Entry 048

I've been meaning to work on finishing altering a T-shirt but work has me so drained that I don't want to use a sewing machine on my days off. Oh, well...

Work's going well. We're getting ready for Halloween Haunt. Pretty soon, we should start building the costumes.

I can't believe that college starts in a few weeks. My so called summer went by so fast.

Invader Zim Hat - Proper Pictures

So, I finally charged my camera battery and took the proper pictures of my Invader Zim hat. Enjoy!


PS Seem to be having problems with the slideshow in the sidebar. I'll keep working on it.

Joker

This was a really cool Joker costume that I saw at the midnight showing of The Dark Knight. His ability to stay in character was also amazing.

P.S. Finally got the Mobile Blogging to work. Now, I can update on the fly! \ (^o^) /

Entry 047

I have been messing with the layout of the site lately, so I apologize if some pictures have been absent. I've hopefully fixed it. Enjoy.

Invader Zim Hat

Later this month at Kings Dominion is Nickmas (Nickelodeon Christmas in July). For Nickmas, people dress up as old Nick characters. I wanted to be Zim from Invader Zim but I can't afford to make the complete costume. I found this really cool Heartless hat made by Saeru (which I will eventually buy) and thought that it's close enough to what Zim looks like, so I made a pattern based on the pic, mocked it up, and altered the pattern as needed. I was so excited because I almost designed (kind of), patterned, mocked, and made it all in one day but I ended up having one antenna unattached. :(

Changes for next time: the placement of the eyes should be 1" closer and sew the antennae into the seam before stuffing as opposed to sewing them on separately by hand (this will make them more secure). Other than that, pretty good for a prototype hat.

Here are some more pics. I apologize that these were taken with my cell because my camera battery needed to be charged. Better pics later on.

Entry 046

Hi, all! I've been really busy with work lately and I've been too lazy to post. I'm currently working at Kings Dominion as a costumer. I'm enjoying myself. It's fun. I've got a tan.

My day either involves working with the character costumes or dressing and maintaining the shows. It's a lot of walking, hard work, and laundry. That and the Virginia summers and the techie ninja blacks (theatre techs dress in all black clothing to not be noticeable to the audience) makes you really hot, tired, and thirsty. But I'm not that bothered.

I bought this great book called 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim & Tie Your T-Shirt into Something Special. Since I've come to terms with the fact that I'm a t-shirt and jeans girl, I've realized that I don't have to wear my shirts the way that I get them. So, this book is helping me alter my pre-existing shirts into new styles. I really enjoy how they're turning out. If you do not have much sewing experience, this is not the book for you because it gives vague instructions that would confuse many beginners. There is another one that would be great for beginners that is something like 108 Ways to Alter T-Shirts or something. It was a lot of blah-blah for me.

Game Front:
Final Fantasy (PSP) - done
Finished with this game. It was pretty fun but got tedious after a while.

Jeanne d'Arc (PSP) - Post-game
Finished playing the main story and now am into post game. Pretty fun to play, especially if you're a Joan of Arc fan.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (GBA) - Hold
*sigh* This was the game I was trying to playing along with Jeanne but my PSP GBA emulator froze and started shrieking when I loaded it and then the Mac emulator kept losing my save data. :( (I can't find my GBA or game so I have to play it other ways.) I will play this game but now I'm discouraged.

Lego Star Wars (PS3) - Hold
THIS GAME RULES!!! It is so fun!!!

Lego Indiana Jones (PS3) - Hold
This game is cool but not so much as Lego Star Wars. Still fun, though.

Cooking Mama (Wii) - on and off
Weird but Katamari Damancy weird (which is good). Fun to play against people.

Okay, I'm going to focus this blog on costumes and the like from now and create one just for gaming.

Christi, hi! Ha, ha...I thought that you were another Christi. But after looking over your blog, I do remember going to school with you. (Sorry, my brain is fuzzy...) Thank you for liking my designs. Your pics are awesome!!!

Erin, hee hee hee...I got lazy. But hopefully, I'm back. :) How are you?