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Organization
Trying to get my sewing room clean; it’s slow going. I’ve been trying to tackle it for over a month now. I did have to rearrange my patterns. I was bursting at the seams – I used to keep them in 3 little fabric square drawers, with some oversized ones stuffed under one of my chest-of-drawers and more in plastic…
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Donna wig
I got my new Donna wig in!!! It was so cold out yesterday that when I got it out the mail and opened it up and put it on my head, it was like putting a block of ice on my head. I trimmed the bangs up real quick, and straightened it a bit. The bangs still need some clean-up…
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More reworked princesses
Here’s my next set of reworked 365 artwork. Alice: fixed eyes, dress and feet Wendy: fixed proportion issues, skirt hem, eyes Mary Poppins: pretty much a completely new image. everything was redone. Jessica Rabbit: hair colour and eyes Meg: eyes Esmerelda: eyes Giselle: eyes Charlotte: eyes Blue Fairy: fixed torso proportions, eyes and nose. Jane: fixed eyes and umbrella, and…
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2013 Year in Review
2013 on its surface looks like I was a lazy bum on the sewing front this year. So, first, let’s look back at what I said I wanted to accomplish in 2013: Romana I Yes! I actually did this one! Yay! an Edwardian dress No. I did a ton of planning for it, got fabric samples, and then decided it…
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New Photos!
I’ve been adding a lot of new photos over the past few weeks! I’ve got new pics for Batgirl, Ripley, Utena, and Belle’s blue dress! And I finally finished adding pics from Halloween to that set in the events section.
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FAQ Friday: Cleaning your costumes
Today’s question is… How do yo keep your costumes clean? I’m going to start this off with a story. Several years ago, I bought a used costume piece from someone. I figured it would make things easier and cheaper than buying it new/making it myself. Well, first it was like pulling teeth to get this person to mail it to…
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Random thoughts
So, pretty much all the time I’m wearing a costume dress or skirt, I’ve probably also got shorts or pants on underneath it. Or, sometimes, for whatever reason, wearing jeans or something over a superhero costume. Exhibit A, B, and C: And for whatever reason, guys tend to want to comment on this in a condescending, snarky way. (I haven’t…
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Batgirl Pics
I’m in love with the shots we took on the white back drop after MCFC! There were so many I liked I had trouble weeding them down to pick out which ones to post. But here’s a few. My favourites are up in my portfolio and the rest are over at my flickr account.
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Um, no
Several several years ago, our local newspaper posted an article about one of our local cons. I found it by happenstance, just from googling around afterwards looking for pics. Well, they had used an AP photo from San Diego Comic Con for the article. That was the only image for the whole article. And I’m like, as long as this…
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MCFC!
Been busy the past few days! But Saturday we headed over to MCFC for a few hours, and it was a lot of fun. I wore Batgirl. Although since I’d curled my hair AND it was warmer out than I’d thought it would be (thus I was quite toasty) I never wore the cowl at the con, just carried it.…
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Weirdness
Strange coincidence. Or maybe not? All I can guess is strange coincidence. Hotel for the convention I’m going to tomorrow calls me on my cell phone yesterday. I didn’t answer since I didn’t recognize the number, but googled it afterwards to see who it was. No voicemail left. That wouldn’t be all that unusual except I don’t have a room…
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GMX 5 Photos!
Our photos from GMX are up! Event section and costumes are updated with new pics!
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GMX 2013
Well it’s a week later, I guess I should finally post about GMX, huh? We drove up after work on Friday! We got in later than we expected but we got into the room fast, and I threw on Trillian and we hung out downstairs, and went to the Favor panel! Kevin in the Falcon cockpit! Kevin was doing the…
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Halloween, part 2
Yesterday’s weather was awful. It rained and stormed all day, with high winds. Last year we didn’t have as many trick-or-treaters as before and the weather was fine, so I figured, this bad weather is going to chase the bulk of them off – I’ll be surprised if we get 5 trick-or-treaters. At least we had good candy that would…
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Halloween!! (Part 1)
Besides our Hocus Pocus photoshoot, we’ve already done a handful of Halloween-related events, so I thought I’d go ahead and post a few photos. Last week I actually won a contest on facebook, getting free tickets to go see a showing of Hocus Pocus on the big video screen at Redbirds Stadium. Kevin and I both wore our Hogwarts uniforms,…
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MORE Hocus Pocus
OMG. I am in love with pretty much every photo from this photoshoot and just want to post them all. Here’s a handful of favourites. The rest are here! Or, if you want to know more about how I made these costumes, visit my portfolio!
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Hocus Pocus preview
Sorry I’ve been so MIA lately, I didn’t have a Throwback Thursday queued to post today. Blah. Just been busy and such. So the only news of any import is that we did a Hocus Pocus photoshoot this past weekend. YAY! Haven’t gotten them all yet but here’s a preview. I’m really excited about the rest. We didn’t do them…
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Reworking Dr Forrester
I pulled Dr Forrester out today to rework it for GMX. This was it originally, last year for Halloween: I just made it very quickly and straight off the pattern, so it was too big. Which was fine for something fun and comfortable for work, but I wanted to rework parts of it to wear to a con. I added…
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Fluttershy and Romana II Photos
Here’s some new shots of my Fluttershy and Romana II costumes…! My Fluttershy shots were much needed. I only had a handful from Dragoncon and none by myself. And the Romana II pics too: My portfolio’s been updated with these and the rest are over at my flickr account.
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Dragoncon Room Got
Booked our Marriott room for Dragoncon 2014 way too easily this morning. Am extremely suspicious.
