Seven years since book 7 came out. Jeez, how the time flies! Some of my favorite moments in fandom came as a result of that series, including my experience at Terminus in 2008 where I met some of the most wonderful people.

Here are a few pictures to celebrate JKR and the excellent world of Harry, Ron, and Hermione <3

( Crucio! )

I've got the pup conked out downstairs, so I thought I would take a few minutes to put up another batch of Terminus photos. This batch is especially catered to those of you who wonder what the heck this con thing was all about; most of these are "behind the scenes" shots. BEWARE: oodles of pictures behind the cut, so for those of you with slow ( Read more... )

I am FINALLY finished with my costumes! Of course, by "finished," my cloak isn't hemmed on the bottom and I'm still using my old battle gloves (the ones with the eyelets falling off and fray all over). But I made my Death Eater's cloak!!! All thanks is due to droxy for her helpful PPT instructions and guidance. Though I did have to wing it on the hood, ( Read more... )

The dratted puppy ate my new microphone cord. That's two mics he's put out of commission! I bought another one earlier this evening and polished off another (long) chapter from Deathly Hallows; just the final "Flaw in the Plan" and the epilogue left to record, unless I'm mistaken! Of course, something awful in my gut tells me that a few of the ( Read more... )

Primping for Terminus has officially begun! My nails are longer than they've ever been; even longer than the winter I had surgery on my mouth and couldn't, want to or no, bite my nails (nasty habit, but one that's been hard to overcome). I've been dressing to impress at work, and taking pains to perfect my make-up technique. And I'm *trying* (note ( Read more... )

With Terminus fast approaching, I am scrambling to get my costumes ready for the big week! As I don't have limitless funds with which to provide for myself a movie-accurate wardrobe, I'm making do with what I can find at thrift shops and what my sewing machine can dole out. As I've yet to acquire a Slytherin school tie, I am also trying my options ( Read more... )

I adore the way things happen. I hate to call it "coincidence," even with things as trivial as this: popping in after getting the wardrobe cleared up tonight, I hunkered down with my laptop downstairs to chat with a friend. Turning on the TV and meaning to put the volume down some, my finger slipped to the channel button and I ended up on one of ( Read more... )

"Aladdin" opens tomorrow, and for once I couldn't be happier to be occupied in the shop and unable to see the show. First dress was last night, and though they were supposed to have begun around 7, when I got there at 9 they'd only just begun and they couldn't get through an entire run. It was a disaster. And today was no better! I have two guests ( Read more... )

Yay for work starting at 10AM tomorrow! To celebrate my anticipated sleeping-in, here's some doodleage from the new sketchbook. Craptastic scan, but my creativity has been low lately and this is the best I've got. Besides, it shows that I'm actually thinking about Terminus which is... good. Scary (40 days away??), but good.

( Costume Rendering, take 1 )

We had a hugely productive day in the shop. Maybe it helped that the designer was in the grandest of tizzies, but for whatever reason, our morale held itself up and we ended up cranking out the kids' wear and finishing up works-in-progress that've taken us ages to finish. I am consequently exhausted. However ( Read more... )