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Disney excitement
I desperately need some Disney in my life right now. I’m so glad we have this trip coming up. Disney package paid for – check! Rental car booked – check! Dining reservations made – check! Universal tickets bought – doing that tomorrow! Getting there: As I probably mentioned before, we’re driving for the first time this trip. I haven’t driven…
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My Disney Book
I’ve kept myself busy this week creating a little guidebook for our Disney trip (26 days!). At Barnes and Noble last year I saw this adorable tiny Disney guidebook – it was small enough to carry in a pocket, and had neat fold out maps and everything. And I really wanted it. Not that I necessarily needed the information… but…
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FAQ Friday: All of my Costumes
Today’s question is… Just how many costumes have you done? It’s really hard to make a complete list. Everytime I try I end up forgetting something. But I’m going to give it a go. (I’m not counting costumes I made for friends, unless I also wore them at some point.) Last updated: June 2021 1. Star Trek TNG Uniform –…
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Christmas
So yeah…. with that, Christmas was kind of an unhappy blur. She did get to spend Christmas with us – she got to go everywhere and see everybody and get lots of kisses from the whole family, so that was a blessing in the midst of everything. But, to attempt to focus on more happy stuff…. I got some really…
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Indy
I wrote a nice memorial post for Calvin when he passed last year. I can’t do the same for Indy. There aren’t the words. We said goodbye yesterday. She was my baby and a part of me is gone forever. She lived to be 18 years old. She got me through the worst of high school, through college, through 3…
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2014 Year in Review – 2015 Plans
It’s that time of year!! Time to look back at what I accomplished and what I… didn’t accomplish. So last year, I said I was going to make… 1. Willow – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Nope. Even though this would have been easy I just never got to it. 2. Johanna’s Interview Dress – Catching Fire I DID THIS ONE!…
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Dressform Pics – Last bit
Here’s the last few I didn’t have uploaded yet yesterday. Anne was a bit too big to properly spread out the train. Did the best I could in the space I had. I was surprised I was able to get Johanna’s shirt on the dressform at all, but somehow I did. And I’m amazed the collar piece fit. (Early on…
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Dressform Pics
Here’s everything so far. I’m only missing 3 actually so maybe I should have waited, but our server is down at work and I’m bored. Belldandy and Urd from 2003 and 2002, respectively. These two costumes have really stood the test of time. I knew Belldandy was in good shape since I wore her to Momocon earlier this year, but…
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Photo dump
Here’s a preview of some more photos from Saturday: (edit: photo link was broken and I can’t find this anywhere anymore, so I removed it!) I didn’t get any besides that uploaded – I was home sick from work yesterday so I pretty much slept all day. Anyway, as I’ve been going through my old hard-drives I occasionally come across…
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Saturday craziness
So Chase was supposed to have gone out of town this weekend, and I planned on a massive clean-up of my sewing room. My sewing room was a LITTLE messy after I got back from Dragoncon, but I dumped all my boxes and bins in there when we got home and it stayed like that. Then I had to dig…
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FAQ Friday: The Worst Costume Advice I Can Think Of
I’m tired of trying to give good advice, so here’s the worst costuming advice I can think of. 1. Don’t waste time doing research The best costumers just jump right in and make awesome stuff happen, like magic. 2. Don’t have a sewing machine and a needle and thread takes too long? Try Elmer’s Glue Don’t waste time trying to…
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Doctor Who… the hell cares?
(title taken from a MST3k riff and totally not meant to be dismissive.) I’m disenchanted with Doctor Who. When I first started watching, Series 5 with Matt Smith had JUST started. It took us a while to catch up to Series 5, but when we got there I was all excited by the prospect of a new doctor, a new…
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Diiiiiiiiiidny
So, a few thoughts…. 1. We booked our Fastpasses! Friday night (technically Saturday morning – Orlando time) I logged in and booked our fastpasses. There wasn’t a TON we wanted to do, since Chase isn’t big on rides and most everything else we’ve done a lot. We just missed the Mine Train when we went earlier this year, so that…
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Revisiting Old Photos: Again
So I’m still working on old pictures, and I’m finally in to 2007. That means I’m halfway done! The whole point of this project has been to upload bigger, clearer versions of my old pictures. A lot of them were only 500px tall, which is tiny by today’s standards, and were often fuzzy. Since I still have the full size…
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Windburn
I had a nice holiday weekend. Thanksgiving itself was kinda crazy – we had TWO Thanksgiving lunches to go to that day, one at 11 and one at 1. So much foooood. Friday Luna went to the vet and got fixed! While waiting to pick her up, we went to see Big Hero 6 which was cute. I especially liked…
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MCFC – part 2
Saturday pictures! I wore the TARDIS in the morning: The angels have the phone box! Then I have a ton of costume contest pics up in the set! Unfortunately Chase didn’t manage to get every contestant, but there’s a good number. Dramatic judging: More judging: I love how I look more like Donna Noble when I’m not wearing my Donna…
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MCFC
This weekend was a whirlwind! Friday I got into Johanna, since it’s Mockingjay weekend, and we ran up to the con for a couple of hours. I only took my little camera that night, so my handful of pics aren’t that great. Then we went and grabbed dinner and went home. Johanna was MUCH more comfortable in Memphis November weather…
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Anatomy of a Costume
This started going around facebook yesterday, and I thought it would be fun to make one, too. (And even though isn’t really an FAQ Friday, I’m using the FAQ Friday header.) I ended up not uploading it to facebook though – because there were so many thoughts and caveats I had about it that I thought I’d just make it…
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Revisiting old Padme Photos
I spent the weekend at my grandma’s, avoiding coping, doing some retail therapy and working on some old photos. I’ve mentioned it before, but I’ve been working on this project for almost a year now – replacing all my old costume pictures with larger, better versions. It’s a long project when you have as my costumes and costume photos as…
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FAQ Friday: Things Not to Say to Cosplayers
I know there was a fairly recent blog article similar to this a while back, and I don’t mean to step on anyone’s toes with it. But after a few weird encounters at a recent convention, I really wanted to throw my two cents into the ring. So, here are some things I’ve had said to me/said to friends, or…
