Thanks to everyone for the advise concerning my fitting problems on my Marie Antoinette costume. I've decided since I have some time to slow down and try to get this right that I should revise my plan of attack ( Read more... )

Just a quick post to say I finally saw the Duchess today. The costumes were to die for. My goodness, lots of big hair and big hats! Aside from just trying to take in all of the finery, the story was actually quite good too. Ah, if women had the freedom back then that they do today, she could have eventually freed herself. (trying not to give too ( Read more... )

Well, I rushed together an 18th Century gown for a Halloween event and I'm so unhappy with it. I don't know if I can fix it :( I had a horrible time trying to sew and fit the bodice. It is just dreadful and I'm embarrassed by it. It doesn't help that shot taffeta shows every wrinkle and flaw. I'll never make a full gown out of it again!

Are there ( Read more... )

I should be unpacking from my trip to Vancouver, but this was more fun :) In high school I think I was in between Nerd and Dork. Socially I was not really with it because I'm pretty shy. I was fairly good student getting mostly A's - but I wasn't in all of the AP classes so I wasn't a total brain/Nerd. It's only in the last 7 years that the Geek in ( Read more... )

OK, I've got a lot of work ahead of me but I'm excited so I must use SisterSola's visualization technique to ensure I get this completed ( Read more... )

Have any of you ever thought about being a Cheerleader? One fun way to express your love of Star Wars is by wearing a Star Wars themed cheerleader costume! Hoorah!

There is now an official Rebel Cheerleader Squad at the Rebel Legion forums. And guess what, you don't have to be a Rebel Legion member with a Rebel Legion costume to sign up and order a ( Read more... )

OK, I just needed to recover from Dragon*Con before posting about it. I think I forgot a lot about the con already though! Maybe that's best, what happens at D*Con stays at D*Con.

As always it was great seeing all of my long distance friends. I'm glad this convention gives us an excuse to all find ourselves in the same location once a year. Well, I ( Read more... )

If anyone's been thinking about getting a Sith Cheerleader uniform, the group is now taking interest sign-ups for another run. They need at least 12 people to sign up. Join the Sith Cheerleader yahoo group to sign up for interest in the run. I believe they usually run around 100 dollars:

http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/sithcheerleaders/

We had a ( Read more... )

One of my best friends from high school in Oregon is now an author as well as a journalist! I got her book from Amazon today - Waiting For An Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq by Farnaz Fassihi.

I'm so proud of her! I'll have to read this on my flight to and from Alaska. The book is her personal account of her time spent in Iraq as a ( Read more... )

Yeah, I know, I've been out of the loop ( Read more... )