Things I will not do, part the billiontyeth ( Read more... )

Lizard-brain is squealing that it wants to sew something awesome and Victorian, so I guess I'm doing Mrs. Lovett for Halloween 2010? I haven't yet decided on a dress, though I kind of like the "main" dress she has. Also, it has red bloomers.

Ladies and gentlemen, today I will commit cosplay ( Read more... )

And so the great cycle has turned again; I have the sudden, urgent need to have a Mat Devine gracing my living room. This is based on the latest blog of his, which I find even more fabulous than usual. I'm sorry, Gerard, Bill, Gabe - I'm going to have to forsake you all. Don't forget not to write ( Read more... )

I have two hours to concept, prep, and execute a costume for myself, while finishing a costume for someone else, and dealing with ANOTHER person who is having last minute issues (note to the WORLD: Never become known for getting good at sewing; Halloween will SUCK FOR YOU forever ( Read more... )

Dear self,

You are having a bad idea. Put the wig and the silver makeup down and quit trying to figure out a way to repurpose the Alice Band costume.

For one thing, getting silver makeup all over $25/yd fabric? STUPID.

For Halloween, self, you will do something else - yes, it will possibly involve, evidently, a weird wig, fake flesh wounds, and ( Read more... )

By dint of scanning Neverwhere at an absolutely horrific rate, I now have the character concept for my Halloween costume. This is because if I simply say "Steampunk explorer!" people will say "Ah." And then they'll back away slowly. I will still get funny looks saying "Door, from Neverwhere," but FUCK THE FUNNY LOOKS, PEOPLE, I DON'T CARE ( Read more... )

( Cut for pictures that will resize your friends page. )

It is all I can do any more to walk out the door, because all I see is evidence that I am a failure.

But on the bright side, I have corset fabric to chop up. I might be a failure, but at least I will be a corseted failure. I am having to take this costume one step at a time, which means being careful to make sure I have the corset (and therefore ( Read more... )