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TRU toy release pics!
We spent the entire evening after work trying to finish everything up on Chase’s clone… but we did manage to get out of the house before 11, so I was proud of that! LOL. We pulled up to TRU right after 11 and there were already a few people hanging around outside. The manager let us 501st folks in (we…
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Zatanna updates
My Zatanna jacket came! OMG I love it! I’m not going to have to do much to it at all – I’m going to take up the side seams at the waist, and I miiiiight take it up at the shoulders, but otherwise it’s great. Tonight it’s all working on Chase’s clone, to try to get it ready for later…
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Starfire updates and stuff
I finally tried on the wig last night – and lo and behold, I’d managed to make it TOO big. LOL, and here I was worried about that! It wasn’t a hard fixed – all I had to do was remove the padding I’d added in the wig cap, and it got it back down to about where I wanted…
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Lots of updates
Got the bodice of the new WW basically put together yesterday. I’ve got to figure out where my boning is so I can hopefully get it finished by this weekend. Starfire wig is coming along. I got one Starfire boot almost finished. I need to do a little more fitting around the upper portion, and hem the top edge. The…
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argh… wig problems
I’ve been having the WORST luck on ebay. First the wrong boots thing – which ended up OK – but now the wig I bought for Zatanna has arrived and it’s SHORT. Like it barely touches the top of my shoulders. I’m pissed, it was an expensive wig… I can’t tell whether or not it’s a different wig that’s in…
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Random costumey Thoughts
Random Thoughts: #1 I need to take pictures of the Leia costume I made last year for Dragoncon and have never worn. #2 I stumbled across the webpage of a couple of cosplayers and they made me feel OLD. I know I’m older than the average anime con attendee these days, but to actually see the years and to realise…
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Starfire and Zatanna updates
I worked on my Starfire wig, but mostly I worked on my Zatanna vest. I had a vest that came with a pair of pants from several years ago – I think I wore the vest once and decided I looked like a waitress LOL but I found it when unpacking so I thought it would make a cute vest…
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Snowbunny Padme preview!
I got my Snowbunny nearly finished tonight – all that’s left is for Chase to fix my belt – reattach the pouches and holster. I need to see if I can find my little Naboo blaster, I haven’t seen it in a while. Anyway, pic: I made the mockup for my WW bodice today, I’m pretty happy with it. It…
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christmas in july
It’s been like Christmas the past two days, with all the packages I’ve been getting in the mail. I’ve been trying to get as many of my materials for my Dcon costumes — so I’ve ordered a lot of things the past few days. I got my bodysuit for Starfire, which means I can get started on that! I got…
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Glinda and Padme Snowbunny updates
I’ve just about finished the snowbunny cape – I need to add the ties, the toppers for the boots and gloves, and fix my belt… please ignore the fact I’m in my pajamas LOL I got the glinda underdress dyed and dried and pinned on — unfortunately it doesn’t show up AT ALL once the outer dress is over it.…
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Forgot to mention…
Chase got Thursday and Tuesday off in addition to Friday for Dragoncon! So we’ll be leaving at the crack of dawn Thursday morning – instead of 1 in the afternoon like last year. So we’ll be able to pick up our badges Thursday instead of wasting 2-3 hours Friday morning with it. And! We’ll be leaving Tuesday now! I’m REALLY…
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Snowbunny and Glinda progress
I finished the basic cape for Snowbunny Padme friday – went home today and found my trim and started sewing it on tonight. Unfortunately I ran out of thread about half way through! Stupid tiny travel sewing kits. I’ve got about a foot of it pinned on, so despite the pic below it’s not as done as I’d like. Chase…
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win!
The seller emailed me back; she is sending the right boots monday and told me to keep the other pair as an apology. Awesome! LOL I’m sure I can use them for a costume at some point.
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Black Canary boots
I’ve been making some good solid progress the past two days, and I was excited when what I thought were my Black Canary boots were delivered today… because that was the last piece I needed, so I could make the yellow straps and be done with it. Unfortunately the seller apparently sent me the wrong pair of boots. Instead of…
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fabric shopping!
Went to the fabric store last night, it was a successful trip! I got the lining for the snowbunny cape, the yellow satin I need for the “special” belle. I got my pattern for the wonder woman bodice. But best of all I found fabric for Glinda that I just squealed when I saw it. At first I thought there…
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So, Dragoncon Plans
Starfire – I got my wig, I need to start working on it – unfortunately my wighead clamp doesn’t fit on any of our new counters or tables! D: Hopefully it will fit on the new work table I get pretty soon. I’ve got my fabric, and I got my boots in the mail today. I order the bodysuit… and…
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OCD wonderland (aka my Costume Closet)
Spent a while unpacking stuff and hanging costumes up, again. I’m having way too much fun hanging up all my costumes again, getting everything organized. I love it! Here’s a sneak peek of how it’s going. The left side is the Star Wars side. As you can see, right inside the door on that side are some shelves, where I’ve…
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More Adventurecon 2008 Pics
Ok, here’s the rest of the adcon pics! Friday was a looooooooong drive. Even though we left earlier than we planned, it stormed really hard during the drive, and then we were stuck in standstill traffic for at least an hour about halfway there. We finally got there around 8 that night, got checked and our stuff up to the…
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Adventurecon 2008 – Poison Ivy PIcs
We’re back! We had a fun time. Just long drives to get there. I’ll write more about it later, once I finish getting my pictures up. I’ve got the first few on my flickr, but I haven’t had time to finish resizing the rest of them…. we had company last night so I didn’t get to finish them 🙂 This…
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Costume Madhouse and Poison Ivy updates
Last night was spent turning the apartment upside down looking for various costume pieces. Blegh. We even made a run back to my parents’ house at 10pm to see if maybe the things we were looking for were there (for me, it was my Kingdom Come shinguards & wing harness). Finally found them around 11 – turns out the box…
