cosplay life
The weird life of a cosplayer.
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State of the Union
Because I’m bored. First order of business – White Backdrop Shoots 2025: So it’s almost that time of the year. Here’s my goals: 1. Belle ballgown version 3 I need better pics of this more than my other dcon costumes – but I want to do the embroider first. Going to start looking at it this weekend. 2. Padme (Taylor’s…
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then & then & now – a costume questionnaire
I’ve been going back thru old posts to fix my headers and I came across this cosplay questionnaire I did back in 2002, and took again in 2013 with both answers together. Let’s do it again!! 1.Name: 2002: kell 2013: kell 2025: still kell 2.Cosplay Name: 2002: kell 2013: kelldar 2025: kelldar 3.When did you first start costuming?: 2002: 1998…
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Bespin Leia cost breakdown
So I posted a silly video on my tiktok yesterday about why I don’t do commissions and I used Bespin Leia as an example of an incredibly in-depth costume project that I’d NEVER EVER do on commission – I mean, I’m not gonna do anything on commission but in particular THAT ONE – mostly because 95% of people who ask…
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2018 Year in Review!
Another year, another year in review! 2018 was a crazy year of packing and moving. Trying to make stuff in between packing, in between moving, while living with family with 90% of my stuff in storage, has been hectic to say the least! So to start off with, here are the projects I said I wanted to do in 2018……
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A meme
because it’s been a loooooooooooooong day and I’m bored. Name 4 cosplays you’ve done: I’m going to try to name as many costumes as possible while only using 4 names. 1. Princess Leia (19) 2. Padme (11) 3. Belle (9) 4. Donna Noble (6) Got 45 costumes just out of those 4 names LOL God that sounds obsessive. Name 4…
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In which I comment on old costume lists
Going back through some of my oldest posts about costumes I want to do and I found some hilarious ideas and notes and thoughts. I am going to comment on some of these. Here’s some costume ideas I wrote down back in 1998… I underlined the parts I find funny. [quote]Costume Idea #1. Chun-Li. So it’s been done to death.…
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That white backdrop tho
So a while back, I wrote a post about our white backdrop shoots, and… it has disappeared. I can find my “WHY” post, but not my “how” post. So, I’m posting a new one! For a quick recap, we started doing white backdrop photoshoots in 2009. I wanted to specifically recreate the Sally Jupiter “pin-up” art from Watchmen, and brought…
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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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The Agony of Dragon Con
I call this, “The Agony of Dragon Con”
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Cosplay Questions
cosplay questions… everybody’s favourite… my favourite to blog and everybody else’s favourite to skip reading! 1. One of your best cosplay memories? I know it says “one of” but here’s a few… my first DragonCon (mind blowing!), Disney group with my best friends/meeting Chase in 2005, almost running into Stan Lee in 2010 then him giving me a hug in…
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Random Annoyances
When I see someone post a costume photo and it’s labeled/titled/described as nothing more than “cosplay girl.” (bonus if there’s absolutely no costumer/photographer credit, either.) It’s not just one person or website doing this. I’ve seen it for years, multiple places. In some cases it may be a case of not knowing who the character is. But generally, no. Instead…
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FAQ Friday: All of my Costumes
Today’s question is… Just how many costumes have you done? It’s really hard to make a complete list. Everytime I try I end up forgetting something. But I’m going to give it a go. (I’m not counting costumes I made for friends, unless I also wore them at some point.) Last updated: June 2021 1. Star Trek TNG Uniform –…
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FAQ Friday: The Worst Costume Advice I Can Think Of
I’m tired of trying to give good advice, so here’s the worst costuming advice I can think of. 1. Don’t waste time doing research The best costumers just jump right in and make awesome stuff happen, like magic. 2. Don’t have a sewing machine and a needle and thread takes too long? Try Elmer’s Glue Don’t waste time trying to…
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Anatomy of a Costume
This started going around facebook yesterday, and I thought it would be fun to make one, too. (And even though isn’t really an FAQ Friday, I’m using the FAQ Friday header.) I ended up not uploading it to facebook though – because there were so many thoughts and caveats I had about it that I thought I’d just make it…
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FAQ Friday: Things Not to Say to Cosplayers
I know there was a fairly recent blog article similar to this a while back, and I don’t mean to step on anyone’s toes with it. But after a few weird encounters at a recent convention, I really wanted to throw my two cents into the ring. So, here are some things I’ve had said to me/said to friends, or…
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Cosplay Meme
A cosplay meme I stole because I’m bored. Cosplay Personality Meme! Choose a character from your cosplays that best suits each one… You relate to most: Belle. Ever since I was a little girl and saw the movie in the theater and had that whole, “SHE likes books and I like books too!” moment, preferring to be left alone to…
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wut
I literally…. LITERALLY cannot wrap my brain around how people are so astounded that I take 12 costumes to Dragoncon. Like, I could probably squeeze in 3-4 more without ever feeling crowded. I mean, I can see the other side, I can see how other people only bring 1 costume or no costumes and spend the entire con standing in…
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Flickr Thoughts
So, the past couple of months, I’ve been trying to clean up my flickr account. Retagging, resorting, etc. I’ve gotten to where I really hate flickr, and I’d totally move to some other site if it didn’t mean basically killing most of the photos on my website for several months time. It’s not even the annoying yahoo! redesigns I hate,…
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Thoughts on a short year
Last year I only made 6 costumes. That’s the lowest amount since I started this hobby. Even the year we bought a house and we needed to save money I made more costumes (9). The only years lower are 2000 and 1999 – because I only made 1 each of those years. After realizing this and thinking about it, I…
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A bunch of questions
1: What was your first cosplay? Depends on how strict you want to get with the definition. I generally point to my Halloween costume of 1998, when I did a closet costume of Britan from my comic, SunDowner. If you say OCs don’t count, then my 1999 Halloween costume of Quistis which was my first foray into sewing. Or if…
