Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

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Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Thank You for reading my blog’s RSS feed. Don’t forget to come to my blog and check out the links in my blogroll too!

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order. See the link below to find out more info about these shoes or to see more pictures of them.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order. See the link below to find out more info about these shoes or to see more pictures of them.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order. See the link below to find out more info about these shoes or to see more pictures of them.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order. See the link below to find out more info about these shoes or to see more pictures of them.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order. See the link below to find out more info about these shoes or to see more pictures of them.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes

Lord Sesshomaru’s Shoes
The horrors of being a slave to fashion.
One of the world’s worst, most terrible, all time horrors to ever rear it’s ugly head into fashion history finds it’s way into this costume. Bound feet! OMG! I am so not making Sesshy’s shoes historically accurate and would never recommend any one else do so either.

Much of Sesshy’s costume is influenced by the continent and not the island . . . keeping in mind that in the 1500’s China and Japan were still basically one country, with the continent dwellers in constant war with the island dwellers, and according to his creator Rumiko Takahashi, unlike the other characters in the series, Seeshy grew up on the continent. In other words, he grew up in China, not Japan, which explains the slight differences in his hakama, battle armor, and shoes, from the other characters in the series. None of those differences is more obvious than his shoes.

On first appearances, we assume Lord Sesshomaru is wearing boots, but than if we look at the shoes from that time period we do not see real Samurai wearing boots. If fact, what we do see is what all the other characters in the series are wearing: rope sandals, leather sandals, tapi socks and rope sandals, or just going barefoot.

To find Sesshomaru’s shoes in the history books we must leave the island (Japan) and head to the continent (China) where we find the most astounding and horrifically painful atrocity in fashion history: binding shoes.

In the feudal era, binding shoes were all the rage. It was the “in thing” to do. To hell with the pain, everyone wanted smaller feet. Worn by women, children, and nobles, binding shoes were as their title says, very small, very tight, and very painful shoes meant for the sole purpose of binding the feet to stop their growth and literally force them to become progressively smaller. It is known today, that the long term wearing of binding shoes can cripple your feet, but in the 1500’s if you were of high rank, you wore them, and so it seems did our Lord Sesshomaru.

Binding ones feet involved, wrapping silk cloth around your ankles and feet, in a manner reminiscent of wrapping an Egyptian mummy. These wrappings were pulled as tightly as possible to constrict your feet, thus allowing you to be able to force your feet into the tiny shoes, which did in fact resemble low ankle boots. The binding shoe itself was made of embroidered silk and/or soft deer skin; often the soles were of carved wood.

Sesshomaru’s appear to be made of a deer skin dyed black, with soft leather soles and a closer that is trimmed with a band of silver tooling around the edges.

Now, since I’m not even going to begin to consider (or recommend) the use of binding shoes, I shall now look at the alternatives.

What I would recommend is to find a pair of black soft suede ankle boots, which you could leave as is, or decorate with silver ribbon or silver embroidery to mimic the wrapped edges. It’s simple, it’s quick, it’s easy to find at most shoe stores, and more importantly, it’s painless!

Bound feet, it’s no wonder Lord Sesshomaru has a short temper!

Winkle Pickers!
Strange Shoes that Resemble Bound Feet!

Winkle Pickers are thin, pointy toed shoes, that get their name from the fact that they resemble Winkle Sea Shells. Like Binding Shoes, they are a fetish thing, worn on a daily basis by only a select few, however, in resent years, the Goth culture has brought them back into style and they are not too hard to find if you know where to look.

The type of Winkle Picker you are going to want to look for, is the type that resemble Binding Shoes: they are a low ankle boot style of soft suede, silk, or leather, and have “mock-binding straps” which are closed with silver clasps just as Binding Shoes are.

Oooh! Such lovely shoes! I’d buy these even if I wasn’t making this costume. These are the ones I’m going to be wearing with this costume. I’m ordering them just as soon as I figure out how to translate UK sizes into USA sizes, so I know which size to order. See the link below to find out more info about these shoes or to see more pictures of them.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

Girls Who CrossPlay Boys… yeah… me

I have read this question more than once on several forums, a few blogs, and a couple of groups, and while I answer all of them when I find them, it occured to me, that I should just write an answer on my own blog, so I don’t have to keep repeating myself.

