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post-weekend… 2 weeks to go
Friday night and Saturday day I did my best to sew as much as possible. I did finally conquer the dress portion of the costume: I got the top portion cartridge pleated and then sewn onto my yoke piece. I had to go back and fix some problems on the yoke that were causing a fit issue – that took…
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Some non-edith stuff
I have not felt like working on Edith at all, but on Tuesday I had a major freak out when I realized it was only 3 weeks til we leave for the con. AHHH! So much left to do!! So I started jumping into the other stuff I needed to make for the trip, but that would be quicker. Last…
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Disney stuffffff
I am ensconced in Disney On Friday, I pre-ordered our Be Our Guest breakfast for our May trip. Then I booked our hotel for the July trip. Then Chase got our package booked for the September trip! Then I booked our dining for the October trip! And when we got home our May magic bands were in the mailbox a…
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More Edith progress + Jackson Generals pics
Had a fun and busy weekend. We went up to Jackson Friday night to stay with my grandparents, had dinner at Cracker Barrel and drove Mema crazy with Snapchat. Catty Bob Saturday morning we did a bit of shopping. I got some fabric. Then it was time to head over to the ballpark for Star Wars night. The weather cleared…
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Edith Progress
Past couple of days I’ve struggled with finding the energy to sew in general, plus just being a little stymied by not knowing where to go first on this costume. I haven’t been able to really wrap my head around, nor I have I felt like trying. But I finally got a plan of attack in place and decided I…
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Finally some Edith Progress
I finaaaaaaaally took scissors to fabric on my Edith costume. I’ve literally had the wig sitting in my sewing room since October last year. I had a little extra money from a bonus so I went ahead and bought the wig, thinking I’d get the costume done between Dec-Jan for MidSouthcon, but I didn’t even buy the fabric until January……
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#MouseEarsforaYear – Trip 2!
It’s actually pretty difficult to plan multiple trips at once, but with the way you have to schedule eveeeeeeeryting in advance now it’s unavoidable. I was already planning Trip 2 before we even left for Trip 1, and now that we’re coming up on Trip 2, I have Trips 3 and 4 in motion. You should see how ridiculously long…
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Last couple of new sets
Got the last two sets uploaded – Ozma and Ame-Comi Wonder Woman! Really happy with how Ozma turned out. I really like how the new fluffy Anna Valerious wig looks with this costume, as opposed to the flatter, straighter wig I always used for it. And… the wand. As I mentioned in an earlier post, my Ozma wand was missing,…
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More new photos
When UPS says your package will arrive 4/14, hands off to USPS on 4/13 and they scan it twice but it never shows up USPS THIS IS WHY NOBODY LIKES YOU Anyway, I got a couple more sets of the new photos uploaded… Bespin Escape Leia! Nice to mark this one off the list – now I just have one…
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New Stuff!!
The photoshoot Saturday went pretty good! We managed to get through all 8, but I almost stopped after 6. I was exhausted. But after a little nap and dinner, I was able to pull together and finish the last 2. I’ve got 4 of them up so far: Imperial Officer: Played around with a couple of different hairstyles for this…
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Misadventures in Attempting to Wear Old Costumes
So prepping for this weekend’s photoshoot has consumed my entire week. But before I dig into that, I guess I should show the results of my Anna Valerious wig re-curling: It’s not perfect but I am pretty darn happy with it, and it’s miles ahead of where it started out. I may wear it for Ozma too, instead of the…
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Random Weekend Stuff
This past weekend, Chase went east to see some friends, and I went to have a Mema weekend! Yay! Saturday we went shopping and hit up one of the closing Hancock Fabrics up there. Right after we left I saw the news on my phone that the rest of the Hancock locations will be closing. I’m so distraught, I can’t…
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Saving Anna Valerious
This weekend is exciting because it’s a PHOTOSHOOT weekend!! Hooray! I’m shooting my Arwen Blood Red Dress, my original Arwen dress and Ozma of Oz – all because I got a new wig from Arda a couple months ago for these costumes in particular (the wig I used to use became Ame-Comi Wonder Woman’s ponytail back in 2008….). I’m also…
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Disgust photos!
Besides uploading all my Disney photos, I also got my Disgust photoshoot pictures up! Super happy with how these came out. Here’s a few favs… And I have my portfolio updated with the construction stuff!
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More Disney Photos!
Last night I got our Photopass pictures downloaded, as well as what was on our little digital camera. (Turns out there was only like, 6 photos on the digital camera and 4 of them were repeats of our photopass photos… LOL) Me & Jake: Yes, I stood in line by myself, a grown woman who has never even watched this…
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Back from Disney!
This trip was a whirlwind. The shortest trip we’ve ever done (yet) it was a big experiment for us. This was our first time only doing 3 (technically 2 1/2) days, our first time in a long time NOT doing the dining plan, and our first time driving straight through the first day. Let’s see how those experiments turned out……
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Two posts in one day??
I uploaded Kevin’s MidSouthCon pics from the digital camera already so I thought I’d go ahead and post them. HERE is the link to the whole gallery! I posted my Disgust/Wonder Woman snapchat but here’s Kevin’s matching Batman: This little Batman was the cutest EVER Full length: As I mentioned my petticoat is showing too much on the side; I’ll…
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The most random post ever
This weekend was CRAZY busy… Well let me start with Thursday. I started pulling out stuff for our trip this week, and decided our one stitch patch on our park bag looked lonely, so I dragged out my patch collection to see what I could do. After some fiddling around with placement and seeing what would fit, I ended up…
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BANG
I have no idea what happened at 6 AM this morning but it sounded like a shotgun right in our backyard. I was laying in bed half-awake (thanks, migraine) and immediately yelled for Chase, who was sitting in the living room on the couch. He apparently bolted off the couch and scared the cat and ran into the bedroom to…
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Just need a belt buckle…
Finished up the belt last night! I had a big enough scrap of leather in the leather bin to use as a base. I wish it’d been a LITTLE bit taller (like maybe 1/2 inch) but this was all we had to work with, and I didn’t want to go buy something new. I made a casing out of the…
