thats me in the spotlight

T minus 2 weeks and 2 days til dragoncon. How did it sneak up on us so fast?? You know things are bad because I haven't packed "the old stuff" yet. Chase and I are trying to quasi-quarantine before the con, only going out when necessary. We've both still got hair appointments in the next week, and we'll have to do grocery/target a couple of times, but otherwise trying not to ...

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dangerous but irresistible pastime

I recently cleaned out my folder where I keep all my photos for my blog posts, there are some in there that have been there for ages. Among them I found this one: My sweet girl Speaking of cozy puppies, Skye stayed with me for a day while my parents went on a day trip. First up today I have some NEIGHBOR NEWS. The house behind us with the BEACON ...

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mama mia

Well here we are, it's monday again. And it's been another week of panicked flailing around for something to do to work on while dragoncon stares me down in the horizon. I spent pretty much all of last week doing little repairs on older costumes and what not. I fixed my broken Arwen necklace, finished sequining my Dorothy shoes (I started on that in 2006 then stopped halfway around a heel. ...

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hey remember how

remember how I called a post a couple of weeks ago "lost weekend"? Well I take that back. This was it. This was the lost weekend. Ugh! I was so excited to have a 3 day weekend and get a lot of costume work done. I ended up being so stuck that by Sunday I didn't do ANYTHING. We ending up binging the last 3 episodes of The Queen's Gambit (which I ...

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when it rains it pours

So hey remember how last week my grandma broke her back, I had to spend a very awful night with her in the hospital, and then my laptop died? Well we are apparently in a "season" because in the week after all that, I got sick, Luna got sick, and the AC in my sewing room went out. Today I will spread out the whining with photos of random stuff ...

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the goblin universe

Yall it has been a CRAZY week. I'm still not fully recovered from Friday. What was Friday, you ask? Well let's start at the beginning. I'll do some bolded titles so you can skip past the long bits if you don't want to read them. Enjoy some weird pics of Luna after I threw some money at her while I tell my picture-less story. A Broken Back and a Nasty ...

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with thunderous applause

Ugh it's Monday again. At least next week is only a 4 day work week with Memorial Day. Something to look forward to. Speaking of Memorial Day, I mentioned last week we were going to do a white backdrop shoot that weekend, because I really need Arwen and Eliza pics. But we decided to push it off to July 4 weekend, so we can focus on some house work before we have ...

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sail away

It's Monday again. And once again I really don't have much in the realm of sewing to show you guys this week. I did do a little. Excited about my new fabric, I decided to start messing around with Liberty Dies Padme. Decided that my smallest hoopskirt was closest to the right shape. It's not 100% but it'll work as a stand-in for now. Also decided that the Padme "Peacock" pattern ...

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please leave me alone

It's a Monday after I took a Friday off so of course I am super busy and everybody needs something from me all at once. Please just let me breath LOL. Also the internet keeps going down. I'm writing this post while it's down... hoping it comes back up soon so I can plug my photos in. I've got no sewing stuff to show this week. After finishing the jacket ...

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i wish you would find your chill

Speaking to myself. I normally don't sew much in Dec-Feb. I've made 2 full costumes (accessories not withstanding), and half of a disneybound already. I'm glad I'm getting ahead but also... like, calm down a little bit and stop feeling anxious if I don't have anything to sew. Like it's ok. I don't have a con til March, one in April, and I'm not making anything new for either. Well I ...

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