The question is always worded differently but basically it’s this:

I’m a girl. I want to CosPlay a guy. I’ve never crossplayed before. How does a girl learn to act like a guy?

I don’t know if this will be any help to you or not, but I’ll say it anyways and if it helps you out…great! If not.. oh well…

For starters, I’m a girl. I’ve played: Doctor Who, Darkwing Duck, Uncle Scrooge McDuck, Willy Wonka, and Naraku.

I’m currently working on costumes for Lord Sesshomaru and Professor Snape.

I guess it’s safe to safe I’m a CrossPlayer more than a CosPlayer, since I do male characters more often than female characters.

First off, have pay attention to how real guys act… friends, brothers, father, uncle? You must have a few male folk around the neighborhood you can watch… maybe at the local mall or beach? The beach is a great place to watch men make fools of themselves too btw… high rate of showoffs on the beach trying to impress girls and proving they are idiots. Go watch men on the beach just to have a good laugh if nothing else!

I’ve been told that I act too much like a boy, because of the way I walk and sit and talk and act. My boyfriend even once tried to give me lessons on how a girl “should walk”! O.O He started shashaying around and telling me stuff like:

“Girls swing their hips when they way… like this, see… you gotta learn to swing your hips, stop walking so stiff and rigid… only boys do that…”

“Girls walk on their toes, not their heels… stop walking heel to toe, start walking toes to heel… here, wear some high heels so you can learn to walk right…”

I blatenly refused to torture my feet by wearing heels and told him as much, and I tried his walking toe to heel… ick! It’s too hard, I’m just gonna keep walking heel to toe like a guy!

“Look, girls don’t spread their legs out when they sit down… see, cross your ankles, you’re not a boy…OMG! put your leg down you got a skirt on!!!!…”

I sit on the ground cross-legged; I sit on chairs with one foot under my butt and my knee inches from my chin, while resting my arm on my knee; I sit facing the back of chairs with my legs on either side of the chair; I guess only boys are supposed to sit like that????

“Look girls are supposed to look delicate and frail… see…”

*interrupts boyfriend by picking up boyfriend to prove I LIKE being strong and NOT delicate and frail* … I am NOT going to be a prissy wimp just because he says so! ACK! LOL! Than he had to prove he was stronger than me, but he couldn’t pick me up! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! and said “Well that’s not right a girl is not supposed to be stronger than her guy!”

So, I guess, whatever…. Don’t know if that is of any help or not.

Best advice I can think of, though, is not to watch real men, but to watch the man you plan to play: You really need know your character if you are going to become an actor who plays him.

Get an image of him *in you head*. If he’s from an anime, cartoon, TV show, or movie, than watch it over and over again, paying very close attention to your chosen character: Watch how he acts, and walks, and talks, and carries himself, and try to mimic the character when you act. (I watched Aristocratic Assassin 8 time since March 2008, along with all other Sessho epies 4 times each, and the movies, and read and reread all the Sessho chapters of the book… so, yeah, getting into character with you character involves really knowing you character!) You want to be in character with your character more than trying to be in character with guys you know. Guys you know, may not act enough like your chosen character… esp if the chosen character is on the “girly” side to begin with, or if the guys you know are on the *girly* side but your character isn’t.

PS. Does anyone know? Is it true what my boyfriend says?

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All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb & Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume. Plus, Sesshomaru & Rin and making Rin’s Costume; and this is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

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What is it about Squidoo that has caused you to stick around?

uhm . . . I don’t know. I just plain have more fun here than on any other website I have ever visited, so I spend most of my online time here now.

I love to talk/write about things I know, and I love sharing ideas and info with other people. Squidoo allows me to do that with a limitless abandon. I can write about anything I want to, when ever I want to, in whatever way I want to, and I can do it any time night or day.

I just love Squidoo, and so I keep coming back day after day, month after month.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

What is it about Squidoo that has caused you to stick around?

uhm . . . I don’t know. I just plain have more fun here than on any other website I have ever visited, so I spend most of my online time here now.

