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  • when my hand was cramping
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    when my hand was cramping

    April 18, 2004 /

    My phone completely died thursday – it’s in the shop now. I’ll know monday if it’s fixable. I’m working on the poster, but right now my hand is cramping, so I’m taking a break.

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  • sketchblog: aayla
    Blog,  my art,  star wars fanart

    sketchblog: aayla

    April 17, 2004 /

    Messy

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  • Doppleganger
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    Doppleganger

    April 17, 2004 /

    Apparently I have an evil doppleganger. People are always saying to me, “I saw you at -con I didn’t go to-!” At MidSouthCon, 4 seperate people said they saw me there last year – I didn’t go last year! It’s kinda creepy. I just nod and smile when people say something like that. I really must have a doppleganger. Maybe…

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  • when my hand was cramping
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    when there was a baby for sale

    April 17, 2004 /

    Last night I dreamt that my aunt had come over, and my mom said, “OK, Kell, let’s go.” I’m like, “huh what go where?” And she said, “To the play.” “It’s next weekend,” says I. And she told me that no, it was also this weekend. They were having it two weekends this year. Since my poster wasn’t ready they…

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  • when my hand was cramping
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    when i took some school photos

    April 16, 2004 /

    To go with my old RAT ghost story… I took some pics of the school tonight. Second floor – dark! It was creepy up there, and super quiet. I didn’t stay long. Stairway – the back stairway to the second floor. Prop Room door – this is one of two ways into the prop room. See that door up on…

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  • when my hand was cramping
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    when ozma changed in every picture

    April 15, 2004 /

    Mom pulled out an album of old pictures… man. I look SO much like my dad. If I had my scanner hooked up, I’d scan some of them. Alas, alas. Good news tho, I’m ‘inheriting’ my aunt’s printer. Which is a fine printer, it’s just not working very well right now. Between dad and myself I’m sure we can get…

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  • when my hand was cramping
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    when antiques roadshow was coming

    April 14, 2004 /

    OH my gosh I didn’t update my sketch journal yesterday!! *smacks forehead* I sat down in the chair in the living room and fell asleep. I was dead tired yesterday. I got shocked monday morning. I touched the metal prongs on the plug when I was unplugging my computer. It was weird! My arm from the elbow down was sore…

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  • Ozma updates
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    Ozma updates

    April 14, 2004 /

    Random updates: I bought all my material for Ozma Monday. $95 worth, blegh ;;; Started fooling with my Phoenix wig. I hope to have them both done by Akon. I’d like to finish Ozma in the next week or two, before it gets too hot, and take it out to the Dixon for photos. anyway-

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  • sketchblog: aayla
    Blog,  lord of the rings fanart,  my art

    sketchblog: Gandalf vs the Balrog

    April 12, 2004 /

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  • sketchblog: aayla
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    sketchblog: leia

    April 9, 2004 /

    Sketchy Leia I already posted this on the blog when I was complaining about something but now it’s the sketchblog’s turn

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  • when my hand was cramping
    a day at the races,  Blog

    when i had nothing to say

    April 9, 2004 /

    Uh……………..

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  • when my hand was cramping
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    when akon worked out perfectly

    April 7, 2004 /

    Perfect!!! When I’m in Dallas for Akon, there’s going to be a Guitar Festival the same weekend. Anime con for me, Guitar festival for dad. It’s perfect! Almost too good to be true! I’m really glad. I know Dad gets bored at these things with me, so he can go have fun at the guitar festival instead of hanging around…

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  • Contacts
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    Contacts

    April 7, 2004 /

    I know I want to get contacts for my Phoenix costume. Thing is, I can’t decide which I want. The character generally has just white eyes, but I wanted something cooler, something related to fire. My price range is $250-$300. I’d like to get something I could use again, also (since I’m spending so much!) Look here Which one do…

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  • when my hand was cramping
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    when dad and i burned things

    April 7, 2004 /

    Dad and I have been outside burning dandelions with matches. It’s really neat looking! They go right up and leave weird purple fuzz!

