Update

It's been a few days since I have written. Sorry! Do to complications I didn't get to take pictures of the costumes I have been working on. I am trying to arrange a time where I can get these pictures taken.... grrrr. I have another event next weekend. I may have to wait til then.
But, for next event I am making more costumes! YAY! One for myself and one for my boyfriend. My friend approached me with the idea that he wanted me to play his INC (in character) sister. I gladly accepted! After browsing a few of my favorite online shops I found some piece I really loved.
I feel like I am personally supporting Damsel in this Dress. I have bought a bodice everyweek it seems! The chainmail headdress was only like $20. and I got black beads added to it. I have to made a blouse to go under the bodice and a skirt to go with it.
As for my boyfriend, I am making him a black pinstipe longcoat. Originally he had wanted a black and white alternating panelled long coat... but our Joann's didn't have the fabric. I can't blame them. They were having an amazing sell. He is very excited about it still and he volunteers to help me cut out the fabric!
I have tonight and tomorrow of work so I plan to get these done ASAP. I hope that my bodice comes today.... but knowing my luck I may have to wait til Monday cause Turkey Day interrupted the mail! The headdress should get here either Tuesday or Wednesday. I must learn patience it seems...

~Emily

Last minute things before this weekend

Not much time left before the event this weekend. I finished putting the lining in the cloak. I wish I had had the money to make it a full length cloak.... oh well, I will have to be happy with my hobbit cloak! All I have left to do on it is edge it and sew on the clasps. YAY!

On a side note~ my boyfriend is a knight in shining armor. I was browsing online looking up one of my favorite seamstresses http://damseldress.com/. She is truly amazing! I was searching through her etsy shop and stumbled onto this wonderful piece:
Once again... I fell in love. The problem is I don't get paid til tomorrow! I tell my boyfriend how sad I am and how I am going to see if the seller will hold it for 24 hours. He calls back later and says that he will buy it for me! I hate when people buy me things.... but I'll forgive him this time! Now I get to design a new costume with this as the inspiration! Unfortunately, I will have to wait til next event. The yarn skirt I made yesterday will be perfect with this. The yarn I used has to much brown in it. It didn't really allow the gold to shine through liked I hoped it would. The sadness....

I cannot wait til I get my digital camera up and working so that I can post picture of the stuff I have made. It is nowhere near as amazing as this stuff but I like it! Before every event I try to make my character a new costume. It gets expensive but it has become like my new goal in life. She honestly may have more clothes than I have at this point. Grrr... I need to spend money on my out of character clothes more.

~Emily

Stupid Work

So I am working a lot today so I don't know how much costuming I will get done today :( .... oh well. Last night I was bad and stayed up a little late. I really wanted to work on some stuff. I made a black panne velvet skirt. I am pretty happy with it. I still need to finish my cloak. All that really needs to be done is to attach the lining... but I really hate that part.
I also am adding another project before this weekend. A yarn skirt. I decided my costume needed a little bit more gold towards the bottom. Hopefully I will be able to do this. After this weekend I shall have pictures to post of these costumes!

~Emily

First Blog

Hey everyone! This is Emily. I have decided to start a blog... I know... I am a little behind on the times. I wanted a blog where I could sit down and get some of my creative juices out. I will be mostly using this blog to talk about costuming and stuff of that nature. I attend a LARP called Avalon LLC. Here is the website: www.avalon-larp.com It's good stuff, trust me.

I recently bought a really amazing piece. I was messing around on Etsy and happened to find this really amazing seller. Damsel in This Dress! There had been a bodice design on my mind. A really sexy bodice with tails... but I had no ideahow to begin to make one. Then I found this:

Isn't it the most amazing thing you have ever seen? I thought so. So now I am trying to plan my characters new costume around this bodice. I am currently in the process of making a new cloak. It is black linen with a gold panne velvet lining. When I get it finished I will definitely post a picture of it!

I did have a good find yesterday also. I was in Charlotte Russe with my wonderful friend Kim. We were looking at just some basic corsets. I find this really awesome purple one I liked but some of the threading had come undone... at first they were only going to give me 10% off but after the cashier talked to the manager she gave me 50% off! It is nothing I cannot fix in 10 minutes.

I am going to use that corset with an NPC I am playing... No details can really be put out about the character but I can talk a little about her costume. It is red/purple/ and black. I am currently working on a black square skirt and a ribbon skirt that is to be worn underneath. Kinda bummed that I have to surge all the "ribbons" but I think it will be worth it. I got these boots to wear with this outfit.

Add some sexy red and black thigh highs, some purple fishnet armwarmers and some makeup... I think this is going to turn out really well! I will post a picture once the costume is complete.

Well, Time to get to work. I'll update everyone later about these pieces along with any new projects I will be starting.

Toodles~
Emily