Wow, it's been a while since I've visited that space. Too long. It's mid-CostumingJuly! Need to get to work. Wait... according to The Now Habit, that's negative self-talk and instead I choose to get to work. I'd love to get to work! I'd love to pull out my sewing machine right fucking now and whip up something gorgeous. But there's other work to be ( Read more... )

It went to the holidays and a certain little boy's sixth birthday and an open house I threw for me and a few friends to sell some jewelry before Christmas. And here we are and it's CostumingMay already!

I've been thinking. It's what I do best, really. I'm going to approach this a little differently. I mean, I have my list. But I don't want to get ( Read more... )

So, I had kind of a fail of a CostumeFebruary. I blame my spectacular ability to find a million other things I "should" be doing instead of working on costumes. Let's revisit my list, shall we?

Lady Wolverine - Fail. Ran out of budget and subsequently ran out of will to try to pull it together with what I already had. I probably won't get back to ( Read more... )

So, it's Costuming February! Like a week into it, but whatever. I feel a bit like I'm swimming in open water right now. I'm desperately trying for order, but inspiration is hella impulsive and you sometimes just have to go where it drags you to get anything done at all. And sometimes you just have to stop looking at all the new Hobbit images and ( Read more... )

Big costuming events like Dragon*Con always seem like sort of the turning of a year. So, I'm developing a new time called the Costuming Year. Labor Day is the Costuming New Year's Day, which makes September Costuming January. That means, it's time for me to reflect on what I accomplished this year and start firming up plans for next year. ( Read more... )