amidala black coruscant

Below you’ll find my blog posts about my Queen Amidala Post Senate/Black Coruscant costume, constructed in 2018. For more photos and construction details, visit my entry on my Queen Amidala Post Senate costume in my portfolio.

  • this is halloween
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    this is halloween

    Whoo! It’s been a busy few days! First up, we finished the new tombstones! Gravestones? Headstones. What is the best term. I like Tombstones best. And we got some lights for night time. Thursday was the Pink Palace event. After work I decided I had time to take a quick nap before I got ready. Took my nap, went to…

  • this house has people in it
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    this house has people in it

    Welcome to Groundhogs Day where it’s Monday in 2020 again and nothing has changed. I actually do have quite a bit of content to share today though. Let’s start with random stuff from the past week. First up, we got our ruggable! I really love it! It’s going in our bedroom at the foot of our bed, and this week…

  • ayyy yo
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    ayyy yo

    Sorry for no post last week. I really didn’t have anything to post so I decided to wait. Aaaand… as of today I still don’t have much of anything to post. I’ve spent the last 10 DAYS taking photos but have nothing to show for it. (Yet) I did not expect my little dragoncon weekend project to take 10 days.…

  • constant state of irritation
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    constant state of irritation

    that’s me lately. no chill. just constantly, constantly irritated at EVERYTHING. Except cookies. And potatoes. Those are the only good things in life. I really don’t have much to post this week. I DID get my domain name moved Friday. At least, I thought it was over and done with but the new company this morning said my old one…

  • I wonder if anybody would notice…
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    I wonder if anybody would notice…

    …if I just crawled under my desk and took a nap? What is it like not feel tired? I honestly wonder. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t tired. OK! So anyway. I have pics from the Belle shoot and also the symphony from last weekend to finally post, but first let me get through last week’s sewing updates…

  • its a bittersweet symphony
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    its a bittersweet symphony

    I don’t have a ton to post about this week! Didn’t do much last week other than go to work. Saw Endgame again Wednesday afternoon. I had a migraine Tues-Thurs so it was a struggle to make myself go sew or do anything. I did get the yoke for Jedi Leia version 2 assembled. Here’s the outer grey piece and…

  • so many puppy pictures
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    so many puppy pictures

    I hope everybody had a nice thanksgiving! Let’s start off with my overdue Amidala photos. First, a few from the con. Fancy couch (I want one like this) I probably posted this one last week but oh well. And at Overton: “I want to take a picture in that chair” And now on with the show. Monday I finished up…

  • so magical
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    so magical

    I don’t have a ton to post today. Despite Saturday being a con day. Last week was play practices, me feeling crappy, going to see Fantastic Beasts 2. This BP medicine they put me on is killing me, just a constant nagging exhaustion and headache all the time. Fantastic Beasts 2 was fun. Not my favourite but it was fun…

  • dragoncon blues
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    dragoncon blues

    HI! I’m home, and officially dead from dragoncon. So let’s backtrack to Thursday morning! I got up at 5:30AM and Ash was there to pick me up before the sun was even fully up. We drove thru Silent Hill. The drive was pretty uneventful. We got into Atlanta around 2. Getting the car unloaded and into the room was painless!…

  • Dragoncon Eve
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    Dragoncon Eve

    Happy Dragoncon Eve! It’s happy because I FINISHED EVERYTHING LAST NIGHT. Well like 99.9% but still, everything major is DONE and if the stuff I plan on doing tonight doesn’t get done, it’s not a big deal. So my to-do list is: Run one errand after work Do laundry Trim that lacefront wig that’s arriving today (the base for the…

  • the deadbeat club
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    the deadbeat club

    It was a busy weekend. As is the the weekend before DragonCon EVERY year. SEE: 8/25/2002 8/23/2003 8/29/2004 8/28/2005 8/27/2006 8/26/2007 8/24/2008 8/31/2009 8/28/2010 8/28/2011 8/23/2012 8/26/2013 8/24/2014 8/24/2015 8/30/2016 8/29/2017 Haha. I got the robe finished late last week. I ended up taking the collar off the robe and sewing it onto a t-shirt that I’ll just wear underneath…

  • Dragoncon Eve
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    it’s your rare mid-week post

    I don’t have my phone today. It has made me very aware of how many times a day I reach for my phone for no particular reason. Like literally every 10 minutes. It’s getting a new battery put in today. I wanted to just go ahead and buy a new phone, because it’s time, but Chase said some new phone…

  • a trip and a lot of beading
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    a trip and a lot of beading

    Hi everybody! So yeah, last week was bad. My heart hurts and doubly so for my parents. And I really don’t have a lot of sewing stuff to show you guys today. Because it’s just been a week of non-stop beading. Which gets repetitious to keep taking pictures of. But I do have a few things to talk about. Thursday,…

  • weekend stuff
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    weekend stuff

    Sooooo this weekend. To be honest I don’t want to go into the shittiness of most of this weekend; but the one point relevant to my blog is that Kes is sick and we don’t know how long we have with her. It is tough. So that is all I am going to say about that. I’m going to focus…

  • a very moving weekend
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    a very moving weekend

    Guess what! Chase and I are homeless. We closed on our house Friday. All done. The new owner takes possession a week from today, so we have until then to move out. It’s so strange feeling. Like I said, I’m a little sad. It’s been a great home. But before I get too far into all that, let’s go back…

  • bienvenidos a miami
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    bienvenidos a miami

    Ugh my photos are all out of order in my smugmug folder. So I’m just going to post these by category instead of linearly. Thursday! We went to see the Frayser Bauhaus. This super cool house was built in 1948. It got turned into a doctor’s office for several years, and now it’s being restored to its former glory! They…

  • Two posts in a row?!
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    Two posts in a row?!

    I knowwwww I just posted yesterday and normally I try to put more space between posts BUT yesterday was a big day. And it IS DragonCon season which means I’m working on a lot of stuff and multiple posts in a week should be expected & allowed. Ok let’s get the bad out of the way. Well I’m not going…

  • Finally some Amidala Progress
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    Finally some Amidala Progress

    I don’t have a ton to post about today!! Mostly since I did a second post last week. We’ve had Kevin with us since Tuesday last week, so that’s been fun. I don’t know what this snapchat filter was supposed to be but it look like the Lunchlady’s yearbook picture. Friday Chase got off work early so as soon as…