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  • Upcoming Plans
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    Upcoming Plans

    April 6, 2004 /

    Is it wrong, oh so wrong, that I want to go as Marty McFly from Back to the Future? There are a couple of anime based costumes I want to do sometime next year. Belldandy’s battle outfit – possibly an alternate colour Princess Jupiter Paine (don’t know which Paine yet) Mikako (Paradise Kiss, Miwako’s older sister) I think there was…

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  • sketchblog: aayla
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    sketchblog: fool on the hill

    April 5, 2004 /

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  • when mtac was over
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    when mtac was over

    April 4, 2004 /

    We are leaving Nashville! I hate to leave this broadband connection behind… Yesterday was fun! Kevin got to go onstage in his Link costume, he loved it. I got Best Master Craftsmenship….. which was kind of a given since I was the only Master entered in Craftsmenship, lol. But still! We walked over to the Parthenon and took pictures yesterday…

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  • MTAC 04 Pics!
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    MTAC 04 Pics!

    April 2, 2004 /

    MTAC photos for today here. Warning: most of it is shots of my Chun-Li costume, Quistis costume or Integra costume. A few random con shots, other cosplayers, and me and Kevin being weird. I wore Tohru, ChunLi, Quistis, Integra and Sana today. I’m quite worn out! Tomorrow will be Asuka and the 2 Belldandys.

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  • when my hand was cramping
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    when i was at mtac

    April 2, 2004 /

    We’re here in Nashville in our hotel room!! Whooooo fast internet!!!!! I’m sitting here wearing Tohru, about to change into ChunLi as soon as dad gets back with my other suitcase. that is all.

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  • sketchblog: aayla
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    sketchblog: Indy

