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Busy, busy and then I got three jobs

2011-11-22T22:09:00.000+01:00

I'm back. Well at the moment I'm busy since I kind of have ended up with three jobs where I sit at least one hour on the bus each day. But that also means I can afford more cosplay in the future! Yahoouuu! Well anyway these last months I have finished school, moved and well hunting jobs (which I got).

So this weekend I will give you a longer updates on photo shoots I been at and some small events. But here is a dress I'm selling at etsy.com so far.

A sweet lolita JSK for sale at etsy.com

Post UppCon

2011-06-21T18:05:00.000+02:00

I feel like I have neglected the blog for a while now and I guess it is true. I don't have any internet at home any more and the simplest way to access all you out there is to drag my stone age laptop with me too the school's library and sit there for hours. It just that it takes me forty minutes to walk and it's heavy. Well now enough with the complaining. I have almost completed my school, just have some small things left, and then I'm done. With my education or at least my foundation of being an librarian. Yes, I want to be an old lady with pullover and knot in my hair and go down every line and telling people to be quiet. No, that 's not really what a librarian does any more, I'm more like a certified information dealer. Oh, I like the sound of that. Just taste at certified information dealer, no it's not that exciting it really is just information organization.

But a couple of weeks ago I was at UppCon. I was excited that I would enter the cosplay contest for the first time but realised that I had taken a bit much over my head so I never entered. But on the good side so do that give me enough time too finish my cosplay before next UppCon.

Me and my friends usually take the train to Uppsala for UppCon and it was something that we had to repeat. Not that it was such a good idea this time since we got two hours late and then I had missread the name of ours hotel and it laid on almost the other side of the city, when I thought it would be almost at the convention. Not to mention that it was so warm outside and the sun was glearing at us all the time. I guess I was the lucky one as I had my Rikku cosplay at me, thank you for small shorts.

"We have to wait for the train to move for an hour?" :(
Ignore my lack of make-up, I saved that the hotel.

Well as we had made our, or my, mess in the hotel room we went to the convention for picking up our tickets, nice small wristband in really cute colours, and take a small tour on the area to check where everything where. We kind of stumbled to the AMV contest as the staff asked if we wanted to see it, we thought there were no sets left, and got to see some amazing AMVs.

The rest of the Friday where spent at talking to people, eating and realising that I really needed to sleep as I had only slept 2 hours the lasted two days, not a thing I recommend. So we felt a bit like old people when we said goodbye to the convention at midnight and took the bus back to the hotel. It was here that I realised that staying up all night trying to get my contest cosplay would be impossible. So I went to sleep.

Bromley, Derek and Odette.
aka CarpeDentum, Madiirje and me.
Shoot by Lienwyn while waiting for the bus to the convention.

Saturday morning we woke up almost peacefully. The sun was shining and I had to brush a wig longer than half me. Not that that was so much of trouble even thou it gave me some aching muscles. But we had hotel breakfast and I could eat as much as I wanted. Not that I got to be that much since I was unconsciously still sooo tired, but it was good. We got dressed and all snansy pansy, no idea if that really is a expression but that was how we felt. Well dressing up as a princess in a long flowy dress with long blond hair give me those feelings anyway.

Shortly speaking: We made success. Even people outside from the convention reacted. I loved all the children's looks and well everybody's looks since they all somehow got a bit happier.

We could almost be mistaken for being at Disneyland, right XD

Since I did't enter the cosplay contest I watch the show outside on a big screen as the people I was there with had tickets to the show. Although the weather almost started to rain and the staff had to hold the screen in place so that it wouldn't blow away we had a great time we people outside the big hall. The contesters were really good, even thou some really stood out as being amazing.

Sunday was a bit more relaxed. Since it was the last day of the convention the outside area was free to enter for everyone that wanted to see what crazy people do at conventions. It was also Cosplay SM, the Swedish national cosplay contest, that I hope will come back next year since the contest was awesome. And someone cosplayed Sheryl Nome, I was so happy.

So after eating and waiting for the train I fell asleep. Not ordinary sleep according to my friends ether. No apparently I gave the impression of SLEEP, with capitals. I have no idea of what happened those two hours but apparently I was so fast asleep that no one dared to wake me up.

That was this years UppCon and next year I'm planing to live at the closest hotel and sleep a week before the convention.

A bit more Swanprincess! :)

UppCon Soon!

2011-06-01T09:07:00.000+02:00

I still have two days sewing left so perhaps I will be done, perhaps. But here comes my lineup, so if you see me come and say hello. :)

By the way. I'm doing the in-game-design for Rosa. So I won't have all of the goodie details that is on the picture. But I will try to upload some of my in progress work here as I continue towards done.

Bye!

White Wizard Begins!

2011-05-26T09:17:00.001+02:00

So this Saturday I'm going to Retrospelsmässan in Göteborg. Since it is a fair aimed for retro video games I took the opportunity to cosplay from the first Final Fantasy game, and I'm going as a white wizard. This is one of my more spontaneous cosplays since I already have three others to be done with next week when it's time for UppCon, but I couldn't resist to make a white wizard.

The white wizard is the upgraded White Mage so I will be going around with a red cape along with my robe.

The start of the robe without the sleeves and the hood.
I based the pattern of the my middle age robes and just added a bit more gores.

First testing. I added the ribbon just to see what it would look like, and well I have a really big underskirt that I won't use in the final cosplay. ^^

The hood was added. It is huge, humongous and just big.

That's all for now. Now I should be studying a bit more so I can continue all the sewing later.

Busy and more busy

2011-05-21T20:01:00.000+02:00

You might have noticed that I haven't been here so much and it has it's reasons. I am at the moment writhing my final essay and it demands a lot of time. But I can let you in on a few starters of my Rosa cosplay.

So far I've only started on her top, one of her millions sashes, the cape and the shoulderpads.

First I had to decided which fabrics I would use for the top. In the end I go a white thin cotton, two layers of old lace curtain, a thick green cotton and the lining.

Cutting out fabric. This is actually the thing about sewing that I find the most boring and usually the fabric lays on my floor a couple of days before I measure and finally cut out the patterns.

The lining complete with 'shim'?
Well, I still have to sew it together.

The parts all put together, now I just have to sew it together.

Well that's all I have photos of so far. Bye!

Rikku - A start

2011-04-27T13:28:00.000+02:00

A week ago I was at KodachiCon were me and my group entered the cosplay contest with one of our better skits.It was my debut as Rikku from Final Fantasy X, and my costume isn't done yet but I felt that I could bring it anyway, specially since we did a Final Fantasy vs Naruto skit.

The best detailed picture I had. :)

It sparkled! It was gold, of course Rikku the Thief wanted it. ^^

Battlepose! And major muscle pain after posing a whole weekend.

A bigger convention rapport is coming up this weekend. So until then. Bye bye!

Featuring: Breaking Down Cosplay

2011-04-08T12:06:00.000+02:00

A couple of weeks ago I got contacted by Jordan from Breaking Down to let me know of this really great documentary of cosplay. It's in six episodes and I hope you will enjoy this as much as I did watching it.

Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 1/6 from Think Switch on Vimeo.

Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 2/6 from Think Switch on Vimeo.

Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 3/6 from Think Switch on Vimeo.

Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 4/6 from Think Switch on Vimeo.

Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 5/6 from Think Switch on Vimeo.

Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 6/6 (FINAL) from Think Switch on Vimeo.

More from Breaking Down can be found here.

Going home after OkashiiCon

2011-03-06T18:49:00.000+01:00

Right now I am on my way home from Okashii. It was fun and I can't wait until I can get to sleep tonight. It gets that way when you stay up all night.
I will try to get a larger report by next week end.
Bye!

DcastEye's Guide to Cheap Travelling in Sweden

2011-02-23T11:34:00.004+01:00

This morning I got the idea of making a small travelling guide for Sweden, or more exact how to cheapest get around Sweden. Just to remind you, even thou Sweden doesn't have a great landmass the land does stretch quite a bit. It took me 18 hours on the night train to get a bit more than halfway. These are the ways of travelling that I feel is less expensive, so there is more ways of getting around.

On the X2000 train in southern Sweden in late spring.

So if you want to cover a large distance my bet is that you ether take the train or a long distance bus. In Sweden most of the trains that cover more than one region goes under SJ (Statens Järnvägar = State Railway), but on their website you can buy tickets for most part of the country. If you want to buy a really cheap ticket and go by the train, try to catch one of the tickets that get listed 90 days before you travel. I know this is very long before, but it can be as cheap as 10 Euro, and you can travel all over the country (as long as the trip and the transfers are on the same one-way ticket). You can of cause buy the return ticket at the same time or wait for the 90 days before.

Simply said the prices on the SJ-trains are like this: At the release of the tickets 90 days before travelling it is cheapest = 10 Euro. The price rises as the days goes and as people buy more tickets. That is if the train you want to ride is popular it is more expensive. Note that from 2010, you have to give identification on the train so have your ID's ready when it is time to show the tickets. The tickets are also personal and you have to give your name when booking/buying.

If you are instead taking a long distance bus the price system is the same as the SJ-trains. There are many different companies as Swebus, Bus4You, GoByBus and many more. They usually have free networks were you can access internet for free and is great if you are travelling between larger cites. On the downside they do take longer than the train and don't stop at so many places. But the tickets are usually cheaper if you don't want to wait so long before travelling.

Then there are the local public transport. These have as many companies as regions in Sweden. If you just are going to be travelling within a region this is the way. They don't costs as much and you can usually stop at most part of the region, even thou there may be transfers. Most of the cities have local buses, trams or/and subways that drives within the city and if will be much cheaper than taking a taxi.

Note that if you have a licence you could always rent a car and ride that to different places. It also gives you more freedom in choosing were you want to go. On the downside our petrol is not on the cheap side. To fill a average car cost around 52 Euro, and note that the petrol usually costs more on the summer.

