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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White Backdrop To-Do (or To-Don’t)
Every once in a while I like to do a check-in of sorts on where I am with getting all of my costumes shot on the white backdrop. Here’s a roundup of what I still have NOT gotten done, why, and what I need to do to be able to shoot it. This is really for my own benefit but…
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oh my god its tuesday
I totally spaced on posting yesterday. I was just so excited to get back to work on the Padme project LOL It’s been a busy week. Last friday was my parents 50th anniversary!! Whoa! But let me just go through everything from the beginning. Or as close as I can get. Finished this little puzzle. Gonna glue it together. I…
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Fall For Costume – The One Costume Edition
1. Introductions Every year in October I do the Fall for Costume challenge, which always has a lot of fun prompts for posting different costume pictures. This year it wasn’t vibing with me and I gave up on it last week, the prompts just weren’t doing it for me. I’m still checking the prompts each day to see if it’s…
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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…
