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  • Art Post: Mara Jade
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    Art Post: Mara Jade

    April 14, 2005 /

    This was a doodle in my sketchbook… I decided to go ahead and colour it… I did most of it over my spring break, but just recently finished it. Not much to say about it.

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  • when i sang a song
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    when i sang a song

    April 9, 2005 /

    I love technology But not as much you, you see But still I love technology Always and forever

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  • Queen Amidala costume photoshoot!
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    Queen Amidala costume photoshoot!

    April 9, 2005 /

    Yeah it’s finished and I have nice pics!! In other news, everything has been CRAZY the past week or so… I know I’m backed up on comments and mails and stuff so I’ll try to get to them tonight or tomorrow. Right now, I’ve got a paper due monday that I must go work on…

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  • when i sang a song
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    when george lucas was going to be there

    April 6, 2005 /

    George Lucas is going to be at Celebration. I don’t care what you think of him, or the prequels… it boils down to the fact that the man whose movies shaped my childhood is going to be in the same building as me. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 20 years later I’m still dressing up as Princess Leia 🙂

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  • MidSouthCon 2005 pics!
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    MidSouthCon 2005 pics!

    April 3, 2005 /

    Ok, I’m just posting my favourite pictures here, real quick like before I go to bed (otherwise I won’t post them until like wednesday) All of them are here! I didn’t take the camera with me to the con friday – I wore my officer uniform. Then I headed home and got changed for the TRU midnight star wars thingie.…

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  • when i sang a song
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    when i discovered the problem of a new credit card

    April 2, 2005 /

    Man. A while back, my bank sent me a new card. I was like, what the heck, because mine didn’t expire until later this year. Turns out some numbers had been compromised (ash- com – promised) so they just sent everyone new cards (including ash, because she has the same bank as me). So that was cool with me! Nice…

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  • Today… Amidala Parade dress progress
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    Today… Amidala Parade dress progress

    April 1, 2005 /

    I’ve already been up to MidSouthCon today – just for a bit, I picked up my badge and looked around, and then I decided I better come on home so I could finish parade for tomorrow, haha. Here’s some random things I’ve done lately: -Sewed all Anna’s buckles on – one came off, so I put that one back on…

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  • when i sang a song
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    when the oxi-clean man was yelling at me

    April 1, 2005 /

    STOP YELLING AT ME OXI-CLEAN MAN!!!!!!!! *screams at him like Gollum*

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  • when i sang a song
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    when i could spell xochimilco

    March 30, 2005 /

    I memorized how to spell the city name Xochimilco just for my test today… and then he didn’t even show that slide. I was so disappointed. I felt like just writing Xochimilco at the end of the test just because I wanted to show that I could spell Xochimilco.

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  • when i sang a song
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    when i was uncle rico

    March 29, 2005 /

    On Saturday, we went to get our family portrait done for my parents’ church’s directory. After I tore the armrest off the only surviving pew from the fire that destroyed the original church in 1923, we were called back for a photos. First the photographer took pictures of us all together, then ones of my parents, and then ones of…

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  • when i sang a song
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    when i gave my thoughts on GOF

    March 28, 2005 /

    Goblet of Fire pics I guess I’m in the minority of liking Ron’s hair. Like, really liking. If it were any longer I wouldn’t. Harry, Ron & Hermione: good! Fleur: eh. *shrugs* I like her ok. I think she’s good, not great, certainly not my mental image of a part-veela, but… ok. Rita: Not at all how I imagined, but…

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  • when i finished the cloak
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    when i finished the cloak

    March 28, 2005 /

    My cloak is done!!!!!!!! YAY!!! still got stuff to do on it though.

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  • Yuck
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    Yuck

    March 26, 2005 /

    I hate sewing on netting. That is all.

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  • when cath and i had a puttputt adventure
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    when cath and i had a puttputt adventure

    March 26, 2005 /

    Me and Cath’s random Putt Putt adventure. AKA when Cath made up a story about wanting me to come play putt putt with her when all she wanted was for me to come get her and take her home so she could get her spare keys because she was locked out of her car at the putt putt place. We…

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  • when i sang a song
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    when goldfinger was on

    March 24, 2005 /

    Haha, Goldfinger is on the Love Stories channel. That amuses me for some reason.