Train: faster than the bus. Cheap if you buy in time and has many connections so you can easy get around Sweden. They even got connections to the continent through Denmark.
Long distance buses: takes longer than the train, but cheaper if you want to travel within the month. Usually have free networks on the buses, with free access internet. Don't stop at so many places.
Local public transport: Travelling within the region. Prices and where you buy the ticket varies depending on the region, but is cheaper than taking the taxi. Covers buses, trains, trams and subways.
Rent a car: More freedom but much more expensive. Can be good if you travel together or if the public transport don't reach your destination.

At the night train, guest starring CarpeDentum.

One more thing to know. Most of those that live in Sweden know English, it is just some of the oldest and the youngest that doesn't know it. We start learning English in school when we are around 10 and we don't dub our television (well the children's shows). So don't be afraid to ask anyone.

Would you like me to write more about Sweden,

and what in that case?

Översättning: Ska du åka tåg och vet om det i god tid, köp biljetterna 90 dagar i förväg. Då släpper SJ ett begränsat antal biljetter för 99 kr. Billigare kan det inte bli att åka tåg.
Om du tycker att tågbiljetterna blir för dyra så se om det går långdistansbussar, de brukar vara billigare om du väljer att åka på en vardag. Ex: Swebus, Bus4U..
Är det nära så kolla upp lokaltrafiken. Kollektivtrafik är mycket billigare än att ta en taxi, även om du kanske får ett par blickar om du åker i cosplay.

Sailor Moon Give Away!

2011-02-13T11:56:00.000+01:00

Based on the Sailor Moon R's brooch.

I made this brooch yesterday and after not so much thought decided that I would give it away here. So if you want it here are the rules:

1. Put a comment for this post that start with "In the name of ..." and don't forget your e-mail.
2. Do it before the 26 February at 12 AM GMT.

At the 28th I will announce the winner and also take contact so I can send it to the lucky winner.

Just a warning. It's huge!

Sailor Moon R Brooch

2011-02-13T11:02:00.001+01:00

Sailor Moon R Brooch

A few weeks ago I ordered a couple of craft foam sheets in various of colours, to see whether or not they would work for my cosplay. After realising how fun and easy it is to work with, I wanted to show you mine new Sailor Moon brooch. It is huge and if you want it, check out my give away here!

Now back to the brooch. It is made of craft foam in three layers, not perfect but good for a first try, various pearls I could find at home and glued together with school glue.

Blueprint :)

Second layer in cutting process.

Second layer done.
I cut the craft foam with my kitchen scissor and it was easy to correct mistake, as long as it was something to cut away.

It ended up a bit larger than my last brooch. :)

Upcoming present and recording

2010-12-19T11:32:00.000+01:00

It would be a good idea to post a little piece of post since it's been a while and I wanted to tell you all that I have a Christmas present for you all. I will post it on Christmas Eve, since that is the day I celebrate Christmas.

On another note. Since Blogger is a bit creppy and I can find out that people that find my blog often search for Amewarashi or Usagi Tsukino-cosplay I will try to post some cosplay-vlogs about them. I'm in the middle of recording my attempt to be a creative vlogger using my camera. :)

But now I am going to finish my commission for the month. More about that comes after Christmas as it is a julklapp. Bye!

Pink transformation/Review: Directions Pastel Pink

2010-12-01T23:12:00.001+01:00

I coloured my hair pink and here is a bit of how I did it and a little review as well.

<--- This is what I started of with. In real life my hair was a little brighter (paler) and more to the chestnut-red-brown way.

<--- I then bleached my hair 6-8 levels, the box said something like that. And it became orange. I also cut of the darkest part of my hair which made it a little shorter.

<--- After the bleach I let my hair rest for two weeks before I dyed it with an ash-blond dye, and ended up with honey blond. I did this to take away some of my red and yellow pigments that caused me to become a carrot head.

I also bleach my hair ones more after this but I don't have any photos of me platinum blond. But it was Draco Malfoy-blond. It was hard not to say: "This class is ridiculous" all the time.

<--- (To tired to edit away all zits) After having the pink dye in my hair for four hours I washed off the leftovers and this is what I got.

<--- After a couple of washes and in natural light I got peach pink hair. Which is just what I wanted. Now I just have to fear my hair growing, because it looks ridiculous with my dark blond growth.

Review: I used Directions Pastel Pink Semi-Dye. There is no chemicals in the dye, which I really like since I already teased down my hair with dye and bleach, so it did only leave the colour in my hair. It also means I could have it in my hair for as long as I wanted, I've read recommendations on sleeping with the dye in your hair if you can just to make it last longer.

Since the colour is pale I also had to bleach my hair to platinum blond, that was the hardest part. But so far I really like the colour. It started out really pink and orange in the ends, but after three washes it has turned to a pale peach pink. And just for the record, my hair likes dye, it kind of treats semi-permanently hair dye as permanently, so I just have to wait and see if it will wash away.

I would recommend those who want it to be just pink without the yellow to use the colour Pink Carnation as it don't have as much yellow pigment in it as Pastel Pink. The seller recommended a pot of dye for shoulder length hair, but that doesn't apply to me as my hair is really, really thick, and two pots were just enough for me when my hair was shoulder length. So if you are going to dye your whole hair, buy an extra pot just in case.

Cheezy pose cuz I can. ^^

Hopefully pink

2010-11-20T01:19:00.000+01:00

Just remembered that I forgot to post my last two outfits last week. Guess I make time for that tomorrow as I will run around like a maniac and hoping for my hair to be pastel pink or something similar at least. I'm running a test at the moment as I found a place in my hair that was decent pale blond and will see in the morning if it worked. Hopefully the hair won't fall off during the night as the dye hasn't got any chemicals in it.

On another note. I kind of started to listen to Vocaloid, specially Luka's Just Be Friends. I even got it as my cell phone signal. I guess that could be my way of saying I really like the song. And it even got me thinking of cosplaying Luka. Well if I ever will cosplay a Vocaloid I guess it would be Luka or Gumi. But now I should be getting to sleep, since time is ticking away.

One of the lovely pictures I've found with Luka Megumi.

Lolita 7-days challenge: Friday

2010-11-12T17:57:00.000+01:00

Today I wanted a bit more discrete look and went for black, silver and white.

JSK: HMHM

Everything else: Offbrand

Featured cosplayer: LittleLuchinda

2010-11-12T14:08:00.000+01:00

I decided that I wanted to feature some people, so now I will start doing that. Yes, spamming people with pictures is one of my favourite things.

First out is LittleLuchinda. She runs her own anime/manga merchandise shop and is great at cosplaying, not to mention that she a one of my inspiration sources.

This is so cute! I really like the wig styling and the attitude in this photo.

Luchinda takes on both manly and girly cosplays and succeed with it really well.

LittleLuchinda also is part of the cosplay group Project ShangriLa100%, which has a deviantART where you can check out all the thing they do.

Lolita 7-days challenge: Thursday

2010-11-11T19:01:00.000+01:00

Back from a day at school. This JSK is so nice to wear, the fabric is soft and has such nice flow.

Blouse: H&M

JSK: Baby, the stars shine bright

Hairbow: Bow from the JSK :)

ConFusion, we can't meet this time

2010-11-10T17:56:00.000+01:00

I was planning on going to ConFusion, a new convention for japanese pop culture in Sweden, but now I can't attend it. The day after the convention I am supposed to be in Hungary so it is kind of impossible. I'm going there to attend a big international library conference, and it is sort of a once-in-a-lifetime-moment so will skip the japanese pop culture for once. Well with the exception that I will try to wear lolita at least one day at the conference, I really think lolita fashion fits the librarians profession.

It also means I have to get to cosplay Sheryl Nome at some other time. Perhaps at OkashiiCon, since all the other cons are busy.

OkashiiCon, March
KodachiCon, April-May

Final Fantasy

UppCon, June

Sheryl Nome - Macross Frontier
Secret - Will attend the cosplay contest for the first time :)
Odette - the Swan Princess

EuroCon, Jun

Don't know if I will cosplay, but it is a sf and fantasy literature convention.

Well, now I should finish my friends patterns so bye!

Lolita 7-days challenge: Wednesday

2010-11-10T16:24:00.000+01:00

More of a casual kodona-attempt as I didn't feel like big fluffy skirts today. These are my favourite pair of pants, they are so big that people take them for a skirt at moments. And I forgot to use my waistcoat when I took the photo.

Cap: H&M

Blouse: H&M

Pants: Handmade

Kneesocks: Offbrand

Lolita 7-days challenge: Tuesday

2010-11-10T16:15:00.000+01:00

Dressed for a day at home.

Blouse: H&M

Skirt: Handmade

Lolita 7-days challenge: Monday

2010-11-08T17:45:00.001+01:00

For this week I felt like challenge myself by wearing lolita the whole week. Usually I just dress in it whenever I feel like it, but I wanted to try it on whole time. So for the whole week I will try to post daily outfits when in lolita fashion.

And you might see the difference in my hair. I was aiming for blonde, but kind of ended up with orange as I have a lot of red pigments in my original hair as well as my previous dye. It ain't as orange as in the photos but closer to the Directions apricot colour.

But here is today's daily outfit:

JSK: Metamorphose - Gingham Cherry Highwaist
Alice bow: Handmade
Rest: Offbrand

This dress look so short after I altered the straps so it could fit me. Since I'm short most things are to big for my shoulders so on this dress it was so nice that the straps are attached with buttons at the back. So I fitted the straps and sewed on a couple of new buttons and now the dress fits me, which I love since this dress is one of my dreamdresses.

Review: beauty28888 at ebay.com

2010-10-29T12:19:00.001+02:00

A month ago I ordered a pair of false eyelashes on ebay, just because I could. I made it my quest to seek out the cheapest lashes with shipping and ended up with a pair for about 2,50 $ including shipping. A very good price for the lashes.

Here is the sellers own picture of the lashes and they look like the ones I got. Because of the price I wasn't expecting any great false lashes and they have a plastic feel and look, but I can defiantly use them in any diva shoots (to Sheryl Nome among others).

Here is what it looked when I put them on without any other make-up. They were a bit hard and the glue was not the best, but they stayed on for a few hours.

