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I'm the worst blogger ever. I've barely given blogger any attention what so ever. I apologize AGAIN. I also apologize for the long wait you'll be having after this post too....

Fanime is a week away and I am slightly freaking out. Just slightly. Nothing is 100 complete. Oh wait--I LIED. Bridget is complete....except for the wig thing I'm not sure which one I'll use... I have the choice of my own or a friend of mine. I like the color of hers but I like how mine has the right bangs. *Sigh* Choices, choices.......

I'll be taking Kai, Agitha, Rikku and Bridget to Fanime so yaaay! I have some photoshoots lined up.....and I am excited! I feel a bit anxious but like last time it'll subside once I see all the awesome costumes and people *~* Ahhhh I just always have fun at conventions! w000t.~ I hope to see some of you there :)

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Sheik

Princess Agitha

Princess Agitha

I had a photoshoot yesterday. It was really windy though so I had to keep fixing my hair and wings. I still had fun though. My sister was the photographer, isn't she great? :D Kay-chan was there too, she was filming....totally pulling off her Tomoyo cosplay, except in regular clothing! Hehe. But yaaaaaaaah, it was great.

I love my Princess Agithat cosplay A LOT I just hate how it takes a while to get into it because of all the details I have to becareful with and the ones I need to add on after putting on the dress. I'm not sure what con she will be going to next, it might be Sac Anime...or it might just be AOD or something. I'm not sure ^___^;

For now though I have some other costumes to work on so she will stay safely hidden in my closet of costumes and junk. I seriously need to clean that thing out. :(!

You can view more photos here:

http://www.cosplay.com/gallery/176474/

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Sheik

I feel Crappy and it's Great!!!

-Cough- MY DRESS IS ALMOST DONE!!-cough- (This pic was taken before I added on the last details at the bottom!)

Okay. So I don't feel that crappy, which is rare but it happens and I'm so glad. Ahem, as many of you may remember I was worried about a little present from mother nature not arriving before Fanime... well it HAS so I am GLAD. :D!!!!!!!!!! I won't be bloated, sick, cramping and worried in my off white costumes this weekend. I'll be okay. w00t. So that's some relief off my shoulders!

As Blanche always says, "Better late than..pregnant!" Ahem..ehh..if you don't watch Golden Girls then nevermind XD!!!!!

Alright so I am pretty much DONE with Agitha's outfit. All I need to do now is run down to the hardware store and buy some grommets for the back of the dress because I ran out. I also need to add the anklets she has goin' on and theeen add the butterfly wings to the back of her dress. I think I'll just use velcro, so they can just kind of stick to my back... o.O; They're really light weight seeing as they are only craft foam. The other butterflies along the front will be safety pinned to the front. This way I won't have to worry about ruining them when the dress is packed away in it's plastic dress protector thing... they'll be put away in something else.

I have a feeling that this week is going to fly by really fast!!! O_O; Are you guys ready for Fanime? It's this Friday. -PEES-

The Bug Show.

n__n Video update. Don't feel like writing.

Wow. Okay.

Less than 3 weeks until Fanime? Like PikminLink just said today... Fanime really HAS creeped up on us. I fortunately can say I got some work done today! I painted the designs on to top part of my Agitha dress, added the grommets and painted any areas where the paint had chipped off whenever I had punched them into the fabric. I also finished the light blue part of the skirt/dress so now I need to paint on the designs! Yay fun! Yaaay..not...really..no.

I also kind of dyed my hair but it is not obvious..Only in the sun or looking up close can you really tell I added burgundy to my hair. The brown roots took it well, the faded black/dark brown? No. :[ I should have already guessed, I dunno..

Soooooooo yaaaaaaah. Check out my DAILYBOOTH! If you want to see some updates and pictures of moi. If you don't, that's fine too.. XD

http://dailybooth.com/SheikChan

Tomorrow I'm going by Kay-chan's to try on her petticoats underneath my skirt. Yay..~

I also might paint my buckles gold and uh get my glue gun back!

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Sheik

I keep listening to this song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQFRgbnpO9E&NR=1

2:40 Am. Why am I up?

I shouldn't be awake. I should sleep, but instead I'm up.