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  • MidSouthCon 05 plans…
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    MidSouthCon 05 plans…

    March 23, 2005 /

    MidSouthCon is in a week and 2 days!! 😀 I’m so excited! The weekend is going to be so busy. Here’s the schedule: Friday: I’ll probably get there around 6:30 or so, get my badge… opening ceremonies are at 8 – I’ll be there in my Imperial Officer uniform. As soon as that’s over, I’m heading home and changing and…

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  • when i sang a song
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    when i was worried about indy for no reason

    March 22, 2005 /

    I feel really worried… like I don’t want to leave Indy at home today. I wish I could take her with me. If I were just going to work I would, but I have school too. And it’s not just that I don’t want to go… I just have a bad feeling.

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  • Some parasol pics of interest
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    Some parasol pics of interest

    March 21, 2005 /

    Here’s some pics of the parasol before it got covered with the fabric.

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  • when i figured i’d be really bad at time travel
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    when i figured i’d be really bad at time travel

    March 21, 2005 /

    Sometimes I think that if I could invent a time machine, I’d get all my money out of the bank and sell all my crap, and then go back in time like 80 years and live like a king, because my money would be worth a lot more back then! But then I think, if I took modern money back…

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  • Amidala petals again…
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    Amidala petals again…

    March 20, 2005 /

    Newly dyed petals – and my bike earning its keep! hehe. I finished all the petals, finally. They’re just pinned on here, because I started putting them all on to see how many I needed before I finished the rest of them. I don’t plan on dying the undyed ones – I’m just going to mix them in with the…

