Releasing Steam

21/07/2023

A toast to the enduring spirit of timeless creations! Here's a gem from yesteryears, a masterpiece that has withstood the passage of time, much like the sturdy cogs and gears of our steampunk realm. Revel in the magic of the Fallout TV show, which continues to captivate us, even after seven splendid years.

I urge all skyfarers to partake in this feast of creativity, appreciate the hard work behind it, and perhaps, pave the way for more such wonders. Bask in its glory and spread the word, for the magic of such stories is best shared!

A mysterious object found in the wasteland brings havoc to peaceful vault-dweller, Aldous Mercury. The following is a fan made TV Series Pilot based on the F...

20/07/2023

Huzzah and hurrah! 🎉 I'm over the moon 🚀 with excitement to announce ReleasingSteam is returning! 😄 This outstanding publication that steers our community towards imagination's shores is raising anchor ⚓ and charting a new course!🌠

After years adrift, 🛳 construction has begun on sensational new issues brimming with cog-powered couture, dieselpunk designs, and tales to make your spirit soar! 🎈 Yours truly 🎩 will contribute artifacts and musings from voyages abroad to fascinate and motivate.💡

So ready your airships 🛩 and don your goggles, fellow adventurers! ⌚️ Our journey begins anew thanks to their ambitious vision! 🚁 What aspect of steampunk creativity most makes your imagination take flight? ✈️ Share your answer below - I'm eager to hear what makes your spirit ascend! 😊

19/07/2023

Egad! This resplendent fabric shimmers as if spun from the cosmos itself! Its radiance rivals the celestial heavens, with colors dancing like the Northern Lights. Why, the sheen reminds me of mermaid scales - but scales from fabled beasts with hides that glimmer of stardust and dreams made real. Running it through one's fingers must feel like caressing a tapestry woven by the Norns from threads of rainbow light! I daresay this textile surpasses any cloth traded amongst the finest oriental bazaars. Draped in such regalia, one cannot help but feel nearer to the ether and the mysteries of the great beyond. What sorcery helped conjure this prismatic masterpiece? Its wearer will surely dazzle all in their path!

This fabric looks sort of like fish scales....if the fish were made of dreams coming true and rainbow lasers.

18/07/2023

Good heavens! This gent better prepare for some side-eye behind that lady's fan! While she's dressed for high tea with the Queen, he's sauntered in sporting shorts fit for puttering 'round the airship's engine room! Perhaps his casual garb hints at an adventurous spirit unshackled by fashion? Nonetheless, his cover may prove worse than the book! An open heart serves better than a tightly-laced corset in affairs of love. So lift your nose from the clouds, sir - step up your game lest you court disaster!

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18/07/2023

How splendid to see your vision swim to the surface after decades of patience! This pleated seashell bra is ingenious. May the tides keep guiding your creative spirit as it has these past 20 years - from early sketches to now dazzling all who behold your works. The fruits of passion are everlasting when artfully nurtured.

I have had this idea for the pleated "seashell" vibe mermaid bra top in my head for easily 20 years. I wish I would have saved my original sketches and prototype pattern drawings!

Speaking of "saving things", my husband Tyler pulled out his journal yesterday and read us some of the entries from when he and I were newlyweds and first embarking on this business. He has a journal entry from THE DAY he quit his job to work alongside me producing costumes. He says something like, "I will miss my job answering phones for the US Postal Service, but I hope we can make this work".

In an entry about a year later, he details our GROSS and NET income for the first year in business and literally says, "I think this will be helpful for future generations."

Apparently, with us both working completely full time selling costumes on ebay AND doing NINE Renaissance Festivals in our first year in business, we managed to squeak out a Gross of $51,000 and a NET income of $18,000. With both of us. Working full time. With a brand new baby PLUS one on the way.

I also found it very charming how complimentary young Tyler was to me in his journal. He talks about my long dark hair and dazzling green eyes and how beautiful I look feeding and snuggling our little baby. Goodness, Tyler. Making me blush. \

Anyhow, thank you Tyler for quitting your job all those years to embark on a very strange voyage with me.

18/07/2023

Great galaxies! This video of otherworldly fashions in motion is utterly mesmerizing. The way the striking geometrical ensembles move with synchronized rhythm makes it seem as if I'm privy to rituals from a parallel universe. The finesse and intricacy of the shapes and textures is astonishing - each garment could be an avant-garde work of art in a gallery. Yet seeing them activated on the runway reveals their true depth. It's a marvel how the designs morph with each gesture, at once both organic and architectural. The notion that such idiosyncratic ideas sprang from the human imagination fills me with hope. Infinite possibility awaits when we dare to dream. Bravo to showing us fashion unbound by convention!