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  • when i had to go to the dentist
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    when i had to go to the dentist

    April 30, 2001 /

    Well…. I had to go to the dentist today. Scary. Well, it wasn’t near as bad as I thought it was going to be… even though we hadn’t been there in a while (due to an insurance change) all the people there remembered me and couldn’t believe how old I’d gotten. I had a surprisingly good checkup – no problems,…

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  • when i had to go to the dentist
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    cath’s website

    April 29, 2001 /

    Oh my god. I was looking for some old geocities info so I could update the Tekken Fanworks ring webpage, and I came across a letter called cath_geocities.txt. I opened it up and looked, and it was info for cath’s geocities account. Apparently in February 1998, we decided to make Catherine a site. It sucked big time, but she liked…

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  • when i had to go to the dentist
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    when i went to the mall

    April 29, 2001 /

    Ash and I went to the mall today… we bought some stuff to give to my aunt, I got a new shirt, and I got what was SUPPOSED to be my mom’s mothers day present, but SHE can’t seem to keep out of my CAR, so I’m not giving it to her! Ash got some candy and a new stuffed…

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  • Sketchblog: Black Lady
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    Sketchblog: Black Lady

    April 28, 2001 /

    This is a back-dated post! In 2016 I went back through my old sketchbooks and “rescued” a lot of my old, lost artwork, and I’m slowly getting them re-added to my archives. An old sketch of Black Lady from Sailor Moon.

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  • when i had to go to the dentist
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    when rach got hit in the nose

    April 27, 2001 /

    Well, I talked about poor Cat the other day, now I must talk about poor Rach. Rach was at her softball game yesterday, sitting on the bench. Their other pitcher was warming up to go in. The pitcher threw a wild pitch… and I know you can see where this is going. Smacked Rachel right in the nose. Broke it!!…

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  • when i had to go to the dentist
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    when i went to a play instead of working

    April 25, 2001 /

    Lalalala! Went to see The Wiz at Bolton last night. It was cute. I didn’t even realise I was going until 5:30 yesterday, when mom said, “Jean and Ash will be here at 6:30 to go see the play.” And that was after having all day class, and not getting home until 4:30. Then the play didn’t end til 10:30…

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  • Sketchblog: Black Lady
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    Sketchblog: Unfinished Harry Potter Calendar Images

    April 22, 2001 /

    McGonagall and Snape The Marauders Hermione and Crookshanks I’m not sure who this was — maybe Tom Riddle? Dumbledore Hagrid and Fang Big group shot In 2001 I tried to make wallpaper/desktop calendars for downloads and I got a few done – Draco, James and Lily, Harry playing Quidditch… but there were a lot I didn’t. Here’s a few in…

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  • when i was on page 35
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    when i was on page 35

    April 22, 2001 /

    Ah… page 35 of the OCAD directory: SunDowner to The Adventures of Penis. It does my heart proud to be listed with such extraordinary comics. Damn Tekken. I realised last night that I can’t save until I get a new memory card, but I went thru this morning and unlocked all the other characters. I don’t know *why*… now I’ll…

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  • when i had to go to the dentist
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    when i lamented my lack of costume photos

    April 22, 2001 /

    Ya’ll are right, the one Quistis pic I have is no good! I don’t think the Jupiter pics are all that great, either, except this one. The best pic I have of myself online, I guess, would be the one of Cath, Ash, and me from 99… Or the bad webcam pic. We were planning on taking new pics of…

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  • Art Post: SunDowner Fight! Part 2
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    Art Post: SunDowner Fight! Part 2

    April 20, 2001 /

    Here’s the villains! For the character bio page on the SunDowner site.

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  • when i had to go to the dentist
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    when i was scared of christopher lloyd

    April 20, 2001 /

    Was there anyone else out there who was completely terrified of Christoper Lloyd at the end of Roger Rabbit?

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  • Sketchblog: Black Lady
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    when i was a nerd

    April 20, 2001 /

    I got up and put the top of my Quistis costume on today with my jeans for some reason. So far today has been rather productive, I inked 2 of the requests and worked a little on SunDowner, and it’s just now noon. Whoohoo! Now I’m gonna take a break and eat lunch.

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  • when i did class assignments
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    when i did class assignments

    April 20, 2001 /

    Remember me asking for SunDowner casting ideas a while back for my poster for class? Thanks to everyone who suggested XD I was waiting for the teach to look at my poster ideas (which can take a while), so I did Natalie Portman as Ocha, Tara Reid as Piper and Parker Posey as Britan. I’d like to do the rest…

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  • Art Post: Piper (SunDowner)
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    Art Post: Piper (SunDowner)

    April 18, 2001 /

    Fourth one in a row – yep, another layout pic.

