My daughter is a huge fan of "Brave" she loves Merida on so many levels. Loves her spunk, the crazy curly hair (like she had when she was smaller) the crazy trouble making triplet brothers, that she's a red-head like Momma. Ever since she first saw the movie trailers she has asked me for a dress like Merida's "party dress, the light blue one" I ( Read more... )

For Video Games Live last week in our area, I put together three costumes as a set, for Team Fortress 2.
( Team Fortress 2! )

Progress has been continuing on my Zelda project. Also known as the most detail-ridden costume I've ever undertaken. I recently completed (it's a relative term right?) the belt and tabard pieces that hang in front of the skirt. It felt funny making this huge piece to cover the skirt... that I'd been painstakingly detailing for what felt like a ( Read more... )

( Finished mask for The Riddler costume (dragon*con) and a new cross stitch pattern inside. Make with the clicky! )

So, I have a friend who has suddenly decided he wants to be The Riddler at dragon*con this year. For those of you who don't know, that would be this upcoming weekend ( Read more... )

My friend is going as Castiel to a convention, and bought a trench coat. I hemmed the coat for her and moved the belt loops, and my husband replaced some buttons ( Read more... )

Hey again all! I know I just shared my Other Mother costume a few days ago (thank you so much for the kind words by the way!) I'd like to do the "reveal" of my second primary costume for San Diego Comic Con.

I put "reveal" in quotes because it's not quite done. But, it's wearable. There are just some props that aren't complete yet, and I'll share ( Read more... )

My kids are teenagers, 13 and 16, and have started edging more toward cosplay for Halloween as they've gotten older. I've lost count of the number of anime, manga and video game characters we've created now. They've all been fun and have all presented interesting, um, we'll call them challenges ( Read more... )