I love to talk/write about things I know, and I love sharing ideas and info with other people. Squidoo allows me to do that with a limitless abandon. I can write about anything I want to, when ever I want to, in whatever way I want to, and I can do it any time night or day.

I just love Squidoo, and so I keep coming back day after day, month after month.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

Are There Other Ways To Make Money With Squidoo?

Making Money Via Squidoo Other Than From Squidoo

The figures listed in the last post are only the PayOut figures from my payments, made to me by Squidoo themselves; this is NOT however the only money my Squidoo lenses bring in.

Most of the money I make from my Squidoo lenses does not actually get paid to me by Squidoo!

Zazzle.com is where most of my “Squidoo income” comes from. I have been a Zazzler since December 2004. I am and always was an artist. I paint animals, dogs, cats, roosters, birds, flamingos, peacocks, goldfish, eels, and more using watercolors, acrylics, pastels, pen & ink, and digital media. I also illustrate books. To add to the mix I am a costumer and fashion designer, and do a lot of figure art as well for that. All in all, art is a very major part of my life.

What does me being an artist have to do with making money via Squidoo? I sell prints of my art via Zazzle. I sell T-shirts, greeting cards, mugs, mouse pads, magnets, buttons, Christmas ornaments, tote bags, and more all featuring my art on them. I have more than 20 Squidoo lenses that do nothing but promote my art for sale on Zazzle! About 65% of my lenses have at least one link on them to at least one of my products for sale on Zazzle. I make $40 – $120 a month from Zazzle via sales of my products off my Squidoo Lenses.

After Zazzle, my second biggest non-Squidoo Squidoo income comes from CafePress. Like Zazzle, I have been a member of CafePress since December of 2004. I joined them both the same day. Like Zazzle, I sell my art on various products.

Cafepress is different from Zazzle in that, Squidoo has a CafePress module which allows me to promote my CafePress items using that feature. Via CafePress I bring in about $70 per payout, which is about 3 times a year.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

Are There Other Ways To Make Money With Squidoo?

Making Money Via Squidoo Other Than From Squidoo

The figures listed in the last post are only the PayOut figures from my payments, made to me by Squidoo themselves; this is NOT however the only money my Squidoo lenses bring in.

Most of the money I make from my Squidoo lenses does not actually get paid to me by Squidoo!

Zazzle.com is where most of my “Squidoo income” comes from. I have been a Zazzler since December 2004. I am and always was an artist. I paint animals, dogs, cats, roosters, birds, flamingos, peacocks, goldfish, eels, and more using watercolors, acrylics, pastels, pen & ink, and digital media. I also illustrate books. To add to the mix I am a costumer and fashion designer, and do a lot of figure art as well for that. All in all, art is a very major part of my life.

What does me being an artist have to do with making money via Squidoo? I sell prints of my art via Zazzle. I sell T-shirts, greeting cards, mugs, mouse pads, magnets, buttons, Christmas ornaments, tote bags, and more all featuring my art on them. I have more than 20 Squidoo lenses that do nothing but promote my art for sale on Zazzle! About 65% of my lenses have at least one link on them to at least one of my products for sale on Zazzle. I make $40 – $120 a month from Zazzle via sales of my products off my Squidoo Lenses.

After Zazzle, my second biggest non-Squidoo Squidoo income comes from CafePress. Like Zazzle, I have been a member of CafePress since December of 2004. I joined them both the same day. Like Zazzle, I sell my art on various products.

Cafepress is different from Zazzle in that, Squidoo has a CafePress module which allows me to promote my CafePress items using that feature. Via CafePress I bring in about $70 per payout, which is about 3 times a year.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

Are There Other Ways To Make Money With Squidoo?

Making Money Via Squidoo Other Than From Squidoo

The figures listed in the last post are only the PayOut figures from my payments, made to me by Squidoo themselves; this is NOT however the only money my Squidoo lenses bring in.

Most of the money I make from my Squidoo lenses does not actually get paid to me by Squidoo!