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  • Art Post: SunDowner Fight! Part 1
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    Art Post: SunDowner Fight! Part 1

    April 18, 2001 /

    I did these character illustrations for the new character bio page on the SunDowner page! They don’t have the backgrounds here — these are just the basic pics. Part 2 coming up next with the villains.

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  • Art Post: Sakura and Li (Card Captor Sakura)
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    Art Post: Sakura and Li (Card Captor Sakura)

    April 18, 2001 /

    From Request Week, sakura, shaoron, and kero-chan… I’m not too pleased with the way this turned out, but… eh -_-;

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  • Art Post: One of these days (SunDowner)
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    Art Post: One of these days (SunDowner)

    April 18, 2001 /

    I normally don’t put pics I use for designs up BEFORE the design goes up, but I figured if I didn’t do it now I never would. This is the pic for SD’s new layout. Just a silly little thing.

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  • when i learned something
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    when i learned something

    April 18, 2001 /

    You can’t really dust for vomit.

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  • when i danced
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    when i danced

    April 18, 2001 /

    *dances about in an unsettling fashion*

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  • when i got a ps2
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    when i got a ps2

    April 18, 2001 /

    Ok, so far, today has been marvelous! First off! Whenever I’ve ordered a video, I always until AFTER the mail runs to eat lunch. That way, if the video comes, I can watch it while I eat lunch. That way, I won’t feel like I’m wasting time watching it… you know, I’m DOING something – eating lunch! Well today, my…

