COSTUMES ( Read more... )

This is not holiday that's really celebrated around these parts at all, apart from in Mexican restaurants, but any excuse for a tequila drink, right? And some office in my building must be celebrating, because at this morning's fire drill I saw a dude in a suit wearing a straw sombrero and carrying some donkey pinatas ( Read more... )

The real trick is trying to get my suitcase under 50 pounds...

Plane leaves in nine hours. :D

I'm looking forward to Atlanta for one more reason now. When I got into my car this morning there was ICE on the windshield. WHAT THE HELL IT IS AUGUST THAT IS NOT RIGHT. >:( This summer has been so crappy that I'm actually looking forward to cooking my ass off in my polyester costumes in the Georgia heat ( Read more... )

So I totally intended to do a pre-DCon photo shoot yesterday with all my costumes, but the weather was (and still is) absolute shit. I can't take photos in the freezing cold rain because both my fake suede and my camera wouldn't like it, and my house is too full of sewing mess too small to do good indoor pics ( Read more... )

As soon as I find my fan, I am ready to go for DragonCon 09. All the shit fits in my suitcase with room to spare and I'm 10 pounds under the maximum. All costumes are finished, including alterations on a Loligoth dress I wasn't originally planning on bringing. Bringing it now because it'll fit and because I need something not bulky and cool to ( Read more... )

Been emailing back and forth with greenwitch about DCon and talking a bit about the costumes we're doing this year. Now I have sewing on the brain and it's time to make the OMG 6 WEEKS TO THE CONVENTION costuming post! Here's what I've got. No pics yet, but the BF is coming to town this week so I'll see if I can rope him into taking some photos ( Read more... )

I just bought my plane ticket for Dragon*Con.

:D

OK! After being bent over the table and screwed by airmiles when I tried to get a ticket to Orlando to visit presentiment and then go to DCon, I thought I would be SOL for this trip. I was definitely not looking forward to playing airline lottery and trying to buy a ticket for whatever price I could find. But then Avion pulled through. :D I've been ( Read more... )

Today I bought my membership for DragonCon. :D Just need to book the plane ticket now and I'm all set!