Back Bone: Barrettes for Sophie

As mentioned in my previous post, I reached out to one of my favorite foundations to team up with them. With this week being the 10 year anniversary of Sophie Lancaster’s death, I wanted to do something that will not only give back but continue to help bring awareness to such an important cause. A cause some people in the US might not even be aware of and should actually be something we should be fighting for as well!

I have made 5 limited edition Dead Girl Decay barrettes where 50% of the proceeds earned will be donated to The Sophie Lancaster Foundation. Even though they look similar they are handmade which means no 2 are exactly alike. Unique, just like Sophie!

“Sophie was a thoughtful, sensitive individual and she would not have wanted her death to have been in vain.” – Sylvia Lancaster

In the center of each flower is a rose cameo accented in red glitter to represent Sophie’s thoughtful and sensitive spirit. The black and red rose petals and feathers are symbolic of Sophie’s gothic and artistic style as well as symbolic to the foundation colors. Each barrette has a small iridescent glitter tear drop on one of it’s petals. This is to represent the loss that is felt from Sophie’s death. The loss of a person whose life was taken from her by thoughtless, close minded people. All because she was a beautiful, unique individual.

These limited edition pieces are now available in the Back Bone Section of my Etsy shop. The special section reserved specifically for selling items I make to help the causes I believe in. Don’t wear barrettes? Then clip it up in your home, car or anywhere! Show your support anyway you choose! Buy one for a friend who like Sophie lives an alternative lifestyle! Let’s stop the hate that makes people scared to be themselves!

About The Sophie Lancaster Foundation and why your purchase can help:

“WEIRDO – MOSHER – FREAK, If only they’d stop at name calling” is something I have been wearing on a shirt I bought from the foundation for many years now. It is the motto of the foundation and a very strong one at that.

Following the horrific murder of Sophie Lancaster, her family wanted to ensure a lasting legacy to their beautiful, bright creative daughter and so The Sophie Lancaster FoundationThe Sophie Lancaster Foundation was established. It became a registered charity in 2009. The foundation aims to create a lasting legacy to Sophie by providing educational group-works that will challenge the prejudice and intolerance towards people from alternative subcultures. Read more at http://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com

Stay Spooky & Supportive!
LDG Nicole

To see the other foundations I have supported with my artwork visit the Back Bone section of my portfolio website!

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Loves: Zombie teams with Bret Easton Ellis for Manson Murders

» Zombie teams with Bret Easton Ellis for Manson Murders movie Rob Zombie | Official Website.

There have been rumors for YEARS of the making of a Manson movie with Bill Mosely as Manson and Sheri Moon Zombie as Sharon Tate. Maybe this will eventually become a reality now that Zombie is on board! Maybe the rumors inspired the collaboration! One can hope!

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LDG Nicole

Skinned: Living Dead Girl Nicole transforms into the Black Dahlia

Well alot of you always wonder what I am going to be for Halloween. I usually don’t announce on my website what it is I have up my sleeve until after I do it and have the photos to share. Well I have some! That’s right I dressed up last night for the Halloween Costume Party and Rock Show that Axe Man’s Bridge (my husband’s band) was performing at. I got quite the compliments on my makeup job and let’s just say I had to drink out of a straw all night and try my hardest not to laugh or talk too much ha ha.

I present to you.. Living Dead Girl Nicole as.. AKA Black Dahlia AKA Elizabeth Short….

Some of you probably are not surprised by my costume choice as I have always been quite intrigued by the case of the Black Dahlia. I even finished one of the many books I have read on the case while recovering in the hospital doped up on morphine ha ha.  I have always sympathized with Elizabeth and all that she went through but I must say using her corpse photos and trying to replicate her wounds on my face made me feel for her even more. The more gorier you have to make the makeup the more you realize what caused the wounds you are replicating. How hardcore and painful they must have been.  I must say this is by far my favorite makeup job I have done on myself. I have decided to enter my costume in the official Alice Cooper Halloween Costume Contest. Fingers crossed! If I win I can finally get a chance to meet Alice and if I did would be incredibly honored to give him a piece of my artwork as a thank you for the opportunity.

To see some of my other makeup looks I have done go to my Skinned page!

Stay Spooky!
LDG Nicole

Dead Girl Massacre Decay: Black Dahlia inspired barrette

This is a barrette I made for my Dead Girl Massacre Decay line. It features a skull complete with a bloody chelsea grin amongst a large black bloody dahlia flower. Inspired by Elizabeth Short aka the Black Dahlia and her unsolved murder.

Available in my Etsy Shop

Stay Spooky!
LDG Nicole