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OMG
Something today made me think of The Heavenly Horse from the Outermost West by Mary Stanton. I was OBSESSED with that book, and it’s sequel as a kid. I was digging around on deviantart today and there’s actually FANART. Not a lot, but it’s there. The 9 year old in me is overjoyed. I think I need to dig up…
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It’s Halloween – Time for Spooky Stories
So I was just going to link my ages old posts on spooky stuff I have here on my blog from my livejournal days – but they’re so old that they’re hidden, so I decided to just rewrite them and share them with a decades-later perspective. I grew up loving ghost stories – especially “true” ones, and admittedly had (have)…
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Halloween!! (Part 1)
Besides our Hocus Pocus photoshoot, we’ve already done a handful of Halloween-related events, so I thought I’d go ahead and post a few photos. Last week I actually won a contest on facebook, getting free tickets to go see a showing of Hocus Pocus on the big video screen at Redbirds Stadium. Kevin and I both wore our Hogwarts uniforms,…
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Adventures in House Hunting
My way home from my new job takes me right by a house we looked at when we were house hunting back in 2009, so yesterday in my head I was reminiscing about it and some of the other places we looked at. We looked at a lot of short sales/foreclosures, since we could possibly get a bigger house for…
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MORE Hocus Pocus
OMG. I am in love with pretty much every photo from this photoshoot and just want to post them all. Here’s a handful of favourites. The rest are here! Or, if you want to know more about how I made these costumes, visit my portfolio!
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Halloween is one week away…..
Do I have time to rush-make a complete costume for your Halloween party? You’ve waited til exactly a week before Halloween to ask, and you want it for 1/10 the price of what I would charge even IF I did commissions? Oh, so now you’re asking to borrow one of my costumes? So, overall, the answer is…
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Hocus Pocus preview
Sorry I’ve been so MIA lately, I didn’t have a Throwback Thursday queued to post today. Blah. Just been busy and such. So the only news of any import is that we did a Hocus Pocus photoshoot this past weekend. YAY! Haven’t gotten them all yet but here’s a preview. I’m really excited about the rest. We didn’t do them…
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Disney Excitement
I have developed a code system so I can relate to Chase how excited I am about our upcoming Disney trip. Code Purple: The moment when we agree we can start planning our next trip. Code Blue: The quiet moment of joy that comes when we’ve paid off our trip. Code Yellow: Those moments when you’re thinking about something else…
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story of my life
My (old) job, for a long time now, was like reliving the beginning of Rumplestiltskin over and over again. I’ve felt like the miller’s daughter, being locked in a room with piles and piles of straw and told to turn it into gold. And everyday, by hook or by crook, I managed to get it done. I went home tired,…
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Reworking Dr Forrester
I pulled Dr Forrester out today to rework it for GMX. This was it originally, last year for Halloween: I just made it very quickly and straight off the pattern, so it was too big. Which was fine for something fun and comfortable for work, but I wanted to rework parts of it to wear to a con. I added…
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Fluttershy and Romana II Photos
Here’s some new shots of my Fluttershy and Romana II costumes…! My Fluttershy shots were much needed. I only had a handful from Dragoncon and none by myself. And the Romana II pics too: My portfolio’s been updated with these and the rest are over at my flickr account.
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Dragoncon Room Got
Booked our Marriott room for Dragoncon 2014 way too easily this morning. Am extremely suspicious.
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FAQ Friday: Most difficult costumes
Today’s question is… What was the most difficult costume to make? What was the most difficult costume to wear? To make, I’d say Yuuko – and you’d probably say, huh?! Because who would think my answer would be Yuuko. It was just one of those projects that was problem after problem to the point that by the end, I was…
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Halloween
Yay! It’s October! I’ve been using that gif everywhere.
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Why white?
I’ve had a few people ask me over the past few years why I shoot my costumes on a white backdrop. Well, let me back up for a second and kinda go off topic; I’ve had people ask why I photoshop the background out of my costume pictures before. I don’t, they’re shot on a white backdrop as can be…
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YES
I gave my two weeks notice yesterday. Starting my new job Oct 15. Not going to say much more about it right now. Just I’m super super excited. It’s a little paycut and I won’t have as much PTO (I’ve been at my old job for 11 years. I had a butt-ton of PTO) so it’s a completely new start,…
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Halloween Costume Help
I never mind helping anyone build a costume, ever. As long as I have time, I always try to help other costumers out, because I’ve gotten a helping hand myself countless times. Helping each other is one of the biggest positives about the community. That being said, I have been inundated with commission requests and requests for help on costumes.…
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Apologies
Sorry I haven’t posted much lately. There’s not really a lot to talk about. It’s the normal post-Dragoncon lull. Besides that work has been stressful so I’ve been spending a lot of time just trying to relax and falling asleep early every night. My sewing room is a disaster. Even though I put all my Dragoncon costumes away the weekend…
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Story Time
So, I’m selling what’s left of my Quidditch costume from 2003. The robe disappeared years ago. I loaned it to somebody – I don’t even know who now – and either I didn’t get it back, or when they gave it back it was stuffed in a bag and lost forever. Either way. It’s gone and has been gone since…
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Moooore pictures
My Runaway Bride Donna from AnimazeGuy: I looove this one, I look so sassy face. And I love these Romana shots from Eurobeat Kasumi! This one is my fav: And me on K9’s monitor. He had the GoPro on that night and was broadcasting to the monitor. Annnd this photo edit from Chasing Photography, inserting me into this piece from…
