Steamed! is turning 1! To celebrate our birthday and to let you all know how much we appreciate you making us a success, the Lolitas of Steamed! thought we’d do something special for the month of April. We call it “Steampunkapalooza.” Hold on to your fishnets! For the entire month of April we will be [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Happy National Steampunk Appreciation Day
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The crazy peeps over at The National Short Story of Romance Month have declared today “National Steampunk Appreciation Day.” Why? Well, um, it’s my birthday, and they’re cool like that. So — let that steampunker in your life know that you appreciate them (brass flowers maybe?) Go buy that pair of boots you’ve been eying. [...]
Winners and Steampunkapalooza Sneak Peak
Posted in Movies, Steampunk, Steampunkapalooza, tagged Emilie Bush, Gail Carriger, Jana Oliver, Leanna Hieber, Shelley Adina, Steampunkapalooza on March 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I’m sorry I didn’t post this over the weekend. Thanks to everyone who contributed to our fabulous Steampunk book discussion. The winner of the tiara is… …drumroll please *~*~*~ANTONIO RICH~*~*~* Antonio, please contact me at suzannelazear (@) hotmail to get your tiara. I also have more exciting news. April is the one-year anniversary of he [...]
We’ve reached 25,000 hits!
Posted in NEWS, tagged 25000 hits on March 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week the Steamed! blog has reached 25,000 hits! Thank you so much to all of you who’ve helped made our blog a huge success. Our 1st Birthday is coming up in April and we’re going to be having a huge month-long party! Stay-tuned for a sneak-preview of the guests and surprises we have in [...]
New steampunk corset!
Posted in Corsets, fashion, Lolitas, Steampunk, Uncategorized, tagged Corset, Dracula Clothing, Elizabeth Darvill, Steampunk on March 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I won a fantastic corset from the fabulous Dracula Clothing for a blog post I did a while back! It arrived the other day and let me say they were so quick at getting it shipped(from overseas) no less! It arrived nicely packaged inside a heavy zipper pouch and in perfect condition! I have nothing, but [...]
Steampunk Book List and the return of the tiara giveaway
Posted in Books, Books, Steampunk, tagged book lists, Steampunk, steampunk books, suzanne lazear on March 15, 2010 | 23 Comments »
Library Journal put together a list of their top twenty Steampunk books. The great thing about the list is that it’s divided into two parts — “old” and “new.” The “old” list included H.G. Wells and Tim Powers and the “new” list includes Gail Carriger, Cherrie Priest, and The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Obviously, on [...]
Miss Percy Parker in the DABWAHA Smackdown
Posted in Books, tagged Books, Leanna Hieber, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker on March 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Our own Lolita Leanna’s The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker has made the Sci-Fi Romance/Paranormal category of the the DABWAHA Smackdown! It’s a contest for the greatest book of 2009 with 64 books total in 8 categories and everyone votes in various rounds until only one winner remains. Voters have the chance to [...]
Calling all Seattle steampunkers!!
Posted in Abney Park, Airpirates, Entertainments, Fun, Music, Steampunk, Uncategorized, tagged Abney Park, Steampunk event on March 12, 2010 |
If you live in Seattle or nearby the fantastic Abney Park will be performing at the Circus at the End of the World a fabulous steampunk event! I have it on good authority from Captain Robert(lead singer of Abney Park) these tickets are going fast, so GET YOURS! Last year they had to turn away [...]
Fantastically, beautiful artwork!
Posted in Art work, Steampunk, Uncategorized, tagged Aimee Stewart, Steampunk Art on March 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I first stumbled upon artist Aimee Stewart’s work while at Steamcon in October. I was instantly captivated by her works vibrant colors and fantasy feel that makes you keep looking. In person they are absolutely stunning! So full of color and life and so shinny! If I could afford it I would have every last one of [...]
Movie Review–Alice in Wonderland
Posted in Movies, tagged Alice in Wonderland Movie, movie review, suzanne lazear, Tim Burton on March 8, 2010 | 14 Comments »
***Spoiler Alert*** Okay, so it’s not Steampunk, but Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland has generated quite the buzz, not to mention the Disney Chanel is pimping the movie hard. Because there’s such a comprehensive add campaign (at least where I live), the tot really wanted to see it. Despite all the coverage on the Disney [...]
Fantastic steampunk inspired music video!
Posted in Music, Steampunk, Uncategorized, tagged steampunk music video, The Raveonettes on March 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I was recently shown this fantastic music video by the Raveonette’s for their song “Heart of stone.” I think the imagery is stunningly beautiful and quite thought provoking! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! ~Elizabeth
Steampunk Me
Posted in Art work, Brass goggles, Fun, Steampunk, tagged chibis, Steampunk, Steampunk Art, steampunk girl, suzanne lazear on March 1, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Recently, I was involved in a project called National Short Story of Romance Month which entailed writing paranormal love stories. One of the fab people involved, Kylie, drew “chibis” of us for the website. We had ninjas and tigers and guys with green elephants on their shirts. I was drawn as “steampunk girl.” She did [...]
