Well, the 2nd annual Atlanta Comics Expo has come and gone and I'm still alive. I was a busy woman during the con, speaking on several panels, entering various costume contests and hanging out with some great people. This is a fairly long entry so I've broken it up into several bite-sized pieces...

The con started on Friday at 1:00 with me (far ( Read more... )

Don't have much to say right now so instead I'll just post some photos of our kittens and of some earrings I made this week. Also a couple bonuse images for fun. Enjoy!

Pile O'Kittens...

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I've been such a slacker as of late about posting. Sorry to anyone who has missed me. Here's what's been up in the last few weeks.

First of all, Thanksgiving was lovely. I had my maternal family over in an effort to reinstate the tradition we had growing up. I had 15 people for dinner and an additional 4 for dessert. Needless to say, the house was ( Read more... )

Ok, so here's what I've got so far on Serafina Pekkla. This gallery from which this photo below comes. Bridgetothestars.net has been a really helpful resource for photos so far.


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So I've probably already overcommitted myself for costumes for DC08 but I'm going to dive in headfirst anyway. Here's a list of what I'll be making for both me and for my 11 yr old con buddy, Reno. We're trying to do some "pairs" so those should be fun ( Read more... )

   For the record, I'm so in love with  www.costumes.narniaweb.com right now.

Poll Susan Costumes

I'm so psyched about taking Irene to con next year I've been researching costumes for her. The definite one is Susan's Archery Dress from The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (from henceforth referred to LWW.) This cosplay is going to rule. Irene totally makes a great Susan.

Here's Anna Popplewell who plays Susan

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Jeez it's a long recovery when you get con crud. I'm still slightly congested. Meh. Anyways, here's my brief Con review and some pictures of how my Sarah costume came out.

First pictures of my costume. This was taken by an audience member while I was on stage displaying my workmanship. I was contestant #1!! Yikes! Actually though, it was a relief ( Read more... )

I've finally finished my corset for my Sarah from Labyrinth costume for DragonCon. As I have very little sewing experience, I'm extremely pleased with how it came out. As they say, practice makes perfect and it took 3 mockups to get this right. Previous mockups can be seen here (may not be SFW) and here (I've come a long way, IMHO.)

Construction ( Read more... )

Ok, so it's REALLY early to be talking about DragonCon 2008 but I just got permission to take my friend's 12 yr old daughter to con next year! I don't know how many days she'll be able to handle but I'm going to go ahead and start looking into costume ideas for her. She just LOVES YAL so there might be a Lyra Belacqua costume in her future. Anyway ( Read more... )