Míriel

 Happy Halloween!

I was most excited to do this costume because I love incorporating Tolkien whenever possible, and I thought it would be fun to show Míriel's namesake.  However, this is where I have a confession to make.  😬  Since Joe and I have kept up with The Rings of Power, I decided to use an iconic look from the character Míriel in the show to model the costume after.  I was sending progress pictures of this costume to my sister who then asked me a pivotal question of, "Who is Míriel again?".  I started writing out my answer out to her but found myself on LOTR wiki to check my spelling on a couple of names.  It was at this point that I slowly began to realize my mistake.  You see, I use LOTR wiki to help me pick names for my hamsters.  When I got Míriel, I researched who the character was and ultimately chose the name partly because of the qualities of the character.  As I explained in my intro post to this hamster, in Tolkien's writings, Míriel, an elf, was the queen of the Noldor and was known for her silver hair and skill with her hands.  Míriel means "jewel-daughter" which I thought was fitting for the dappled markings on my hamster.  But that's not who is depicted in The Rings of Power...  In other words, I literally didn't notice that there are basically 2 Míriels until last week when I tried to answer my sister's question.  😅  The reason I didn't notice sooner is because on LOTR wiki, the human Míriel who is featured in The Rings of Power is technically named Tar-Míriel and therefore isn't listed with the other Míriel who is an elf.  In The Rings of Power, the character Tar-Míriel is referred to as just "Míriel".  So because of watching the show, I managed to completely forget about the elf, and only thought of the human.  To be far, Tar-Míriel is pretty awesome too as she is the Queen Regnant of Numenor.  She and Elendil (the name of my other hamster) are a part of The Faithful who remain true to the elves/Valar.  

Anyways, regardless of my mistake, I'm ridiculously proud of how well this costume turned out.  It took quite a while to do all that bead work and make the headpiece.  After a bit, Míriel decided she was done wearing the headpiece and took it off herself.  In her defense, these were the last set of pictures I was taking that day with her and her cheeks were absolutely stuffed full of treats from the previous sets, so the headpiece was a bit tight on her.  I had so much fun doing these hamster costumes again and I hope you all enjoyed them!  I was thoroughly surprised by how well Míriel wore them and modeled for me.  She definitely proved to me that she is capable of being both crazy and good.  Haha!  ❤

Her dress began sliding off...

I got her reset with the dress and headpiece and she sat so pretty for me.  😊

And then she said "NO MORE" to wearing the headpiece.  😂

I love how she snuggled up to the book!  And with this pose, you can see the back of the costume really well to see the amount of detail in it.  😊❤