Cosplay Stuff

[ladyofthethread]

So, I figured out what I’m making next. I’m going to do Ryuuren’s outfit from the end of season 2 so I can hopefully get pictures with neoangelwink and athena_chan during cherry blossom season. This might be tricky since Anime Boston and Costume Con are on back to back weekends plus Costume Con conflicts with Sakura Matsuri but we’ll try to make it work somehow. That’s partly why I decided to make this outfit; the one I already have is too crazy looking for wandering around on a normal day for a photoshoot and it looks like that's what we'll have to do.



Went out last week and bought some of the fabric and jewelry stuff for it. I have a set of fake bangs and should order a long clip-in ponytail sometime soon because even if my hair is long, it’s not that long! (It’s as if Ryuuren’s hair somehow grew a foot in the few months he hadn’t appeared!)

Haven’t started sewing yet but I made these earrings for the costume last week and I am rather amused I’ll get to wear pretty dangly earrings for a guy character. XD Attaching the crystals was kind of awkward since the holes aren’t that large and I had to curve the wire after putting it through the holes. Plus, the fan pieces had 6 sections so I had to attach the middle crystal to the two center ones to keep the earring from going off balance.


If you missed my last post, I am selling a few crafty things I made in charity auctions for Red Cross. One item doesn’t have any bids yet and the others haven’t moved beyond the starting bid yet so the prices are still very low considering the work that went into the pieces. And since I almost never agree to sell my work since I do such ridiculously labor intensive things, here’s your super rare chance to own a Lady of the Thread creation! :-D More details here:

http://ladyofthethread.livejournal.com/190289.html

Comments

[furubariceball.livejournal.com]

Those are such pretty earrings! I love the color ^^

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-)

[roserevolution.livejournal.com]

I usually do jewelry first too ^_~

Your auctions are very nice, I linked them on twitter (@paperelle). I hate that Costume Con is up against the Sakura Matsuri, I do like going to that event. But Costume Con without the need for a plane trip is fabulous.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reposting! I appreciate it. :-) I had been hoping for more of a response than there has been so far but I've already posted here, emailed some friends, put a note on my ACP profile, and sent out a VIP announcement from ACP. So, I was about out of ideas on what else I could do on my own to advertise since I don't use Facebook or Twitter.

And ah, ha! XD I had been wondering why there was a sudden spike in views on the pouch earlier! I checked on the auctions before I went to lunch and it had like 31 views and when I came back it was suddenly up by 30+ views although the other 2 items didn't get new views. I guess people didn't realize there was more.

And yeah, I wish Costume Con and Sakura Matsuri weren't the same weekend. I'm not feeling as enthusiastic about it anymore since the Kaleido Star group had to be dropped and I get the feeling not that many local people are going to bother going now that Sakura Matsuri is the same weekend. :-/

[roserevolution.livejournal.com]

Great! It's good to know I can influence 30 people out of the 1400 that follow me, lol! I'll do another link towards the end of your auctions, feel free to send a reminder the day before they end.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that would be great! :-) The auctions are ending Tuesday night between 10 and 11. Could you please use this link since it shows all 3 items?

http://shop.ebay.com/the_embroideress/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25