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Austin's Elysium Steampunk Ball TONIGHT!

Grab your goggles and lace up your corsets!

March 12th the Elysium Nightclub is hosting a Steampunk Ball!
Admission: $5 with costume, $7 without, FREE w/Swan Dive Stamp or SXSW Badge
Ages 18+. Open @ 10pm.
Located at: 705 Red River, Austin, TX 78701

Performance by Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band before the Midnight Costume Contest and Giveaways!

Who else is going? http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=199043993454637

Costume Contest Loot Donations provided by the following shops and more!

Turner's Tokens • The Mysterium • Caveat Emptor Historical Millinery

Faire Treasures • Ta Da Boutique • Studio Sweet • Rosewood Stitches

Parkers & Quinn • Chet Phillips • Figments by Kathleen • Luke Chester Smith
SteamBath Factory • Secret Oktober • Christenia & Co

Torquearm Creations • theshyfox photography and floral duct tape

What are the costume contest categories?

Best Male Steampunk Costume

Best Female Steampunk Costume

Best Male Airship Pirate Costume

Best Female Airship Pirate Costume

Best Absinthe Inspired Costume

Steampunk vendors include:

Turner's Tokens http://turnerstokens.blogspot.com/
Parkers & Quinn http://www.etsy.com/shop/parkersandquinn
Caveat Emptor Historical Millinery http://www.cecostumes.com/
Luke Chester Smith http://www.airshipisabella.com/

The Ball is being held right around when SXSW is kicking off so dress to the nines and show those who happen to pop by what Texas Steampunks can do!

The Elysium is NOW 18+ on Saturdays!

PARKING DOWNTOWN:

Grab a view of downtown parking here: http://www.downtownaustin.com/img/maps/parking.jpg
http://www.downtownaustin.com/transportation/parking/lots/

Studio Sweet Steampunk Ball Costume Contest Loot Donation

Studio Sweet provides a great variety of polymer clay work along with excellent chainmaille and jewelry! I cannot get over how awesome the little steampunk hats with goggle earrings came out, and she is just getting started on some of her steampunk creations!

Cthulhu lovers unite, check out her Cthulhu and Mrs. Cthulhu pieces on her facebook page. While normally focusing on anime and game related material she is branching out, and excellently, into the steampunk and HP Lovecraft pieces.

Who is Studio Sweet?
Jen Sweet, owner of Studio Sweet is located in San Antonio. Jen makes handmade jewelry out of chanmail and charms out of polymer clay. Her charms are mostly video game, anime, and comic inspired and can be added to necklaces, bracelets, earrings, keychains, cell phone straps, bookmarks, etc. Watch her updates for more Steampunk geared chainmaille pieces as well. I am really excited to see how she develops the new pieces. I had a sneak peek of some earrings that looked perfect.

Keep an eye on her work at:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Studio-Sweet/111982675515020
Website: http://studiosweet.sakabatou.net/

Studio Sweet will be vending at Anime Matsuri in Houston, TX!
Studio Sweet will also be attending The Helotes Market Days in May.

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Grab your goggles and lace up your corsets!

March 12th the Elysium Nightclub is hosting a Steampunk Ball!
Admission: $5 with costume, $7 without, FREE w/Swan Dive Stamp
Ages 18+. Open @ 10pm.
Located at: 705 Red River, Austin, TX 78701

Performance by Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band before the Midnight Costume Contest and Giveaways!

Who else is going? http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=199043993454637

Costume Contest Loot Donations provided by the following shops and more!

Turner's Tokens • The Mysterium • Caveat Emptor Historical Millinery

Faire Treasures • Ta Da Boutique • Studio Sweet • Rosewood Stitches

Parkers & Quinn • Chet Phillips • Figments by Kathleen • Luke Chester Smith
SteamBath Factory • Secret Oktober • Christenia & Co

Torquearm Creations • theshyfox photography and floral duct tape

What are the costume contest categories?

Best Male Steampunk Costume

Best Female Steampunk Costume

Best Male Airship Pirate Costume

Best Female Airship Pirate Costume

Best Absinthe Inspired Costume

Steampunk vendors include:

Turner's Tokens http://turnerstokens.blogspot.com/
Parkers & Quinn http://www.etsy.com/shop/parkersandquinn
Caveat Emptor Historical Millinery http://www.cecostumes.com/
Luke Chester Smith http://www.airshipisabella.com/

The Ball is being held right around when SXSW is kicking off so dress to the nines and show those who happen to pop by what Texas Steampunks can do!

The Elysium is NOW 18+ on Saturdays!

PARKING DOWNTOWN:

Grab a view of downtown parking here: http://www.downtownaustin.com/img/maps/parking.jpg
http://www.downtownaustin.com/transportation/parking/lots/

Chet Phillips Illustration Steampunk Ball Costume Contest Loot Donation

Remember Chet Phillips donation for the last Steampunk Ball?

This time looking a bit less simian.
Chet has donated two of his brand new collections called Union of Superlative Heroes and Order of Nefarious Villains.

Excellent designs and entertaining back stories, these are a real treat for any steampunk.
Be sure to check out his website at: http://chetart.com/
Don't forget to stop by his shop for an excellent selection of simians and supers: http://www.etsy.com/shop/chetart

Details on these super sets:
Imagining an alternate world in which Steampunk Superheroes inhabit a Victorian society, the Union of Superlative Heroes are characters from a variety of countries, each with their own unique abilities. 20 cards in all, this set profiles such epic figures as Marquis Le Bat, Stupendous Gent, Empress Amazonia, Plastic Samuel, Lord Wolverton and 14 more. Each card showcases their portrait along with a brief biography and country of origin on the reverse. Cards measure 2 1/4" x 4"- printed in color both sides onto sturdy 14 pt. cover stock. Set is packaged in a handcrafted paper portfolio with gold foil stamp decoration on the label.

The Order of Nefarious Villains serves as the companion set and evil counterpart to the Union of Superlative Heroes. Spawned from the blackest recesses of spider pits and graveyard shadows, this collection of evil deviants inhabit the same parallel Steampunk Victorian universe as their heroic foes. 20 cards in the set, including the characters Professor Cephalopod, Sir Samuel Lodestone, Black Piranha, Feline Fräulein, Lord Venomous, King Congo and fourteen more. Each card showcases their portrait along with a brief biography of their dark deeds.


Samples of the card sets include:

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Break out your adventure maps and gear up your airships!

On March 12th, the Elysium Nightclub is hosting a Steampunk Ball with an adventurous twist!

Admission is $5 with costume and $7 without.

Bring out the global nomads, the absinthe inspired inventions and the noble nobles that fund these daring quests of discovery.
While things are still being nailed down as far as plans go, we have quite a growing list of those shops donating to the costume contest prize pool!

Donations will be provided by the following shops and more!

Turner's Tokens • The Mysterium • Caveat Emptor Historical Millinery

Faire Treasures • Ta Da Boutique • Studio Sweet • Rosewood Stitches

Parkers & Quinn • Chet Phillips • Figments by Kathleen • Luke Chester Smith
SteamBath Factory • Arrowsarah • Secret Oktober • Christenia & Co

Torquearm Creations • theshyfox photography and floral duct tape

Leading up to the Steampunk Ball I will post pictures and details of the items that are being donated for the costume contest so check back often and see these awesome creations!

The Elysium is now 18+ on Saturdays too so bring your friends!
The Ball is being held right around when SXSW is kicking off so dress to the nines and show those who happen to pop by what Texas Steampunks can do!