Zazzle.com is where most of my “Squidoo income” comes from. I have been a Zazzler since December 2004. I am and always was an artist. I paint animals, dogs, cats, roosters, birds, flamingos, peacocks, goldfish, eels, and more using watercolors, acrylics, pastels, pen & ink, and digital media. I also illustrate books. To add to the mix I am a costumer and fashion designer, and do a lot of figure art as well for that. All in all, art is a very major part of my life.

What does me being an artist have to do with making money via Squidoo? I sell prints of my art via Zazzle. I sell T-shirts, greeting cards, mugs, mouse pads, magnets, buttons, Christmas ornaments, tote bags, and more all featuring my art on them. I have more than 20 Squidoo lenses that do nothing but promote my art for sale on Zazzle! About 65% of my lenses have at least one link on them to at least one of my products for sale on Zazzle. I make $40 – $120 a month from Zazzle via sales of my products off my Squidoo Lenses.

After Zazzle, my second biggest non-Squidoo Squidoo income comes from CafePress. Like Zazzle, I have been a member of CafePress since December of 2004. I joined them both the same day. Like Zazzle, I sell my art on various products.

Cafepress is different from Zazzle in that, Squidoo has a CafePress module which allows me to promote my CafePress items using that feature. Via CafePress I bring in about $70 per payout, which is about 3 times a year.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

What Do You Like Best About Squidoo?

Obviously I love Squidoo. I mean, I’ve got 240 lenses, and you can’t have 240 of something and not like it right? But what do I like best of all? Well, let’s see . . .

* I love the fact that I can pick a topic, any topic, and I can write everything I know about that topic and just pour my heart and soul into it.

* I love the whole creative high I get from spending hours in creating my content, and than finally getting to see it published for anyone in the entire world to read!

* I can’t deny that I love the monthly pay days I get from Squidoo!

* I love that I have meet a ton of great folks through Squidoo and SquidU and that the lensmasters here can just sit back and chat with each other about absolutely anything.

* I love that the people who run Squidoo are real people who you can contact and talk too when ever there is a problem, and that they are super quick to respond, usually answering your questions within a few hours.

* There is only one word to describe Squidoo: FUN!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

What Do You Like Best About Squidoo?

Obviously I love Squidoo. I mean, I’ve got 240 lenses, and you can’t have 240 of something and not like it right? But what do I like best of all? Well, let’s see . . .

* I love the fact that I can pick a topic, any topic, and I can write everything I know about that topic and just pour my heart and soul into it.

* I love the whole creative high I get from spending hours in creating my content, and than finally getting to see it published for anyone in the entire world to read!

* I can’t deny that I love the monthly pay days I get from Squidoo!

* I love that I have meet a ton of great folks through Squidoo and SquidU and that the lensmasters here can just sit back and chat with each other about absolutely anything.

* I love that the people who run Squidoo are real people who you can contact and talk too when ever there is a problem, and that they are super quick to respond, usually answering your questions within a few hours.

* There is only one word to describe Squidoo: FUN!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

Why Did You Join Squidoo?

Once upon a time, long ago and far away, in August of 1997 I joined the new found craze of geeks everywhere, and joined the internet. My first visit was to Yahoo, where I set up my email account . . . the very same email account I still use today 11 years later. My next move was to eBay, quickly followed by Amazon. I became known to the world as EelKat, the cartoon watching, comic book crazed, Disney fanatic, Uncle Scrooge obsessed, forum posting maniac who joined new forums weekly and posted 5,000 word rants at a rate of 20 to 30 a day on EACH of the forums. In less than 2 months I had my own fan following. In less than 6 months I had my own stalker and had to contact the FBI as a result to get rid of him.

In 2004 I discovered five new sites to join: Fanlisting.org, Freewebs.com, Proboards.com, Blogspot.com, and WordPress.com. With the help of these five websites, my manic chatroom-message board posting hobby became over night my #1 source of income, as I set out to no longer joining message boards, but now building them instead. Soon I owned 32 blogs, 13 forums, 24 fanlistings, and nearly 300 individual FreeWebs hosted websites.

It was on April 17, 2007, while using Freewebs.com to create yet another fanlisting, that I ran across Squidoo, quite by accident. I was seeking info for the fanlisting site I was building, and Google’s #1 search result had lead me to a Squidoo lens.

