the nun is done

Finished up the last bit of the nun and delivered yesterday. Fingers crossed everything fits and works ok! Chase was a very good sport and tried it all on for me so I could make sure the veil attachment worked and double check my sleeve and hem measurements. I had to take it with me to play practice to finish the hand-sewing on the veil. I finished while sitting in ...

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The Nun Abides

Spent the last week going to play practice, having a migraine, and working on the nun. The robe isn't much to look at. Followed the pattern exactly for this -- I did make it a little bigger because I'd rather work down than have it be too small. This is a really thin black satin and I there are times it's almost leather-like, especially when interfaced, so I think that's ...

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kevin & kes & a nun

Last week was nuts. We had Kes starting Saturday and Kevin starting tuesday. I was working overtime plus having to go after work to check on this or that meant I wasn't getting home most nights until 6-6:30. So I was totally exhausted every single night. I was working overtime so I could be off on Friday -- spent the day helping Kristie with her book stuff, went out to ...

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Vegas & Beyond

I'm BACK!!! And so glad to be back. Here's a really long rambly post about my Vegas trip, weekend stuff... a whole lot of stuff NOT about costumes. Well, a little bit about costumes when you get to Sunday. First off look at my super happy Pumpkin man! And mom found these while cleaning out something and gave them to me. I guess I have Thanksgiving decorations now, LOL. So ...

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TFA Leia Pics!

Last bit of photoshoot! THAT WIG *_* I have the portfolio all updated, everything from Dragon Con is now finished. Yay! I have to go to Vegas for work next week. Boo. Then I'll be swinging into Halloween stuff!! Making a nun costume for a friend! And also helping out with the set for a Christmas play (shows are in mid-November). So it'll be busy. After Halloween my first projects will ...

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Medieval Leia, birthday stuff

So Friday night we threw up the smaller backdrop and quickly reshot Medieval Leia and TFA Leia. They turned out MUCH MUCH better. No more harsh shadows from the buns across my face and TFA dress isn't blown out. I got medieval Leia pics back and uploaded yesterday. So I'll have her portfolio page updated sometime soon. I'm hoping to have TFA Leia tomorrow. But before my photoshoot, I drove ...

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8 miles outta memphis and I got no spare

I have more photoshoot pictures!! Unfortunately some of them did not turn out. TFA Leia's pics not turning out is my fault - because of the wrinkles I didn't think to iron out. So we are going to reshoot that one. Then, the lights on medieval Leia were weird and made the whole thing look super weird, so while we're redoing TFA Leia we're going to redo medieval Leia, too. ...

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MCX, photoshoot, Young Frankenstein, etc

So my high school reunion is coming up. Am I going? Anyway lots to talk about from this weekend!! Friday night Chase & I had tickets to go see Young Frankenstein at Elmwood Cemetery. Coolers were welcome so we packed up sandwiches and soup and camp chairs and headed down there. I thought it might be chilly at night by the time this rolled around by temps are still high ...

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In which I had a heart attack

Ok so yesterday I got home from work. I'd been planning all day to lay down and take a nap as soon as I got home because I swear I STILL have not caught up on sleep from Dragon Con. So I lay down and turn on a podcast (which just happened to be a true crime podcast, episode about a girl killed in her house...). And then I hear ...

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it’s a sims post with no pictures

I have a Sims 4 story for you guys. But I forgot to send myself the screencaps so I'll have to add them in later. (EDIT: Now with pictures!) DISNEY PRINCESS SURVIVOR So I like to play "Survivor" games where I just put a bunch of characters in an empty lot and see what happens. This one happened to be a Disney Princess Survivor. We had Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, ...

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