Land of the Crafty, Home of the Bored: Cosplay and costuming

I recently discovered that this is my true passion. I love seeing things come to life in a way that's tangible in the real world. I have made a couple of costumes already but regrettably I did not have blogging or chronicling my exploits in mind at the time. Most of my pictures of past projects are only of completed versions and don't detail what I did to get them there. HOWEVER, if you see anything you like or want to know how I did it just ask! I will be happy to explain in my rambling way every intricate piece of any costume.

I am a do-it-from-scratch junkie. If I can make it myself, I will make it myself unless I see something in a thrift store or somewhere that is too perfect to pass up. Granted it's on a piece by piece basis, but in general if it looks like someone made it, I probably did.

I am incredibly thankful for my wonderful husband who lets me play dress up and dress him up as well. Hopefully I can set this thing up to sort my costumes and his but just in case I will put it out there that I am far more likely to buy pieces for his costumes rather than make them because he gets annoyed when I have to measure him too often.

For me, on the other hand, I am constantly making adjustments and changing things and whatnot. Since most of my designs are from character pictures, I don't have or use patterns to start- I have to make it up as I go. Granted this presents problems for my pieces that only show the final product, but feel free to browse and I can tell you how I did anything on here.

I mean for God's sake he let me do this!