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Arica and Supergirl progress
last night’s movie of choice: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind I started out with dyeing my Mara Jade/Arica netting – I couldn’t quite get it dark enough with either dye, though. So now it’s dry and I’m considering what step to take next. I need to order my skintone fabric soon – I’ve tried looking locally and can’t find…
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Dragoncon photoshoots & Schedule
I tried not to sign up for too many photoshoots this year. I get tired of running around “I have to be at the photoshoot at 10 hurry up!! because then I have to change and be at photoshoot at 11!!” you know? But here’s where I’ll specifically be: Friday: Ladies of Gotham (in Black Canary) – 6pm Saturday: Parade…
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steady workin… Supergirl and Black Widow
Last night’s movie of choice: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Project: Bodice for Surprise costume #2. I got the two sides put together and figured out, started getting the boning cut. Will at least get it to grommet stage tomorrow. I’m excited about it so far, my idea for it worked out fine, hopefully things will continue to go…
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an interesting link
This is a great read & food for thought for costumers: Your opinion? What makes you think I want it?
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a note
When I was taking that pic of the Donna Troy suit last night – I wanted to take it just straight on the front… but everytime I tried I realised, “this is nothing but a picture of my boobs.” So we ended up with the slightly to the side. It’s still pretty much a pic of my boobs, though, just…
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Donna Troy Progress Pic
Yesterday I had a wonderful surprise – my MST3K dvd set I preordered last month came a day earlier than I expected! It has Jack Frost on it, which is one of my favs and I lost my copy a while back. So I popped it in and got a lot of work done last night. My Donna Troy fabric…
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heart attack
or, “Hard Attack” as my cousin once wrote. Woke up this morning and found an email from the Atlanta Marriott Marquis confirming our reservations for Dragoncon – again. I didnt’t know why, I already had a confirmation email from them. I clicked on it and quickly realised the difference – it was confirming Thursday-Monday instead of Thursday-Tuesday. I dug up…
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Photoshoot: Anne Boleyn, Wonder Woman, etc
I’m a pic posting machine! That’s the last of them, though. Four sets of photos is a lot to upload when the uploader on flickr doesn’t work right for me! I’ve still got Huntsville pics and our cruise pics to upload soon. I’m not going to rush, though – I’ve got a lot of sewing to do. Which brings me…
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Then and Now: Wonder Woman
Got my Selene and Wonder Woman photoshoot pics uploaded to smugmug tonight. Just got Anne Boleyn left to upload. A comparison… The difference between 2007 and 2009… 2007 was a store bought corset with metal chestpiece, vs 2009 hand-made bodice with chestpiece sculpted off my bodycast. I’m not hating on my older version at all, I was going for two…
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Funeral Padme Photoshoot
I forgot I uploaded my Padme funeral dress pics last week. Here’s a few. I’ve still got Wonder Woman, Selene and Anne Boleyn to get uploaded. Just haven’t had a chance. Hope to get 2 out of 3 of those up tonight…. if I have time before we leave to go see ECLIPSE! LOL We are going to the midnight…
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WSMI Huntsville 2010 Recap
It’s been over a week since I last posted!! Been busy. Working on getting stuff ready for Huntsville this past weekend! Huntsville was half awesome and half sucky. The sucky: My mom fell in the driveway before we left and sprained her wrist, my dad got some kind of bug bite on his arm that got continually worse throughout the…
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happy father’s day!
Haven’t gotten to see my dad today – going out for dinner tonight. 🙂 Yesterday I spent the first part of the day taking apart my ceremonial Leia costume so I could remake the sleeves and line the top. I’ve been wanting to do that since I first finished it in 2007! I had some chiffon hanging around that was…
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i need some incentive.
Someone sent me this a while back and I never got a chance to look at it til today – random forum where some of my costumes were posted and I had to share one of the replies: “I wonder if she was auditioning for a series, or trying for an acting job and has downloaded her portfolio? Otherwise that…
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costume catch up
So I posted my Dragoncon list the other day but didn’t really go over it. I thought I’d post it again and update each. 1. Lady Gaga I’ve got the top basically made. I’ve got the organza cut to cover it, but haven’t put it on yet – I’m worried I might run out since I’m using the same organza…
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a sketch and a wig
I’ve got a very rough sketch for you today… Well I didn’t get any major work done on costumes last night – I spent the majority of the night trying to figure out how to do my Amidala hair now that I have shorter hair. I thought it would be easier actually… but it wasn’t, I didn’t take into account…
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Dcon 2010 Costume Schedule
I changed up my list a little bit… here’s the updated list… You know I know a lot of people have mixed feelings on when people do “secret” costumes. Some people don’t like it, some do, etc. I think some people view it as a a “na na I don’t want anyone copying me” thing. Which for me, it’s not.…
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365 Project – Padme Robe
Sorry I didn’t post yesterday! I was exhausted! It’s “No Kevin Week” at work – he’s at camp, so we’re having to do his job. Boy do you appreciate all the hard work he does when he’s not there! I came home and went to sleep… then woke up and made some ruffles. More on that later. I had this…
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365 Project – Padme Family Gown + Gaga Progress
I got a virus about a month ago, I successfully removed it that night and all was good. Well not really. Ever since then I haven’t been able to upload pics – but only it certain places. I can’t upload using flickr’s main uploadr, which I’ve never had an issue with before – I have to use the basic uploader…
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Deciding on DCon 2010 costumes…
New stuff: Surprise #1 (probably fri night) Surprise #2 (fri morning?) Lady Gaga Grammys Red Carpet outfit (probably sat night?) Donna Troy Black Widow Mara Jade as Arica Magik (sat afternoon – marvel shoot) Old stuff: Jane (fri afternoon?) Ms Marvel (sat morning – parade) Starfire (sun morning – dc shoot) Black Canary (fri afternoon? – gotham girls shoot) Snow…
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365 Project – Padme Travel Gown
We got no work done last night. It was a night for vegging out. We picked up dinner instead of cooking, watched the Tudors (one more episode and we’re caught up – I really like the woman playing Katherine Parr, she’s really pretty) and played Star Wars Legos. I bought the version that has the PT and OT on one,…
