• huntsville con report!
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    huntsville con report!

    Hey look I actually titled a blog post what it’s actually about. Yeah a couple of days late with this. Wanted to gather up all the pics first including the ones from Chase’s camera. So Thursday I get off work and go to take a nap and as I lay down, I get an idea. And I have to go…

  • photoshoot – round 2
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    photoshoot – round 2

    Oh hey so yeah I totally didn’t post last week. Monday was crazy busy I was like, I’ll just do it tomorrow and then I forgot. Not like I really had much to post about anyway. Outside of the photoshoot I have basically done nothing except play Star Wars Lego. Let’s start with the interesting stuff – photoshoot results! Hild…

  • adventures in old costumes – again
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    adventures in old costumes – again

    Hey if you saw my photoshoot post from Friday you might have seen me mention I wanted to do another photoshoot day while everything was still set up… Well we’re doing it this weekend. What am I shooting? First up – HILD! I’ve had Hild on my list to get shot for a looooong time because in the back of…

  • photoshoot pics yay
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    photoshoot pics yay

    Well it took me longer than I thought to get the rest of these cropped and uploaded but here they are at last. Started the shoot with Dapper Leia because I wanted my “real hair” costumes to go first. I forgot to do any pics with my sunglasses but not too upset about it because I really didn’t like the…

  • no resolutions
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    no resolutions

    I generally don’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore, but I saw somebody say their resolution is to “pet more dogs” and that’s what I’m going to use from now on if anybody asks about my new year’s resolution. I didn’t post last week which was not great because now I have to try to remember everything that happened Christmas weekend.…

  • 2022 costume wrap-up and 2023 plans
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    2022 costume wrap-up and 2023 plans

    I want to do my wrap-up today instead of a regular post. I may still do a mini update post later today. So as usual let’s start out by seeing what I said I wanted to make in 2022 back in December 2021. 1. Finish Utena – YES! 2. Lady Jessica – YES! 3. Padme’s Packing Gown – YES! 4.…

  • why is it so monday in here
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    why is it so monday in here

    Boy what a strange weekend. But let’s rewind back to Halloween since I hadn’t talked about Halloween night yet. I wore Wanda that night to hand out candy: But we had such a low trick or treater turn out 🙁 We have this one group that gets driven around on a trailer, about 25-ish kids all come pouring off of…

  • any questions??
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    any questions??

    Happy Halloweeeen! So last week, Tuesday night, I got out all of of costumes for the weekend and did repairs/updates. That night I reglued my Wanda front piece back to the bodice (probably wearing it tonight but even if I don’t it needed to be done) and fixed Kevin’s jedi Luke boots — last time he wore them, one of…

  • welcome to 43
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    welcome to 43

    I guess this means I’m entering year 25 of blogging. I started when I was 18, before the word “blogging” was even around. i called it “free talk” at the beginning. Anyway not much to post this week – again – except birthday stuff. Didn’t do much on my birthday. Chase had his dates off and thought my birthday wasn’t…

  • its the dragoncon post
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    its the dragoncon post

    Ok let’s get this thing over with! Wednesday morning we were up before the sun, headed over to Ash’s house to pick her up. This was absolutely the tightest packing job we’ve ever had… That’s my purple duffel bag shoved in sideways in the front, which resulted in my (somewhat pricey) makeup remover spilling everywhere. Thankfully I keep all spillables…

  • 2022 costume wrap-up and 2023 plans
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    and we’re back

    This morning was the first time my feet HAVEN’T hurt going up and down the stairs in our house, and I’ve regained feeling in the little toe on my left foot. Unexplained bruise, scrape on my ankle, and spots of eyeliner i still can’t get off are still hanging around, along with a non-stop migraine I’ve had since before dragoncon.…