And then I tried them with make-up. Suddenly they fitted my face much better and I got to see a bit more diva of myself.

Summery: The shipping took a bit long, but I was alerted by this of the seller. The lashes were worth their price and I will defiantly have fun with them. The glue that came with the lashes ain't top class, but it will work for photo shoots. I just have to get a better when it is time for conventions.

Post KodachiKun + Vlog

2010-10-25T17:34:00.005+02:00

It's been two weeks since I got back home from KodachiKun and I could say that I was a bit disappointed by the convention. But on the other hand I was at the Con this spring and that was much bigger, grander and organised. I didn't got to see the cosplay show, since me and my friends were out for dinner at that moment, and I think that is mostly why I didn't really feel like I fitted in. It could also be that I'm getting older and don't fit the screaming, jumping fourteen years old girl standard anymore, I just have bigger demands now. But here comes my first Vlog, about yeah KodachiKun.

It's scary to hear yourself talking on a video. I sound so... girly. Let me know if you want to see more vlogs, I'll probably will do them anyway.

Översättning: Jag var på KodachiKun för två veckor sen och ja, det var nog inte det bästa konventet jag varit på. Mest för att det kändes rätt så rörigt. Det kan också bero på att jag har blivit lite äldre och även kommer ihåg hur det var i våras på det underbara KodachiCon. Jag fick aldrig sett cosplaytävling (sett den i efterhand på youtube) och det brukar vara det bästa.

Men här är i alla fall min första videologg, dock på engelska, om just det: KodachiKun.

Quick change in plans

2010-10-07T15:04:00.001+02:00

I had planed to cosplay Velvet this Saturday at KodachiKun. But as time went a bit faster than I thought I don't have the time to finish her outfit as I want it. Like hand embroider her headgear and making her sphere weapon. But since I have started her and I want to finish I will continue as soon as I have the effort again. Probably sometime next week.

So instead as Velvet I will go as Usagi. Which means I will finally get Usagi's school uniform 100 % finish. And I also have the time to make a new brosh.

And that's all I have to say. Tomorrow I will begin my journey towards Kodachi, with a stop at my folks house. Bye!

PS. It could be another cosplay. I'm not 100 % sure just yet.

Daily Outfit: Think PINK!

2010-10-06T17:10:00.023+02:00

Blurry but, at least it shows a bit of my think pink-theme.

JSK: Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Everything else: Offbrand

& a little lolita

2010-09-28T09:20:00.000+02:00

A few days ago I started thinking. All I ever post here is about cosplay. To me it is not all that surprising as lolita is to me not a hobby but a style I dress in. Therefore I renamed the blog to DcastEye Cosplay, & a little lolita. That means I will still be posting about lolita, but this blog will mostly contain cosplay and sewing.

A little treat. The photo is one of those times when I first started to wear lolita. Me and my friend were doing commercial for a Japanese culture event and dressed up since we were going to be in the newspaper, me in lolita and she in my Haruhi Suzumiya-costume.

But now I have to write a paper for school so for now. Bye!

PS. Later in week I will treat you on a giveaway. :D

Book Fair Outfit

2010-09-27T10:22:00.000+02:00

This Friday I was at the yearly book fair in Gothenburg. It was as it been all the other years full with people and much that I wanted to buy.

Outfit rundown

JSK: HMHM

Blouse: H&M

Stockings & Shoes: Offbrand

Cosplay Fall/Winter in Colour

2010-09-12T02:34:00.001+02:00

Yes, I was bored. And my plans changes :D

Odin's Sphere - Velvet: For KodachiKun in October I hope that I will finish Velvet, and hope for good weather as well.

Velvet is one of the character in Odin's Sphere and I haven't even gotten as far to play with her yet but I still like her design, even thou this is less revealing side. And I love the idea of cosplaying a princess that can take care of her self.

Now I just have to get started since there is less than a month before the con. The hard part will be the sphere, or the weapon. I have to get myself some transparent acrylic or similar.

Macross Frontier - Sheryl Nome: I have two Sheryl Nome cosplays planned and in progress. The first is a casual red dress that is used in episodes 2 and 3. The second one is here on the right. It is from the Diamond Crevasse booklet and I really like the design. In the booklet there isn't anymore to see than this, but I have found the official picture for the whole dress and is at the moment sketching up the pattern.

The red dress is in the making and all I really have to get my hands on are a wig. The hard part about getting an matching wig for Sheryl is that her hair is blonde in the sun but gets pink in the shade.

Black Butler - Elizabeth: Since I saw Lizzy's dress I wanted to have it. It is so pretty and not pink like all the others. I use enough pink causally and this dress is just so cute. Not to stop with the fact that I have a friend doing Ciel. :D

Some more small cosplays in progress are:

* Fullmetal Alchemist - Winry Rockbell: I've loved the Fullmetal Alchemist series since I started to see and read it. And I could side with Edward since I know how it is to be in chibi-size. But I started on Winry because she is a good character and the design was not to hard as well. I can use the clothes in my casual wear, always a good thing.

* Hetalia - Seychelles: I had the wig and a similar dress in progress. Let's go!

* Cardcaptor Sakura - Sakura Kinomoto: It's been four years since I started cosplaying and then it was with Sakura. So this spring I got the wig, since I didn't feel like cutting it off this time, and everything is cut out. Now all I have to do is sew it and make myself a key to the Clow-cards. :)

There are some more, but since the time is ticking and I should have been asleep three hours ago I just leave them for now. Bye! :)

Medieval Petrol Outfit

2010-09-08T17:44:00.087+02:00

So last week I went to a medieval fair or market to work. Of course I had to wear something proper otherwise I wouldn't fit in. After some scouting and browsing I found a reconstruction of the Moy Bog-dress from Ireland that I felt could work. The pattern is dated to late 14th century.

Then the fun began. I enlarged the print so that I could just draw of the pattern and it kind of looked like this:

I found this lovely dark blue petrol coloured wool fabric that didn't made me that poor and decided to hem it with a black velvet that I had laying back home. We had early on decided that I would look as I came from the higher stands so I could wear both blue and dark which at that time were expensive colours. Velvet was also made in use during the later time period of the middle ages so the dress is almost according time except that I was lazy and sewed it on machine.

Under the dress I wore a cotton dress which not exactly is according to the period, since cotton was mostly used in Egypt and I would have been at the World's End according to the Greeks. But I had to have something under my wool dress and I already had some meters at home. I still haven't sewn on the sleeves but it worked since they would still not be visible.

The underdress took about five-six meters, but with the width that I gained I kind of understand that. The dress contains eight wide wedges and is surprisingly easy to walk in.

Now for the wool dress. I changed the pattern a bit, as I have a habit of doing. I skipped two of the wedges since I didn't needed them and added a little trail. Until I learned not to walk on the trail, that took some time.

My buttons were dressed by CarpeDentum and Madiijre as I didn't had the time to make them. I am so grateful to them, specially since I wouldn't made it in the dress if I didn't have the buttons.

To the outfit I also made a veil, that big white thing on my head, and the bag. The bag was something that I don't think would be seen in the middle ages as it is made of one of my old winter jackets. It is always good to use old things.

A better picture of the outfit can be found here: link.

Cosplay Plans Fall and Winter

2010-09-01T20:04:00.006+02:00

Here is some of what I have planned for this fall. Conventions and events to attend and cosplays to sew, as soon as I get money.
This is what I have planned:
KodachiKun, 1-day
? Seychelles - Hetalia
? Sheryl Nome - Macross Frontier

J-popcon, 3-days

Friday: Sheryl Nome - Macross Frontier (Casual red dress - ep 2-3)

Saturday: Elizabeth - Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji (Valentine-dress)

Sunday: ?

ConFusion, 3-days
?

And I'm sure there will be changes as I talk with my cosplay group as well, since most part of it is going crazy with cosplay events this summer, while I lay low.

More on the blog?

2010-09-01T15:59:00.000+02:00

This spring/summer I had a poll asking what you wanted to see more on this blog and the results were this <---.

What is it that you want to see in sewing? Work in progress or just some random photos I take when sewing. It could also be things that I sew that are neither cosplay or lolita.
Lolita: What do you want to read in the lolita department? I use lolita clothing as clothing. It is something that I wear, but I am thinking of writing an post on how I found and started dress in lolita. I am also kind of bad at taking outfit pix, but I will try to do better in that department.
Tutorials: Working on my first skirt tutorial, but I have at least two more planned. What do you want a tutorial about?
Events: I don't attend that many events and I don't feel like spilling out everything that happens in my life on this blog but I'm getting better at taking photos whenever I'm out doing things so there will be more photos in the event-part at least.

Is there anything that you would like me to take up in this blog? I want this to be my blog and therefore it is much more cosplay than lolita, since cosplay is one of my hobbies while lolita is something that I wear everyday I feel like it.

High Waisted Skirt in Velvet

2010-08-31T23:27:00.000+02:00

Yes, I couldn't make myself not post this. This is how the skirt turned out, but this is only one of many versions of the skirt that can be made. I will include some in the tutorial and that is one of the reason it takes time.

It is made in cotton velvet and has shirring in the back and zipper in the side. It is a bit longer than the regular lolita-skirt but I like that, it won't be so cold in the winter then. I added a ruffle at the hem, cause I felt it needed that.

And I have changed the system for the comments. I think it is much easier now. ^^

Back and sewing!

2010-08-31T22:48:00.000+02:00

I'm back! I didn't mean to take such long time on me to get this blog back in order or just making everything that I needed to do.

<--- Here is a preview of one of the things that I have been doing the lasted weeks. It is my 14th century dress that I made this summer for the medieval fair that I attended this last weekend. More of that comes soon.

So this weekend I will finally get my high waisted skirt tutorial up and running here on the blog. I have some tiny things to correct but that means it is almost done. To make up for the delay I will also include a give away. But what it contains is so far a secret.

So until the weekend comes I will work to get the tutorial and my give away done. Bye!

