Feeling a bit ADD today...

So, I have all these random pics of various costumes (some don't even exist anymore!). Not really worth going into detail with, but what the hell...I'll throw 'em up here!

This was from a friend's party. They always did some sort of costumed theme. This was the "Spy Party." My husband is the Scarlet Pimpernel and I was just some random courtesan. This dress was sacrificed to the costume gods quite a while ago.

This one was for a LARP I did at MarCon one year. Yes, those eagles were hand embroidered. For those of you that recognize the costume as the uniform of the Stelets from the game 7th Sea...you get extra points for your "Identify Obscure Gaming Reference" skill check! BTW...this is probably the only pic in existence of me with brunette hair.

And back when I was skinny, I was able to wear this one...this is the Blood Elf jewelcrafter trainer in Silvermoon from World of Warcraft.

This is Brzzzt...my crazy Ren Faire fairy (Brzzzt raised by squirrels! Ooooo....shiny!) Many moons ago, this was one of my favorite characters I got to play as part of the Great Lakes Medieval Faire cast. I spent one Pub Sing attached to the finger of the King. He pointed at me, and someone said "Careful! She bites!" And I did...and I didn't let go until close. Gotta love "yes, and..."

This is my sister Rachael and myself at the Great Lakes Faire this past summer. This was going to be Rachael's first costume she did by herself...ya...she wound up gluing the jewels on her wings...I did everything else!

Yup, not even my pets get to escape my costuming wrath. This is Nia in her Fairy Pug-cess costume. Hey, she won 2nd prize! Still trying to figure out if I can get my cat to wear a Dex-starr costume...



She-ra

As a child of the 80's, I wasted many an hour plastered to the TV watching the Princess of Power cartoon. And, true to my geek nature, I still have my entire collection and keep it proudly on display. The first version of this costume was an absolute disaster. In a nutshell, I cut up a plastic mannequin and covered it in fabric. Very uncomfortable, but I always giggled cuz the mannequin had molded nipples which showed even under a layer of fabric.


Bummer...can't see the nips in the pic!

 And then I discovered the joys of the seamless long line bra...

She-ra gang from left: She-ra, Frosta, Castaspella, and Catra at Dragon Con 2009



For Dragon Con 2009 myself (She-ra), my sister (Frosta), and my friends (Casta and Catra) did these using the long line bra. Luckily, I did not have to dye mine. However, the other 3 used just regular old Rit dye. Who sez polyester doesn't dye? The skirt is actually a skirted swimsuit bottom. To get a more "cartoon-y" look, all the gold bits I stitched onto light weight foam padding. It's sold at Jo-Ann's in the home dec area and is supposed to be for making table pads. It works great for getting flimsy fabric to hold a shape...especially on the headpiece:



Close up of She-ra headpiece

The headpiece is directly sewn onto a blond wig. The jewel on the headpiece is the biggest craft gem I could find. It's actually the perfect size. The gems for the bodices, however, needed to be larger than any gem I could find. So, I decided to make them! I used clear resin and added food coloring and iridescent micro glitter for sparkle. This was poured into an oval mold that was for jewelery crafting. 




Close up of resin gem on front of She-ra

 The cape is just costume satin. The boots are standard gold go-go boots. I'm not happy with them so at some point I am going to do boot tops that look more like She-ra's. Lastly, I have ordered a custom latex He-man sword that I will glue one of my resin jewels to. This is coming from Edhellen Armoury. At the time of this posting it hasn't arrived yet, but I will be sure to add pics when I get it!