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My Costume History Day 82: Leia’s Hoth uniform fro My Costume History Day 82: Leia’s Hoth uniform from Star Wars, for Nashville Comic Fest 2006 A few posts back I talked about my Cloud City Escape Leia costume - of course, that was the basis for my Hoth Leia costume, since they are the same suit. I had intended to have Hoth Leia done for a con in Jan 2006, but ran out of time - but I did have the suit done, so I wore it as Cloud City Escape for several months before finally circling back around to finish the Hoth elements. The vest is made out of some lightweight lining taffeta lined in cotton, with batting for the quilting - modified a basic vest pattern, adding the quilting stitching and changed up the collar shape. Added the pocket in the front - Chase made my badge and it just slides into the pocket. The boots I bought from Delia’s LOL and I made the upper part out of two different grey faux suedes. They velcro closed over the existing boots. The gloves were vintage I bought on ebay. This is one of my fav Leia costumes - it was one I was wanting to get around to doing for a while. It’s also one of my fav hairstyles to do. I’d wear this way more often - if it was more comfortable! I debuted it at the Nashville con in October 2006, and wore it to several more cons over the next few years, and some various Star Wars events, but it was never comfortable because of the suit. (Did an event on my own one night that I had to drive to and had to unzip the suit and take it off to the waist to drive there, because I couldn’t sit and drive with the suit choking me LOL) I did also finally get to do a SNOW shoot with it in 2021 - I was worried about the snow messing up these old boots (they are starting to make concerning cracking sounds when I wear them now), but I figured if they get messed up, that’s more impetus for me to finally remake this! And yes, one of these days I AM going to remake this from the ground up. It’s long overdue. But I have to get around to my rebel briefing room/Endor remake first, because it’s even older and in even worse shape. One thing at a time...
My Costume History Day 81: custom mandalorian from My Costume History Day 81: custom mandalorian from Star Wars, made for Dragoncon 2006 My 501st garrison (Southern Outpost at the time) had all started making their own custom mandalorian kits. Chase had one too, so I wanted one for myself. I made the vest out of some heavy black twill, with black pleather trim on the bottom edge, red piping, and red suede panels in the front. The undershirt and I pants I made out of a grey stretch knit which I weathered pretty extensively - I also added a bantha skull to the sleeve, and some more of the red suede panels to the side of the pants. The capes were my fav part - there are 2 layers, one of my leftover red suede, one of black suede, and one of a really cool distressed black chiffon. They are all attached at the shoulder of the vest with a button. Chase made all of the armor for me - the chest plates and shoulder pieces are all heat formed plastic and velcro on. I think the knee pieces he already had from something else. The “gauntlets” are repainted and weathered shinguards. The belt I bought - Chase made my belt buckle, and added a holster and some other little greeblies to it. The helmet we bought online - maybe from someone on the RPF? - can’t remember. Chase painted and weathered it for me, and also added some lights. Modified a blaster and added a blade to it and used some scrap fabric to add some wrapping to it. Debuted this at Dragoncon 2006 for the big mandalorian group pic we did in the bottom of the Hyatt (and right after, I changed into Huttslayer in the public bathroom right there for the Leia shoot in the same area LOL). It was a lot of fun — at one point while I was wearing it, two little boys came up and asked for a pic with me. After the pic, they said thanks and I said “you’re welcome” and they both screamed “IT’S A GIRL!” and ran away LOL. I wanted to do some upgrades to this after, but never got around to it. I did dig it up and clean up a few things in 2017 and did a photoshoot after a snow storm, but besides that and the white backdrop, that’s pretty much all I’ve done with this. The pleather parts are falling apart now, but maybe one day I’ll get it wearable again.
My Costume History Day 80: Corde from Star Wars, f My Costume History Day 80: Corde from Star Wars, for Dragoncon 2006 I loved that there were post-blast promo images of Corde from AOTC - & I thought it’d be fun to make THAT version. As mentioned in my 2004 Leia costume post, I started making the robe, decided I didn’t like the fabric & started over. Well I still had that half-finished robe, and that became my Corde underdress. I got the sleeves added & finished it up. For the outer robe, I got a white fabric at Hancock and white satin for the sleeve linings. Modified a robe pattern. The bulk of the work for the costume went into recreating the pattern all over it - I made 2 stamps, & then sat for days stamping the black and gold design all over the robe. It’s not 100% perfect but it’s the best I could do in 2006, and I’m still pretty proud of it. I made the appliques out of some black suede leftover from the mandalorian, and glued them on. Once the robe was finished — then it was time to destroy it LOL This was really hard to do after all the time stamping it! I wrapped my dressform in plastic, put my robe on it and took it all outside and started throwing dye on it. Once I had a base “dirty” color I started going in with black and red paints for burns and blood. The beaded neckpiece was actually a beaded shawl my grandmother had given me a while before - I added some onto it but it worked great as-is. The wig was a lot of fun - I built up the shape with foam, covered in fabric, and then heat-shaped the wig hair over the forms. The center was a cardboard tube I painted. The great thing was that if I messed up, that was fine, it was supposed to look messed up LOL I debuted this at Dragoncon 06, and used black and brown eyeshadows to dirty up my face, along with my fake blood from my battle Padme. I was soo happy with how this turned out! My plan was to next take it to Celebration... but we got engaged and realized with a wedding to plan, Celebration 07 was out of the question. So I ended up not wearing this again for a long time. Finally did the backdrop shoot in 2012. It’s still here - I had it out for a video not too long ago! Maybe I’ll bring her back to Dcon this year for her 20th anniversary LOL
I put together a simplified Starlord outfit for Ke I put together a simplified Starlord outfit for Kevin to wear on our Disneyland trip last month, but it ended up being way too hot for the jacket. So he wore it at @hsvexpo instead. I wore my Scarlet Witch - so we kinda sorta matched? Same universe anyway 😹 meanwhile, Chase was wearing Beefsquatch from Bobs Burgers and didn’t match at all! 😹 (but definitely got the most attention!)
