"Yo-dee-leh-ee-oo!"

Jun 15, 2010 03:04

Howdy partners!  hehe...don't mind the theme.  I'm getting excited because we're going to see the midnight showing of Toy Story 3 and I'm dressing up as Jessie!  Here's a quick rundown of my costume:
  • my cowgirl hat (bought the tan hat at Wal-Mart, spray painted it red, glued/weaved the white trim)
  • my red hair (bought red yarn that we're attaching to the hat to resemble a wig, complete with the braid and yellow ribbon)
  • my blouse (bought a white blouse at the Good Will and just attempted to spray the needed parts yellow with fabric spray.  It bled a bit, so I'm going to try and get white fabric paint to clean it up.  Then I'm adding red trim in puffy paint, the white fringe out of foam, sewing on two over-sized buttons, and adding a shower ring on the back for the pull string.)
  • my belt and buckle (using my own belt; made a replica buckle out of yellow foam, highlighted in brown paint)
  • my jeans and cow print chaps (using my own jeans; cut chaps out of cow print and stitched them on using wide stitches for easy removal.  They are sewn to the knee, where the jeans will be tucked in.  Glued foam fringe to the outsides of the chaps.)
  • my boots (bought at the Good Will.  May add the cactus design on the sides.  Need to pad them because they're a little big.
I'm so excited for this costume!!  It's using up a lot of my time and some extra dollars, but I'm so proud of it.  It looks spot on so far and Clara is just as impressed as I am.  (I just hope I can fix the blouse.)  And I figure I can probably reuse it for Halloween or another event.

So my days lately have been absolutely insane.  Clara and I have been staying up late between catching up, moving things, and costume prep.  Here was a rundown of today:

8:45 -- Awake
9am -- Shower/prep for day
9:45 -- Hit the road to Sylvan
10:30-12:30 -- Observing at Sylvan
12:45 -- Leaving Sylvan area
1:15 -- Go to shoe repair place to fix my shoes for the party tomorrow
1:20 -- Receive text from Clara asking if I'm joining her for CDCT at MK; end up asking for help prepping things over the phone
1:50 -- Arrive home
2:10 -- Leaving for MK, having changed clothes and grabbed a quick sandwich for lunch
2:35 -- Arrive at MK
2:50 -- On Main Street to watch pre-parade and CDCT
3:30 -- Head to costuming to prep for work; talk to Cole
4:30-11 -- Crystal Palace; managed to finish my chaps.  Snacked on the food the kitchen gave us.  Caught up with Rob.
11:30 -- Leave MK to pick up Crystal from the airport
12 -- Pick up Crystal and drop her off
12:40 -- Arrive home.  Finish chaps, sprayed the hat again, sprayed the shirt, made the belt buckle.
2:40 -- Climbed in bed.

And tomorrow is just as crazy.  My one full day off.  Crystal is coming over at 10:30am to do Insanity.  *groans*  Then we're going to shower and prep for Lindsey's bachelorette party, which starts at 2 and goes until whenever.  I don't know when I'm going to find time to finish my costume, not to mention that Clara and I have a week to move my things from my old bedroom to our new one.  The biggest challenges will be removing my headboard from my bed and the mirror from my dresser.  The dresser is going in our closet and we're making the room black and white-ish.  We're going to spray paint my brown shelf to black so it matches.  I'm so excited...I can actually save up now for the decorative shelf I want.  :)

Well, I need sleep desperately.  I will catch up soon!
~ Nikki

crystal, clara, jessie, toy story 3, magic kingdom, lindsey, crystal palace

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