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  • when i got a good workout
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    when i got a good workout

    March 31, 2003 /

    I haven’t posted much lately, but I have been distracted… by 2 things, which I will come to in a minute. Friday I did… something, but now I can’t really remember what. Saturday I went and WORKED OUT! It felt good, I got a good workout. I’m going to start going on a regular basis. I’m gonna be so buff!…

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  • Art Post: Susan Sto Helit
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    Art Post: Susan Sto Helit

    March 30, 2003 /

    Art reference for my upcoming Susan Sto Helit costume!

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  • when i fought dumbledore
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    when i fought dumbledore

    March 29, 2003 /

    I was using google image search to find pics of the Gryffindor Quidditch uniforms, so I could draw my reference picture. Out of nowhere pops up this picture… none others of mine, just that one. WEIRD. I had forgotten about that pic. I think it was something from WOFS. I think there was a ‘sequel’ picture that had me running…

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  • when I loved Tim
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    when I loved Tim

    March 28, 2003 /

    I have this shirt… it’s a sleeveless light pink shirt, and on the front it says “I (heart)” and underneath that it has a little clear pocket you can put pictures in. So if you put a pic of my dog in it, it would say “I love (picture of Indy).” I bought it cause I thought I could put…

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  • when i got a good workout
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    when i reviewed buffy again

    March 26, 2003 /

    Happy birthday Tanja!! Buffy tonight was pretty good. Wood got on my nerves a bit, I’ve liked him in the past but he’s starting to grate my nerves. Loved the flashbacks for Spike… I love seeing William, it cracks me up. Giles kinda pissed me off tonight too, but I lurve him so I’ll let it slide. Did not miss…

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  • when i got a good workout
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    when my lotr action figures needed to watch tv

    March 24, 2003 /

    Watched the Oscars last night. It was entertaining. Yay for Chicago. Next year – LOTR!! And a big ole HELL HECK for Spirited Away! Oh yeah, and Catherine – who is in Malta right now – stayed up all night so she could watch the Oscars. She said they ended at 6AM this morning, so she didn’t go to her…

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  • when i got a good workout
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    when i watched trading spaces

    March 23, 2003 /

    A few remarks on stuff I have watched lately: Angel – second time I’ve ever seen it, and I liked it. I recorded it (it comes on at midnight here) and watched it last night, since it leads up into the new Buffys. I’ve never been a fan of Angel himself, so I never really bothered to watch his series……

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  • when i got a good workout
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    when i couldn’t go to nimbus

    March 23, 2003 /

    Oh, btw, I’m not going to Nimbus this year. It’s out… too much other stuff going on this summer – Akon in june, AX in july and Dragoncon in august. Just don’t have the extra funds or time for another one squeezed in there. Maybe next year…

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  • when i got a good workout
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    when i was suspicious

    March 22, 2003 /

    Mom is putting together this little photo album with pics of all my costumes in it, so she can show them to people. God. I guess it’s kind of a neat idea… you know, when I’m old and grey I can pull that photo album out and think, “… gosh, I was SUCH a loser.” I find it fishy that…

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  • when i got a good workout
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    when i needed thin mints

    March 20, 2003 /

    I’m pissed at the moment because I was going to stay up late and watch Angel tonight (first time ever, Willow’s going to be on there – it comes on at midnight here), and now it’ll probably be pushed back even later because of all the crazy news right now, if it comes on at all. Why do the news…

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  • when i got a good workout
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    when i was going to draw us

    March 18, 2003 /

    OH! I forgot. I want to re-do mine, ash’s and cath’s pictures for lazy eternity, so I was going to draw each of us as a character. I was thinking either… Stick with powerpuff girls… me as blossom, ash as buttercup and cath as bubbles. LOTR girls… don’t know who would be who yet, but arwen, eowyn and galadriel. Hogwarts…

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  • when i got a good workout
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    when there was too much advil

