What about belly dance costumes caught your eye at first? The sparkles? The fringe? For me, the intricate bead embroidery is one of the first things that attracted me to belly dance costumes. One of the most popular beading techniques…
Got holiday haflas coming up? Or holiday gigs? To help sparkle up your holiday season, I put together a list of fun DIY projects for your belly dance costuming and decoration! Enjoy! 6 Sparkly Holiday Belly Dance Costuming & Decoration…
Updated in October 2020 Struggling with belly dance bras gaping around the top edges? Your bra looked fine before you got on stage….but you’ve got gaping bra cups by the time you finish your performance. Gaping bra cups is one…
I often look at different dance costume designs other than belly dancing to get new ideas that I can bring to the belly dance world. And I’m in love with ballroom jewelry 😀 They’re really sparkly and gorgeous, but the…
ATS weeks here at Sparkly Belly! 😀 Last week I shared with you how to make 4-yard pantaloons for ATS and tribal fusion belly dance, and I was so happy to see many of you got so excited as soon…
I’ve been getting SO many requests to do ATS and tribal fusion costuming over the years 🙂 Now that I got inspired to do ATS / fusion costuming, I had a problem. What should I make!?!? So I asked everyone…
As you probably know, the Bellydance Bundle 2019 sale went live a couple of days ago, and I’m so excited to see lots of people are reporting on social media that they’ve already joined! 🙂 This year’s Bellydance…
Got a zill performance coming up? How do YOU decide which costume to wear for your zill performance? Have you even thought about pairing a costume to your zills? Today we’re in for a treat. 🙂 We have a special…
The sound of zills is enough to get me excited and wanting to dance! 😀 😀 But they are a bit too loud to practice at night in my small apartment… 🙁 So in this tutorial, you’ll see how I…
A little while ago, I shared a blog post about troupe costuming ideas, which has become one of my favourite posts! And someone asked how to make the overskirts that this group is wearing over their skirts. These ladies are…