Friday, June 25, 2010

#8 Ichigo's Head

I guess this is a part of a WIP, but I've finished the head completely so I'm counting it as a project. XD

It took me a couple of days to accomplish. So much hot glue and duct tape! I followed a livejournal tutorial for it, but since I found it a few months ago, it's been removed or set to private so I winged it after I got the general body of the thing finished. The only problem is that I got shitty posterboard for it so it flops around a lot. I'll probably add some cardboard to the inside to make it more sturdy. Hurray for working at a place where I can snag boxes easily!

Here's pictures in order of completion!
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^Being all confused as to how to get it to stay put...
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^With some of the felt on it and the face completed
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^Then the final product!

...Wait, I think I forgot the antennae. :S Oh well, too excited - had to post! lol. I managed to find some green stockings for pretty cheap at Dressew too! So just need to get a ball made and some green slippers to go with it! :D

Saturday, June 19, 2010

WIP: Ichigo Cosplay

I'm going to Anime Evolution this year in August, aaaand I decided to cosplay for it! I'm going as a cousin Ichigo from the video game Katamari Damacy.

Here's the cousin/inspiration:
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And my dress thus far:
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I'm going to add a few more seeds, sew in the collar/armpit stuff, aaand add a green band to the bottom. I don't really want to do a dress with sleeves because it'll be hot in August, and I'm allll about comfort, lol.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Crafty ADHD

I've got a ton of things on the go this week!

So far I've..
-Almost finished the dress for a cosplay I'm working on (cousin Ichigo from Katamari Damacy! Will post WIP! :D)
-Almost finished a beard embroidery
-Got fabric for another summer dress to make before the folk festival in July

...Well I guess that's it, but it feels like I've been busier in the hobby department since the Kingdom Hearts game I ordered came (been playing a lot of that too, lol), and I took out a book to read at night. I really should read more. :S

I aaaam soooooo excited for this cosplay! It's in August so I have a lot of time to perfect the costume and assemble all the pieces. Here's what I need to do:
-Make a head (out of posterboard, bowls, felt, ducttape, etc)
-Make green slippers
-Get green tights ...not sure if I want to tackle making spandexy tights and it might be the same cost to buy it already made.
-Aaaand make a katamari ball! I was thinking of putting magnets in it so it could stick to things. :) Not sure how big I want it to be yet.

Anywho, that's all for now! Off to work I go.

Monday, June 14, 2010

#7 Thistle Embroidery

I kinda want to get back into Etsy with my embroidery skills, but I need to build up a collection in a way. I want to just have a plan, then list things. Maybe have 10 or so to start? But the problem is getting inspired. I hate that feeling when I have a great image in my mind, but it doesn't come out right on paper/fabric.

To start, I did a thistle! Just a little something from my heritage (Scottish). It's about 4x4" and I painted the frame purple. :)

Picspam!
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And close up
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Saturday, June 12, 2010

#6 Cowgirl Pin-up

As you can probably tell by now, I'm an embroidery addict! haha. I usually make something once a week that's embroidery related. Lately though, I haven't been too inspired to make my own designs (hopefully that's about to change!) so I've been keeping busy with patterns. :)

Here's another one I made from the Sew Lovely Embroidery pattern I ordered a few weeks ago. I love love love their designs, so I'll probably order more soon, haha.
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She'll probably be going on the wall, or at least will be framed up. I literally have a box of finished needlework that has no home. It's kind of sad. :(

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

#5 Cowgirl Sew Lovely Embroidery Pattern

I ordered the cowgirl set of patterns from Sew Lovely a couple of weeks ago, and here's the first of which I've stitched up! I'm kind of so-so on the colours I chose for it, but I do like it overall. Urhghg I was finishing it up this morning after eating toast and nutella for breakfast, and without realizing it, I touched the side of the fabric next to the image with flippin' nutella fingers! I scrambled to get it off with some cruddy cleaning product, but it's still there faintly. Booooo.

Anyways, pictures!
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And a close-up for good measure ;D
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Saturday, June 5, 2010

#4 Double Chocolate Cookies

Yesterday I worked a split shift, but between those shifts I baked! I just had the urge to try out this recipe I found here.

They are super rich chocolatey cookies, so again...taking some to work so I don't overdo it myself, lol. Last year I mastered the chocolate chip cookie, so this summer will be the one of baking exploration. More or less making different cookies, haha.

Mmmm cookies <3
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Friday, June 4, 2010

#3 Peanut Butter Cookies!

Baking is an amazingly fun, especially on a Saturday night with a glass of some kind of sugary rum concoction - which is what down for me last Saturday. This was my first time trying out peanut butter cookies. My dad and sister recently came to visit and insisted on getting a ton of peanut butter. Normally, I don't really eat the stuff so I decided to make cookies out it. Soooo good! I took some to work to share so I wouldn't eat them all in day, haha.

Btw, totally using baking new things as projects! ;D
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Next baking goal: double chocolate cookies!

WIP - Sew Lovely Freebie!

It's been a pretty busy week. Full of slaving away at work and writing a last minute paper. I'm not always last minute with papers, but what can you do when the prof doesn't give any guideline or topic until a week before? I wanted to smack him! haha.

I've been working on a Sew Lovely Embroidery freebie for a while now, but it's really close to finished. I ran out of the pink for the bike though. D: I also ordered their cowgirl patterns so look forward to seeing that here too! ;D I'm not sure what I'll do with her. Maybe give it to a friend? I like to spam my penpals with embroidery, lol.

Onto the pic!
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