On vacation

2010-07-25T10:46:00.000+02:00

Yes, I'm away for a while and have been away for a while as well. I got a job and slept alot and then I took the train and went visit a friend and I still haven't gotten home. I will in the following week so I can come home scanning my upcoming tutorial.

On Wednesday I will finally post part 1 of my high waisted tutorial, which will contain the pattern making. And then part 2, which contains all the sewing will follow in the end of the week, if I don't have too work.

Other than that, I will go to a medieval fair in the end of august. And me and a friend of mine have been appointed seamstresses for the rest of my gang as only one one of us have a outfit. That will be really fun since the fair accept clothes from early 500 till 16th Century. That is a lot of years to cover and many fashions to look in to.

But now I'm going back to my vacation and see what's going to happen today. ^^

Styling Ame-Warashi's Wig

2010-06-30T14:47:00.001+02:00

To get Ame-Warashi's hairstyle I decided to get a wig. Since I had no idea how to make my own hair that style and the idea of colouring it light blue wasn't that appealing.

This page is from were Ame-Warashi shows up the second time in the manga, and yes, I am going to make that outfit too since it's so good looking. I love it. Anyway here you can see that her hair is coloured blue in the manga, and not red as in the anime. I wonder why they even did that, it's too different colours, and I think blue fits a rain-maker more than red. But enough of the rambling.

I started and ended my search for a wig at ebay.com. In the end I thought a wig styled for Miku Hatsune would be a good start, so I search out the bluest I could find and tried to make sure that it would be in good quality. The rewiev of the wig can be found here: Charissa-KIDS @ ebay.com.

Unfortunate I don't have that many photos of how I styled the wig. But I will try to explain it in words. First I cut the bang, so I could see what I was doing vile wearing the wig. It was done messy so I could get an idea of how long it would be and figure out how much of the wig that was going to be in the side curls.

This is were it started to get into real styling. I was going to make a straight wig into curls. I started to read on styling wigs on the internet and different forums to get an idea of what to do and decided that the hot-water-styling-method would be easiest and hopefully not damage the whole wig. So I bought myself some curling rollers in plastic and rolled up the fibres on them. Then I boiled some water and prepared a bowl that could handle the hot water.

Then I placed the part of the wig that was rolled up in the bowl and pour the hot water on it. I had let the water cool a bit, so that the fibres wouldn't be destroyed. After a few minutes I took up the wig and let it cool down and dry over night. It is important that the wig cools down and dry before the rollers are removed, otherwise the fibres can loose it's shape.

In the morning I trimmed the rest of the wig shorter and it looked something like this, note that I was really tired when I took these:

My friends told me that I looked like France and England's lovechild without the clips, and I kinda agree with them. That is if you have been watching Hetalia Axel Power, then you would maybe agree as well. :D

I got help by a friend to cut of the length of the clips. She first cut of a bit of the length and then trimmed the clips a bit thinner so that they would not be so thick. She also trimmed the rest of the wig a bit better.

And the finished results is here. Photo by David Rhodin.

Ludicrous_box's Cosplay Meme

2010-06-27T15:30:00.000+02:00

I was a bit bored so I found a cosplay meme at ludicrous_box on LiveJournal (Google is your friend sometimes).

Most Accurate Cosplay: Momo Hinamori. My friend said that it sometimes looked as if I walked out of the musical, yeah there is at the moment eight musicals based on the first two arcs in Bleach.

Most Difficult Cosplay: Ame-Warashi and Usagi Tsukino. Ame-Warashi because it was the first time I had to style a wig, that went fine, but I was so nervous. Usagi's costume had so many details. It took me forever just to pin attach the ribbons on the collar.

Easiest Cosplay: Ranka Lee. I had the wig, or a green that fitted, home and sewed the dress in four hours, that is good for being me as I am so slow when sewing.

Most Out Of Character Cosplay: Haruhi Suzumiya. I was really nervous that time and was sitting quiet in a corner, the total opposite of Haruhi.

Most Fun-to-Cosplay: Ame-Warashi and Usagi in split position. I love Ame-Warashi even if people don't recognise her that well to that point that I can hear her complain about my cosplay in my head. No I'm not crazy, I just have a very clear idea about what she would do if someone would call her a spirit or ghost, and not a rain maker. ^^
Usagi was really fun since people did recognise her. I can still remember being stop every tenth meter so that someone could take a photo. And of cause I have always wanted to cosplay her as well.

Sexiest Cosplay: Well, I guess that until now I have for the most part only cosplayed sweet innocent girls. But I am working on Velvet from Odin's Sphere, and she doesn't have that much clothes on. I just have to train up my muscles in my stomacharea first.

Most Comfortable Cosplay: Momo's shinigami suit. I never thought that a costume held together with pins and a waistband could be so comfortable, but it is.

Least Comfortable Cosplay: Unfortunately it's Usagi. That wig keeps crawling up in my neck. Other then the wig it's comfy.

Costume with longest hotelroom prep time: Usagi. I changed in the toilet in UppCon and it took more than a half-hour time. That wig and all the small pieces of costume.

Costume Garment you wear out of costume: Ranka Lee's dress. I love it. I saw someone cosplay her at DA first and thought: what a nice summer dress. And now I use it as that as well.

Favourite Wig/Hairstyle: Momos. I can use my own hair, even thou I have to dye it dark brown. I sometimes uses the bun outside cosplay since it so comfortable. But I also like the wig to Ame-Warashi. The hair on the clips have a tendency to bounces as I walk. :D

Favourite prop: I have had that many prop, since I've been to lazy on that part. But I have the broach to Usagi that my friend made as I tried and succeeded to sew two cosplays in the night before UppCon.

Favourite accessory: Gloves. It's so fun and it really helps me get in character with at least Ame-Warashi.

Ever been in a group cosplay? Yeah. Me and my friends even started one cosplay group called Pinku no Shoulaceu, or just Pink Shoelaces. So far we have cosplayed Bleach in a huge group along with some other cosplay groups.

Ever cosplayed a pairing with someone? No, but I will. Me and a friend of mine is planning a Ciel and Elizabeth-cosplay from Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji.

Pairing support? Qwastanja @ DA

If yes, how steamy? The characters are twelve. It just gets cute. :3

Ever been to a photoshoot? Yes. At UppCon 10, I attended a Bleach photoshoot. We were so many in my group that it was difficult to find room for all in the photos. ^.^
And then I have been to photoshoots that me and my friends have done :D

Ever entered a contest? Yes. I've been taking part in three contest so far.

Ever won an award in a contest? No, it's a real shame. But the winners were truly worth it. ^^

The Costume you'll never finish: Sakura Haruno from Naruto. I started sewing the costume at a chance, but I never really sewed on it for more than one day. And it was pink, not red as in the manga/anime.

The Costume you've always wanted to make: Ame-Warashi. Now I can't wait to get started on my second costume for her. That is so gorgous -drools-

The Costume you'd wear if it weren't for your body type: I always wanted Fai's clothes from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. But he is so small and tall, and I'm not really that body type.

The Costume that you can't make for lack of money: Madam Red's outfits. I like every one she wears, and yes I am a sucker for the Victorian Era. It's because I want them to be all velvet, since that would fit her. :D

Show us your best cosplay photo:

Shot by CarpeDentum at UppCon 10.

Mum's Dress

2010-06-21T22:39:00.003+02:00

I've sewn my mum a dress. And it's so pretty.

Green satin cocktail dress by ~dcasteye on deviant ART

I'm alive

2010-06-19T00:28:00.003+02:00

This time has been full of school, sick again, sewing and lazying around the house. But now I have finally gotten my mom's dress done and a skirt to myself in silk, I love that fabric. So expect some photos tomorrow. And I'm wondering if I should post thing I sew besides cosplay and lolita here. Well I'm doing it anyway.

And I have during this time also come to the conclusion that I haven't afford to attend any conventions this summer as I have no money. So instead of that I hoping for some photo shoots to my cosplay and sewing a lot. Since I have a great deal of fabric to get rid of as it will soon take over more than just two corners of my apartment.

So I was just posting to make sure to you that I am alive. I've just been busy and not felt like posting anything. Hopefully I can get that under order soon. And after I have come home again, after spending three weeks at my parents' house, I can finally get my high waisted tutorial done. Yeah for that!

Daily Outfit: Suger Cravings

2010-05-24T20:47:00.003+02:00

So today I felt like colour, and colour it became. Inspiration came from Alice Deco and my cravings for colour. And I got to use my Ranka Lee-dress.

Convention and cosplaygroup

2010-05-22T09:37:00.004+02:00

This summer there is two big convention aimed for anime/manga/cosplay in Sweden. Now I just have to chose which I'll be attending. Because as it looks now I can only afford one.

NärCon:

Cheap.
In July, when it looks as I can.
Said to be more like a small convention, cosy.

MeuwCon:

More expensive.
In August, the days before I begin school. Could be a trouble.
Made by cosplayers for cosplayers. Lots of cosplay.
In the middle of Stockholm. The big city.

Oh, the more I think about it, the more confused I get. I really want to go to Meuw, as it is aimed for cosplayers and it looks really fun. But at the same time NärCon has always been one of the conventions that I wanted to go to. I guess I talk with my cosplaygroup and ask what they think.

Yeah, I don't think I have told you. But me and my friends started our own cosplaygroup: Pinku no Shoulasu. Or just pink shoelaces. Not that anything changed as we still do all our own cosplays of the character we like, but now we got ourself a name. And I have appointed myself as Master of Pattern. I guess we will all have our titles as time goes by.

Now I have to make patterns for my group and sew a dress for my mum, so for now. Bye!

Review: Charissa-KIDS @ ebay.com

2010-05-16T13:24:00.006+02:00

I ordered two wigs from Charissa-KIDS this time and was happily surprised.

First out is the blue wig I ordered so I could style it to Ame-Warashi. It was originally styled for Vocaloid's Miku Hatsune.

The wig is one short base wig and the ponytails are sewn on two big clips that safety sit attach. The base wig also had a long bang so that you could cut it in your own length, as I did for Ame-Warashi.

