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  • when sundowner got redesigned
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    when sundowner got redesigned

    November 23, 2000 /

    I’m scared now. Happy Thanksgiving to the Americans. SunDowner was redesigned.

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  • when copy and paste wouldn’t work
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    when copy and paste wouldn’t work

    November 23, 2000 /

    Ok. What’s up with that. I finally got sick of the Error 550 I got when I try to publish, and went to open a trouble ticket at Hispeed (where I’m hosted). I try to post a new message so I can copy the whole error and paste it into the trouble ticket… and it doesn’t happen. I try again.…

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  • sketchblog: link
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    sketchblog: link

    November 22, 2000 /

    drawn for my cousin

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  • when copy and paste wouldn’t work
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    when i saw an ugly car

    November 21, 2000 /

    I’ve got to go ahead and write about this, even though blogger won’t publish. I saw the UGLIEST thing today. I mean, oogly. Fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down kind of ugly. It was sitting in front of Rhodes College. A stretch limo SUV. Black. As long as three of my car.…

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  • when copy and paste wouldn’t work
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    when i added archives

    November 21, 2000 /

    I finally added my archives. Aren’t you excited? Now you can read all the stupid posts I’ve made. I’m going to overhaul this page tomorrow, along with my personal page and SunDowner. Whoopity-doo! Won’t you be glad to be rid of the orange text?!

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  • when copy and paste wouldn’t work
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    when i had food poisoning

    November 20, 2000 /

    You ever had food poisoning? A couple of years ago, my cousins and I were at our grandparent’s house for Christmas. As usual, we went up the week before and stayed until Christmas Eve. Well, the night before Christmas Eve, we went out to eat at the restaurant called Suede’s (Carl Perkin’s restaurant, btw! Awesome stuff on the walls, letters…

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  • Art Post: James and Lily (Harry Potter)
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    Art Post: James and Lily (Harry Potter)

    November 19, 2000 /

    James and Lily looking at the stars or somethin. This is November for the 2001 calendar. Although this was the alt-Valentine’s Day version I did for the VDay project later on!

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    sketchblog: tiny kicked back britan

    November 18, 2000 /

    I don’t know why this has shrunk, also… sorry!

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  • when copy and paste wouldn’t work
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    when satan was at the basketball game

    November 18, 2000 /

    Dude, I couldn’t update this yesterday. blogger was being so weird. Now I have nothing to write about, except that the Tigers lost last night. Boo! And on ESPN, too. They were selling these banger things at the Pyramid. You blew them up and banged them together, and they made this weird noise. One was bad enough… imagine about 5000…

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  • Art Post: A Good Day for Flying
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    Art Post: A Good Day for Flying

    November 17, 2000 /

    For Claudia’s fanart contest! Harry and Cho. This was done in like, two hours, because I almost forgot ^^; I decided not to ink it, which I regret. bah. I could have done a lot better.

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  • when copy and paste wouldn’t work
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    when hipgal was not crazy in love

    November 16, 2000 /

    I’ve got another picture. (dead image link) An MSN messenger banner from hotmail. I don’t understand this. CoolChick says, “So are you in love(heart)?” HipGal says, “Definitely (thumbs down)!” Why does HipGal give a thumbs down? Is she unhappy being in love? I don’t understand this. She even adds the exclamation point AFTER the thumbs down. She must really be…

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  • when copy and paste wouldn’t work
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    when my site came back

    November 16, 2000 /

    yay, the idiot site is back! *snoopy dance*

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  • when copy and paste wouldn’t work
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    when i was dumb

    November 16, 2000 /

    Dude. I’m a moron. I wrote all that since I had nothing better to do. Then I realised, I can’t even update the blogger. The blogger is on my site!! Good grief… hey… it just published… ooooo… hmm.

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  • when my neopets died
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    when my neopets died

    November 16, 2000 /

    argh! My site is down! That’s all I’ve got to say, really. I just hope the server wasn’t, say, hacked or anything. That would be disasterous. I didn’t spell that right, I know. I don’t feel like spellchecking tho… And now my buttons on my browser have disappeared! There’s no back button! No forward button! No refresh button! What the!!…

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  • Art Post: Cammy (Street Fighter)
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    Art Post: Cammy (Street Fighter)

    November 15, 2000 /

    Ash and I were playing Xmen vs. Street fighter (or, rather, ash was on the computer and I was trying to get her to play). I decided to do a cammy fanart since I hadn’t done one in a long time, and she’s my fav! The foreshortening made her body look weird… oh well deal with it.

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    Sketchblog: Madison and Britan

    November 15, 2000 /

    This is a back-dated post! In 2016 I went back through my old sketchbooks and “rescued” a lot of my old, lost artwork, and I’m slowly getting them re-added to my archives.

