sally jupiter

Below you’ll find my blog posts about my Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre I (Watchmen) costume, constructed in 2009.

  • the pit of despair
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    the pit of despair

    Being back at work after being off for 2 weeks suuuuuucks. Also my mental health is currently being completely propped up by a trip we are planning this spring. Thank goodness for that. What have I done the past week? Not much. I did start taking Christmas down yesterday, so that’s something. We did some more photoshoots, which I’ll talk…

  • 2009 Year in Review!
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    2009 Year in Review!

    what I finished, what I didn’t get to, and 2010… Here’s what I said at the end of 2008 that I’d like to do in 09… 1. Finish all those things I said I was going to finish this year, esp. Bespin Leia – HA! nope. 2. Silk Spectre I – yes! 3. Golden Age Black Canary – yes 4.…

  • Dragoncon 2009 Recap
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    Dragoncon 2009 Recap

    I figured I’d better go ahead and make a decent post about the weekend before I start to forget LOL Thursday morning we managed to get out of town on time, even after going to Starbucks! Yay. Check-in at the hotel was crowded, it gets more crowded every year, more people tend to come in early these days, I guess.…

  • Megacon & Photoshoot Pic Dump
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    Megacon & Photoshoot Pic Dump

    I finally finished digging out the megacon pics Chase missed. Here’s the smugmug set. The new pics start at the little boy dressed as Link. I’m just going to post 2 of them, because they’re of Kevin. Here he is in his ebay jedi Luke costume again. I need to take it up and find him some better fitting boots.…

  • Megacon 2009 Pics
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    Megacon 2009 Pics

    Honestly I kinda feel really bad we didn’t stay at Megacon very long at all. I missed seeing a lot of people I wanted to see and just didn’t really have time to enjoy it. But — like I said in previous posts, Silk Spectre was fun to wear. Starfire was a giant FAIL… and the makeup remover I used…

  • Sally Jupiter and Aurora pics
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    Sally Jupiter and Aurora pics

    Thought I’d toss a few pics up here before I head to work. Only one from megacon, still waiting on Chase to send me the rest. Here’s a few more of the Sleeping Beauty photoshoot — still haven’t gotten through them all, though. back to real life today… 🙁

  • Sally Jupiter done!
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    Sally Jupiter done!

    (edit: This might be the absolutely worst featured image header I’ve done so far.) Well everything is basically done, I guess. Costumes are packed and in a box in my car to be shipped out today. Still got to finish packing regular clothes and stuff tonight. Our flight is at 1 tomorrow, we should be in Orlando around 4:30ish, if…

  • to-do list 2/21/09
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    to-do list 2/21/09

    Silk Spectre: put lace in wrist cuff put new clasp on garter belt replace straps on bodice Zatanna: put boning in vest Starfire: dye bodysuit fix strap on chest piece

  • Sally Jupiter updates
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    Sally Jupiter updates

    I got the rings sewn in place on the front of the cincher, that took up the bulk of yesterday because I’m so slow at hand-sewing (meaning I sew a little bit, get distracted, sew a little bit, get distracted…). I got the buttons sewn on the gloves and the dress attached to the collar. Tonight once I get home…

  • Sally Jupiter progress, and Aurora pics
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    Sally Jupiter progress, and Aurora pics

    sorry I haven’t posted much!! been busy 😉 The new waist cincher… putting the rings in the front tonight. I’m hoping to finish it off tonight. Once I do I can put it on and get the hem of the “dress” part marked and cut off and finished, that’ll be this weekend. I need to finish off the top edge…

  • Sally Jupiter progress pics
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    Sally Jupiter progress pics

    I got the Belle dress basically put together. Tonight I hope to finish off most of the blue part and maaaybe start on the shirt. I finished the waist cincher, outside of putting in the eyelets up the front. I’m going to ask Chase to do that for me tonight, I hate putting in eyelets. Once that’s done I can…

  • Sally Jupiter updates
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    Sally Jupiter updates

    So had a long sewing day yesterday, only to basically end up back where I started. I decided to remake the Silk Spectre waist cincher – I’m much happier with the new one but it took all day. I ran out of black thread at the end so didn’t get it completely finished. Oh here’s my boots! A couple of…

  • Megacon, Sally Jupiter, Zatanna updates
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    Megacon, Sally Jupiter, Zatanna updates

    Sorry I haven’t posted here in a while! I was very lazy over the holidays and it was really nice LOL I got a lovely new top hat for Zatanna for Christmas! That’s really the only thing costume related I got, outside of a fabric store gift card. I have gotten a start on Silk Spectre I. I’ve the chiffon…

  • 2008 in review
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    2008 in review

    What I accomplished in 2008 (and what I didn’t, LOL) Well it was weird year for me, costume-wise, because the first part of the year was eaten by my wedding, both financially and time-wise. I was still attemping to work on stuff – to make things that were easy, or that I already had material for. I think after the…

  • to-do list 2/21/09
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    Ahsoka and Sally updates

    First up, last weekend’s Make-a-Wish thing was fun. We got lost on the way there when the GPS told us to take a road that didn’t exist. But the mall it was at was really nice, and I think they raised a good bit of money. I haven’t heard, and I haven’t seen any pics yet – we didn’t take…

  • to-do list 2/21/09
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    Costume Plans

    I didn’t work on anything tonight – I’m fighting off a headache, I really do not want to still have my head aching Saturday at the Make-a-Wish thing. But! I had to post because we got our Megacon flights booked today. I’m SUPER excited, I’ve heard good things about the con and it’s been forever since we’ve gone to a…