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New Costume: Romana I
I’ve finished my Romana I costume and have added it to my portfolio! I was really, really happy with how my Romana costume turned out. I had expected to be “satisfied” with it – I wasn’t 100% sure about it before the con but figured it’d all be ok, so I was surprised to get it all on, and then…
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Dragoncon 2013!
Well I’ve been home from Dragoncon for a few days but haven’t posted a thing here – sorry! It was a good year. Even though I felt like i was a day ahead the whole time (Thursday felt like Friday, Friday felt like Saturday) by the end of it, it felt like it had rushed by way too fast. I…
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In which Chase holds props
We worked on costumes for the past 2 1/2 days and I only have two photos to show today. First, I finished my Fionna sword! Whee! And here’s the staff for my last costume. I took pictures of some other things but the paint needed touching up very badly so I didn’t post them. Another thing to add to the…
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International Cosplay Day
So apparently today is International Cosplay Day? I will be celebrating by working on costumes all day long.
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Random Randoms
Worked on some different stuff last night. I finally finished my Romana I brooch and got it attached! About time, I think I’ve been done with everything else on it for a few weeks now. Overall really happy with it. Although could I have taken a worse picture? Why didn’t I at least stick it on the dress form that…
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Updated: Dragoncon 2013 Schedule
All right! We leave for DragonCon in a week, so here’s my final costume list, and a semi-schedule. (Sorry, the image that was originally here was lost in a server move. I replaced it with an older one that doesn’t quite match up but still kinda works.) Wednesday night: Batgirl – private photoshoot Thursday: Early evening – Romana I for…
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Fun with Worbla
I just cleaned the house and burned mashed potatoes and beaded my skirt some last night, so I don’t really have much to post today. Chase did work on my belt a bit. I looove how it looks. Tonight I’ve got to get some actual sewing done. My to-do list for tonight: -Finish re-inforcing Romana cape feathers -Finish Chase’s shirt…
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Stuff from yesterday
Well yesterday, I packed some more… We played with worbla… I helped Chase with a wig, and I got my skirt put together And then I decided I hadn’t done enough beading on Saturday so I started beading the skirt And Chase has the power I also painted some gauntlets. My hands are covered in purple and brown paint, and…
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More from yesterday
SO I already posted about yesterday a bit, but here’s some more. I was up really early yesterday thanks to a migraine, so I got up and ran out and bought a garment rack. It’s been driving me crazy and holding up my packing progress to not be able to bring my costumes I need to hang up into the…
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Belle
Today is pack & repair day since I have the house to myself. I’ve taken over the living room, it looks like my costume closet exploded in here. Chase will be happy to read that. Anyway, first order of business was to fix a fit issue I’ve always had with my Marie Antoinette hoops. The waist was always way too…
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FAQ Friday: Transporting Costumes
Today’s question is… How do you transport so many costumes to a convention? This is a question I get a lot, especially when people see me bringing like 12-14 costumes to a convention like Dragoncon! Transporting Costumes when Flying I rarely fly to conventions anymore, but back in the day I flew a lot. My first few conventions I had…
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in which i do nothing but mangle a wig and unsuccessfully dye chiffon
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in reality
I keep trying to put together some kind of dragoncon costume schedule to post, so people can know when I’m wearing what. today I realised that this is really my dragoncon schedule: 1. wear costumes 2. nap 3. wear costumes 4. tequila shots so yeah, im just going to post that when anyone asks
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Voices Carry
I loved the song “Voices Carry” by Til Tuesday when I was a kid. For YEARS I thought they were saying, “Hush, hush, keep it down now, this is Carrie.” It wasn’t til I was in my teens that I realised it was “voices carry.” DUH. And when “Livin La Vida Loca” came out, the line “Lips are devil red”…
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Lulu
Lately I have been playing around with the idea of remaking my Lulu costume next year. Not because I hate my original version from 2002 or anything; but more just as a fun thing to do. It would for the most part, be fairly easy, with some interesting parts, and I think some of my original pieces could be re-used.…
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2 weeks!
Last night I spent most of my time digging through closets looking for costume pieces. Where-ever my Lady Blackhawk belt was, it wasn’t labeled, so I just had to look in every costume box to figure out where it was. (I finally found it in my Ms Marvel box.) I also pulled out everything else I needed for this year,…
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Wig, etc
Didn’t get a lot done yesterday. Storms and family lunch took up the bulk of the day, but I did get my Belle wig finished, re-dyed my chiffon, nearly finished Chase’s Zaphod gloves and finished altering his Zaphod pants. The only pic I have to share today is my wig that I posted about dyeing saturday – here it is…
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Saturday night
So! Yesterday, I started kinda packing, almost finished embroidering my pants, then Chase and I ran errands and fell asleep on the couch. Today we got up early and went and had breakfast, then a couple more errands. Came home and got to work on stuff. I finally broke down and dyed my wig. Been scared of doing it. It…
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Updates & Pics
I got some decent work done last night! And took pics! This one is actually from night before last. Gollum made my Donna Runaway Bride earrings for me. I worked on the corset for the last costume for a bit – got the straps added, cleaned up some loose threads. Then I patterned out my skirt and cape. Thankfully I…
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20 days to go…
So we’re in the final stretch here. We have 20 days before we leave. I’ve got to get a lot done this weekend. 3 of my costumes are pretty much finished – Donna Runaway Bride is totally done, Trillian is totally done. Romana I and Supergirl are at like 90%. The other new costume is only at like maybe 40%…
