• the nun is done
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    the nun is done

    Finished up the last bit of the nun and delivered yesterday. Fingers crossed everything fits and works ok! Chase was a very good sport and tried it all on for me so I could make sure the veil attachment worked and double check my sleeve and hem measurements. I had to take it with me to play practice to finish…

  • The Nun Abides
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    The Nun Abides

    Spent the last week going to play practice, having a migraine, and working on the nun. The robe isn’t much to look at. Followed the pattern exactly for this — I did make it a little bigger because I’d rather work down than have it be too small. This is a really thin black satin and I there are times…

  • kevin & kes & a nun
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    kevin & kes & a nun

    Last week was nuts. We had Kes starting Saturday and Kevin starting tuesday. I was working overtime plus having to go after work to check on this or that meant I wasn’t getting home most nights until 6-6:30. So I was totally exhausted every single night. I was working overtime so I could be off on Friday — spent the…

  • Vegas & Beyond
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    Vegas & Beyond

    I’m BACK!!! And so glad to be back. Here’s a really long rambly post about my Vegas trip, weekend stuff… a whole lot of stuff NOT about costumes. Well, a little bit about costumes when you get to Sunday. First off look at my super happy Pumpkin man! And mom found these while cleaning out something and gave them to…

  • TFA Leia Pics!
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    TFA Leia Pics!

    Last bit of photoshoot! THAT WIG *_* I have the portfolio all updated, everything from Dragon Con is now finished. Yay! I have to go to Vegas for work next week. Boo. Then I’ll be swinging into Halloween stuff!! Making a nun costume for a friend! And also helping out with the set for a Christmas play (shows are in…

  • Medieval Leia, birthday stuff
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    Medieval Leia, birthday stuff

    So Friday night we threw up the smaller backdrop and quickly reshot Medieval Leia and TFA Leia. They turned out MUCH MUCH better. No more harsh shadows from the buns across my face and TFA dress isn’t blown out. I got medieval Leia pics back and uploaded yesterday. So I’ll have her portfolio page updated sometime soon. I’m hoping to…

  • 8 miles outta memphis and I got no spare
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    8 miles outta memphis and I got no spare

    I have more photoshoot pictures!! Unfortunately some of them did not turn out. TFA Leia’s pics not turning out is my fault – because of the wrinkles I didn’t think to iron out. So we are going to reshoot that one. Then, the lights on medieval Leia were weird and made the whole thing look super weird, so while we’re…

  • MCX, photoshoot, Young Frankenstein, etc
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    MCX, photoshoot, Young Frankenstein, etc

    So my high school reunion is coming up. Am I going? Anyway lots to talk about from this weekend!! Friday night Chase & I had tickets to go see Young Frankenstein at Elmwood Cemetery. Coolers were welcome so we packed up sandwiches and soup and camp chairs and headed down there. I thought it might be chilly at night by…

  • In which I had a heart attack
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    In which I had a heart attack

    Ok so yesterday I got home from work. I’d been planning all day to lay down and take a nap as soon as I got home because I swear I STILL have not caught up on sleep from Dragon Con. So I lay down and turn on a podcast (which just happened to be a true crime podcast, episode about…

  • it’s a sims post with no pictures
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    it’s a sims post with no pictures

    I have a Sims 4 story for you guys. But I forgot to send myself the screencaps so I’ll have to add them in later. (EDIT: Now with pictures!) DISNEY PRINCESS SURVIVOR So I like to play “Survivor” games where I just put a bunch of characters in an empty lot and see what happens. This one happened to be…

  • Downton and other stuff
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    Downton and other stuff

    So Friday at Dragon Con last week, I almost fell while wearing Dolores. I was going down those short steps between the Hyatt and the food court, there by the chair lift, and I misjudged my step and nearly fell. I managed to grab onto the rail and keep myself from totally falling over… but managed to twist my foot…

  • site updates
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    site updates

    Well because I was so lazy about taking photos of my own costumes I’m finding it really hard to update my portfolio! I don’t have good enough pics to make the website pieces. Chase said we could do a photoshoot of all 4 of my new costumes soon, so I will probably hold off ACTUALLY updating until I have those…

  • dragoncon 2017
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    dragoncon 2017

    Uggggggggh I’m back at work today and feel like a zombie. Came back to a TON of stuff too so double Uggggggggh. BUT! It’s time for this year’s Dragon Con recap. So Chase had originally planned to be doing a scooter trip that weekend, so we were both going to be out of town – but Hurricane Harvey put a…

  • i wanna go
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    i wanna go

    Where’s my Joey “I Wanna Go” gif? There it is. The past two years when we haven’t been doing a “full” Dragon Con I’ve been totally fine with it up until it’s upon me. I’ve been totally fine with not being there today. Up until today. Now I’m not ok! Especially since I’m sitting at work. 1.5 hours down, 6.5…

  • it’s almost time
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    it’s almost time

    It’s dcon time. Well almost. Uuuuugh I still have to get through a day and a half of work. I just wanna GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO seeing everybody already on the road or already there is driving me crazy. I’ve got everything packed and ready to go, except the headdress since I’m still hand-sewing on it… I’ve got a space left for it…

  • a gigantic post
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    a gigantic post

    Warning you now, I have a ton of photos today. Going to start with probably the least interesting thing. Sims screencaps. And they’re not even screencaps. I literally just took photos of my monitor, because I’m lazy. It never fails that anytime I’m in the final crunch of finishing stuff before a deadline, my brain is like, “Ok, let’s play…

  • a pretty girl is like a melody
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    a pretty girl is like a melody

    Ok so I promised today I’d post more about the pink thing. So this thing has a massive, giant head-dress. It’s a showgirl costume basically. Comically large head-dress, if that gives you a hint. So I wanted to find something to use as a base to build it off of. I found this massive crown on amazon: And on me:…

  • blah
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    blah

    LOL I have apparently already had 10 other posts named “Blah.” This is “blah 11.” I am almost done with everything. Should be finished up this weekend… in fact everything is looking good enough that I’m switching my days off around. I’d originally put down I’d be off next Thursday and Friday (even though we aren’t leaving til Friday). I’d…

  • Dragon Con Thoughts
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    Dragon Con Thoughts

    So as I’ve mentioned I won’t be there Thursday – we aren’t coming in until Friday morning, we’ll probably get into town around 1 and after getting to the room, getting our badges – probably won’t be “done” and ready to actually do stuff til like 3 probably. At the moment, here’s what I’m definitely bringing: The Pink Thing Mon…