Cosplay Week #2 - Cosplaying Teddy Bear

Ever been without a cosplaying Partner? Why not make one? I've been known to dress up my teddy bears up in cosplay to go with me to anime conventions. If you remeber ba my Lock, Shock, and Barrel Cosplay we had our teddy bear take the place of one of the trick or treaters. 
Here we have Pelly dressed up as Yuki from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (Haruhi Suzumiya).  Just like any other cosplayer he's got the complete outfit including a prop (a wand) and to be ready for photo shoots at anytime so don't forget to practice your poses.



Just becareful that your partner keeps track of his prop or he might easily lose it just like you might walk off after putting down your prop

Poor Pelly lost his wand

Cosplay Week #1 - Mario Maids

Once a year Seattle has their Anime convention SAKURACON! And I have been attending this amazing convention since 2003. Every year it continues to grow (2010 had over 18 thousand attendees) and every year my cosplay count grows (This year I have at least 9). LOL

This week I will be present works from previous SakuraCons.  Instead of focusing on a the accuracy of a character I've decided to be more topical on cosplay enhancements and altered styles.

I may do an additional Cosplay Week after SakuraCon displaying some of my cosplays from this year. Dunno yet, see how I feel at that time.  Onto today's subject

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I dont remember how me and Belinda (cosplay friend) came up with the idea, but I thought it was freaking hilarious.  We dressed up as female version of the Mario Brothers of Mario and Luigi (Belinda because she's taller).   Lolita Maid Style! 

Things that Changed

♫ Overalls became aprons ♫

♫ Hats became headbands ♫

♫ Gloves became accessory cuffs ♫

This that remain the same

♫ Giant buttons ♫

♫ ColoUr Scheme ♫

♫ Matching outfits ♫

♫ The 'M' and 'L' icons on our head accessory ♫

Belinda made some plushies to go with us.  She's throwing the turtle shell, you can tell she's a Mario Kart fan.

Anime Amigurumi

I found this deviant Artist PirateLuv who created this cute Amigurumi.

Amigurumi:  A Japanese craft of crocheting plushies 

Her plushies are fan pieces of popular series. Here's a sample of some of her work

Anime & Manga:  Sailor Venus from the Sailor Moon Series

I love how the hair is made from loose yarn, 

I also like how she does use a bead for her eyes, it's one of those items that does look better defined.

Nintedo Game:  Kirby

~Round and squishy~

Comic Book & American cartoon classic:  Harley Quinn from the Batman Series

I like how she keeps the fun red white pattern of Harley's outfit from the cartoon series

Game (First Popular as an App on the IPhone):  Angry Birds!!

She' made a real scene from the game, I love it!

PirateLuv has many more on her Deviant site, go check her out

http://pirateluv.deviantart.com/

Wedding Wednesday - Affordable Custom Flower Baskets

Every flower girl needs a basket to hold her rose petals! However, bridal shops tend to charge a LOT of money for flower girl baskets. When I had to come up with flower girl baskets for my own wedding I found that the local Michaels arts & crafts store carried a Plain Ivory Flower Basket for a very affordable price (even more so if you have a coupon).

Michaels also had these ivory satin flowers and I found the pearl stems in the floral department. All I had to do was twist them in place! I added a matching ivory satin ribbon to hide the twisty wire as a finishing touch.

Two baskets for two flower girls!