So I posted a silly video on my tiktok yesterday about why I don't do commissions and I used Bespin Leia as an example of an incredibly in-depth costume project that I'd NEVER EVER do on commission - I mean, I'm not gonna do anything on commission but in particular THAT ONE - mostly because 95% of people who ask about something like that don't understand how much it would cost ...
Another year, another year in review! 2018 was a crazy year of packing and moving. Trying to make stuff in between packing, in between moving, while living with family with 90% of my stuff in storage, has been hectic to say the least! So to start off with, here are the projects I said I wanted to do in 2018... 1. Finish new Leia - Sort of. 2. New TFA Leia underdress - YES! I ...
because it's been a loooooooooooooong day and I'm bored. Name 4 cosplays you've done: I'm going to try to name as many costumes as possible while only using 4 names. 1. Princess Leia (19) 2. Padme (11) 3. Belle (9) 4. Donna Noble (6) Got 45 costumes just out of those 4 names LOL God that sounds obsessive. Name 4 dream cosplays you want to do one day: 1. Another Queen Amidala 2. Revamped She-Ra 3. a Downton Abbey costume. started one a couple of years ...
Going back through some of my oldest posts about costumes I want to do and I found some hilarious ideas and notes and thoughts. I am going to comment on some of these. Here's some costume ideas I wrote down back in 1998... I underlined the parts I find funny.
Costume Idea #1. Chun-Li. So it’s been done to death. But I’VE never done it. And it would be ...So a while back, I wrote a post about our white backdrop shoots, and... it has disappeared. I can find my "WHY" post, but not my "how" post. So, I'm posting a new one! For a quick recap, we started doing white backdrop photoshoots in 2009. I wanted to specifically recreate the Sally Jupiter "pin-up" art from Watchmen, and brought the idea up to my photographer husband. He thought that sounded ...
So prepping for this weekend's photoshoot has consumed my entire week. But before I dig into that, I guess I should show the results of my Anna Valerious wig re-curling: It's not perfect but I am pretty darn happy with it, and it's miles ahead of where it started out. I may wear it for Ozma too, instead of the Arwen wig! So I started pulling out costumes for Saturday's ...
I call this, "The Agony of Dragon Con"
cosplay questions... everybody's favourite... my favourite to blog and everybody else's favourite to skip reading! 1. One of your best cosplay memories? I know it says "one of" but here's a few... my first DragonCon (mind blowing!), Disney group with my best friends/meeting Chase in 2005, almost running into Stan Lee in 2010 then him giving me a hug in 2012, our tipsy moms dressed as hobbits at Dragoncon 04, finally convincing my husband ...
There's this whole notion built into us as a culture surrounding two girls showing up to prom/a dance, wearing the same dress. When it happens in movies or tv shows, cattiness ensues. Then you get the whole "Who Wore it Better?" blurbs in magazines when two starlets have worn the same dress at one point or another. Oftentimes with a poll at the bottom so viewers can vote who ...
When I see someone post a costume photo and it's labeled/titled/described as nothing more than "cosplay girl." (bonus if there's absolutely no costumer/photographer credit, either.) It's not just one person or website doing this. I've seen it for years, multiple places. In some cases it may be a case of not knowing who the character is. But generally, no. Instead of posting a photo and putting in ...