    April 2, 2004 /

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My Costume History Day 48 - Honda Tohru from Fruit My Costume History Day 48 - Honda Tohru from Fruits Basket, for Katsucon 2004 After just finishing that Arwen costume and working on that new Belldandy costume, I wanted to do something a little more simple and casual. I had gotten into Fruits Basket recently, so I decided throwing together a quick version of her uniform was the ticket. I bought the navy blue pleated skirt on ebay, and then took it to Hancock to find a matching fabric. Settled on a navy blue cotton for the top. I’m sure mom & I used some kind of pattern for this but I’m not sure what - it does button up the front. I again used my Sailor Jupiter collar as a template for creating this collar - though this one I just pull off and on over my head and it’s not attached to the top at all. The center front triangle section did have an opening at the side to make it easy to get on - it closes with velcro. Added the blue stripes using ribbon, and made the cuffs the same way. The hair bows were yellow ribbons I glued to barrettes and I had the socks and shoes. All in all a quick and easy costume. Had a lot of fun wearing it at Katsucon - especially running into an entire Fruits Basket group who didn’t have a Tohru!! I took it to a few more conventions that year - it was a great simple costume, didn’t take up a lot of luggage space and didn’t need a wig. It sat in my closet for a few years after that, and around 2012/2013 I decided to sell it. I got it and shot it on the white backdrop first - I did have to get new shoes for the photoshoot, because the original ones had died by that point. I do love how the photos turned out. So it went to a new home after that, which makes me a little sad but I hope it had a good life after me.
My Costume History Day 47 - Belldandy from Oh! My My Costume History Day 47 - Belldandy from Oh! My Goddess, for Katsucon 2004 I wanted to get some more use out of my Belldandy wig, which was to that point the most I’d ever spent on a costume wig. I thought the outfit she wore on the cover of 1-555-GODDESS would be a fun project to recreate! The base of this costume is a bodice — made it out of a blue fabric (can’t remember exactly what), with plastic boning and it laces up the back. It also has “straps” that I beaded that hang down the back. The white designs on it were done in suede and heat-bonded on. The shawl is made of some really cool orange and metallic gold fabric I found at Hancock - it’s got some heavy interfacing in it to keep the shape, and for the design on all of the streamers down the back, I painted the design on. I had to make up everything from the hips down, so I decided on skirt that was open in the front and flared out at the bottom. I used that same sparkly lingerie-like material I was obsessed with back then - I dyed it pink, and added part of a hoopskirt hoop into the hem to make it flare out. Also added some of the undyed fabric along the front edge to look like an underskirt, just because I felt like it needed something else. The headpiece is all built around a headband - covered in some light blue crepe fabric, with the two large pieces that hang down the front attached at the back. The white suede designs are heat-bonded on here too. The parts that stick out of the top have wire on the inside to keep them sticking out - I painted the designs on those, too. Reused my wig, bangles, gloves and socks from my first Belldandy. The necklace and earrings I bought - lucky finds at Claire’s! I was really proud of how this turned out! I wore it at Katsucon 04, and then later took it to MTAC 04 where I entered the costume contest, where it won Best Master Craftsmenship. Nice! I really need to get this shot on the white backdrop one day. I know it needs some repairs - like, I know I stole the hoop out of its hem at some point for something else so I need to figure out a replacement. Maybe I’ll get this one done for white backdrops later this year...
My Costume History Day 46 - Arwen (original design My Costume History Day 46 - Arwen (original design) from LOTR, for ROTK midnight show So as we were all anxiously awaiting to see the costumes from ROTK, there was a tiny little snippet of Arwen in her coronation dress in some promo image. It was just her head with the tiara, but I wanted to make it. So I designed something I thought would go with it - a wedding dress. Both parts of this, the dress and robe, are modified versions of Simplicity 9891. The underdress is made of a matte white satin, with fitted sleeves and I made it way longer and wider. I wear platform boots with this to be elf height, so it needed all that extra length! The neckline trim was from Calontir Trims, and I added some pearls to it. For the design on the sleeves, I copied a motif from one of Elrond’s costumes and painted it on with silver fabric paint, and beaded around it as well. The robe I made out of a silver stretch velvet; it has two sets of lower sleeves, one of the velvet and one of the white satin, and I beaded the collar. The hem was a happy accident - we put horsehair in the hem to give it some body, and it created this wavy effect, which I ended up loving. The belt is also made of the velvet, with the same motif painted on and beaded. My tiara was made by Atelier des Elfes and is still one of my fav pieces in my collection of costume pieces. I wore this to the ROTK midnight show, and then to several conventions throughout 2004 and 2005. I also did a photoshoot at our local art museum (and one of the photos ended up in a gag book I stumbled across at Barnes and Noble while wedding planning years later! Story for another time!) I actually wore this in the Dragoncon 04 parade - I made an extra skirt that was longer than everything else that the rest of the costume could sit on and not get dragged on the road. The laces of my boots got tangled midway through and I thought I was a goner! LOL Still have it - it’s not in great shape. The satin fabric is weakened at the sleeve seams, and some of the velvet has lost its stretch. Always thought about remaking it from the ground up with 20 more years experience - that would be fun!
