Busy, Busy Bee...

To say things have been busy is an understatement. Mel was in Korea for a week. Work has been demanding. I'm broaching into sewing things I've never done. I almost puked on a bike ride and other adventures. Benton has been doing okay. We are having ups and downs but I think things are better and he's all of a sudden outgrown his underwear and pjs and quickly growing out of all of his shirts. Sighs.

Saw a few movies with friends including Hercules and Guardians of the Galaxy. Both awesome and fun.

On the book front I've been reading a lot too.

#12 was Susan Cooper's Victory - very cool story.
#13 was Treachery in Death by JD Robb. I'm hitting the library with Benton so I'm getting some for me too.
#14 was New York to Dallas by JD Robb
#15 is going to be Celebrity in Death which I will start tonight.

On the fan fic realm.
The Guilded Age Which is steampunk avengers. Way fun. This is the first part of multiple planned but this work is finished.

Girl, Compromised is an origin of Black Widow that has been awesome. Seriously, awesome. Awaiting more.

Like a Cruel Mistress Woos which is a Steve coming to terms with himself and its rough, raw and just plain miserable but so well written I keep impatiently awaiting updates.

Another post will be all cosplay related.

Dragon*Con To Do Etc

Well, I'm heading to my first Dragon*Con in a few WEEKS (AH!) and I've been steadily working on things. I'm heading into territory I'm not familiar with with sewing and well...here we go.


Costume Plan:
Friday Morning/Afternoon – Molly
Photoshoot 2pm
Friday Evening – Kabuki Raven
Photoshoot 9PM Marriott
Saturday Morning (parade) – Victorian Baroness
Saturday Afternoon - Star Wars Dress
Sunday Noon – Victorian Baroness
Photoshoot 12-1pm Hilton Steps
Sunday Afternoon – Hawkeye Dress
Photoshoot 330-530pm Hilton Patio Steps

The To Do List:
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That is a lot to do by August 27th. On the hair stuff I hope to get some help from Erika since she can do awesome hair. Everything else is me. Though lferion made the Hawkeye and Star Wars dresses, I'm not gonna lie there. I would not be as far as I am without her. scribe_ari patterned out my Baroness dress.

I've been uploading pictures to my "Sewing" Album on Flickr Click Here. So track progress there etc. Lots of things are in the ugly teenage stage but I'm really happy with the Kabuki Raven stuff and the painting Icka and I have been doing. Its awesome and exactly what was in my head.

So, there is the cosplay update for today.