My first pieces for both Maleficent and Celeborn came yesterday! That oh-so-essential undergarment for Celeborn and an accessory for Maleficent that I scored on the cheap while being bad and browsing eBay last month. My rationalization was that Maleficent is bad and therefore I was merely channeling her when I hit "bid". Unfortunately, I think ( Read more... )

I started work on Celeborn Thursday. But I quickly found out that I'm just not going to be able to drape this thing on my busty dress form (bustier than I am, for sure). I don't yet have a compression apparatus for my own chest, so I couldn't even really take accurate measurements to draft something. But, that didn't stop me from playing. I mocked ( Read more... )

I'm trying desperately to catch up on everything. I have no idea how I got this far behind in ALL THE THINGS, but I have and it's frustrating. I was over 200 entries behind on LJ reading. I know this because they won't let you go back farther than 200 entries on your friends list. I've got it down to under 80 now and still plugging away. If ( Read more... )

Dharma Trading never ceases to amaze me at how fast they ship. I was curious how long it would take because I've only ever used USPS Priority as an option with them (is usually the cheapest) and this time I used First Class. I ordered before noon on Thursday and my fabrics arrived on Saturday! I don't know how they do it ( Read more... )

I still don't completely have all my costumes packed away from Dragon*Con. I need to make some repairs and do some finishing on a couple before they can be washed, so they've just been hanging in the closet door since I got back. Also, I need to purchase something in which to store Batgirl parts and pieces. But I have straightened up enough ( ( Read more... )

Can't slow down for a proper post, but Batgirl progress can be seen here in reverse chronological order. Back to the sweat shop!

I'm hammering away at my lists and rockin' the socks off this thing right now, all on just 4 hours of sleep last night. I'm just now slowing down for a bit to enjoy one of the most beautiful nights we've had in a long time. Chilly even ( Read more... )

I got my cowl in today, which is freakin' awesome (both that it shipped so amazingly fast & the cowl itself is pretty awesome). I'll take pics tomorrow before and after I slice it up. I'm so glad I bought this thing. Jonah thinks it's pretty cool, too. He wanted me to wear it longer but it's hard to breathe in until I cut off the piece under the ( Read more... )

As amended to today's earlier post, I ordered a Batman cowl. It's latex, comes all the way to the shoulders and looks pretty decent in the pics. However, it's made by Rubies and that name always makes me cringe just a little bit. However, however, it's gotten really great reviews by people who claim to be huge Batman fans and it is part of their ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Jonah's first day back at school. He goes two days per week, but we're going to get put on a waiting list for a third (hoping it will help with the last bit of potty training). It was so hard to pull myself out of the reverie in quietude that I didn't really get working until lunch time ( Read more... )