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Hi from San Diego
We’re in San Diego! Things got off to a bumpy start, with a 6AM flight out of Memphis with an angry ticket agent and a 30 minute delay due to a malfunction. We were freaking because we only had 50 minutes of overlay time in Minneapolis – but we made it there on time, made our San Diego flight and…
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On my way
I shipped my boxes out yesterday – five all together!! Ugh, I don’t want to think about the cost. One was the big, big one that fits my Amidala Parade parasol – I also fit the cloak in there, as well as Ozma, for extra padding for the parasol. Two of them were 16x16s with most of my other stuff…
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Arwen Blood Red Dress almost done!
Arwen is done: I finished Starfire’s skirt – today, working on boot covers and the “metal” pieces. Also need to cut the wig. I started packing – I’m already up to four boxes. Geez. I’m only taking 7 costumes!
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Updates on everything, Slave Leia progress
Arwen: -add braids around the trim on the underdress -put the trim around the neck of the outer dress Arwen will be officially 100% done, hopefully tonight, if not tomorrow. I just have to finish handsewing the braid on the underdress. For Leia… My original list is finished, but I want to go back and re-do part of the boots.…
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Arwen Blood Red progress
In progress pic of Arwen: It looks much better on me than the dressform – my shoulders are a bit wider. I still have to… -finish painting the gold lace for the arm -cut out sleeves -attach sleeves -hem sleeves -add braids around the trim on the underdress -hem the bottom of the outer dress -put the trim around the…
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SDCC Schedule
Quick Comic Con costume schedule: Wednesday preview night: normal 😛 Thursday: Arwen Blood Red, Ozma Friday: Leia, Hermione Saturday: Either Mara Jade or Starfire and Queen Amidala Sunday: Mara Jade or Starfire (if I wore MJ sat, then I’ll do Starfire sun, etc) I’d prefer to wear Starfire saturday, but I’d have to get out of it early for the…
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Newsflash! Arwen progress
I finished my Arwen dress! Ok, haha, so maybe not. But I did get the new fabric! Thanks so much to padawansguide for pointing me to syfabrics.com! I’ve still got to take the black fabric back (not a problem, they know me there), and send back the white fabric. I also finally bought my trim… should be arriving soon. I…
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A-Kon 2005 Pics & SDCC Plans!
First off – I actually won the Amidala Look a Like Contest at Cosplaylab. I couldn’t believe it, there were so many good entries, and people I knew – I was hoping to get maybe honorable mention, but – yay! It made my weekend. SO I didn’t get Yuuko *completely* finished – I’m going to get it finished for MTAC…
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Hello from A-Kon
My rebel bird tattoo. It’s mostly healed. I’m really proud of myself for getting it done, I had wanted one for years and years but was always too scared. 🙂 A-kon is OK – I’m mostly here for my cousin, we’re just doing whatever he wants to do. So if anybody sees me, I’ll just be wandering… 😛
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Disaster!
Oh, drama… The grommets I got for Yuuko are awful. I’m having to cut the two back panels off and replace them, so I can put in different, bigger grommets that I KNOW will work. 🙁 Just another obstacle… this costume will be the death of me and it’s not even one I really want to DO anymore! Here’s a…
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A-Kon 2005 Plans
Argh! I found the other Jupiter glove (whew!) but I’ve lost one of my hair bands, the earrings, and the choker. The hair band and earrings aren’t a big deal (I can wear one hair band and leave the earrings off, of course), but the choker… it was my original choker, from my first Jupiter costume, and it’ll be impossible…
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Revenge of the Sith Event Pics! And Plans
Jupiter isn’t going to be ready for A-Kon. Why? Because it’s about two weeks til A-Kon and I haven’t bought a single thing for it. Which wouldn’t be a giant problem except I got so much left to do on Yuuko, there’s no time to worry with Jupiter. 🙁 Oh well – I’ll do it for MTAC next year! Speaking…
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ROTS pics
I’ll post about my thoughts later (after I’ve seen it again), but here are my pics from the midnight showing here, along with other events we did over the week.
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when leia wasn’t such a good idea for work
I’m at my other aunt’s office right now, because my coworker called and said not to come in to work yet – THE BOARD is there. Eek. It wouldn’t have been a problem really – but, you see, I’m in full Princess Leia get up today. I doubt the State Board would find that funny. I’m in Leia today because…
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A-Kon woes
I’m trying to figure out what else to take to A-Kon. Jupiter is NOT going to happen…if I rushed I could get it done… but I’m not all that excited to do it at the moment, I’d rather focus on the next Arwen, so I pushed Jupiter back to MTAC next year. Anyway – For A-Kon, I’m definitely taking regular…
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CompUSA Troop Pics
Last night SMT did a Star Wars thing for CompUSA – I got a few pictures. If only the truck wasn’t in the background!. That’s no droid! Oh, and here’s one Schmootika took, of me and dad: Me, as Leia, had a shoot out with a stormtrooper. Dad, as Qui-Gon, ambushed the trooper. The guy filming the stuff said he’d…
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Planning
San Diego tickets bought – expensive, ouch! We leave Memphis at 6AM (again, ouch!) – plane change in Minneapolis – arrive San Diego at 11 AM. So we’ll have plenty of time to swim and rest (especially rest – if I have to be up at 4AM to catch a plane, I’m going to want a nap! haha) before Preview…
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C3, Queen Amidala, Mara Jade, and A-Kon
C3, costume wise… I wore my Imperial Officer on Thursday morning – not much to say there, except I still want new pants and a new rank insignia thingie. I wore Padme lake dress for a while after that – and the necklace completely fell apart. LOL. That’s what I get for wearing a 3 year old costume and not…
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Star Wars celebration 3 pics!!
First things first: -Got my midnight Star Wars tickets. Yay! -Got tickets to see Phantom of the Opera in Atlanta Sept 1, night before Dragoncon -School is finished for the semester, whee. C3 was at an awful time of the year. Both Ash and I had so much school stuff due because it was smack at the end of the…
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when i updated about my life
So much stuff has gone on lately, I’ll just gloss over it: 1. Got my Vader saber 2. Got the plague 3. Went to Indianapolis for C3 4. Finished poster for Seussical 5. Updated website 6. Got an ulcer 7. Got Famiglia (haha, Ash – how is your spinzels?) 8. In the middle of finals right now 9. Registrar screwed…
