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In which I had a heart attack
Ok so yesterday I got home from work. I’d been planning all day to lay down and take a nap as soon as I got home because I swear I STILL have not caught up on sleep from Dragon Con. So I lay down and turn on a podcast (which just happened to be a true crime podcast, episode about…
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it’s a sims post with no pictures
I have a Sims 4 story for you guys. But I forgot to send myself the screencaps so I’ll have to add them in later. (EDIT: Now with pictures!) DISNEY PRINCESS SURVIVOR So I like to play “Survivor” games where I just put a bunch of characters in an empty lot and see what happens. This one happened to be…
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Downton and other stuff
So Friday at Dragon Con last week, I almost fell while wearing Dolores. I was going down those short steps between the Hyatt and the food court, there by the chair lift, and I misjudged my step and nearly fell. I managed to grab onto the rail and keep myself from totally falling over… but managed to twist my foot…
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site updates
Well because I was so lazy about taking photos of my own costumes I’m finding it really hard to update my portfolio! I don’t have good enough pics to make the website pieces. Chase said we could do a photoshoot of all 4 of my new costumes soon, so I will probably hold off ACTUALLY updating until I have those…
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dragoncon 2017
Uggggggggh I’m back at work today and feel like a zombie. Came back to a TON of stuff too so double Uggggggggh. BUT! It’s time for this year’s Dragon Con recap. So Chase had originally planned to be doing a scooter trip that weekend, so we were both going to be out of town – but Hurricane Harvey put a…
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i wanna go
Where’s my Joey “I Wanna Go” gif? There it is. The past two years when we haven’t been doing a “full” Dragon Con I’ve been totally fine with it up until it’s upon me. I’ve been totally fine with not being there today. Up until today. Now I’m not ok! Especially since I’m sitting at work. 1.5 hours down, 6.5…
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it’s almost time
It’s dcon time. Well almost. Uuuuugh I still have to get through a day and a half of work. I just wanna GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO seeing everybody already on the road or already there is driving me crazy. I’ve got everything packed and ready to go, except the headdress since I’m still hand-sewing on it… I’ve got a space left for it…
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we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet
Finished up a few things last night. Got it all packed up. Still working on Lucy’s headdress — but I think that’s about it at this point. I’ve got to finish the handsewing on that and it’s taking forever and making my fingers ache. Everything is packed except for that lower part of the headdress (that I’m still sewing on),…
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a gigantic post
Warning you now, I have a ton of photos today. Going to start with probably the least interesting thing. Sims screencaps. And they’re not even screencaps. I literally just took photos of my monitor, because I’m lazy. It never fails that anytime I’m in the final crunch of finishing stuff before a deadline, my brain is like, “Ok, let’s play…
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a pretty girl is like a melody
Ok so I promised today I’d post more about the pink thing. So this thing has a massive, giant head-dress. It’s a showgirl costume basically. Comically large head-dress, if that gives you a hint. So I wanted to find something to use as a base to build it off of. I found this massive crown on amazon: And on me:…
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blah
LOL I have apparently already had 10 other posts named “Blah.” This is “blah 11.” I am almost done with everything. Should be finished up this weekend… in fact everything is looking good enough that I’m switching my days off around. I’d originally put down I’d be off next Thursday and Friday (even though we aren’t leaving til Friday). I’d…
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Dragon Con Thoughts
So as I’ve mentioned I won’t be there Thursday – we aren’t coming in until Friday morning, we’ll probably get into town around 1 and after getting to the room, getting our badges – probably won’t be “done” and ready to actually do stuff til like 3 probably. At the moment, here’s what I’m definitely bringing: The Pink Thing Mon…
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turn around bright eyes
I’m not off work today unlike my entire family so I’ll be watching the eclipse from the parking lot at work. And I don’t have any glasses or anything so I won’t actually see the eclipse. I do have some welding glass but according to what I’ve read it’s not dark enough. And I also forgot to get new breakfast…
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ugggggggggh
I have had an on and off again migraine for an entire week now. Rain keeps moving in/weather keeps shifting and it keeps making it flare up again. This is frustrating. I really don’t have anything to share today. All of my progress pics are secret for the moment because they would give away what the pink thing is. I’ll…
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i need a nap and pizza
Everything is back to normal in our house. Luna is no longer in hiding. We will try again after Dragon Con. I was just exhausted yesterday and ended up with another flipping migraine. Still got a decent amount of work done on the hat. Can’t show any photos tho. Sorrrrrrrry. I bought some big pearls for this project and can’t…
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rock and roll
So this weekend was…strange. Thursday I had a hair appointment after work — to get my Mon Mothma wig trimmed! This was the before. I didn’t think to take an after. He cut a lot off to thin it out! Looks much better! And also my ribbon for the white medieval dress came in: So pretty! I got some more…
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a big white marshmallow
Got home from work yesterday and discovered that my fabric from Dharma for my 4th dragoncon costume had arrived! I got 10 yds of their “Essex” cotton/linen blend. It’s really nice, I was really happy with it! Night before last I’d gotten all my pattern pieces out and ready so after dinner I got all the pieces cut out pretty…
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whooooooooa
Hi! First up is the great news that my international shipment of stuff for the Pink Thing IS IN THE US!! It went through customs yesterday!! The projected delivery date was 8/8-8/22 and 8/22 was pushing it WAY too late so I’m so relieved that it’s here in the states and hopefully will start moving my way later today/tomorrow. I…
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shiny sequence gown
I’ve spent the past few days working on the sequin applique for the bodice. I made a pattern, then cut that out of my leftover pink satin and the sequin fabric, folded the sequin fabric over the satin and stitched it down, pressed it, and then hand-sewed it into place. Then I went around the edges with my sequin trim.…
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get to work
So I had a long weekend; had friday off. Wednesday and Thursday I finished up my Bespin updates. Thankfully it ended up being easier (and quicker) than I expected. I took the trim off the tunic, opened it up at the back seam, flipped it and cut off three inches. Flipped back around, pressed it, tried it on – I…
