So last year I did all these little updates to Emma - mostly fixing the issue with the bottoms not reaching the corset, the cape closures. And then I didn't wear it last year. I made sure to bring it back this year and got into it on Saturday afternoon. However, after all that, I only wore it for maaaaaaybe an hour? Decided to wander through the walk of fame, ...
Starting out with some of my older costumes - less thoughts that way which is good cuz I don't think my brain is fully functioning again yet. So, nothing really new with the costume except the wig. My hair's gotten way to long for Donna as I mentioned before - so I got a wig late last year. A few weeks ago I redyed it to add a tiny bit ...
This year was weird. The bad: -First and foremost, Ash wasn't there. It just made the weekend feel off. -The crowds were really heavy. To the point I wasn't comfortable rewearing Marie Antoinette or Anne Boleyn as the weekend wore on. And it's not so much the amount of people - it's the lack of crowd control. Dragoncon could easily accommodate its current numbers with some more crowd control and ...
Last schedule thoughts: Friday I will definitely be at the Vintage Vogue Fashion Show, so I'll be over at the Hilton from 12:30-2:30. If I can manage I'll try to wear Anne a little longer than that, otherwise I'll probably be in her again Sunday. Saturday I'll be at the USO Girls/WWII shoot at 12:30 as Peggy, and later that night (8-ish) I'll be in Shadowcat with an 80s X-Men ...
Spent all last night running around the house, finishing packing, finishing projects. I don't know how we're going to fit it all in the car. This is just part of it: We've got: 4 garment bags 1 large costume bin 1 16x16x16 wig box 3 boxes we're carrying for friends 1 mini fridge 1 giant box of food Chase's costume bin K-9 Tom Servo 2 duffel bags Chase's camera equipment I'm sure I'm forgetting something. Anyway, ...
-Make collar and bracelet pieces for Johanna -Make earring for Johanna -Make bracelet for Johanna -Trim Johanna wig lace -Try on/clean up and finishing touches on Johanna -get eyelets set into Peggy belt -get buckle covered and attached for Peggy belt -paint my props for Peggy -recurl Peggy wig -assemble briefcase for Peggy -finishing resewing trim on Donna -paint crown piece for Anne -finish Marie Antoinette underskirt -steam hat ...
-Make collar and bracelet pieces for Johanna -Make earring for Johanna -Make bracelet for Johanna -Trim Johanna wig lace -Try on/clean up and finishing touches on Johanna -get eyelets set into Peggy belt -get buckle covered and attached for Peggy belt -paint my props for Peggy -recurl Peggy wig -assemble briefcase for Peggy -finishing resewing trim on Donna -paint crown piece for Anne -finish Marie Antoinette underskirt -steam hat ...
Before every Dragoncon, before every Disney trip, I always feel like Joey in, "The One Where Ross Got High." Yet I've never been able to find a gif of that so I could share my feelings with the internets. So today I made my own.
Woke up sick to my stomach this morning. Took some medicine and came into work but don't know that it's doing much good. Uuuugh I gotta go get my haircut today, don't have time for this. I packed a bit yesterday. Worked on getting the loose thread picked off Donna (where I had to pull up the trim and sew it back down). And got glue all over my hands ...
Finished putting the "bark" on the Johanna shirt last night - tonight I'll start applying the metal pieces/nail heads, and start on the collar and bracelet piece. I also got all of the hook-and-eyes and snaps attached to the dress to keep it and the shirt in place. Then I sewed on snaps onto my Anne Boleyn dress to hold the back and place. Between those two things I ...