It was love at first sight.

Squidoo was like taking a Freewebs site and crossing it with a Blogger Blog, than throwing in a discussion board on it to boot. I knew in an instant that this was the place for me, and less than 10 minutes later I was building my first lens. By the end of the day I had 15 lenses, and the rest was history, I have never looked back.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

Why Did You Join Squidoo?

Once upon a time, long ago and far away, in August of 1997 I joined the new found craze of geeks everywhere, and joined the internet. My first visit was to Yahoo, where I set up my email account . . . the very same email account I still use today 11 years later. My next move was to eBay, quickly followed by Amazon. I became known to the world as EelKat, the cartoon watching, comic book crazed, Disney fanatic, Uncle Scrooge obsessed, forum posting maniac who joined new forums weekly and posted 5,000 word rants at a rate of 20 to 30 a day on EACH of the forums. In less than 2 months I had my own fan following. In less than 6 months I had my own stalker and had to contact the FBI as a result to get rid of him.

In 2004 I discovered five new sites to join: Fanlisting.org, Freewebs.com, Proboards.com, Blogspot.com, and WordPress.com. With the help of these five websites, my manic chatroom-message board posting hobby became over night my #1 source of income, as I set out to no longer joining message boards, but now building them instead. Soon I owned 32 blogs, 13 forums, 24 fanlistings, and nearly 300 individual FreeWebs hosted websites.

It was on April 17, 2007, while using Freewebs.com to create yet another fanlisting, that I ran across Squidoo, quite by accident. I was seeking info for the fanlisting site I was building, and Google’s #1 search result had lead me to a Squidoo lens.

It was love at first sight.

Squidoo was like taking a Freewebs site and crossing it with a Blogger Blog, than throwing in a discussion board on it to boot. I knew in an instant that this was the place for me, and less than 10 minutes later I was building my first lens. By the end of the day I had 15 lenses, and the rest was history, I have never looked back.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

Why Did You Join Squidoo?

Once upon a time, long ago and far away, in August of 1997 I joined the new found craze of geeks everywhere, and joined the internet. My first visit was to Yahoo, where I set up my email account . . . the very same email account I still use today 11 years later. My next move was to eBay, quickly followed by Amazon. I became known to the world as EelKat, the cartoon watching, comic book crazed, Disney fanatic, Uncle Scrooge obsessed, forum posting maniac who joined new forums weekly and posted 5,000 word rants at a rate of 20 to 30 a day on EACH of the forums. In less than 2 months I had my own fan following. In less than 6 months I had my own stalker and had to contact the FBI as a result to get rid of him.

In 2004 I discovered five new sites to join: Fanlisting.org, Freewebs.com, Proboards.com, Blogspot.com, and WordPress.com. With the help of these five websites, my manic chatroom-message board posting hobby became over night my #1 source of income, as I set out to no longer joining message boards, but now building them instead. Soon I owned 32 blogs, 13 forums, 24 fanlistings, and nearly 300 individual FreeWebs hosted websites.

It was on April 17, 2007, while using Freewebs.com to create yet another fanlisting, that I ran across Squidoo, quite by accident. I was seeking info for the fanlisting site I was building, and Google’s #1 search result had lead me to a Squidoo lens.

It was love at first sight.

Squidoo was like taking a Freewebs site and crossing it with a Blogger Blog, than throwing in a discussion board on it to boot. I knew in an instant that this was the place for me, and less than 10 minutes later I was building my first lens. By the end of the day I had 15 lenses, and the rest was history, I have never looked back.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success

On April 17, 2007 I joined Squidoo and had no idea what I was doing. Now on April 17, 2008 I have gained Giant Squid status, had lenses reach the coveted Top 100 List, and am making enough of a steady income to run the Pidgie Fund on my Squidoo income alone! Over the past four or five months, I have gotten several emails from new comers seeking my advice on how I got where I am today, and how they can do it too.