    March 18, 2003 /

    So this morning I was not feeling good, was in one horrible evil mood and made a very loud, angry post about various things I wanted to bitch about! And then blogger ate it. That just ticked me off even more! I was in that wretched mood until I took 3 walgreens knock-off Advil… I usually take 1 but I…

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  • Sketchblog: Wizard Kevin
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    Sketchblog: Wizard Kevin

    March 15, 2003 /

    Kevin is a wizard

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  • when kell went crazy
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    when kell went crazy

    March 15, 2003 /

    No TV and no beer make Kell something something…

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  • when i got a good workout
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    when we were in jackson

    March 13, 2003 /

    Things! -Have not read book for homework due tuesday. -Too hot to draw. Palms sweaty. Yuck. -Got new clothes. Costume stuff. Faramir action figure. Hellsing v. 4. X-Men 1.5. -Saw My Big Fat Greek Wedding and The Four Feathers. Big Fat Greek Wedding was cute. Four Feathers was boring. -Went bowling. Did not win. Did batting cages, hit all but…

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  • Arwen wig!
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    Arwen wig!

    March 10, 2003 /

    I got a new Arwen wig, to go with my chase dress and the new one I’m making later this year!

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  • when it was time for spring break
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    when it was time for spring break

    March 9, 2003 /

    I’m off to my grandmother’s for the week. I’ll still have limited net access as usual (1-2 hours late at night when no one will be telephoning. and I have to share that time with the others :P) Bye bye!

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  • More Integra progress
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    More Integra progress

    March 7, 2003 /

    Realised I had a jacket that would work, and better boots that would work. still need to finish the belts and cross pin.

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  • when i made a to-do list
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    when i made a to-do list

    March 6, 2003 /

    I’ve been wanting to do a little daily comic strip, just a silly sort of thing… I may test run it next week while I’m gone in the daily sketch and see how it feels. The thing is – and the reason I’ve avoided doing comic strips – is that I’m not good at that punchline at the end it…

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  • Yuffie progress!!
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    Yuffie progress!!

    March 6, 2003 /

    I got my sweater but haven’t done anything to it yet, it’s just tucked up here. Also got my shoes and socks!

