Valentine's Days: Steam Fest AKA the Adventures of the Mustard Rose

Captain Invictus, Miss Mustard, and Dr. Nathaniel embarked upon their ship, Mustard Rose, bound for the northern bazaar of the bizarre, otherwise known as Salt City Steamfest. Wearing their best, or rather, the best they could after months at sail and little port time, they headed north, for adventures they could scarcely imagine. . .

So, we went to another convention! This one was steampunk-based, which is a genre of fantasy/sci-fi fiction that operates on the premise that electricity either never worked or never really took off, but that the world continued to advance using steam-powered, clockwork, or other primitive combustion engines. The style of dress is somewhat Victorian English, a little Wild West, and a lot of imagination. And gears. Lots of gears. Kylie made me a vest to wear with goggles and a cap, and I was originally going to be a mechanic, but when my outfit was completed, I just felt more like an adventurer. Thus, Captain Invictus of the airship Mustard Rose was thought into being. His dear love, Miss Mustard (Kylie, wearing her papier-mache hat), accompanied him, and they brought along poor Dr. Nathaniel, who had an unfortunate reverse-aging accident with his potions. We made these characters on the drive up to Salt Lake City, and we had a blast! Everybody adored Nathaniel, and we kept hearing how dapper he looked. Dapper was the word of the day. He got pictures taken by and with nearly everyone, including a steampunk Boba Fett and numerous corseted women (corsets being the "punk" part of steam punk, I suppose). There was a ton of creativity there, and we just loved being our little airship crew family. All in all, and as I said before, we had a blast! Kylie's pictures and captions now follow:

My crafting for steamfest