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FAQ Friday: All of my Costumes
Today’s question is… Just how many costumes have you done? It’s really hard to make a complete list. Everytime I try I end up forgetting something. But I’m going to give it a go. (I’m not counting costumes I made for friends, unless I also wore them at some point.) Last updated: June 2021 1. Star Trek TNG Uniform –…
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2014 Year in Review – 2015 Plans
It’s that time of year!! Time to look back at what I accomplished and what I… didn’t accomplish. So last year, I said I was going to make… 1. Willow – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Nope. Even though this would have been easy I just never got to it. 2. Johanna’s Interview Dress – Catching Fire I DID THIS ONE!…
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Dressform Pics – Last bit
Here’s the last few I didn’t have uploaded yet yesterday. Anne was a bit too big to properly spread out the train. Did the best I could in the space I had. I was surprised I was able to get Johanna’s shirt on the dressform at all, but somehow I did. And I’m amazed the collar piece fit. (Early on…
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Dressform Pics
Here’s everything so far. I’m only missing 3 actually so maybe I should have waited, but our server is down at work and I’m bored. Belldandy and Urd from 2003 and 2002, respectively. These two costumes have really stood the test of time. I knew Belldandy was in good shape since I wore her to Momocon earlier this year, but…
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Photo dump
Here’s a preview of some more photos from Saturday: (edit: photo link was broken and I can’t find this anywhere anymore, so I removed it!) I didn’t get any besides that uploaded – I was home sick from work yesterday so I pretty much slept all day. Anyway, as I’ve been going through my old hard-drives I occasionally come across…
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Saturday craziness
So Chase was supposed to have gone out of town this weekend, and I planned on a massive clean-up of my sewing room. My sewing room was a LITTLE messy after I got back from Dragoncon, but I dumped all my boxes and bins in there when we got home and it stayed like that. Then I had to dig…
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FAQ Friday: The Worst Costume Advice I Can Think Of
I’m tired of trying to give good advice, so here’s the worst costuming advice I can think of. 1. Don’t waste time doing research The best costumers just jump right in and make awesome stuff happen, like magic. 2. Don’t have a sewing machine and a needle and thread takes too long? Try Elmer’s Glue Don’t waste time trying to…
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Revisiting Old Photos: Again
So I’m still working on old pictures, and I’m finally in to 2007. That means I’m halfway done! The whole point of this project has been to upload bigger, clearer versions of my old pictures. A lot of them were only 500px tall, which is tiny by today’s standards, and were often fuzzy. Since I still have the full size…
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MCFC – part 2
Saturday pictures! I wore the TARDIS in the morning: The angels have the phone box! Then I have a ton of costume contest pics up in the set! Unfortunately Chase didn’t manage to get every contestant, but there’s a good number. Dramatic judging: More judging: I love how I look more like Donna Noble when I’m not wearing my Donna…
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MCFC
This weekend was a whirlwind! Friday I got into Johanna, since it’s Mockingjay weekend, and we ran up to the con for a couple of hours. I only took my little camera that night, so my handful of pics aren’t that great. Then we went and grabbed dinner and went home. Johanna was MUCH more comfortable in Memphis November weather…
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Anatomy of a Costume
This started going around facebook yesterday, and I thought it would be fun to make one, too. (And even though isn’t really an FAQ Friday, I’m using the FAQ Friday header.) I ended up not uploading it to facebook though – because there were so many thoughts and caveats I had about it that I thought I’d just make it…
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Revisiting old Padme Photos
I spent the weekend at my grandma’s, avoiding coping, doing some retail therapy and working on some old photos. I’ve mentioned it before, but I’ve been working on this project for almost a year now – replacing all my old costume pictures with larger, better versions. It’s a long project when you have as my costumes and costume photos as…
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FAQ Friday: Things Not to Say to Cosplayers
I know there was a fairly recent blog article similar to this a while back, and I don’t mean to step on anyone’s toes with it. But after a few weird encounters at a recent convention, I really wanted to throw my two cents into the ring. So, here are some things I’ve had said to me/said to friends, or…
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Halloween 2014
So, didn’t do much for Halloween this year. I did a sort-of Ginny Weasley costume for work – my cousin’s Harry sweater (so it was nice and big and baggy) over a yellow plaid button-up, a grey knit skirt, black tights and my grey uggs with my red/yellow gryffindor socks sticking out of the top. It was very comfortable –…
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FAQ Friday: Princess Leia Hairstyles – the Hoth Braid
Once again I’m posting 2 Leia hair tutorials today – again since these are similar I figure I’d post them together! Today I’m doing the Rebel/Endor hairstyle and the Hoth hairstyle – this post is for the Hoth braids 🙂 My notes for all of these Leia tutorials: -It’s been a long time since I actively studied these hairstyles –…
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FAQ Friday: Princess Leia Hairstyles – Rebel/Endor Braids
Once again I’m posting 2 Leia hair tutorials today – again since these are similar I figure I’d post them together! Today I’m doing the Rebel/Endor hairstyle and the Hoth hairstyle – this post is for the Rebel/Endor braids 🙂 My notes for all of these Leia tutorials: -It’s been a long time since I actively studied these hairstyles –…
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MCFC Costume Thoughts
Thinking about what to wear to MCFC – I’m not staying on site, so I’ll have to go home to change, which limits things to costumes that are comfortable for several hours and can be worn in the car. I’m thinking about: Marie Antoinette TARDIS Wasp Peggy Megara Trillian Valkyrie Marvel Girl That’s a decent selection, I think.
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A Halloween Retrospective
I love Halloween. It’s my favourite holiday. I love dressing up (obviously), spooky stories, fun decorations, parties, trick-or-treating, all of it. I do wish Halloween was still the same way it was when I was a kid – it’s become really watered down over the past couple of decades. Sad. Also, there is absolutely jack for grown-ups to do unless…
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GMX Pics: Part 2
Got the rest of my pics uploaded last night! A few pics of Sarah Sanderson from friday night: Time Lords visiting the Doctor… Kevin really was out of his element in this costume – the collar was uncomfortable for him, he had trouble walking in it – but he FELT really cool, haha. Peggy with a couple of Caps: I…
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GMX 2014 – part 1
Got back home late last night from GMX! I only have my iphone photos so far – which is mostly pictures of Kevin – but tonight I’ll download the pics off my camera. (Chase forgot his flash so no nice pictures from this weekend, sadly) In the meantime, here’s my little recap and a handful of Kevin pictures. Friday we…
