Down The Yellow Brick Road...

Fräulein Frauke's husband, photographer John Paul Bichard, just turned 50 (or 30, as the candles on the cake said...). For the occasion Mrs Frauke had planned a surprise party, with The Wizard of Oz as the theme. As I happen to own a pair of magic, red glitter stilettos, of course I had to dress up as Dorothy! So I braided my hair, put on a cute blue dress, grabbed my basket, and skipped away down the Yellow Brick Road, to go have cake and drinks with the other people in the land of Oz...

So, here's me as Dorothy, I haven't felt this cute since I was ten! Haha! The dress you've seen before. I made it after a vintage 50s pattern.

All the very well dressed guests arrived half an hour before the birthday boy - who thought he was just coming over for a drink with his wife and her parents...

And then John Paul himself opened the door, at the same time everyone screamed 'SURPRISE!!!'. I thought it was amazing how Fräulein Frauke had been able to keep the whole thing a secret, so the surprise party really became a surprise!

The welcome punch was green, and served in a witches cauldron - to fit the Oz theme. The drink obviously had a different effect on different people, and here we see Elegy Ellem fiercely trying to eat Fanny's hair...

Then the CAKE arrived! Complete with flowers and the Yellow Brick Road laid out with marzipan! Here it is being rolled out by Tin Man himself!

The cutting of a cake is an art in itself. But John Paul showed us all the best way to do it! If I ever get married I have to remember this for when the wedding cake comes out...

There were also cupcakes decorated with exact replicas of my sparkly red shoes - which you can see in the background! The decoration shoes were covered in edible glitter!!! Need to get some of that in every color, so I can sprinkle it on everything I eat!

Fräulein Frauke sang two wonderful love songs from the 40s, for which her voice fits perfectly! It was like going back in time...

The classic Wizard of Oz song Over the Rainbow was also sung by Klara Gratte, dressed as the Cowardly Lion. Having so many different artists as friends really makes all our parties so special...

Here is me with fellow burlesque dancers Ruby Lu Scious and Ivoncita.

The stay in the land of Oz ended far too soon though. And all by a sudden it was time to head back to Kansas and reality... But I leave you with another picture of Tin Man and his very sharp axe!


Photos by Michael Vincent McCarthy Kellerman
Photo editing by Bichard Studios 

One Year Older...

On August 16th I turned 23 - for the tenth time! It's amazing how that number never changes! Anyway... The people I live with - Fanny and Michael - said I had to have a party, and so I obliged...

I wore a vintage, black wiggle dress from the 50s, and my Gianmarco Lorenzi stilettos from Dondoca.

As usual at Swedish parties everybody gathered in the kitchen, which filled up quite fast. I was going to take lots of pictures, but since it got so crowded in there, no one could move that much, and the pictures would just have looked messy. I did manage to snap a photo of the party's guest of honor though - Molly - who of course got to sit in the best chair!

Although I had told everyone they definitely didn't have to give me presents, they all came bearing gifts! Marie Antoinette and Tifa gave me flowers and candy. Fellow burlesque dancer Ruby Luscious and her gorgeous man Albin brought me goodies from the Chocolate Factory and a white, soap-like heart from Lush that you're supposed to rub on your skin, to give it a soft, shimmering look. Great for burlesque performing! From Magdalena I got a beautiful pocket mirror she had bought in St. Petersburg, and from corset maker Karin of Viola Lahger, a lovely pearl and rhinestone set hair comb! And then we also have the gift I got from Fanny and Michael...

Fanny just got a scooter drivers license, but so far I haven't been able to go cruising with her, because I didn't have a helmet. So a helmet is what they got me! And then Michael spray painted it with the help of a piece of lace fabric. So now I have my own, custom made lace-helmet!

I love it!!! Three days later I took my first ride with Fanny, when she came and picked me up from a photo shoot. Sweet! We're planning to take a longer trip soon, so look out on the roads people!!!

The M-Party

My friend, photographer Michael Vincent McCarthy Kellerman, just turned a year older. He and his wife Fanny had organized a birthday party, for which all guests had to dress up as something that begins with the letter "M". I decided to go as the "Morning after". You know, when you fall asleep in your makeup after a night's heavy partying, and then when you wake up the next morning, you run screaming out of the bathroom after seeing your own reflexion in the mirror...

After messing up my makeup, and teasing my hair a bit here and there, I finished off the work of art by tying a condom in my hair. Always wear protection you know!

My feet looked a lot better then my face though, wearing my Frederick's of Hollywood Spring-O-Lators from the 50s! I also wore a lovely red robe from Betty Blue's Loungerie.

The birthday boy himself was dressed up as Mickey Mouse...

...while his gorgeous wife was Minnie Mouse. Love her newest tattooes by the way - made after old bookmarks!

Fanny's brother in law Leo came as a mummy. If you run out of toilet paper, it's always good to have a mummy nearby!

Albin was dressed as Mitch Buchannon. He demonstrated his skills in running down a beach in slow motion, and I have to say I was impressed! Fellow burlesque dancer Ruby Luscious was 80s Madonna. Albin insisted on taking some polaroids of me and Ruby in the bathtub...

Photo: Albin

Photo: Albin

That is what i call classy! And this was before we got drunk! Or...actually, Ruby went to bed early with a sore throat, and I had to take it a bit easy to be able to organize a surprise birthday party for my mom the next day...

One of us got drunk though...Many other fun, crazy, weird "M-people" came to the party, but I didn't get any good pictures of them. Michael put up a big flash in the kitchen, and took some very fine photos of the guests - which I hope never will reach the Intra Net though...