Welcome back to week 8 – the last week of Your Sparkly Wardrobe Project, a series where you get fresh costuming ideas for belly dancing so you get more out of costumes that you already have. 😀 In week 7 of Your Sparkly Wardrobe, Mahin showed how to properly store your costumes and safely transport costumes when you travel. It was… Read more →
Do you speak a language other than English? And do you want to help other dancers? One of the requests I’ve been getting – especially on my YouTube channel – is providing subtitles for my Sparkly Belly tutorial videos. But I speak Japanese and English only, and requested languages have usually been other languages like Spanish, Portuguese,… Read more →
Welcome back to Your Sparkly Wardrobe Project – Week 6! Last week Mahin showed how we can make the most out of different skirt styles. I loved it! She gave lots of great posing and movement tips. If you missed it, catch the episode here. And today, I’ll show you 3 ways to add coverage to costumes that you feel… Read more →
I like DIY’s using T-shirts. They are easy and cheap to get, and because they are simple, you can do so much with them 😀 In the first episode of Thrifty Belly, we made an off-shoulder peasant crop top out of an old t-shirt. I paired the top with a DIY Turkish vest also made from a t-shirt. I really… Read more →
Happy Friday and welcome back to Your Sparkly Wardrobe Project Week 4! Last week in Your Sparkly Wardrobe, Mahin showed you the really cool costume mix & match technique. If you missed it, check it out here. Now you can mix and match your costumes…but sometimes you need something to tie all pieces together. What completes the nicely put-together look… Read more →
Welcome to Thrifty Belly Episode 1! 😀 Thrifty Belly is a new series we’re starting today where I take old clothes or thrift store finds and transform them into dance costumes. I’ve been getting a lot of requests to do practice wear, and today we’ll take an old oversized t-shirt and transform it into this cute, off-the-shoulder peasant top, which… Read more →
Welcome back to Your Sparkly Wardrobe Project! 😀 Your Sparkly Wardrobe Project is a collaboration project I’m doing with a lovely dancer Mahin, she’s got a ton of experience and knowledge in belly dancing. And we are taking turns each week to show you how to make the most out of your belly dance costume wardrobe and give you fresh… Read more →
I love people who turn their love into their living… so I had to approach Katalin Schafer when I had the opportunity. Last March, Katalin was visiting Vancouver for workshops, and I had an opportunity to chat with her about her costume design work. You may know Katalin as a gorgeous, talented belly dancer or a costume designer…. She is… Read more →
I get costume design inspiration from all kinds of dance (and non-dance) costumes. Now just the other day I was looking at ballroom dance costumes on Pinterest, and I got inspired to create an armband with nude elastic. Nude elastic is used often in dance costumes, and I love how it gives a light feel while keeping things… Read more →
I like Princess Jasmine. Her typical look is not a floor length dress like other Disney princesses. She’s in rather simple harem pants, but she is still gorgeous and that’s what I find unique and attractive about her. And to me, the best part of her outfit is the sleeves. Her sleeves are so flowy, and simply romantic.I’ve always wanted… Read more →