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  • sketchblog: link
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    when i had an online sketchbook

    November 15, 2000 /

    wtf? my posts keep disappearing. Must have to do with the server… thing… blogger had. I dunno. It’s fixed now, they say. Anyway, as I said yesterday but my post disappeared, the sketchbook is now officially open. Go see!

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  • sketchblog: link
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    sketchblog: tiny yelling britan

    November 14, 2000 /

    I don’t know why this has turned so tiny. Sorry!

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  • when i burned to death in class
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    when i burned to death in class

    November 14, 2000 /

    I came ready for class today. It’s always cold in the computer lab, so I am dressed appropriately. For the first time, they have the heater on. I’m burning to death!! HELP!! I’m thorougly freaked… it’s 9:00 and NO ONE is here yet… except me and two other people. Was class cancelled? I hope. Ugh! Here comes people. damn.

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  • when i burned to death in class
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    when i froze to death in class

    November 13, 2000 /

    I don’t understand my classmates. Or anybody, for that matter. Ok, today, it was freezing outside. Admittedly, I’m very cold natured, and as soon as the temperature hits 60 out, I’m in my longjohns. But it was around 40 today, with a strong wind. It was cold. Very cold. So naturally I was happy to finally get into the warmer…

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My Costume History Day 50 - Hild from Oh! My Godde My Costume History Day 50 - Hild from Oh! My Goddess for Project A-Kon 2004 I was obsessed with this the second I saw it. Hadn’t planned on making anything new for A-Kon but I immediately ran out & bought fabric! This is built almost exactly like my Urd costume from 2002 from the base up - used the same dress pattern, used the same satin, just in navy blue. Altered the pattern to add the sleeves, the plunging neckline, and the very long train. All of the pink sections were made out of this crinkle fabric I found at Hancock - each piece mom & I made separately & sewed onto the dress. Couldn’t find a yellow ribbon I liked to do the edging, but Hancock had a yellow version of that same pink fabric, so I bought yardage of that and made all of the trim from it. Sewed it on around all of the edges of the pink sections. All of the “streamers” were interfaced and attach to the dress with brass rings. The whole thing zips up the back - and it’s all taped down in the front with toupee tape. The neckband, armbands and wristbands are all made out of the same yellow fabric - the neckband velcros on. The wrist and ankle bands are all made of carved foam, covered in yellow stretch fabric to allow them to stretch to be put on, and just the outer layer is covered in my main yellow fabric. The wig is 3 wigs - the main wig I wear on my head was my Amalthea wig from the year before, the ponytail is my Urd wig, and I bought another white wig to cut up to make the “fan” of hair at the top and the little pigtails coming out of the ornaments. The “crown” I made of foam, covered in my fabric and wired into the wig cap. The fan of hair is attached to it at the back. The ornaments were also wired in. The shoes I bought and they were THE most uncomfortable things I’ve ever put on my feet. The whole costume is crazy uncomfortable, from the super heavy wig to the taped up front, to tripping over the streamers and those SHOES. So I only wore this a couple of times! It was a LOT! But I loooooved it. Once of my favs. In 2023 I got it shot on the backdrop! Didn’t fit quite the same as 2004, but with letting out some seams, we managed. Loved how the photos turned out!
My Costume History Day 49 - Padme’s battle suit fr My Costume History Day 49 - Padme’s battle suit from Star Wars AOTC, for MidSouthCon 2004 Mom suggested I do this costume - and I decided it would be a good idea. By this point I was a Rebel Legion member and was doing a few local events a year - and neither my lake dress or my loyalist committee dress were ideal for events (I was mostly wearing loyalist back then - and I could not drive in it!) So an easier to wear costume was much needed! Headed to Hancock and found an off-white 2 way stretch fabric. I was pretty see-through though, so I had to get enough to double it. And I had to get some nude spandex too, because even doubled it was still a little iffy. Mom and I made the top without a pattern - the front panel with the stitching was a separate piece sewn on. I went at the bottom with a knife to tear it up, and added the rips to the back. The pants were just a basic pair of stretchy pants. The belt was the Rubies belt - though I did some updates later on, replace the base belt with a leather one and backing the pouches in foam. The armbands were originally just cardboard tubes painted silver - later on, my dad added segmented craft metal to them for me. Originally I just wore my Sailor Jupiter boots with this, and made the shinguard section for them out of layers of white vinyl painted and weathered. Not perfect but it worked for a couple of years. In 2006 I got new boots, and made new shinguards out of leather. They still weren’t perfect but it was a major upgrade. The hairpiece I made out of a clip-on ponytail, pipe cleaners and glue. It was heavy! In 2005 I added the cape - even though she doesn’t wear it with the ripped version, I wanted it for a layer of warmth for the ROTS events. Made it out of a blanket. I wore this a lot, until Leia kinda took over my life. In 2012 I decided to sell this (which I regret), but I did get it shot on the white backdrop before that. My plan was to completely remake it from the ground up to be more accurate, but of course I never did that, and probably never will now! Too many other things I’d rather make!
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!
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