The colour looks more like in the store's photo as mine are taken with lighting. The quality of the wig was so fine. It is made of Japanese kanekalon fibres and is really thick, many fibres. The clips most have a least at much fibres as the base wig as they were very thick and heavy, even thou you don't feel it when you wear the wig.

The other wig I purchased was a wig styled as Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa RC.

This wig is my way of celebrate myself for 4 year as cosplayer.

But to the wig. It is made of heat resistant fibre and can sustain temperatures up 180-200 degrees Celsius. It is also comfortable to wear and the styling of the wig holds if you turn the wig outside in. The fibres are also fine and easy to cut, as this wig also came with an extra long bang.

Overall: I am really happy with the seller, even thou they didn't say that they had shipped it, ending with me thinking that I wouldn't make the cosplay until the convention. But the shipping was fast and cheap.

The wigs came with hairnet, which I love and are so much more comfortable than nylon knee socks. I also got a wig comb since I purchase two wigs. The wigs were also the most comfortable wigs I have ever worn as they are bigger than the others I have.

If you have any questions feel free to ask. :D

KodachiCon 10

2010-05-15T16:16:00.005+02:00

So this weekend I went to KodachiCon in lovely Lund. Old towns are always nice, to bad I didn't get to see much of it as I had to much fun at the convention. That is also the reason I forgot to update the blog and twitter since I forgot it.

But what happened then. Me and CarpeDentum got ourself in the hands of some of my friends and we arrived just in time for the introduction to end. We checked what was going on and checked the times that we had to hold.

At some time it was piñata-time. This years piñata was Miku Hatsune. It was really fun to watch and I'm glad I was not one of them who jumped at the floor when she broke. She was full of candy and chocolate was I told. I took the time to play some video games in the other corner.

Of cause there was merchandise. Here is our own maid, Luchida from Mermaid Melody? and Lavi from D.Gray-Man. :D

DcastEye in your very own person. I got to cosplay Ame-Warashi and the wig did not get destroyed when I was styling it. Unfortunately this is the best photo I have at my cosplay so far, but I still like the fact that I almost didn't smile in this photo. It's damn hard for me not to smile a whole convention. Photo by CarpeDentum using my camera.

This was our sleepingspace. I was so tired when I went to sleep that I didn't even feel the hard floor, and got up early cause it was so warm and light in the room at the morning. Even thou that I slept really good.

Whenever we had the time over we played Benrangel, Fotleken or the Foot Game in English. More of it is in the video. :D

This is some of the film I shoot at the convention. I've got much more, but this is some of the best things.

This is the skit that me and my friends took part of. It was decided the night before the con that I was going be in it and I'm happy that I could be in it. It was so much fun, and I admit that I can be an attention whore.

I am already planing the cosplay for next KodachiKun this fall and hope that I will be able to be there. :D

More for the closet

2010-05-06T21:21:00.004+02:00

I got a package today, and it had a lovely dress in it. It's so cute and I can't wait to start using it. I think it will be perfect for the hot summer days that I hope will come soon.

I'm going for KodachiCon this weekend and will live-post what happens during the time when I remember. Otherwise you could check out my Twitter or my friend CarpeDentum.

Now I'm going to make the final touches on my cosplay, including my wig.

Better and Almost a Yukata

2010-05-04T23:13:00.003+02:00

I've finally gotten better. The flu is over and now I can start sewing things again. Good thing, considering I'm going to my next convention on Saturday and I haven't even started on Ame-Warashi's dress yet. But I did sew a yukata today for my friend as I did get her to cosplay Zarashi-Warashi along with mine Ame-Warashi.

So I took the first and best fabric I had at home and started to cut. Well to tell the truth I first drew the patterns from Gosu Rori v 11.

I hope to finish it tomorrow as I only have a bow to attach in the back of the obi. The fabrics made it really feel like spring and I hope it will get warmer for the weekend so that my friend won't freeze in this.

Delays

2010-04-29T22:06:00.005+02:00

So I got the flu and then my iron broke down a few days ago. But I seem to be improving my health, and I hope to be able to sew some things this weekend. Including my high waisted skirt for the upcoming tutorial. But here is something to watch until then:

Daily Oufit: Casual Spring Lolita

2010-04-16T20:03:00.004+02:00

Today I was out walking since I didn't want to pay for the bus. But since the weather was lovely I didn't mind. I also tried to take a daily outfit since I felt like it and had the camera with me.

Cardigan: secondhand
T-shirt: WARP
Skirt: DcastEye
Socks: Cubus
Shoes: Indiska

Upcoming: What happened at UppCon? and high waisted skirt-tutorial. :D

UppCon:10

2010-04-12T19:34:00.005+02:00

So I when to UppCon, the biggest convention in Sweden aimed at Japanese Pop Culture. And this is how it went:

Friday: I got up in a decent time this year and met with CarpeDentum and Madiirje on the station. From we got on our train and I finished all the things that had to be finished. And then we finally got to Uppsala, since it takes five hours to go by train. But the line in to UppCon was a bit long and it was about to rain so we occupied a table at the nearest Burger King and sat there a few hours.

By the time we gotten back to UppCon the line was a bit more normal (meaning: you don't have to wait more then two hours) and we only had to wait for an hour and a half before got our waistbands. Then we just had to get in the line to leave the luggage so it would be shipped to our sleeping rooms. But once we got in it was fun, even thou Madiirje was freezing and we were all wet from the rain. But at least we got to see MinxZone when we were standing outside and waiting in the second line.

Friday cosplay: I got ~CarpeDentum to cosplay Rangiku Matsumoto while I did Momo Hinamori from BLEACH. Our lovely ~Madiirje was our own steam punk inspired sky pirate. I got to meet with a Hitsugya and we took some photos together.

Later at the evening we watched the lolita fashion-show. It was much sweet, little gothic and they were all so cute. Hopefully I can take part next year After that we went for pizza and the we felt tired and retired to sleep.

Saturday: I went ahead of the others and went for a BLEACH-photoshoot at the con. We managed to get nine of us put in one photo and it was so much fun. After that I watch some of the BLEACHers training for they’re musical skit and I switched cosplay to Usagi Tsukino. By that time it was many who recognised me, sometimes it took me twice the time to get somewhere because of being stopped and asked to be photographed. But in Sweden Sailor Moon used to run at TV when I was little so it may not be so surprising.

After the rest of the people showed up, I went for second breakfast/lunch at the con and drank some lemonade with some strange name that barley tasted anything but was cold so it was enough. The day pasted with peoplewatching and missing things I had planned to do but just didn't since I forgot them.

But I did see the big cosplay contest. This year we barley got in and got to sit as far of the scene that was possible, that was a lie, there was one more row behind us, but we still got to see some really good and some less good cosplay as we sat there and I almost wanted to be a part of it as well. Who know, perhaps next year?

The skits this years was as much fun as last year, even thou no one can beat Norrlänsk cosplayfront who did the opening and ending of the whole cosplay contest. And to find out that it was Lulu from Code Geass that had stolen UppCon was fun as well.
After the cosplay contest was done we saw the AMV contest, or at least that was it was suppose to be. But because of technical issues we did some sort of mini disco inside the room instead. The whole room was dancing to Caramelldansen at some point, and think over thousand people dancing in a room that is made for concerts. It was awesome!

Then it worked and we got to see some amazing AMVs. After that we felt more the tired and got to sleep.

Sunday was not so much convention for me as I had to go to an interview at the other side of Sweden. So there ends my adventure of UppCon 10. Hopefully it will return next year and that the weather might be a little better.

Me at the Friday as Hinamori Momo as we were waiting for the Lolita Fashion Show to begin.

Looking out on the square that the public could also come and take a look at. We mostly sat on the inside and looking at all the funny people we could see, and wondering whether they were cosplaying or not.

I found some friends from Sailor Moon. Usagi: me, Jupiter: Rosenguru-sama, Venus: qwastanja and Mercurius: ?
I can also proudly say that I made the patterns for the school uniforms in this photo.

One of the best shoot I got of my Usagi-cosplay. Here is also the lovely stairs of UppCon, as UppCon would be nothing without them. Snapped by Qwastanja

Double-posted on DeviantART, minus the photos.

White Flower Blouse - Lolita

2010-03-21T16:35:00.003+01:00

I've gotten one of my unfinished blouse done and here it is. It's made of embroidered cotton/poly mix. The patterns is based of a blouse in Gosu Rori vol. 6, but I've made my own changes like shirring only in the back and laying low on the laces. It also became a bit shorter than I expected, but since I manly use it to JSK it doesn't matter. Click on the image, to see the details.

News on the tutorial: don't expect it to be done until after I get back from UppCon, in three weeks. I've sewn the skirt, but seeing black details on black velvet is a bit tricky so I'm going to make another in a better fabric.

On the cosplayfront: I have two and a half cosplays to finish in the next two weeks. But my wig for Usagi has come and it's so cute.

Now I should go back to reading since I have a test for tomorrow. Bye!

Review: greatarchy09 @ ebay.com

2010-03-13T13:23:00.005+01:00

I bought my wig for Usagi Tsukino from the seller greatarchy09 at ebay, which has the ebay store Ayanamisatoru cosplay wig.

I payed extra for shipping with DHL, as there are a cheaper but slower shippingoption. The wig was at my home four days after I payed and it was neatly packaged.

The wig itself was a more yellow than on the stores pitcures, but has three different coloured fibres mixed in the wig which makes it look different depending on the light. The fibres are of japanese kanekanol and are very fine and human hair like. They are even thinner than my own hair, which on the other hand are really thick. There is also an comb at the front.

My only problem so far is that the construction of the wig is making it impossible for me to cover up all of my hair. I can cover it all but then I have to pull from every direction to make it stay, and unfortunately my bobby pins can't make it stay all the time. But since it's only two cm at the back showing I can still have it.

