I never imaged I’d be in or have something of mine featured in a magazine…but it’s happening! Faerie Magazine found my wee blog and has featured my Druid Lantern Tutorial in their Autumn 2018 Outlander Issue out this month! My original Druid lantern tutorial blog post can be found here: Outlander Inspired Druid […]
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Costuming Vesper Lynd from Casino Royale
A few years ago I threw together a Vesper Lynd costume from one of my favorite Bond films, Casino Royale. I actually didn’t wear it until last year, and since then have had a few requests for where I found the jewelry. Oh, to be a Bond Girl! So today I’m sharing the short and […]
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 (Burlesque) Aqualass
Usually when I add a costume to my wish-list or line-up, one costume becomes three, because I make, throw together, or purchase a costume for my husband and niece. When I made my Burlesque Loki costume to join a Burlesque (or Kilted) Superheros and Villains group for last DragonCon, I wanted my niece to join […]
Join Space Force at DragonCon and Do Your Part, So Say We All
As we inch closer to DragonCon 2018 and are all frantically sewing, repairing, and upgrading costumes, I’m sharing our Battlestar Galactica costume upgrade to include a Space Force cap. As an Air Force veteran, I’m used to my branch being picked on by all other branches of the military (except the Coast Guard), so this […]
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 […]
Summer Solstice Newsletter
Happy Summer Solstice! This is Red Shoes. Red Wine.‘s quarterly newsletter/e-zine, the second of its kind on the blog: a short and colorful recap of all the adventures we’ve had this past quarter, blog posts that were published, and a reminder to subscribers of all the goodies hidden in the password protected Subscriber’s Only page (sign-up at […]
Costuming Jimmy Buffett/Margarita Guy from Jurassic World
I’m a 40 something year old woman in a T. Rex suit, and I’m not ashamed. I have so much fun running around, and dancing, like a complete idiot in the costume. My husband has one too but he prefers to follow me around and help me see where I’m going (it gets hot and […]
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 Dark Rey (Concept) from Star Wars
I’ve always wanted to make/purchase/wear a Darth Vader costume, as I tend to gravitate towards (and sometimes root for) the villain in stories. After Aimee Miller and I made her Resistance Rey costume, I took pride in and admired it but felt like it wasn’t “me,” nor was I compelled to costume Kylo Ren or […]