Chase and I wore Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati at @hs Chase and I wore Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati at @hsvexpo this weekend as well - it was a lot of fun, though I think I got my knee armor on the wrong knees and I now have a rubbed raw spot on both knees 😹
Had an absolutely fabulous time at @hsvexpo this p Had an absolutely fabulous time at @hsvexpo this past weekend. So much fun getting to hang out with friends and wear some costumes! Big thank you to @ashleyeckstein for being so cool & kind to Kevin!
My Costume History Day 79 - April O’Neil from the My Costume History Day 79 - April O’Neil from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, made for Dragoncon 2006 So much of my costume content as an adult has roots in things I loved as a kid. I loved TMNT, and I had all the major action figures - except April. I could not find the April action figure anywhere. Well, my dad had to go on a business trip to LA, and my mom and I got to come along as a vacation. One day while we were on a bus tour, we stopped at a little shopping center and... there she was. It wasn’t even a toy store but they had a little display of TMNT action figures, and they had April. Mom got her for me! (even though I’d already gotten a lot of other stuff at a cool toy store I found earlier in the week - they had SOOO many Breyer horses!) In summer 2006 when Chase said he wanted to do a Leonardo costume (because he’d come across the mask), the little-kid part of my brain went PING and I said OK and I’ll do April! Something about having or being the lifesize version of a beloved toy really scratches an itch. I got on ebay and found a vintage 70s jumpsuit and bought it to modify - when it arrived, it was clear this was a homemade outfit, it was so cute. A bonus of that was that the pants had been hemmed but there was a LOT of fabric in the seam allowance - possibly to let out in case the owner grew more? LOL Whatever the reason was, it was enough that I could cut it out and use it to make the pockets on the chest, without even losing the length of the original pants. I made the belt out of some white marine vinyl, used boots I already had and bought the wig. I didn’t have a fantastic 80s camcorder to carry, but I did have a late 90s one, so I carried that as a prop. (And now I’m wondering, did I actually record anything? Do I have some lost Dragoncon 06 footage somewhere? Hmm.) We had fun wearing these together at Dcon - in fact I wore it more than planned, and that’s why I never got around to wearing Kenner Leia that con. This was the only time I wore it though - pulled it out for a white backdrop shoot in 2012/2013, and then sold it to a new home.
My Costume History Day 78 - Kenner Princess Leia f My Costume History Day 78 - Kenner Princess Leia from Star Wars, made for Dragoncon 2006 I thought it would be fun to translate the original Kenner action figure Leia outfit into real life, and set about to do it for Dragoncon 06. The jumpsuit is made of the jetset knit - and I made it the same as my ANH Leia dress from a few months before, 2 big “T” shapes sewn together, except this time I split the skirt section down the middle and made it into wide legged pants. I also gathered the bottom of the sleeves into cuffs, and skipped the hood. The big vinyl cape I made out of some white marine vinyl - I basically just took a photo I found of the action figure cape laid flat and blew that up to use as a pattern. Cut the arm holes out, and added some wire hooping to the hem in the collar section to help it stand up. Made the belt out of silver belt I bought, with some silver button covers added. So I got this made for Dragoncon 2006... and I never wore it. I took too many costumes and did not have time to wear them all - so I figured, this one is easy to skip, I’ve got plenty of other opportunities to wear it. Aaaand I never wore it. It got tossed in a bin and forgotten about for years. (Fun fact, sometime in 2006-ish I also started making a poster Leia dress - it was like 75% done and I lost it. I think it got tossed in a cleanup.) In 2012/2013 when I pulled out a bunch of old costumes to sell, I included this one. I took some pics of it on my dressform for the listing, and my friends were like “you need to put that on and take pics in it before you sell it!” So I did - next white backdrop shoot, I finally put this on and got pics in it. Unfortunately that point, it wasn’t in perfect shape anymore - the original belt had disappeared so I had to use a stand-in, and the cape was very wrinkled, and no amount of careful steaming and pressing could get them all out. BUT I am glad I got some pics in it before I sold it to a new home. I think I would’ve been SO pissed at myself now if I hadn’t. It was a fun addition to my Leia collection and I’m glad to have it properly documented!
My Costume History Day 77 - Padme’s Lake Dress, ve My Costume History Day 77 - Padme’s Lake Dress, version 3, from Star Wars, for SDCC 2006 Yep, we are already at version 3 of my Padme Lake dress saga - if you go back a few posts you’ll find my 2nd version from earlier in 2006, which I wasn’t all that happy with. I sold it to finance making this third version. Off to Hancock for fabric. This time for the underdress, I got some white spandex. Is that accurate? No, but I ended up loving the spandex for it. For the outer dress, I found this really lightweight, so so soft silk blend. Starting with the underdress, I used the same pattern from version 2, Vogue 7797, but I altered it a bit more than version 2, making the lower part of the dress longer, and much fuller and wider. I dip dyed it in the sink once it was done. The outer dress was what I really wanted to improve from version 2 - so this time I got some cheap fabric at Hancock, and used that to do a mockup I could use a pattern. I got it all draped on my dressform and figured out my shapes, wrote my notes directly on the mockup, and then used that was my pattern to cut the real fabric. I did a gather at the sleeve seams and sewed them together, and also added some fitted spandex sleeves underneath to help keep them in place. Once I had the outer dress basically done, I dip dyed as well - around midnight like 2 days before we left for SDCC. Annnnd I messed it up. I got the yellow way too far down and it was like HIGHLIGHTER yellow. I freaked out and ran and woke my mom up, she calmed me down and luckily found a box of RIT dye remover which thankfully worked. Started over being more careful this time with less dye and it worked better second time around LOL Still skipped the satin edging - we’ll get to it next time don’t worry! Same accessories carried over from version 2. Debuted it at SDCC 2006, and got some fabulous pics outside during the RL photoshoot. Also wore it in the Dcon parade a few months later. And that was about it for this version - did one photoshoot (pre white backdrop) before I dismantled it in 2008 for parts. But we’ll get to that in future posts! You’ll see parts of this one appear in version 4 and my disneybound...
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