Overall: I like the wig and if I only avoid getting shoot from the back it works fine. It just shows very much since I coloured my hair dark recently. :)

Tutorial Sketch

2010-03-12T14:00:00.005+01:00

So I've made up my mind about doing a tutorial for a skirt. The one I have in mind is the one on the sketch. Here's some details:

High-waisted skirt in velvet
Front: buttons
Back: shirring and corsettlacing
Pleats
Zipper in side

It might not get exactly as the sketch, but similar to it. Let me know what you think about it.

OkashiiCon

2010-03-07T18:57:00.008+01:00

So, I went to OkashiiCon in Malmö, Sweden with a few friends. It was a real adventure just finding the way there, but that was since we didn't have the map. After getting there it was easy to find again.

Our first goal: filling the wardrobe and getting something to eat. And since I hadn't finished my cosplay we were all going casual. After eating we split up and watch what was happening in all the rooms and played games. I got to sit down to finish my cosplay, or at least what I could do there. I sewed on a pair of shoulderstaps, so it wouldn't slip off me, and got some crystals at the skirt. That took me a couple of hours. To keep me occupied during this time, I was hoping for the gamerz to come, and talked to many people. Nothing to do on your convention, talk a bit!

But I got a bit sleepy, so I talked my friends into getting their sleepinggears and camp in one of the corridors. It was out of the way and close to the toilet and by that close to switching to cosplay in the morning.

And that was I did in the morning. So in my nearly finished Ranka Lee cosplay I went around the convention with a Orihime (later transformed to Kira Izuri), a schoolgirl and a lolita. I guess we made a grand view on McDonalds when it was time for breakfast. After that it was time to get shopping at Scince Fiction Bokhandeln for a bit of manga.

The rest of the day was talking to random people, playing games, stalking Gin Ichimaru and just having fun. In the night it was time for the cosplay-showoff. I was standing filming and had a hard time standing still, since I was laughing so hard. Then my battery ended, and I stopped worrying about that and just watched. It wasn't so many entries but they were all funny, hilarious or just great. There was only one serious skit, and my friend told me it was just like the character since I haven't seen that anime. Of cause it was Hetalia that toped the popularity-chart, but there were many different cosplayers and I loved the D.N.Angels-cosplayers.

Since I was going home the day after, I went home to my parents house that night and didn't see more on the convention. But I sure had fun and have been forced to speak in english the whole thing since english is so much easier than danish according to some.

Wishes for the next time: a quiet sleepingroom and that it coming back next year, because it was really fun. Now for some pictures:

Three of us. This is the best snap I've got of my Ranka Lee cosplay so far. I've also drawn the pattern for the red dress. BL-loving schoolgirl was just simply cute. Photo by qwastanja.

Since all the fangirls demanded a Kira for his captain Gin, qwastanja was made male. I had to check if it was true. Photo from facebook.

A bit of karaoke is always fun. Since my companion didn't know that much japanese songs, we sang in english. Photo from facebook.

We got to play this really fun game where you build a tree. It was really fun and I got in second place once, the other times I was last.

Double-posted on DeviantART.

Preview: Ranka Lee

2010-03-07T12:55:00.004+01:00

So, one day before going to OkashiiCon I started to sew. And I got it finished, or at least the dress. I still kneed to get some better shoulderstaps and a pair of bootcover, but that's all.

Hopefully I can get a picture of the whole outfit I wore on the con someday.

More of OkashiiCon comes later, once I'm done writing it. I'm also working on a tutorial for a lolita-skirt, that I think will be done in two weeks, if everything goes as I think it will.

Usagi Tsukino - Progress II

2010-02-23T23:36:00.002+01:00

So today I got a bit on the blouse. I finshed the collar and the sleeves. The sleeves might have been getting a bit big, but I still like them so I guess I won't do anything about it. All that is left now is to attach the collar and the hem. Just click on the photos for close up.

Left to do: attaching the collar on the blouse and the hem. Sew the skirt and buying the wig and shoes.

Usagi Tsukino - Progress I

2010-02-19T18:39:00.003+01:00

I've finally gotten my pattern done. So I started to sew the blouse. I've gotten my front and back together, even thou there is no picture on that. After that I started on the collar, which is almost done. I also cut the collar on side, since it will fall much nicer then, but I'll guess that will show when the whole blouse is done, hopefully this weekend.

Left: last details on the collar, sleeves and putting it all together. Sewing the skirt. Buying the wig and shoes. Making broach and ribbon.
Done: Pattern and socks.

Can't wait until it's done! :D

COSTUME INFO: Amewarashi (xxxHOLiC)

2010-02-19T01:15:00.075+01:00

Bio: Amewarashi is one of those characters in xxxHOLiC that you ether notice or not. She doesn't have a bit part in the story but left a big impression on me. Amewarashi is a rain spirit. She has control over the weather (at least in the rain-department) and can tell if people has a pure soul (they smell good). Amewarashi also don't like humans, as they can't understand the importance of the nature and take it for granted.

Why?: I love the character Amewarashi. She speaks her mind and doesn't let anything get in the way. And her dresses, they are so cute!

Costume Construction: I used a pattern from a Gosu Rori to the bodies and the sleeves. I cut off the bodies in the waist and then took a rectangular piece of fabric and shaped the skirt. After sewing together the bodies and the skirt I sew on the ruffles at the hem. The ribbons in the hem and cleavage was hand sewn last. The main fabric in the dress is a nylon/polyester tafetta similar fabric that gave me the feeling of umbrella-fabric. Fitting for a rain spirit.

The wig was bought styled as Miku Hatsune and restyled for Amewarashi by me and a friend. The reason the wig is but is because I based my dress on the manga version were Amewarashi is coloured with blue hair instead of the anime's red. More here --> Link. Shoes, socks and gloves were bought.

I still have to get a better petticoat as mine (all three) didn't gave me the shape I wanted. Other than that it is finished.

Convention Info: I have worn Amewarashi at KodachiCon '10. Not many people recognised me as Amewarashi but still liked the outfit. I was part of the cosplay masquerade in a skit that my friend and I came up with the night before the con. It was so fun even thou non of us won.

Future: I will defintly wear Amewarashi again and I really want to sew more of her outfits.

COSTUME INFO: Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon)

2010-02-19T01:14:00.077+01:00

Bio: Usagi is the main character in Sailor Moon. She is clumsy, love to play video games and eat cake. One day she meets the talking cat Luna and becomes the protector of love and justice, Sailor Moon. She gets the mission to find the moon princess and gets a lot of friends on the way.

Why?: Sailor Moon was one of the first animes I saw, before I even knew what a anime was, and me and my friends played Sailor Moon all the time when I was small. So when I got the chance to cosplay Usagi I took it. Usagi is also quiet similar to me, we like video game, eating cake and clumsy tripping ones in a while.

Costume Construction: The costume is based off a sketch to the anime design. I started with the blouse and used a pattern for a 50's dress which I modified and constructed the sailor collar. The blouse is sewn in a cotton/elastan, so I could just drag it on to me. The blue fabric is a polyester bi-stretch, and let's the pleats stay in place, at least a little. The skirt was made like a rectangle and pleated. In progress post: Part 1 & Part 2.

The brosh was made of a metal pin covered with filmo clay. Since the brosh I have now is from the first season, I plan to make from more seasons. The wig, socks and shoes were bought. It is 100 % finish, which is a complete success.

Convention Info: At UppCon:10 it was hard for me to take five steps before getting stopped. Sailor Moon is a well known anime in Sweden, as many watched it growing up. I also got two friends who cosplayed --> Minako Aino, Usagi and Makoto Kino.

It is defiantly one of the more comfortable cosplays I have, even thou it can be a little cold in the winter.

COSTUME INFO: Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura) - red intro dress

2010-02-19T00:21:00.005+01:00

Bio: Sakura is the main character in Cardcaptor Sakura, a manga by CLAMP that later was made into anime. She is a cheerful little girl that likes sports, sweets and playing with her friends. One day she opens a book in the basement and out flies a bunch of cards. The cards protector wakes and order Sakura to catch all the cards. To help her with the capturing she gets a magic wand and Kerberos (the cards protector).

Why?: It was the only anime at that point that I had seen whole. I really like it as it was different from the other magic girls stories and there was a bunch of costumes to chose from, since Sakura got a different outfit to almost every card she captured.

Construction: I've got a constructed pattern from my measurements so I started with that and made changes. I added a princess line to the dress as well as the blouse. The blouse also got very big arms in which I made a canal so I could tie a ribbon in. The skirts are circle skirts, but on the dress I also added gores in the shape of triangulars to make it even wider (something it really wouldn't need).

The blouse is made in a white stretchy cotton/elastin mix, that is really comfortable to wear. The underskirts are of plain cotton and sewn on eyelet fabric. The dress is made of a red/green twotoned taffeta that I kind of hated for a while after it all the time didn't work that way I wanted, but I'm all over that. To the hat and the red details I used a darker red polyester fabric. The shoes and the socks were bought.

I never got to finish the costume, there where some small details that still needed fixing but since I've retired the costume I don't think it will ever be finished.

Convention Info: I've myself have only worn this costume at one convention, KodachiKun '07. It was my first convention and cosplay so I was really nervous when the one in charge of the cosplay masquerade asked me if I wanted to join since there was so little people that had entered. Of cause I said yes, and that was my debut on the cosplay scene. Even thou the costume wasn't finished at that time there was still people who recognised the costume and that was all I needed to continue on with cosplay.

Cosplay Meme

2010-01-18T20:10:00.000+01:00

★Who did you first cosplay as?
Sakura Kinomoto från Cardcaptor Sakura
or possible Pippi Longstocking when I was seven.

★When and where did you first cosplay?
At KodachiKun in 2007
or possible in school way back

★When and where was the last time you cosplayed?
At KodachiKun this spring

★Who have you cosplayed as in the past?
Sakura Kinomoto - Cardcaptor Sakura
Haruhi Suzumiya - the Melancholy of Haruhi...
Ariel - the Tempest by Shakespear + OC
Momo Hinamori - BLEACH
[total: 4]

★Who is your favourite person to cosplay as?
Momo, since we have similar personality's, even thou I think Orihime would fall even better with my personality.

