FAQ Friday: Mustafar Padme Hair

Sorry I don't have any pictures for this like I do for my Leia hair breakdowns; I'm kinda doing this one on the fly! So here's my best reference for the Mustafar hairstyle; this is from padawan's guide: And here is an other screencap. To be perfectly honest, my Mustafar costume was a quick, very non-serious costume I did just to match my husband's Vader, so I didn't try too ...

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FAQ Friday: Snow White Collar Attachment

This is a question I've gotten a handful of times, and I took some photos of my collar/bodice attachment over the weekend, so I figured this would make a good entry for FAQ Friday - especially appropriate this week as I'll be at Disney World when this posts :) So anyway, my Snow White costume has a lace-up back with a remove-able collar. Honestly when I was in the middle ...

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Random Annoyances

When I see someone post a costume photo and it's labeled/titled/described as nothing more than "cosplay girl." (bonus if there's absolutely no costumer/photographer credit, either.) It's not just one person or website doing this. I've seen it for years, multiple places. In some cases it may be a case of not knowing who the character is. But generally, no. Instead of posting a photo and putting in ...

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Peggy photoshoot

First off, apologies for having a half-finished FAQ Friday post up here Friday/Saturday! I had scheduled it to post Friday but never got around to finishing it, and forgot to move it. I'll try to finish it up for this Friday! Friday evening Chase & I did a quick photoshoot of my Peggy costume. We started out with the standard white backdrop shots: Got some shots with my briefcase ...

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New old pictures

So I'm still doing my little project of going back through old pictures and uploading new versions. I thought I'd share some of the more interesting ones, including some I've never had uploaded in the first place. Here's my fourth lake dress that I made in 2008 - I've only ever had 3 pictures of this costume uploaded, though we took about 25 pictures all together. Unfortunately the bulk of them were blurry ...

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FAQ Friday: All of my Costumes

Today's question is... Just how many costumes have you done? It's really hard to make a complete list. Everytime I try I end up forgetting something. But I'm going to give it a go. (I'm not counting costumes I made for friends, unless I also wore them at some point.) Last updated: June 2021 1. Star Trek TNG Uniform - my mom made this for me and I wore it at MidSouthCon ...

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2014 Year in Review – 2015 Plans

It's that time of year!! Time to look back at what I accomplished and what I... didn't accomplish. So last year, I said I was going to make... 1. Willow – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Nope. Even though this would have been easy I just never got to it. 2. Johanna’s Interview Dress – Catching Fire I DID THIS ONE! OMG. 3. She-Ra No :( 4. Donna Noble – Partners in Crime Well, I kinda did this. ...

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FAQ Friday: Gift Ideas for Costumers

It's probably a little too close to Christmas for this, but you can always add a few extra stocking stuffers :) A couple of years ago Ash got me a whole sewing care package for Christmas and it was AWESOME. That stuff lasted me almost the whole year! So I thought I'd share some of those things, along with some other ideas! 1. Thread You can never go wrong with thread. You ...

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Dressform Pics – Last bit

Here's the last few I didn't have uploaded yet yesterday. Anne was a bit too big to properly spread out the train. Did the best I could in the space I had. I was surprised I was able to get Johanna's shirt on the dressform at all, but somehow I did. And I'm amazed the collar piece fit. (Early on in the photoshoot process, I got frustrated with the neck ...

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Dressform Pics

Here's everything so far. I'm only missing 3 actually so maybe I should have waited, but our server is down at work and I'm bored. Belldandy and Urd from 2003 and 2002, respectively. These two costumes have really stood the test of time. I knew Belldandy was in good shape since I wore her to Momocon earlier this year, but Urd has been packed in a bag for several years. The cape's a ...

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