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My Costume History, Day 182: Galadriel from the Th My Costume History, Day 182: Galadriel from the The Hobbit, for MCX 2016 So funny story - I have done 3 very lazy Galadriel costumes over the years, all using parts from other costumes. The first was back in 2001/2002, using my first Leia costume and my She-Ra wig, and just a ribbon I had for a belt. The second was in 2004, using my original Arwen costume and a long Godiva wig that tangled HORRIBLY LOL. But I got to wear it in a fun costume contest group at SDCC that year, and met some really cool people thanks to it. When I made my Elf Queen Aelsa costume from Thor in 2015, I realized... ooh I could do another lazy Galadriel costume with this too, if I make this chest armor removable. So I did - the armor ties on, so there’s no visible snaps or velcro or anything on the dress. I used my Edith wig this time, which was an upgrade from the Godiva wig. Still used my Arwen crown from 2003, made by Atelier des Elfes, and my Galadriel wig @kitkatmemphis gave me for Christmas a gazillion years ago. Wore this to MCX that year and then headed out to do a photoshoot at Kevin’s house - love how those pics came out. The bummer part is when we did the white backdrop shoot a few months later, I somehow managed to lose the full size versions, so I only have the small internet sized versions now (grimace emoji). Guess that means I need to redo it one day. And maybe one day I’ll do a “real” Galadriel costume. I love the silver Hobbit one and I’d love to do that one of these days.
My Costume History, Day 181: Tightrope Walker from My Costume History, Day 181: Tightrope Walker from the Haunted Mansion, for our Dragon Con 2016 As I mentioned earlier, we cut back on cons this year, and we only did Dragon Con for a day and a half that year. But of course I still have to make something new, and since we were also going to do the Disney Halloween party later in the year, I decided to do the Tightrope Walker so I could wear it for both. All my fabric came from Joann - I got a purple velveteen for the top, a matte white satin for the skirt, and this cool layered pink chiffon for the sleeves. Made the bodice out of the velveteen, lined with cotton, with spiral steel boning and a lace up back. I really like how it turned out. The sleeves were a take on the same Edwardian sleeve pattern I used for Edith (still had it laying out LOL), just smaller. I stuffed them with netting for shape. I made the upper white pieces out of some lace fabric from Joann, and the bows on top out of some leftover pink taffeta from my pink 18th century dress. The capelet I went through a couple of mock-ups trying to get the size and shape right on me. Trimmed it in some faux fur and it closes with a snap, hidden behind a more decorative cape closure. I made the basic skirt, gathered onto a basic waistband. (If I were to redo this I would’ve done this as a circle skirt instead of gathering it, I don’t like how it hides the flowers.) I made a stencil for the flower and used it as a rough guide for painting each on, but I didn’t stick to it exactly because I wanted them to look painterly. (I went with the earlier arts’ even rows of flowers look - another thing I’d change if I were to redo it). Styled the wig from Arda, made some straps for existing pink flats I had. When I wore this to Dragon Con that year, I just used my Jane parasol, but for MNSSHP later that year, I bought a cheap parasol online, stripped it, replaced it with my own fabric and trim, and made an extension for it. I was really happy with how that turned out. (Also restyled the wig so my side curls weren’t so huge). This was a fun costume and one I’d be glad to pull out again anytime - I dunno about MNSSHP again, it was still too hot for this there!!
My Costume History, Day 180: Edith from Crimson Pe My Costume History, Day 180: Edith from Crimson Peak, for our Megacon 2016 While in the theater seeing Crimson Peak the year before I decided I HAD to make something from it, came home and immediately bought a wig LOL So since I already had some money invested in it, I decided to do this Edith costume for our one day visit to Megacon in 2016. I bought a bunch of plain crepe de chine from Dharma Trading. I started with making the top yoke section - it’s a cotton base and supports the sleeves. For the sleeves I used an Edwardian era pattern I had on hand and made the big sleeves puffs, stuffed with netting for shape, and made the lower sections extra long so I could gather them. I trimmed the edge with some lace and added some faux buttons (they snap close). I took big squares of my crepe de chine and gathered them down to fit on each panel of the yoke and sewed them down - trimmed the edges to be the “ruffle” at the neck and bust line. It closes with snaps up the front. Then I took all that I had left over my crepe de chine, sewed it into a giant tube, and pleated it down to fit onto the bottom of the yoke, under the ruffle. Once I had that all attached, I hemmed it. Now it was time to weather the whole thing. I started with dip-dyeing the bottom hem - I tested out some dye mixes to recreate the “clay staining” and once I was happy with the colour, I set up a dye station and dipped the end of my dress into it. Well, I messed it up. I got it way too far down in the dye. One one side it came all the way up to the waist! I tried some dye remover but in the end, I had to just take it off, buy new fabric and redo it (grimace emoji). Second time dyeing, my husband helped holding up the top so I could pay better attention to how far it went in the dye. Then I weathered the top with dye and paint for the blood splatter, which was hard to do LOL. I also made some plain nude spandex gloves and bloodied them up as well so I didn’t have to paint my hands. I was really happy with how this turned out! It’s so floating and fun to wear. Got to do a cool shoot in a wine cellar later that year. I still want to do more Crimson Peak costumes... maybe one of these days.
