After a year and a half of this pandmic, we were finally able to attend a convention, and we were so. ready! Comicpalooza, Texas’ largest comic book, pop culture, and entertainment convention, happened last month in Downtown Houston. We attended both days, enjoyed local geekery during the weekend, and I proudly welcomes several friends for […]
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Comicpalooza 2021: The Countdown Is On!
The end of the pandmic is finally in sight, and Comicpalooza, Texas’ largest comic book, pop culture, and entertainment convention, is happening in 10 days in Downtown Houston. And after such a long hiatus we. are. ready! Well, almost ready, as I’m still working on a new cosplay to wear to the convention. Here’s what […]
Costuming at Comicpalooza 2019
Remember last year when I attended Comicpalooza every day, had multiple costume changes, and took a ton of pictures? This year Comicpalooza, Texas’ largest comic book, pop culture, and entertainment convention, happened last weekend (May 10-12, 2019) in Downtown Houston, and we were right in the middle of moving, unpacking, and fixing up our home […]
Costuming Claire from Outlander: Season 2 (& the Red Shoes)
As a huge fan of Outlander (books and show), I coveted Claire’s red dress from season 2. Having many other unfinished projects in bags just begging for attention, I purchased the red dress from Jessica’s Dress and spent almost a year making the undergarments (stays, pocket hoops, petticoat, etc.) and shoes before I could even wear it […]
Sewing 18th Century Pocket Hoops
As a huge fan of Outlander (books and show), I coveted Claire’s red dress from season 2. Having many other unfinished projects in bags just begging for attention, I purchased the red dress from Jessica’s Dress and spent almost a year making the undergarments (stays, pocket hoops, petticoat, etc.) and shoes before I could even wear it […]
Lost a T. Rex Hand? Make Your Own Replacement Hands!
It’s all fun and games until someone loses a hand…and then T. Rex is sad. I’ve yet to find a source for replacement hands, and with multiple requests on the blog and my friend’s wedding coming up in Las Vegas (she too is handless), I decided to make my own. You can too! I’ve digitized […]
A Livestream with Costume CO on YouTube
Over the weekend I did a YouTube livestream with Costume Cinemato (on Twitter and on YouTube). Heidi prepared a lineup of my costumes from several genres, and we talked about costume/cosplay inspiration, materials, techniques, the awkwardness of duct taping each other for patterns, and killing curtains. And I didn’t even break out in hives or […]
Costuming an Inmate & a Guard from Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black is finally back on Netflix! While we binge watch the current season, here is the breakdown of my inmate costume and my husband’s guard costume that we assembled and wore last year. These two costumes were super easy to put together that required basically no creativity, skill, or time on my […]
Costuming at Comicpalooza 2018
Comicpalooza, Texas’ largest comic book, pop culture, and entertainment convention, happened this past Memorial Day weekend (May 25-27, 2018) in Downtown Houston. I attended all three days and treated it as a costume deadline and cosplay dress rehearsal for another convention that we attend, DragonCon, during Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. It was a […]
Costuming a Jedi from Star Wars
With my new Dark Rey costume and our niece’s new Jawa costume, I couldn’t leave my husband out of the Star Wars fun…so I made him a Jedi costume. I mean, what grown-up wouldn’t want to get dressed up and play with lightsabers? There are a lot of characters to choose from, but we decided […]