Mom watched Z last night so we could go out with vatavian, rslatkin, and erikted to see Prince Caspian. I didn't like it quite as much as The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, but then I don't recall liking the book as much either. Reepicheep definitely stole the show, though.

This being a somewhat disjointed and random account of my weekend at Fencon ( Read more... )

I'm home! Big, nasty, evil flight delays suck. Luckily, long weekends attending cool cons with friends are the exact opposite of flight delays ( Read more... )

We checked in to the con around 5 on Friday (which seems to be the secret to not standing in line--Saturday morning we could see the registration lines stretching around the block), then chased around looking for where to check in for the new Friday night costume contest. I'd had an email that said the check-in list would be either at Registration ( Read more... )

Because I can never just leave a costume be...there's always something to add, right? Especially EL wire!

I'm not sure yet if this is worthwhile--I do like the way it reflects off the crystals, but it only shows up in very low lighting (which is why the pictures are so grainy), and cons are generally well-lit. Also, the lit up wire makes a very ( Read more... )

This is the first time I've done an actual character costume. I hadn't really thought about it before, but that does have an effect on people's perceptions--especially if it's a well-known character, and especially a well-known character from a kids' novel ( Read more... )

So, since I need another costuming project like I need a hole in the head, I decided the White Witch's wand (try saying that fast) needed...something. Like...runes! Yeah ( Read more... )

The White Witch is almost done (except for the rest of the ungodly amount of hand sewing I didn't manage to finish at the DCTV weekend). I'm also mostly done with a vaguely gypsy-ish hall costume that involves a lot of ribbons and bells. I'm hoping to enter the White Witch in the masquerade at Concarolinas next month, and I need a presentation ( Read more... )

It's been a busy day with the pictures.

I think this might be finished. I found taller crystals for the crown (at Lowes, of all places, in the lighting section--they're for repairing chandeliers), and also note the "stone" dagger--yet another Party City find,spray-painted silver and with sticky jewels added ( Read more... )

So the last time I posted pictures of the fledgling White Witch project, I got some comments that the crown needed to be taller and spikier. So I played around with a few ideas (don't mind Matilda, she's just the model):

( The original crown )