Well, I do not consider myself an expert at Squidoo. The way I see it, I’m still learning the ropes myself. There are others who have been here longer and have done way more than I have. But, that is no reason why I can’t tell folks what it is I do. Maybe in trying to teach others, I will become even better at this as well? Who knows. Anyways, I now bring to you this lens, ( EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success ) where I well discuss and debate on the things I do with Squidoo, and you can read it and see if anything here, helps you out. I have chosen to write this in a question and answer interview format, as I find it easier to write up my answers this way. Hopefully you will find it useful in your own quest for higher Squidome.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success

On April 17, 2007 I joined Squidoo and had no idea what I was doing. Now on April 17, 2008 I have gained Giant Squid status, had lenses reach the coveted Top 100 List, and am making enough of a steady income to run the Pidgie Fund on my Squidoo income alone! Over the past four or five months, I have gotten several emails from new comers seeking my advice on how I got where I am today, and how they can do it too.

Well, I do not consider myself an expert at Squidoo. The way I see it, I’m still learning the ropes myself. There are others who have been here longer and have done way more than I have. But, that is no reason why I can’t tell folks what it is I do. Maybe in trying to teach others, I will become even better at this as well? Who knows. Anyways, I now bring to you this lens, ( EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success ) where I well discuss and debate on the things I do with Squidoo, and you can read it and see if anything here, helps you out. I have chosen to write this in a question and answer interview format, as I find it easier to write up my answers this way. Hopefully you will find it useful in your own quest for higher Squidome.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)

EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success

On April 17, 2007 I joined Squidoo and had no idea what I was doing. Now on April 17, 2008 I have gained Giant Squid status, had lenses reach the coveted Top 100 List, and am making enough of a steady income to run the Pidgie Fund on my Squidoo income alone! Over the past four or five months, I have gotten several emails from new comers seeking my advice on how I got where I am today, and how they can do it too.

Well, I do not consider myself an expert at Squidoo. The way I see it, I’m still learning the ropes myself. There are others who have been here longer and have done way more than I have. But, that is no reason why I can’t tell folks what it is I do. Maybe in trying to teach others, I will become even better at this as well? Who knows. Anyways, I now bring to you this lens, ( EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success ) where I well discuss and debate on the things I do with Squidoo, and you can read it and see if anything here, helps you out. I have chosen to write this in a question and answer interview format, as I find it easier to write up my answers this way. Hopefully you will find it useful in your own quest for higher Squidome.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

Publishing Your Novel? Find out more about Publishing Methods

Do You and I Read the Same Books? Read my reviews of the best Books on My Bookshelf.

Do you think Lord Sesshomaru is a Cross dresser? Join the debate and tell the world what you think!

You may already know this, but in case you don’t, *I Love Phookas!*

I sell my art through Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Do you CosPlay? Here is A List of my CosPlay Aticles

This is for anyone who needs help Creating Character Profiles for their stories or for their SCA persona.

Did you ever wonder How to Start a Publishing Company?

Find out how to Create Your Own Writers Retreat.

Want to join Squidoo? Than you need to read EelKat’s Secrets To Squidoo Success and What Can You Do With Squidoo?

Narration for Writers is explained here.

I’m a Doctor Who fan and so I have this Doctor Who Gift & Video Showcase for you to check out.

Rumiko Takahashi, Keith Laumer and Don Rosa are my favorite authors, read about them and find out why!

Conventional Writing Advice that Didn’t Work for Her (or Me Either!)…

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?
NegaDuck is the best Disney villain ever!

We are all in danger Bunny Seeks To Take Over the World!

Etiole Swanzen, need I say more?

All about Rin and making Rin’s Costume
All about Lord Sesshomaru’s garb and Making a Lord Sesshomaru Costume.

Want to be a better author? First you need to ask yourself: What do you look for in a book? and learn to Accept Your Writing Style.

Are you seeking an online debate to join and tell the world what you think about it? Than you need to check out this List of Active Debates that are waiting for you to speak out on them!

I buy my cloths at Drac-in-a-Box and so should you!

The world needs more men like JamesRetief, find out why.

Why the world needs Faith Not Religion.

I love to do Embroidery, want to learn more about it?

Here is where you can find out How To Start Your Own POD Business to sell your art online and How I Became An Artist and What Art Equipment I Use.

Copper Cockeral (My Art For Sale Online)