I've gotten a few requests asking me to explain how I do my makeup for my Donna Noble costumes, so I figured I'd make a post to direct people to. First and foremost I need to issue a disclaimer: I am NO makeup expert. Like for real ya'll. Seriously. I have no idea what I'm doing. Ok, so now that that's out of the way, here were my references for ...
This one was a lot harder to compile than the Most-Worn. I've had a ton of costumes I've only worn once or twice, for various reasons. I pared down the list by not including costumes that are too recent to have been worn more than once or twice, or old costumes I only made for fun, shot a few pics, and then sold. Even after all that, I still had ...
I knew a couple of my costumes I've worn the most, but when I actually counted I was surprised by some of the other "top 5." To be fair, I didn't count the times I wore something to a local 501st/RL troop; if I had, Leia would be at #1. The only reason I didn't count them was because I simply can't remember them all. I did include photoshoots, however. But ...
People are always asking me how many costumes I have. I made this collage a while back to help myself keep up with them. There's a handful of things missing but it's most of it. The year I made the most was 2003.. ah the good old days when I had much more time and money to spare :P (And if you're wondering how I've made so many, I've answered that ...
I thought I'd go a little more in-depth on our Hocus Pocus costumes than I did on my construction page. I had a lot of fun making them and didn't get to share it here on my blog as much as I would have liked, since they were supposed to be a surprise! Firstly I started out by digging up some references and luckily for me they had been on ...
I clean out my makeup bin once a year, usually the week before dragoncon. I'm doing it a bit earlier this year, so I can start buying what I need over the next few weeks instead of one (annoying) lump right before the con. I figured I'd share pics and what I take in my kit. For makeup in general: various sponges 4 kinds of foundation (1 powder for casual, 3 liquid for ...
Today's question is... How do I have time/money to make so many costumes? I get asked this a lot. It's something I don't answer very often because, well, it's a slightly complicated answer. The money part of the question is the easiest to answer though, so I'll start with that! Here's my bag of tricks to save money making costumes. 1. COUPONS & SALES I hardly ever buy fabric if ...
A question I get asked a lot - understandably! - is how I keep & store so many costumes. (If you've stumbled on my site from elsewhere, I have a LOT of costumes.) I can tell you figuring out how to store them all isn't easy, especially when I also have a husband who costumes and all the geeky stuff we collect. Let me start at the beginning, and I'll ...
Almost every year, when I post my Dragoncon planned costumes, I always get a few comments or questions regarding how I manage to wear so many costumes. Well I'm going to tell you my secret... at conventions, I really don't do much of anything else but wear costumes. This right here is what we do most of the time at Dragoncon (or any convention) - sitting around and goofing off: ...
Orko is one of my favourite things I've made over the years so I'm happy to do this little write up for mermush on twitter. It's been a while since I made him so I'm sorry if I forget anything/something doesn't make sense! Everything I used: a small teddy bear a small bouncy ball for the head Doll's straw hat (got mine at hobby lobby.) purple, red and black ...