My Costume History Day 45 - Padme’s Loyalist Commi My Costume History Day 45 - Padme’s Loyalist Committee Gown from Star Wars AOTC, made for Dragoncon 2003 My 2nd serious Star Wars costume for my 2nd dragoncon! For the top and skirt I found a iridescent blue taffeta at Hancock, and a sequin fabric for the inset on the top. The robe fabric is the screen accurate velvet burnout - but I used black, because that’s what I saw on screen - black and blue, more than purple. I can’t remember what Mom & I used as a pattern for the top and skirt, but I’m pretty sure the robe was a very chopped up and altered Simplicity 9891. I used that pattern a LOT! I added the trim to the edges, and the robe velcros to the top and skirt all the way down the front to keep them together. The appliques were all floral pieces I got at Hancock and dyed to match my fabric. The necklace is cardboard and gold lame, and my dad helped me with the headpiece - it’s craft metal backed in craft foam to help keep it comfortable, and I glued a hairpiece into it, so it all just sits right on top of my head. I had a disaster just a few days before Dragoncon when trying to finish this - I realized I was not going to have enough of the screen accurate velvet to finish the sleeves. I had to call the fabric store I’d ordered it from and beg them to overnight a yard to me. They were reluctant saying it would be very expensive and I just cried “I knooooowwww”. But they did and I was able to finish it. It was a beast to wear - just a lot of fabric to deal with plus the giant, heavy headpiece. I had to use around 40 giant bobbie pin to keep it on my head. This was the year they had the Dcon masquerade offsite, so when we got on the bus to go over there, I clanged my headpiece on the doorframe getting on the bus. That HURT! LOL After dcon, I did some upgrades - I painted all the trim a little darker, and biggest of all I fixed the shape of the sleeves of the top. I wore this to a few local Star Wars events over the next few months, but kinda retired it after I did my Leia. It’s not perfect but it still has a place in my heart. I haven’t been able to shoot it because I can’t get in the top - one day I’ll alter it so we can it shot on the backdrop!
Hadn’t updated this in nearly 2 years, so here’s a Hadn’t updated this in nearly 2 years, so here’s a new version - MOST of the costumes I’ve made 1998-2025.
My costumes that are turning 20 this year! My costumes that are turning 20 this year!
Easy video trend where I just get to plug in some Easy video trend where I just get to plug in some fav costume photos? Yes please!
My Costume History Day 44 - Teela from Masters of My Costume History Day 44 - Teela from Masters of the Universe/He-Man, for Dragoncon 2003 Since I’d done She-Ra in 2002, I really wanted to do a Teela costume too. And Dragoncon was the best opportunity I’d had to do a costume like that! I bought a white leotard and cut the sleeves off to make the lower arm gauntlets. Found a coppery sort-of crepe fabric at Hancock for the vest - I don’t think Mom & I used a pattern for this, I think we just kinda made it up as we went. It closes in the front with a hook and eye, and for the little “snake” chest details on the front, we made individual pieces and appliqued them together to create a 3d effect. Bought the wig online, and made the tiara out of some craft foam, leftover vest fabric and a red gemstone. It bobbie pins into the wig. Boots I had, added some fur just tucked into the top. Orko I made out of a little teddy bear, a bouncy ball, batting, duct tape, floral wire, paper mache, craft foam, and fabric for his little robe and hat. He attaches to my wrist with fishing line. Wore this at Dragoncon and had fun in it! I wanted to wear it again the next year to SDCC, but I didn’t like how the snake chest appliques weren’t obvious, in a lot of pics they just disappeared. So I went in with some watered down fabric paint and painted around the stitch lines to try to give it some more depth. And then after SDCC I had people making fun of me for painting the details on. Can’t win. Also had a guy come up to me in the Mattel booth, where I was taking pics in front of a big He-Man mural, and ask who I was supposed to be dressed as. I said Teela. He said no, you can’t be Teela, you’re too short. Ok like sorry I didn’t get leg extending surgery for my COSPLAY? WTF LOL I haven’t worn it since SDCC 2004, but I do still have it all. Several times it’s almost made the cut of getting a white backdrop shoot recently - in 2024 I even washed the leotard in prep for it, but it just didn’t happen. Orko needs some repairs too... so maybe I’ll get around to that this year. Fingers crossed.
My Costume History Day 43 - Susan Sto Helit from D My Costume History Day 43 - Susan Sto Helit from Discworld, made for Dragoncon 2003 Dragoncon is always a great opportunity to do costumes that wouldn’t really fly or be noticed at any other con. At the time I went to Dragoncon in 2002, I was reading through all of the Discworld books, and I thought Susan would be a fun costume to do for this con - and I immediately decided I’d do it for the next year, 2003. And I started on it almost as soon as I got home. I based it on Paul Kidby artwork! It’s mostly put together of bought and modified pieces. I bought the bodice and skirt on ebay - when the skirt arrived, I cut it at an angle and cauterized the edge. Bought the gloves, used my Morrigan boots. Made the cape out of some black fabric, bought the wig from Amphigory and painted the stripe in with some watered down acrylics. Death of Rats I made out of various things... styrofoam ball, sculpey, batting, friendly plastic, floral wire, some scrap black fabric. I thought he turned out so cute! I bought the scythe at Halloween time and painted it. And then I had to sit on for months until the next Dragoncon LOL. Thankfully I didn’t lose interest and did wear it - put it on as SOON as we got to Dragoncon that year! I was really happy with it. Though I didn’t wear it again after that for a few years - until Terry Pratchett was a guest at MidSouthCon in 2007! I was like omg I gotta get this Susan costume out and wearable again. Unfortunately I’d loaned the cape to someone and never got it back, so I substituted my husband’s Vader cape instead. The cheap bodice I’d used in 2003 RIPPED at some of the lower eyelets when I went to put it on, so I threw a black underbust corset on over it. Not particularly the look I wanted but I was trying to make it work! I did get to meet Terry Pratchett, he signed a book for me, complimented my costume so goal achieved. I do still have it all - but Death of Rats’ sculpey pieces are crumbling into dust. One day I’ll do a bunch of repairs and upgrades and get this shot on the backdrop! I need better pics!
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