• Romana I Ribos Operation References
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    Romana I Ribos Operation References

    I’ve been digging today, trying to find the best reference I could for the brooch-thing on the front of the Romana Ribos Operation dress. And after digging for hours I realised there isn’t really one good place with a collection of photos of this dress. So I thought I’d share the best references I have of the costume for anyone…

  • Memorial Day Weekend
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    Memorial Day Weekend

    I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. After four days of sleeping in, it was really hard to get up and come to work this morning. Saturday we went to Chris & Leah’s wedding in Nashville. It was really pretty – wish we could have stayed longer but we drove back home that night. It was a fun quick…

  • Dragoncon questionnaire
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    Dragoncon questionnaire

    Dragon*Con Questionnaire What’s your badge name? kelldar I think it is anyway. I may have changed it this year. I can’t remember at all. Where are you staying? Marriott – been there every year since 2002. What day are you arriving/leaving? Arriving Wednesday leaving either Monday or Tuesday. Will you be cosplaying? What days? As whom? (edit: photo link was…

  • Thinking
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    Thinking

    I was thinking of making Donna’s Runaway Bride costume for Dragoncon. That’s NOT the 4th costume I had in mind; but it would be cheaper and quicker to make. It’s going in the maybe pile for now – I’ll see how things are looking in July. I’d definitely make it instead of buying something; it would be an easy two…

  • Romana I progress…
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    Romana I progress…

    So as I mentioned I completely screwed up the front of my Romana dress and had to order more fabric to re-do it (so; in case you’re counting, that’s 16 yards worth of fabric I’ve poured into this dress thus far.) I remade the front section yesterday; I decided to do the pleated section has a separate piece on top…

  • Hair part 2
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    Hair part 2

    I didn’t think my hair was that much longer, but when I compare it to 2011, yeah, my hair practically looks shoulder length in 2011 pics. Which means it only took me 4 years to get over the hair chop of 2009 😛 Boy did I regret that hair cut.

  • Dragoncon 2013 Costumes
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    Dragoncon 2013 Costumes

    So, I have my Dragoncon costume schedule pretty much finalized. Not sure I’m going to do that fourth one I mentioned; just depends on time and money. But, here’s what we stand on them: 1. Romana I As you can see from my most recent post I messed it up! LOL. I ordered more fabric and I’m hoping to have…

  • Romana updates
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    Romana updates

    Well I kinda messed up my Romana dress this weekend and had to order more fabric last night. So there’s really nothing to post about the dress besides that. I did start playing with the cape. I’m going to need more feathers, but I was just getting an idea of what it was going to look like:

  • My Least-Worn Costumes
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    My Least-Worn Costumes

    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,…

  • My Least-Worn Costumes
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    Costumes I’ve worn the most

    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…

  • FCBD and May the Fourth
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    FCBD and May the Fourth

    This past weekend we went up to Jackson for two events! Free Comic Book Day at Books-a-Million, and Star Wars Night with the Jackson Generals. We stayed friday through sunday with my grandparents, which is always fun. I was hoping they’d get to come out and see us at the baseball game but unfortunately the rain kept them home! Anyway,…

  • Dragoncon Thinking
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    Dragoncon Thinking

    Now that C2E2 is over I can start planning Dragoncon stuff. I’m only planning on making 4 new costumes for myself; maybe only 3. I’ve got a work schedule worked out, and if I finish the 3 first ones by August, then I’ll go ahead and tackle the 4th (the 4th will be easy to make; it’s just budgeting factors.)…

  • Last set of C2E2 pics
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    Last set of C2E2 pics

    These are from Chase’s camera! First up the pics he took of my Fionna costume: And he got this great shot of my backpack: And glaring at him on the escalator: And Donna pics! The Rose is Megan Lara, I’m so glad I was able to find her to get a pic with her! and a few Ms Marvel pics……

  • c2e2 pics – part 2!
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    c2e2 pics – part 2!

    I got the photos from my camera uploaded last night! First up, here’s the finished Fionna costume. It was so comfortable and I can’t wait to wear it again at Dragoncon. I didn’t get a lot of shots of it at C2E2 so I may have to do a photoshoot before then. The guy doing the chalk art all weekend…

  • Home from C2E2!
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    Home from C2E2!

    We had a good weekend in Chicago 🙂 But I’m glad to be home! I haven’t got my pictures downloaded yet, but I’ve got a handful of photos off my phone to share right now. I’ll post the rest in another entry later on! We left Thursday night, and we were on a TINY plane! Kevin and Chase were bumping…

  • Then & Now: a costume meme
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    Then & Now: a costume meme

    Digging back in my blog archives, I found a costume meme I filled out in July 2002. I decided to add my new 2013 answers to it. 1.Name: 2002: kell 2013: kell (oh i’m so glad I’m still kell.) 2.Cosplay Name: 2002: kell 2013: kelldar (I just expanded.) 3.When did you first start costuming?: 2002: 1998 2013: 1998 (some things…

  • C2E2 2013!
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    C2E2 2013!

    We will be at C2E2 next weekend! I’m really excited because I’ve always wanted to go! I’ll be wearing Ms Marvel and my brand new Fionna (Adventure Time) costumes on Friday, and Donna Noble on Saturday! If you see me please say hi!