• Post-Dragoncon 05 again
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    Post-Dragoncon 05 again

    First and foremost I wanted to write about Stitch. Since I didn’t get to write about him at all while making him, since Ash wanted him kept secret. This project has been on my mind since April, when we first came up with the skit idea while swimming at C3. I started out by finding a front shot of his…

  • Dragoncon 2005 pics!
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    Dragoncon 2005 pics!

    4th Year at Dragoncon! So! Thursday morning I got up and went over to Ash’s where my mum picked us up and took us to the airport. Ash and I sat around for a while after checking in. Anyway, Cat and Melissa met us there and… um, do any of you guys remember being in the airport after security? Cause…

  • ugh planes
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    ugh planes

    Can I just be sedated until we get to Atlanta? We’re leaving for Dragoncon tomorrow, and I’m a bundle of nerves. For various reasons. Everybody keep your fingers crossed that everything goes ok tomorrow! But anyway, we’ll be getting into ATL around 4:30 tomorrow afternoon. I won’t be around the hotel that night, though – we’ve got tickets to see…

  • when the power was out
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    when the power was out

    So, the rain has stopped, for a while, anyway. Due to the fact we haven’t had much rain around here lately, we didn’t get flooded – even though it rained ALL night, our neighbor’s front yard wasn’t flooded (and it always floods when we get a lot of rain – the front part of his yard is very low, kids…

  • Disney Princess Costumes FINISHED
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    Disney Princess Costumes FINISHED

    All the princesses are done 🙂 Cinderella looks a bit dumpy in that picture because it doesn’t fit my dressform – the yellow tint of the ceiling light looks pretty icky on it, too. Snow White’s collar isn’t perfect, but it’ll do. All is done on Ash’s costume except putting the zipper in – that’ll be the only thing that…

  • Princesses & Leia Rebel updates
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    Princesses & Leia Rebel updates

    Yesterday I went to Hancock for some last minute things. I also got some done on Leia. Working on Snow White’s collar now – once I finish that, all I need to do is add the cuffs, and do the bows for the shoes and hair, and finish her slip. Reckon I can do that today. For Leia, I need…

  • Snow White & Leia progress
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    Snow White & Leia progress

    Snow White… I still have to: -Make the hairbow -Make attach the collar -Make the cape -Finish the sleeves (red cuff at the bottom of each sleeve) -Put bows on shoes -Make slip I made Ash’s gloves – tomorrow I’l make her feet and she’ll be done. Which just leaves Leia and Polychrome. If Polychrome doesn’t get finished I won’t…

  • Cinderella progress pic
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    Cinderella progress pic

    Cinderella: Anyway, the corset wasn’t finished when I took this tonight (it is now). The only thing left to do is fix the hem (it was screwy first time around) and add the silver parts to the shoulders (where those straps are hanging down, that’s what they’ll be attached to), and the parts to the hips, and her neckband –…

  • So excited
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    So excited

    AUUUGH!!!! DRAGONCON!!!!!!! Good lord, I haven’t been this excited about a convention in ages!! :B I’ve got to get some of this energy out of my system!!

  • when the power was out
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    when i couldn’t tell if spiders

    OOOOOOOOH! Now I remember what I was going to say! So this afternoon, I was working hard on stuff. I had been cutting and shaving foam rubber for a long time, and it was everywhere, and I felt yucky. So I went to take a shower. So I get in the shower, turn it on, and notice someTHINGS floating in…

  • Two more weeks… Cinderella and Stitch updates
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    Two more weeks… Cinderella and Stitch updates

    Due to the internet being down today, plus actually feeling pretty well for the first time in a few days, I managed to get a bit done today. On Ash’s costume, I got quite a bit done. I redid one part of it to look much better, and finished one of the major pieces. I had been putting that particular…

  • Finished Belle! Preview Pic
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    Finished Belle! Preview Pic

    Finished it!! Well, except for the yellow hairband, and I didn’t have my hair fixed (I just threw it up like this), but here it is… I’m very pleased with it! Cinderella is getting there, too… I still need to hem the skirt, hem the corset, put the boning in, put the grommets in, and do the silver parts on…

  • Snow White and Cinderella Progress Pics
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    Snow White and Cinderella Progress Pics

    Haven’t gotten much done the past couple of days. Right now, I’ve got the dressform w/Belle on it sitting in the living room and the puppy is running like a crazy person in circles around it. Hee. I’ve packed a bit the past few days, finally got stuff out from San Diego and moved it to new boxes, haha. Mostly…

  • Belle progress…
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    Belle progress…

    Hee!! I’ll be finished with Belle tomorrow. I finished the bodice today, all hemmed, got the grommets in, and all. I’ve still got to do the shoulder pieces and put the jewels on but neither should take long. Yay 😀 Also made more good progress with Ash’s costume, I’m very pleased with how it’s coming out. Those two things are…

  • Two more weeks… Cinderella and Stitch updates
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    Man

    Aw man. The 501st photoshoot at Dragoncon is set for 2pm! Instead of in the morning! Which means I can’t do it. It’s smack in the middle of the day. I was planning on putting on Mara in the morning for the photoshoot, and then switching to Starfire until the masquerade, since wearing Star requires time to put on/take off…

  • Fabric Shopping… Princesses, Rebel Leia, etc
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    Fabric Shopping… Princesses, Rebel Leia, etc

    Today’s fabric store run proved very fruitful!! For once. I got the bulk of Ashley’s fabric. I’m not using what I got the other day, I don’t like it. Not only am I happy with the colour this time, but they actually had enough of it!! Pink and yellow chiffon for Polychrome – the two colours they didn’t have at…

  • Beading the Organza
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    Beading the Organza

    I finished beading the organza last night (“Beading the organza”… sounds like a euphemism, haha) and finished part of the bodice. I hope to have Belle done this weekend, along with completely finishing Cinderella and Snow White’s skirts, and getting a start on their bodices. I reckon I’ll have all three finished by next weekend. Hopefully. Also got a start…

  • Random thoughts
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    Random thoughts

    #1! Our Rebel Legion base split – Freedom Base is now just the upper states (VA, NC, SC, DC) which meant our area (TN, KY, AL and MS) needed a new name – Ash and I were talking about it a while back and I told her I wanted it to be named Corellian Base. We both loved that name…

  • Belle, Cinderella, Snow White, Rebel Leia progress!
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    Belle, Cinderella, Snow White, Rebel Leia progress!

    For Belle… I’ve still got to hem the skirt, but I got the overlay finished and I’m about halfway through beading it. I got my shoes and spruced them up a bit, they’re so gaudy they crack me up 😀 Tomorrow I’m going to tackle the rest of the skirt, and try to finish the beading so I can go…

  • Belle Gloves
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    Belle Gloves

    I got my gloves and Cath’s gloves in the mail today – Cath’s are perfect, but mine were too light. (very, very pale yellow) I got some dye out and dyed them – they turned out pretty good. They match the fabric pretty well now. Am pretty happy. I got my basic skirt made for Belle, and laid out the…