battle strategies-and she doesn’t even have to work out all that often to stay in shape!
Erika Lexington
Name: Erika Lavinia Lexington
Age: 16
Starsign: Virgo
Fav Colour: Sky Blue and Green
Fav Objects: Her lace umbrella
Occupation: Runs a tea shop/Florist
Style Icon: Persephone the goddess of spring
Pet: Leo the turtle
Phobia: Being in crowded places
Magical Heritage: Fae
The sweet, fun loving, smiling one of the girls, Erika is gentle natured and optimistic. She loves bright colors and lots of light. She will almost always be found in her garden, nurturing her plants and creating her various teas. She has a strong wish to be a Botanist or a florist, and has accompanied Jaime on her journeys at times to discover new plants to bring back to add to her collection. Her philosophy of plants applies to people; give them time and attention, and they will thrive. She has a hard time connecting with Rosalind because of her love of the indoors, but Erika is confidant in their friendship.
Her love of plants comes from her Fae heritage-she is a distant offspring of Titania, the Fairy Queen. She has had many suitors, but her mother has made it clear there is no rush for Erika to marry! Erika in the meantime is keen to better tune her fairy gifts of nature to the finest.
Rosalind Lafayette
Name: Rosalind Beatrice Lafayette
Age: 125
Starsign: Scorpio
Fav Color: Dark Red, Purple
Fav objects: Her violin
Occupation: Musician, song writer
Style Icon: The Vintage classics-Queen Victoria
Pet: Hermione the Hamster
Phobia: Being made fun of
Magical Heritage: Vampire
Poised, prudent and elegant, Rosalind is the aristocratic picture of a lady of the 18th Century debutante. At 125, she has seen a lot of the world, and finds it a little over-rated, her immortality. But her time on earth has served well, and she is grateful to have witnessed the great masters of fashion in their prime. A true vintage fan, her wardrobe pays homage to all the ages, though she is particularly drawn to the Victorian era.
She is the 75th child of the vampire Leopold, and as such, surrounded by her siblings she has a determination to prove herself the worthiest of them all in her poise and perfection. She believes in mind over matter, and is often found reading in her library, studying philosophy and such. She is a famed musician, skilled with the violin and piano and loves writing music and loves the classics, but lately has come to find herself appreciating the talent of one Idina Menzel.
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