old cardigan

Here I am again with nothing important to talk about or show. I also did not go in my sewing room at all in the last week, not even to clean up the attic stuff. So now I've got 4 weeks to finish these capes. Which is do-able but I wanted to get an early start, ah well. Finish is the wrong word for Baylan's cape - correct for my Shin ...

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would’ve could’ve should’ve

Oh hi, I don't have a lot to talk about this week, except that it was my birthday. Nana brought me balloons!! Chase got me the folklore vinyl and the Pat McGrath Taylor Made Lip kit (I used it friday night, it's sooo nice, it might actually be the catalyst for me to finalllly throw away my ancient tube of Mac Russian Red and switch to this as my go-to ...

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art dump post

Going through and updating the site this week and I realized I didn't have all of my recent art uploaded, so this is a catch-up art post. First up, i did post some of the Star Trek pieces I did earlier this year, but I didn't post all of them. Basically I'd just draw some star trek characters in the evenings while watching tv before bed. There was no rhyme ...

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a paperweight in shades of greige

Oh hi Not much to report on this week. I did put parts of Baylan and Shin on the dressforms to take some more pics. Gonna add a few of these to the construction page until I can get more pics of us IN the costumes. Got all of Dragoncon put away. As I was carrying the last bit upstairs (the garment rack) it felt weird, like all this build ...

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dragoncon persists

Well I'm back from dragoncon. It was a weird time. Good? But weird. I felt off the entire time. I did a really bad job at taking pics of my costumes and I'm kicking myself for it now. I also had a ton of plans for videos and didn't do any of it. It was like I only had a finite amount of mental energy, less than usual, and I ...

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one day remains

Down to the wire here. The last week has been a roller coaster. I have a new boss. His style is totally spiking my anxiety. 2 meetings today in the midst of trying to get ready to be out of town. I do not think he understand my job/position in the company. I'm going to have to deal with this when I get back. (EDIT: I removed the paragraph about ...

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to-do list check-in

Ok let's do an update since we're approaching the last weekend of work... Things that finished and just need packed: Scully, Ozma, Lady Jessica, Seven of Nine, Stevie Nicks, T'Lyn, Tatooine Padme, Taylor Nadja: -clean up teeth (I went to clean up my old teeth and the inside shaping stuff popped out of one. Tried to glue it back in and didn't fit after that, so I ordered a new ...

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make the friendship bracelets

Whelp here we are about a week out and I am NOT DONE and not even the SLIGHTEST bit packed. Normally this point I've already packed the stuff that's done/older costumes but I haven't even gotten my bin out of the attic yet. I can't even get excited about con because I'm still in panic mode. I spent 3 days last week destroying my right arm to sew this cord ...

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To-do list, updated

Random Wednesday post to update the to-do list: T’Lyn: -magnets on badge -paint ears -try on Taylor: -Try on Mara: -pauldron attachments -extend belt velcro -wig is in the US!! Padme: -stamp a few more things on cape -style wig Shin: -try on wig -add beads to wig -weather suede ALL pieces (want to some paint "dirt" spatters on the black pieces) -dye black pieces -figure out armor attachments ...

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get it hot like papa john

Sooo that was an interesting weekend. First let's go through Friday's to-do list and see what I got done: 1. Finish T’Lyn wig 2. Paint her ears to better match my skin tone, I tried them on and they are not a match. 3. Try on Taylor wig, cut bangs if needed? 4. Finish tacking the lining on the Taylor jacket 5. Stamp the Padme cape 6. Finish Baylan vest 7. Finish Baylan shirt 8. Finish Baylan ...

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