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This week
So here’s a list of costume stuff I’ve gotten done this week: -bought stuff for a costume I wasn’t planning on making – – -unfolded some material – – – – – -made a to-do list
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Me & Walt
I love how whenever I get emails from WDW about our reservation, gmail shortens the conversation so it looks like this: Yeh, just me and Walt talking about my vacation, nbd.
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This is me today
I booked our Disney World vacation for next year
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welp
Yesterday Chase and I went through a big list of costumes I knew I would have time to make and budget break-downs of each, and we came to a decision on a particular costume that, if I have extra time, I might make for Dragoncon. And then last night we went to the thrift store to find him some Zaphod…
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More progress stuff!
So yesterday after I got tired of fooling with the Zaphod jacket, I cleaned up my office and moved on to my other dragoncon project. Here’s some pics. Sculpting a thing The bodice I was talking about That’s actually the inside lining. I haven’t gotten to the outer layer yet, but last night I got all of the pieces cut…
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Zaphod In-Progress
I’ve been trying to get Chase’s Zaphod coat done over the weekend. It’s mostly finished at this point; I need to press it again, and do the front closure. I don’t have buttons for the front yet, so that’ll have to wait. I miiiiight take the sleeves up a bit once we get the rest of it together. I think…
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Calvin
Mum called me Thursday night, Calvin passed away. I guess with a cat 19 years old it wasn’t necessarily unexpected, but the thought of him actually being gone is so strange. This cat has been in my life for 19 years. I mean, look at what a baby I am in this pic with him as a kitten. I mentioned…
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random
Can we just talk about this pic for a minute? It looks like I just punched a guy to the floor and then posed for a picture.
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Donna Runaway Bride progress
Thanks to Chase being sick all last weekend and then me being home sick this week, I’ve nearly got the beading on Donna done! I threw it on this morning to see how it was looking. The train ended up being too long, but I’m not shortening it because I like it and it’s pretty. Also, Kermit is sticking out…
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Do what
One of the questions I get a lot from random people is how do I wear so many costumes at Dragoncon? (On average, I usually wear around 12 costumes at Dragoncon.) Let’s say an “average” non-costumer is at Dragoncon for the same amount of time as we are (4 1/2 days). Each day they wear a different change of clothes.…
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sicky
Well, we don’t know if maybe Chase had food poisoning or a virus and I caught it, because yesterday morning I got sick. I tried to go on into work, but after an hour of sheer exhaustion, fever and nausea I realised it was futile and went home. I couldn’t even walk from the living room to the bathroom without…
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various stuff
Well, Friday, I added the panels into my Donna Noble skirt and started beading, and Chase and I went out for sushi and saw Monsters University (it was cute). Aaaand then the next morning Chase woke up with food poisoning. I felt so bad for him! So I spent all day Saturday doing more beading, so I could stay nearby.…
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Dragoncon Dreams
So last night I dreamt that I was at Dragoncon with my Donna wedding dress still in the state it currently is. I was freaking out because it wasn’t finished, particularly because I didn’t have a veil. So I’m in the hotel room, trying to hot glue scraps of chiffon together to make a veil (for some reason I had…
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Donna Runaway Bride progress
This went together fast! I bought the fabric for this last weekend, and started on it during the week. I had a little bit of hang-up with the upper portion, my first pattern tweaks didn’t work out and had to revisit and re-cut them. Here’s the satin parts pinned onto the dressform, from Thursday, I think? And here it is…
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Donna Noble Make-up
I’ve gotten a few requests asking me to explain how I do my makeup for my Donna Noble costumes, so I figured I’d make a post to direct people to. First and foremost I need to issue a disclaimer: I am NO makeup expert. Like for real ya’ll. Seriously. I have no idea what I’m doing. Ok, so now that…
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blargh.
I don’t really want to go into details, but this past week has been rough. So I dove into sewing!! I kinda put Romana to the side for a bit, since I was tired of breathing in feathers and fur (I bought a mask to wear, so I can finish it up without hacking out feathers!) and started on one…
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Romana I progress
Here’s the mostly finished dress with the wig. This weekend I got the cape put together, although I ran short of fabric for the hood. I ran out and got some more yesterday so I’m going to finish the base of it up this week. Here it is with my feathers pinned on: I started on one of my other…
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Romana I dress!
So I pretty much finished my Romana I dress last night. First, the MST3K shot because I watched Catalina Caper last night. Even though it’s kinda impossible to read. Then, before I put the sleeves on: One sleeve on: And mostly done: I may need to take the sides up a bit. I like the way it fits right now…
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Dragoncon Inspiration Post
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Flying & Conventions
Let’s break it down. In 2002, I flew to 3 conventions. 2003, I flew to 4. 2004, I flew to 4 again. In 2005, 4 again. In 2006? I flew to 2 events. 2007? 0. 2008? 0. 2009, 2010, and 2011 each had 1 convention we flew to. 2012 was 0. 2013 was 1. So what happened? Well besides life…
