Snow and costume things

[ladyofthethread]

Wow, there have been a few blizzards here over the years but I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a slow cleanup after one before. -_- The subway station in my neighborhood is outdoors and service didn’t resume until this morning, three full days after the snow stopped on Monday morning! Also, our street didn’t get plowed (and not very well) until overnight Tuesday/early Wednesday morning. So, my father was stuck at home until Wednesday when he was finally able to drive into work. Ironically, the employees and even my father’s business partner (who lives on a hill in NJ and usually has trouble getting down when there’s snow) were able to make it to work on Tuesday but he was stuck here because our streets weren’t plowed and the train wasn’t running. My best friend, who I was trying to make plans to visit, was stuck in the same situation, too. -_-


In other news, I’ve started fixing up Ryuuren. I decided the closures I made with gold trim for the shirt and cape were too wide so I took them off and shortened them. I still need to replace the red cord that’s attached to the purple ornament, remake the headdress, and adjust the blue piece that wraps around the waist since it came out a bit too big and droops.


And since I’m curious who’s going…

[Poll #1662516]

I’m trying to figure out if the Kaleido Star Cinderella group can still happen for Costume Con. Unfortunately, this year has been pretty lousy in terms of real life and I felt unmotivated so planning didn’t start over the summer as I was hoping and there’s only 4 months to the con now with almost nothing done. I have matching unstyled wigs for me and my double to use and my Sarah costume if I can find someone who can fit into it and is willing to wear it for the presentation. And that’s about it. ._.;

I should be doing this with neoangelwink and athena_chan and have a couple of maybes; neoangelwink is going to be Sora and I’ll be Layla in the Cinderella ballgown but no one else has picked characters yet. Is there anyone going to Costume Con who would be willing to join in or model something if you’re close enough to my size? I realize this is going to be an expensive project so I’m willing to help pay for some of the materials for the group’s costumes but can’t cover everything.

Cinderella in rags (our presentation idea is a rags to ballgown transformation so we really need this outfit)


Fairygodmothers (the one on the left is taken)


The Prince (not absolutely necessary to the presentation but would be nice to have)


And a reminder for people who are thinking of attending Costume Con, the mail-in registration deadline is January 31 for an $80 rate: http://cc29nj.com/memberships.aspx
There doesn’t seem to be any online registration this time and the at door price is $90 with a $15 discount for college students with ID.

Comments

[animeangelblue.livejournal.com]

I wish I could help you out ^^ But I already have a bunch of stuff planned for CC....

I will have a Sora and Leon costume probably for CC, just non-competitive.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool. :-) So few people cosplay Kaleido Star. Which costumes are you doing? I started on Sora's Saiyuki princess costume from the beginning of the second season ages ago but it got shelved due to wig issues.

[stillvisions.livejournal.com]

Originally CC seemed like a great plan but unfortunately it's timing badly with work stuffs, so I'll have to see.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Would be great to see you again but if end up not being able to make it because of work, hopefully I'll see you at another con.