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My Costume History Day 85: Wonder Woman (Alex Ross My Costume History Day 85: Wonder Woman (Alex Ross style) made for MidSouthCon 2007 I wanted to do a Wonder Woman costume for a few years at that point so I finally buckled down and started putting it together for MidSouthCon 07. I decided I wanted to do base mine on her Alex Ross-style suits. I bought the red pleather corset and blue/white star swimsuit bottoms on ebay, along with the boots! That was the easy part! For all of the armor pieces, I wanted them to be metal. My gauntlets are made out of silver craft metal and velcro closed at the wrist. The tiara, chest piece and belt are all gold craft metal which Chase patterned, cut and assembled for me. It all velcros onto the bodice, and on the tiara, we glued some craft foam onto the back to make it a little more comfortable. The red star was from the craft store. The lasso was some gold braided trim. I really love how it turned out! It felt so cool to wear, though I had to watch out for hugging people - the head of the “eagle” on the chest piece poked out and I could easily poke somebody if I gave them a hug LOL And the gauntlets could bite me if anyone grabbed my wrist (looking at you @kitkatmemphis LMAO) Despite the safety concerns, I wore this a lot over the year - having a super recognizable costume is always really fun. (I also wore it to an event at a school, where the velcro decided to peel off the bodice while I was standing in front of a group of kids. I had to quickly cross my arms to push the chestpiece back into place, and then basically keep that pose the rest of the time to keep it on LOL) Originally wore a long black wig with it, but after that wig got turned into my Ame-Comi Wonder Woman ponytail in 2008, I switched to a shorter wig. Never loved that wig, but that’s what I had to use when we got this shot on the white backdrop in 2009 (one of the first costumes we shot on the backdrop!) and I really wish I’d just gotten a new wig for it. Oh well. I sold this in around 2012-2013-ish after I made an updated version in 2009.
My Costume History Day 84: Random costumes circa 2 My Costume History Day 84: Random costumes circa 2003-2010 This post is to talk about some pre and post 2006 costumes that are just silly little things that don’t warrant their own post. Jubilee from X-Men, for Dcon 03. I put this together for my cousin to wear to Dcon, but of course I had to put it on too. Bought the yellow jacket on ebay, made boot covers out of blue knit, and spray painted a pair of sunglasses. Wig was my Yuffie wig. Dazzler from X-Men, made in late 04. I had bought this bodysuit for a project that didn’t pan out, so I turned it into Dazzler. Made the collar out of marine vinyl covered in silver lame, and the belt out of the same lame. Made the mask out of scraps and spray painted my childhood skates silver. I realized if I tried to wear this at a con with those skates, I’d break a leg LOL So I never wore it anywhere and these pics are all I have to document it. A few years ago most of it got thrown away when I discovered the skate wheels were crumbling into dust. Random Elf from late 04 - my parents gave me this purple velvet for Christmas, and at first I was going to do Arwen’s hope gown, but couldn’t figure out the sleeves, so I made a cape instead. I’ve worn this with soooo many costumes over the years, so I think that was a good decision! Spider-man swimsuit from SDCC 05 - I wanted a nerdy swimsuit. That didn’t exist back then, so made it with a Kwiksew pattern, red and blue spandex, and painted the lines on with fabric paint. Sadly the stretch has died in the fabric now and it’s unwearable. Village Belle version 1 from Dcon 06 - Quick change version intended for a skit that didn’t happen. The back was so ugly I never wore it. I think it eventually got thrown away. Casual Jean Grey from Halloween 09 - threw this together for Halloween at work. Sewed an X-Men symbol onto a black knit top I made. Wasn’t even hemmed, everything else from my closet. Kiss the Girl Ariel from Halloween 2010 - also for work Halloween, this was my Briar Rose bodice and shirt with my village Belle skirt and my Phoenix wig with my Britan. Entirely made of other costume pieces LOL Once day I’ll dig it out and take real photos of it.
My Costume History Day 83: Dorothy from the Wizard My Costume History Day 83: Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, for Halloween 2006 We had a cairn terrier named Kes at the time, and for a while we were going to do a Wizard of Oz group around her, even though she was wheaten cairn and not black. It never really worked out, but I eventually did decide to do Dorothy for Halloween in 2006. There’s not a lot to this — it is straight up the Simplicity Dorothy pattern with no mods. Got the blue checkered fabric at Hancock, used a white cotton for the blouse with blue rickrack. Bought the ruby slippers, basket and stuffed Toto at a costume store, and added more sequins to the slippers. Wore this Halloween night and it was fun and comfy. Of course took some pics with Kes. And then I didn’t touch it again for over 10 years LOL In 2017 I was like, I need to get this costume catalogued shot on the backdrop, so I got it out, gave it a really thorough ironing and steaming (it was sooo wrinkled). I also updated the socks - I bought some stockings at Spirit Halloween and dyed them blue. I also decided I wanted to do the braided look instead of the hair down I’d done in 2006, but I knew my own hair braided wouldn’t look thick enough, so I braided my Belle wig. I really love how the backdrop photos turned out! And it made me kinda fall in love with this costume. (It also FIT me way better in 2017 than it did in 2006.) After that it became a regular rotation for options to wear around Halloween. Most recently I wore it to visit my grandma at her nursing home - her birthday was in October, so I’d usually go in costume because she loved to see my costumes, and her birthday being close to Halloween made that a good excuse LOL. This one was a great option for that because it wasn’t large or unwieldy to wear in that enviroment, and it’s something everybody recognizes. Unfortunately after that excursion, as we were walking back to the car, one of my ruby slippers completely fell apart LOL. Guess you can’t count on 20 year old costume shoes to last...!
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!
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