Walk like an Egyptian...

I have an embarrassing tendency to squeal with glee when I hear the words fancy dress, so when I received an invitation to a costume party I did not let the occasion surpass me. Instead I got arts and crafts happy and in my manic fit created a cardboard headdress and accessories any fit ruler of the empire would be proud of. Oh and I didn't forget the macaroni and pva.

(I can be a bit strange... and lurking in the background is a piece I did back when I was in college, any guesses on what it's quasi erotic ambiguity is meant to suggest...)

And now for some divine musing and inspiration on all things ancient Egyptian!

(ooops me again)

I drew ideas from Elizabeth Taylor's make up palette in Cleopatra, below.

I also found out that Ancient Egyptian's believed that a tattoo of a sparrow on your body would carry the souls of you and who you loved into the next life together. I'll take that into account next time I'm debating permanently scarring my body.