My Costume History, Day 179: Princess Leia Disneyb My Costume History, Day 179: Princess Leia Disneybound from Star Wars, for our Disney trip 2016 So 2016 was a weird year, because we did less cons, only did Dragon Con for a day and a half - instead, we bought Disney World annual passes and went to Disney a whole bunch of times that year. But it didn’t mean I stopped sewing. I was inching closer and closer to a Leia disneybound on our trips years previously, buns, themed clothes, etc - so for 2016 I decided I wanted to commit and do a proper bound. I made 2 pieces for this - the top and dolman shrug. I bought the shorts, necklace and shoes. The shoes were my attempt to find white versions of some shoes I already had and loved (they were SO comfy) but I didn’t really love these as much. Ah well. For the top, I had this shirt at the time that I loooved and I basically wanted the same thing but Star Wars-themed. It was a white shirt with some white designs up the center front, so I recreated that with some very light grey/silver-y Star Wars symbols and had it printed on spoonflower knit. I also bought some of their plain white knit to use for other sections. I used my existing shirt as a guide to make a pattern, and assembled it from my spoonflower fabric. Easy! The I got worried about wearing all white to Disney LOL I thought I’d make a shrug to wear over it - something I could cover myself in while eating or sit on if I needed to sit on the ground. I found this thin grey knit at Joann that had silver metallic stripes running through and made this Dolman shrug - heavily based on a Captain America one I had from WeLoveFine. I added a big rebel symbol to the back using some scrap red spandex. I love how it turned out, and it entered my regular wardrobe rotation after this! And it was perfect for the parks - light enough to not be hot, and it protected me from the sun (I don’t tan, I burn) It was a lot of fun to wear in the parks - I wore it for several trips! It’s pretty much retired now, except the shrug, which still hangs in my normal clothes closet.
My Costume History, Day 178: Disgust from Inside O My Costume History, Day 178: Disgust from Inside Out, for MidSouthcon 2016 I really loved Disgust’s costume design - and green is my fav colour so the idea of being totally green was appealing LOL I used all fabric I could buy at my Joann, and I wasn’t completely happy with my green fabric I got for the dress - it was a tad more on the blue side of green, and a little lighter-weight than I would’ve liked, but it was ok. I started out with basic dress pattern but had to reconfigure a lot of it, the neck shape, fit, etc. Once I had the basic dress constructed, I started embroidering the little mid-century amoeba shapes. I got some blue and yellow-green embroidery floss and just free-formed them in a couching stitch. It didn’t turn out perfectly, but I liked the added detail vs buying a version with the design printed on. I made the leggings out of some scrap green spandex, the belt out of some pleather and spandex, and the scarf out of some pink glitter netting. Chase made the “D” belt b uckle for me. I bought the wig from arda and added in lots of strands of green glitter embroidery floss for some sparkle. I bought 2 pairs of green tights - one I used on my legs/feet and the upper ones I planned to turn into an upper body piece and reconfigure the foot sections into gloves. In the end I didn’t feel like messing with it LOL So instead of just painting my face & neck and having tights for the rest, I painted my face,neck, chest and arms and just used the tights for my legs. I still have those tights meant for my upper body around here somewhere. I’ve only worn this once - wore it to MidSouthCon and we did the white backdrop shoot right after we got home from the con that day. I’ve said for a while I need to just invest in a full body green suit so I can wear this and my Poison Ivy again sometime.
Morticia was a project that’s been on my to-do lis Morticia was a project that’s been on my to-do list for ages, and when we went fabric shopping in LA earlier this year I thought this would be the perfect project to shop for - I wasn’t recreating an exact costume, I wanted to do my own take on the character, so it’d be fun to just shop for neat black fabric. I’m really happy with how it turned out and it was a smooth sailing project. Can’t wait to wear her again - need fo find some Halloween event for her! #dragoncon2026
I’m not particularly happy with the handful of pho I’m not particularly happy with the handful of photos I got of my picnic Padme at dragoncon. Guess that means it’s time for a photoshoot 🤔 I’ll have my usual breakdown of the construction of this up in my blog in the next couple of days!
Buckle your seatbelts. We’re going to reach speeds Buckle your seatbelts. We’re going to reach speeds of 3! I decided I wanted to make a Dr. Lea Jansen/DOCTOR Lady costume for #dragoncon2026 earlier this year and was totally shocked and tickled when Chase he wanted to be Blast Hardcheese with me. (Please give me your fav BigMcLargeHuge name in the comments!) The first fabric I used for my leotard was cursed, it jammed my machine so bad I had to take it in to be repaired three times! I gave up on that fabric finally, and after that construction of these was smooth sailing. I picked up all the silver fabric when we were in LA, and I bought my wig online, cut and styled it. My belt buckle is my favorite part of the costume, you can’t really see it here, but head back a couple of posts to my reel showing these costumes up close and you can get a good look at it. I really didn’t think that many people would recognize or care about these costumes, it was just something I really wanted to do - so all the love and shares and people chasing us down at the convention made it really special, so thank you all 💚💚
Roundup of everything I wore at #dragoncon2026 - I Roundup of everything I wore at #dragoncon2026 - I always try to take a pic of each costume at this little cutout on the Marriott floors and this year I didn’t forget any! Here was when I wore everything for those curious how I wear so many costumes. Wednesday night: Rogue Thursday morning: Rizzo for badge pickup and Muppets Photoshoot Thursday afternoon: T’Lyn Thursday evening: vacation Leia (would’ve stayed in T’Lyn but got too hot in that) Thursday evening: Padme/Taylor Swift mashup (didn’t stay in this long, I did not put the wig on right and the front comb was killing me) Thursday late night: Scully Friday morning: picnic Padme for the Women of Star Wars shoot Friday afternoon: Rogue for dealers room excursion Friday night: Space Mutiny Saturday morning: Belle (before crowds got too heavy!) Saturday midday: Rogue AGAIN for art show excursion Saturday evening: wedding Leia Saturday night: Morticia Sunday morning: Diane for David Lynch Photoshoot Sunday afternoon: Rogue AGAIN for helping my husband while he wore his WoW armor Sunday evening: Space Mutiny Sunday night: Mrs Roper goes to Naboo for the Mrs Roper shoot Sunday late night: Scully I don’t do schedules beforehand anymore. I have a few things I know I want to wear at certain times (ie, picnic Padme for the women of Star Wars shoot) otherwise I just kinda go with the flow, change when I feel like changing, and wear whatever feels right in the moment. I did take one costume I ended up not wearing - Padme’s lake dress, but I’ve worn it there 3 times now so no big loss. I also did not think I’d get around to wearing T’Lyn or vacation Leia, I kinda just threw them in as backups - but Thursday ended up having a lot of time for changing (not a lot going on yet), AND it seemed extra hot that day so I could only last a couple of hours in each thing before i had to get out of it.
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