★Who do you REALLY wanna cosplay as?
*Usagi Tsukino - Sailor Moon
Sailor Moon was the first anime that I watched for real and a really fell for it. It's not my favorite longer, but it hold a special place in my heart.
*Tsukyusa - Amatsuki
Sometime I will crossplay Tsukyusa since he's just so stubborn.
*Amewarashi - xxxHOLiC
She's Amewarashi, has an amazing hairstyle and it could give me a reason to poke with an umbrella.

★How many of your friends cosplay?
Not so many, but I talk a bunch of them into it.

★Have you ever walked around in public in your cosplay outfit?
Yeah, and it's fun.

★Have people in public ever recognised you and asked for photos?
It has happens, but I suspect most take a snap secretly.

★Have you ever made your own cosplay outfit?
I've made all of my outfits. But not shoes and wigs even thou I have changed them sometimes.

★When and where did you first learn of cosplay?
I have no idea. Google?

★What did you think of it then?
Oh, masquerade-costumes. I always loved to dress up in costumes ^^

★What do you think of it now?
More fun since I do it. And I think it's a kind of fanart.

★Where do you usually cosplay?
On anime-conventions and on some gatherings.

★Have you ever done a cosplay skit on stage?
Nope

★Have you ever won a prize for said skit?
No

★Do you plan your cosplay outfits waaay before you're meant to wear them?
Yeah, I'm good at planning. Then making the reality is a totally different thing.

★Have you ever been to a convention and cosplayed?
Yeah, at least four times

★What is the best thing about cosplay?
Making it and showing it up. But mostly making it.

★What is the worst thing about cosplay?
People who can't respect the work put in the costume.

★Why do you cosplay?
It's fun, I get to sew and make my own fanart

Taken from envyinwondrland at deviantART

Review: cosplayland @ ebay

2010-01-02T00:18:00.008+01:00

My first review and my first shopping on ebay. I bought 3 wigs from seller cosplayland at ebay.com. The wigs were not meant to be mine since I was shopping for my friends, but since I bought them I will give you my review.

Since it was my first time I bought something from ebay I asked the seller how to purchase more than one wig, and I was answered quickly. Then I bought the wigs and from I payed it only took 2 days before I got them.

All the pictures are from the sellers pages.

Red-blond wavy, 65 cm and styled as Matsumoto Rangiku: the wig was just a little redder than on the pictures that the seller had, but on the contrary that made the wig just more Matsumoto-like. My friend had been worried if the wig would fit her, since she has a bigger hatsize, but it fitted like a glove.

Flat, 30 cm long and in 15 colours: bought in colour D and L. D (silver grey) was not as shiny as the picture shows and L (grey) had a tint of blue which made my friends day.

Overall impression of the wigs: the quality of the wigs was great. The fibres were of japanese kanelon (which made them look more as human hair) and heatresisted. The pictures of the wigs were accrued in how they were styled (wavy and flat) and the length.

Overall impression of the seller: the wigs were exactly what we were looking for and the feedback great. Cosplayland was glad to answer any question I had, no matter how silly. I will definitely return in my search for more wigs in the future.

Happy New Cosplay-Year!

2010-01-02T00:00:00.006+01:00

This year (read: last year) I finally got this cosplayblog, and a little lolita, put together in at least one piece. Even thou I´m in the latest days have been doing some changes that I´m going to keep doing until I feel finish. But I think it does look cleaner now.

I want to thank everybody for all the lovely comments you have given me and also that I´ve got so many followers. Happy!

So what awaits this coming year. I know at least that I´m going to two big animeconvention this spring, and perhaps one in the summer. But it means at least three new cosplaycostumes that I´m hopefully is going to make before summer comes. I´m so exited and wants to jump up and down at the moment. At UppCon I´m going to be part of two groups, one Bleach (with my Hinamori) and ta-daaam, Sailor Moon. Finally I´m going to cosplay Usagi.

So stay tune for more cosplay in the future. Bye, bye!

Heartfelt Award!

2009-11-03T21:20:00.005+01:00

I got a award from Naka from Naka´s Net.

Do you reach for a cup of cocoa or tea when you're relaxing, seeking comfort, sharing a plate of cookies with family and friends? You know the feeling you get when you drink a yummy cup of cocoa, tea, or a hot toddy? That is what the Heartfelt Award is all about, feeling warm inside.

Want to know about the rules, visit Naka´s Net.

Since I don´t really like this kind of nomination (to be forced to nominate), so instead I want to post a list of blogs that gives me the same feeling as the award. Feel free to visit them!

En magisk purt till en annan värld: a swedish blogger that writes about most in life, and show of the most amazing vintage-clothes.
Gothic Lolita Sewing and Other Amusements: insperation can defintly be found here.
Learningtofly: she´s an exellent craftsman, and has a bunch of tutorials.
Let´s Cosplay Tutorials: she has just got the blog started, but the name says the most.
Lolita Charm: a lifestyle lolita that loves to write about lolita.
...your other left: one of the lovely lolitas of Sweden.

KodachiKun:09 no 2

2009-10-03T20:38:00.002+02:00

A bit late to report what happened, but here it comes.

The day went fast, even thou KodachiKun held out six more hours than usual. There was animedisco, cosplayskits and Jepordy. We (me, and two more) came a bit later than usually. We wasn´t there from the very start, but now afterwards I´m glad, since I was so tired that I almost fell asleep on the way home. But first of all, I didn´t cosplay. My schoolwork to the time that I had, and instead I wore my first lolita brand-dress. A pink Baby, the Stars Shine Bright with hand-crotched lace.

So what happened on the con. Well I got my ass kicked in a drumgame by a friend who only could use her one hand. I don´t know if it means I don´t have any rhythmic sense, or if my left hand lays a second behind, of if I´m just no good in videogame, but I would guess a mix of the last two.

There was the cosplayshow, filled with skits and runway. Somehow this show´s unspoken theme seemed to be Hetalia. There was one big group that made this skit that even those who haven´t seen the anime would get. I always like those, since I can´t see everything.

Before the cosplayshow, so was it Jepordy. And it was anime-Jepordy. We got in second place! Well, it was about that we had aimed for, not first and not last. Sometimes the questions were easy and sometime non could even guess the answers. At that point we sat with mouths opened like O. But there was at least a bit I could, like the butler in the Black Butler, Sebastian and the most macho man in Bleach, Zaraki Kempachi. There were more I could than that, but I skip that since I don´t think your that interested in that.

When the night came, the con closed it´s doors, and there where two opions. You could ether play in the animedisco or watch Ponyo on the Cliff in the movie-theather. I did both. I started and ended on the disco and also when to see the film, and it was so cute. I really recommend you to see it, specially if you like the Cats Return or Toroto.

And we went to the local McDonalds to scare the staff and all the families eating there. And it was two people asking us what was going on. I had hoped for at least four to ask, since that would brake the record.

The day after my muscles ached, and I think it most was all the jumping at the disco and the half day in really high high-heels. I switched shoes after half the day, since I had trouble keeping up with my friends since I started to walk slower and slower. But even so love my super high-heel pumps from hell, since they´re so cute.

Deciding next cosplay?

2009-09-12T21:04:00.004+02:00

Thing about deciding you´re next cosplay. I have three different characters to chose from. And I´m going to my next convention in less than a month.

Amewarashi - xxxHOLiC: One of my favourite-characters of all time. I have the patterns and the fabric, and most accessories. But the wigs is the big problem, I have to order it overseas, and then style it.
Lucy Heartfilia - Fairy Tail: I´ve read the manga since the start, and now it´s becoming anime. Not so complicated costume, and the wig´s not that hard to catch.
Ranka Lee - Macross Frontier: I fell in love with one of hers dresses, and that was the reason I started watching the anime, which I really like. I have patterns, and most fabric. I just have to get a wig and learn Nyan Nyan.

The thing is. I´m going to cosplay all of these characters, I just don´t really know where to start. But it´s leaning against Lucy. I´ll guess it will show here soon.

Photosession on the Love Path

2009-07-27T21:57:00.008+02:00

Now Let My Happines Be by ~dcasteye on deviant ART

Steps for me by ~dcasteye on deviant ART

Into the Light by ~dcasteye on deviant ART

I made my friends come and have a photosession with me in the nearby forest. It wasn´t all photos on me, but that the ones I´m uploading. It was a great day for at shoot. Not to sunny, nor to cloudy. And this is my favourites I´ve uploaded, we took about sixhundred photos in that hour we were out, but all were not as successful.

First out was a piratedress I´ve sewn to a friend. It´s a bit to big for me, but I liked it and I wanted to have photos to proven I´ve sewn it. I also redecorated my mini top hat with a skullpin, but it can´t be seen that very well.

Second of is a simple skirt with elastic waist. I didn´t have time to sew it any different. But more about that in a different post later.

Mini Rose Top Hat

2009-07-08T11:42:00.004+02:00

I finally did it. My first mini top hat. Made of cottontwill and patterns from Gosu Rori vol 6. And the ribbon is brown, since I didn´t have any black at home, so it´s just temporary. The rose comes from H&M.

The dress is also made from me, and not that much lolita, but I like it anyway. More info about it: click here

And thanks for all the comments about my headdress.

Sweet headdress

2009-06-29T13:38:00.005+02:00

This is what happens when you let me lose with and sewingmachine and lot of ribbons.

Cotton for base, and a lot of eyelet lace and satin ribbons. Sewn onto a small tiara.
Guess I have to sew myself a matching dress someday.

Momo Hinamori - BLEACH - Cosplay

2009-05-14T23:12:00.003+02:00

Yeah! I finally got it together, two hours before the con. But then I wasn´t that all happy with it, since on of my sewingmachines didn´t want to sew what I wanted it didn´t turn out the way I thought. So expect a version two.

Taken at KodachiKun 09, Lund.

