Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Cosplay Progress - Final Fantasy XIII-2 Serah Farron, Gloves 0.2


[observations]  Let's see what we see.  For Serah's Gloves, they are Grey, have bands of black and chunks of Yellow, and little past the cuff.  Serah also seems to be wearing a pink sleeve (same color as her dress) under her gloves.


Easy to start when you get a $3 pair of Leather Gardening Gloves at the local hardware store.  They aren't quite the right size for me, but $3s is cheaper and more accurate than making my own.  It's cosplay, just go with it. 


As for the Black and Yellow pieces, I could go and get dyed leather or other fabrics, but let's make this easy.  It just needs to look good in photos and not fall apart as i run around playing.  Craft Foam we use!  Cut out the shapes and glue them onto the leather gloves with hot glue, oh yes we will not be able to salvage this glove to it's original state (but who cares it was just $3).  Ok I also made a mistake and my yellow/black pieces ended up being too large to correctly match the character's design, but I didn't realize until after I glued it to the glove.  Once again, it's just cosplay, go with it.


So I made cuffs, aka arm warmers, aka sleeves, using extra material from my dress.  It's basically a tube that is slightly smaller than my wrist.  Since it's stretchy fabric, it conforms pretty comfortably. 



Finished product.  it's not accurate, but if people notice and judge, than they know the character a little toooooooo well.


Aww I forgot, I want to also make the extra black lines by going over those existing orange lines with a sharpie. 

Monday, November 28, 2011

HAPPY CYBER MONDAY

~giggle~



Happy post American Black Friday shopping day, and moving on to a new tradition of Online Shopping Sales.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Fairy Tale Hair Clips

One of my first post talks about using wire stars as a base. Star Lock Key Chain and Bag Clips  Here is a second look into using these wire stars again.



Steps

  • Glue a wire star onto a Hair Clip 




  • Glue an ornament on the middle of the star




  • Simple and Cute.



     The trick is just mixing 2 or 3 unrelated elements that have a common feel (in this case "cute)

    Combination suggestions:
    • Pink and a Crown for a princess
    • Gold Sparkles and Coins for a night at the casino
    • Red and Rubies for a Wizard of Oz movie night
    • Green and Presents for Christmas Party
    • White and Black Music Notes for a Piano Concert
    -SmallRiniLady

    Wednesday, November 16, 2011

    Crafting a Novel in 30 Days

    November is half over and you're thinking "Wait! Where did Ava go?"

    Well, I've been absorbed in a little thing called NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writer's Month). It's where you write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days, beginning Halloween night at midnight and ending at 11:59 PM on November 30th.

    I can totally do this.

    Unfortunately my crafting is taking a back seat. BUT the month is half over and I've surpassed the halfway mark of 25,000 words! Yay.

    In other news, I did not win the League of Legends costume contest, but I got a nice email saying they really liked my Riven costume... and mentioned some other secret stuff I am not allowed to divulge. (Really, they said I had to keep it a secret so I can't tell you). Apparently there were over 350 costume entries. Wow. O_o

    Now I just need to add straps to all of the armor so I can actually wear it while moving. Heh. Then I can wear it to PAX Prime 2012!