KodachiKun 09

2009-05-09T21:42:00.001+02:00

Around 10 AM did we (I, Little Red Ridinghood and Alice of Wonderland) found our way in to KodachiKun. What followed was public hugging with mates and other. I did manage to give out the impression of being Rukia, while cosplaying Hinamori Momo, both from Bleach. It must have been someone who hadn´t read that far in BLEACH.

I had already planed my day. Finding my captain Aizen, spontaneous dancing (caused by to much Rock Musical Bleach) and follow (read: stalking) people. I manage to do all things apart from finding my captain. He was nowhere to be found. T_T I think he was sitting somewhere reading a book.

By noon we invaded the nearby McDonalds. Think: almost the whole resturang crowded with cosplayers eating hamburgers and french fries. Everything from the duck of Gintama to Hidan from Naruto. At my table we got Little Red RidingHood, Alice, Hinamori Momo (me), Amulett Heart (Shugo Chara) and our Japanese cameko (I named him that). This year I got asked twice about what was going on. That beats last years record by one.

After a few hours of stalking people (not so bad as it sounds), it was time for the cosplayshow. This year instead of entering, I watched. One of the most popular song for this year was Hare Hare Yukari, do you think that was after I cosplayed Haruhi Suzumiya last year? Like all years from before so were there a big mix of skits and ordinary posingshows.

After the cosplayshow I meet a Light who was frilled by the fact that I was cosplaying Hinamori. He had tried to find me, but thought I had already gone home, while I hadn´t. It was a little scary to sign his Death Note, but since I´m a shinigami I don´t think it´s so dangerous.

Of cause there were many more things to do, but I was to busy finding my Captain, dance and follow people. So here follows what everybody else could do: drawingcontest with the theme: Envy, fansubbing, animewatching at the cinema, buying and eating Pocky, buying merchandise and manga, and playing games.

To sum the day up: I had fun, and the day went fast. It goes specially fast if you spend it with about 200 persons who have the same interest as you, and isn´t ashamed to dance the Caramelldance so everybody can see it. There were even people who recognized me from past years.

Photos by our lovely Red Ridinghood, not seen on the photos.

Orihime Inoue - BLEACH - Casual Cosplay

2009-04-03T19:29:00.004+02:00

Yeah! I have mine hairpins all day in school and on the shopping afterwards.

At a secondhand shop I found this therometer, that I can use for a White Rabbit-cosplay. That I hope will not be to far in the furture.

Spring furture

2009-04-03T19:01:00.006+02:00

Yah, I´ve finally have the date for KodachiKun. The 9th of May in Lund, Sweden. I ´ve been to this mini-con for the past two years. So I´m going this year to. Here´s a pic from last year:

From the left: DcastEye as Haruhi Suzumiya, Rosenguru-sama as nameless ninja, Alexiz as maid from He is My Master and Pixi as Sakura Kinomoto

Flower Lolita

2009-03-20T20:05:00.004+01:00

Yah, more lolita. Here is my favorite of my outfits so far.

Blouse: offbrand

Dress: DcastEye

Underskirt: DcastEye

Socks: offbrand.

I haven´t abandon you yet, my blog!

2009-03-05T22:19:00.003+01:00

Just so you know. I haven´t abanden this blog, I´m just redecoreding it. Oh, I really have to work on my english. Well, everything is going to be transleted. I´m going to add more info about the characters, the costumes and upcoming cosplays. I´m also planning on writing about the conventions I´m going to, or have gone.

UppCon 09

2009-01-18T22:55:00.004+01:00

Three days with more then three-thousand japanese and anime-fans is enought to kill you. Good thing I´m one of them. I survied and arrived whole to my sweet home.

UppCon is the biggest convention within the japanese popculture in Sweden. And you really feel that. This year (which also was my first time there) they had it in the middle of the winter. I stood for two hours and waited to come in, in below 0 degress. It was cold, but I´m glad I did.

There where so many people in that place that I couldn´t belive my eyes. Everywhere I turned my eyes there where more people. And cosplayers, this is the paradise for swedish cosplayers. Next year (yes, I have already made up my mind), I´m going cosplay all three days. I can´t describe how normal I felt the first day, wearing jeans and and shirt. It felt to normal, and I usually don´t dress normaly as other people do (I like stange clothes).

My advise for people who want to go there. Don´t miss the shows. There´s lolita fashion show, cosplay show (show of your cosplay), cosplay-skits, AMV-contest and live conserts (this year Y.M.C.K., Supreme Machine...). And for gods sake: don´t forget to cosplay and if you find something fun to buy, do buy it. It is always fun. Don´t forget to have the camera ready.

One more thing: drink lots of water, eat and sleep. It´s always good for you.

Me at UppCon day two. Ariel by Shakespeare. Photo by CarpeDentum.

Inoue Orihime - Bleach - Casual Cosplay

2008-11-05T00:45:00.002+01:00

I sometimes think as Orihime. I sometimes behave as Orihime. I sometimes wonder if Orihime is based on me. Well, let cosplay, it shouldn´t be so hard.

Featuring

2008-10-28T12:08:00.009+01:00

Would you like to be featured on my blog? Leave a comment to let me know.

Let me know a little about yourself.
What is your big interest?
Do you accept that I post pictures of you in my blog?

Lolita at the Bookfair of Gothenburg

2008-09-26T00:39:00.000+02:00

My outfit when I went to the Bookfair. It was crowded. This is taken after I ariwed home. And my hair that was flat and easy to controll, had under the day gone wild and grown. It was huge. Anyway my clothes. Underskirt in cotten and thyll. Skirt in cotton and eyelet lace. I will take details later. Blouse bought. Alice bow of cotton.

Momo Hinamori - Casual Cosplay

2008-09-09T00:35:00.001+02:00

Yeah, more Hinamori-cosplay. Or at least everyday cosplay. I´m gonna do a real cosplay someday. I just have to become friend my sewingmachine again.

Ringo - Air Gear - Casual Cosplay

2008-08-02T00:32:00.002+02:00

One more of those that just happend to look a bit similer.

Sakura Haruno - in progress

2008-07-02T00:27:00.001+02:00

I don´t know if I ever going to finish this. Maybe I´ll remake it to a friend. Who knows.

I made this in an afternoon, so there isn´t that much work on it.

Hinata-sou - Weekend with Japan

2008-06-15T00:19:00.001+02:00

It was finally time for the big final of our spring. A twoday-weekend with most things you can do that relate to anime and manga.

Pictures of me in my lolita-outfits. And I don´t have any better. But I will take more of them.

Sakura - Naruto - Casual Cosplay

2008-05-29T00:59:00.003+02:00

Yah, I´ve got my protector. Let´s cosplay. Okey, this was just to wast time, nothing more.

Kanoe - Bleach - Casual Cosplay

2008-05-29T00:13:00.002+02:00

There not many who knows about Kanoe (I think you spell her name this way). She is at least from Bleach, and throws flower petals at her Capitan, whenever he thinks so. And she always runs around with a huge book.

Shopping at Mangani.se

2008-05-26T21:22:00.001+02:00

Somehow I went shopping at Mangani.se, and look what I got: at Konoha-forehandprotector. Not that I really know what to do with it. I´m not planning any Naruto-cosplay.

Then I saw this lovely frogpure and had a sudden want. Now I´m just waiting for them to show up in the mailbox.

Mangani.se

Cosplay-night at Hinata-sou

2008-05-13T23:26:00.004+02:00

We had a little cosplay-night at Hinata-sou.

After some troubles with the patterns, everything seemed to go just well.

Even thou it looked as I wanted to kill the sewingmaskin a couple of times.

About Hinata-sou. Hinata-sou was a little gathering in a few nights and weekends that me and my friends arranged in the spring of 2008. We showed anime, learned japanese, cooked asian type of food, played games and alot more. In short, a really good time.

Momo Hinamori - Casual Cosplay

2008-05-08T00:03:00.002+02:00

Yeah, just guess who. I think I just seen some Bleach episodes and got a little crazy in front of the camera. But it was still fun.

Uchiha - Naruto - Casual Cosplay

2008-04-29T16:48:00.005+02:00

This was just something I suddely felt that I had to do to make this old worn out t-shit new again. Made with transpher-papper and the iron. So know I can walk around make people jealous because I´m in the Uchiha-clan.

Haruhi Suzumiya - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Cosplay

2008-04-19T16:34:00.002+02:00

More cosplay. This time as Haruhi Suzumiya at KodachiKun 08 in Lund, Sweden.

Bleach-hair - Casual Cosplay

2008-03-28T23:59:00.003+01:00

One day I just realised that my hair like Bleach. It´s this way when I wake up. And I know it´s a blurry photo.

Mangaweekend at Solvalla

2007-11-11T22:37:00.004+01:00

They may not be the best picture, but at least you can see the costumes.

Me in Ariel and my friend in Sakura.

This was just a little mini-con that I went on. It lasted two days and many things happend. There were a manga-teacher (how to draw), animemarathon, karaoke and alot of animetalking.

Ariel - Original - Cosplay

2007-11-09T16:27:00.001+01:00

It was so cold that day. I think it was just a few degress over 0. But I still like how the photos turned out.

More: What Is

2007-07-08T12:32:00.001+02:00

Cosplay: simply put, it's when you wear a costume and have fun. Costume playing. It's a subculture originally from Japan. Here in the west it's mostly aimed at anime/manga-characters.

Casual Cosplay: it's my own term for cosplay you can do everyday, without people staring at you and wondering what planet you are from. I can be hairstyles, clothes and other things that belongs to the character without making it to big.

Lolita: one more subculture that comes from Japan. This is not related to the book whatsoever. The style gets it's inspiration from Rococo, baroque and the Victorian time. It should also cover you up. It's not sexy, it's cute.
Lolita has many of it's own sub-looks, but I like to take pieces from different genres and put together my own style. So my style will not look like everyone else's, and that's how I think it should be.

To be filled in more as times passes. :D

Sakura Kinomoto - Cardcaptor Sakura - Cosplay

2007-04-21T16:22:00.004+02:00

My first cosplay at KodachiKun 2007 in Lund, Sweden.

More info about the costume is coming.