I actually am tired though..I did cleaning, started on a drawing for the Fair's art show thing and then worked on cosplay... What did I get done you wonder? Well.........

I finally attached the red ball to Mercedes' outfit. I made the bugs that go in the jars out of air dry clay so tomorrow they should be dry enough to paint. I also...cut out the wings for the back of Agitha's dress and started painting layers of glue on to harden the craft foam. Mmm I finished the blanket for the basket today too except I was WANTING to add lace along the bottom but all I could find was an off white lace. She actually has this weird..kind of..thing going on along the edges of the cloth but I'm not sure what that's all about so I'm not doing it.

Ahhhh...I went through some of the boxes I have in the garage. They're full of the stuff I use to have at my dad's until he moved. :[ Now I have tons of stuff in boxes and there's no room in my room here at my mom's... ;/ bleh.

Okay so like it's late. I'm out. Good night!!!!

OH MY GAWD!! Work, work, work..

Wow. I did not mean to rhyme but whatever!

Soooo I'm kind of....FREAKING OUT HERE.... but that's normal when you have like 50 things to do for 2 costumes.

Yeah, only 2. If only they were simple...... but noooo, Agitha has so many tiny details that in order to even know how many she has you would have to analyze a photo of her for like....10 mins. I know some characters are worse but believe me, she's still complicated. Most of the stuff is stuff that doesn't exactly exist. Her pattern for the dress does not exist. I'm talking about the weird swirlies on the dress, the weird bug jewelry,the weird off colors, the jars she carries. Yah.....sooo guess who gets to paint that on with a made up stencil and fabric paint =D!!!!!!!!!! Yay me!! -_________________- I also have the rest of her dress to sew, there's like layers of stuff....and details too.

-Sigh- Her butterflies took like 3 hours just to paint several layers and add the detailed dots on there. I had to have a few colors out so I could use them all while I painted. I couldn't go fast either because as much as I WANT to rush.. I can't afford to because then it'll all look like crap. :[

-breathes- I won't even get started on my Mercedes costume.

Okay. I lied. I will. I need to make her giant crossbow AND wings...from scratch. No base wings pre-made or whatever..... and then I need to redo some of her costume because it bugs me how wrong it is. :( I won't have contacts for her either because I'd have to get my eyes checked ANd then buy the contacts on top of that. It would be around $100 without my insurance and stuff so yaaaah.....not happening anytime soon.

.________. -cries a little inside- I have a few weeks left...and this all must be done. Not just done. Done right. Everything takes long. The day is already ending and all I did was the butterflies and stuff. I'm not stopping now though. I'm going to go back to the basket for Agitha and work on that then make some of the bugs that go inside the jars. Yep...

Bye for now. Oh and yes, it will be worth it in the end but for now. I complain because it makes me feel better :D!!!!!!!!

/end of cosplayer rant.

Meeeeeeh...

Not much to say...not much to saaay.

Did some work on the butterflies for my P.Agitha cosplay. I finished her earrings and gloves too. :)

Uh, can't say much else. I used today as a laundry, organizing and working on Keika's gift for her birthday day.Yaaah.. .

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Video progress clip~!

Here's a progress video, for those of you who aren't subscribed to me on youtube or don't have a youtube account to begin with (you should get one though!! o.o;;)

I'm not much for words...my fiance went back to Texas today.. .__. I'm in a weird mood. Sorry..

-Sheikchan

Oh my! Hacked?

Hey guys!

So I don't have much time right now but I want to apologize for the lack of posting lately. On my birthday, April 8th, I tried to log-in into my gmail account (which is connected to this) and I couldn't! It wouldn't take my password, so I tried resetting it but I couldn't remember the answer to my security question. I figured my email was hacked and I could no longer access my blogger or youtube account T__________T It made me cry. After filling out a form and stuff, complaining to Google I received an email on my yahoo account telling me that my form was denied and I didn't have enough information about my account to prove it was MINE. Grrrrr........ Sooo without giving up I tried the security question again and changed one letter in it..according to how I word things and it worked! I was sooooo RELIEVED. Seriously.

Anyway. I really got to go!!!!!!

P.S.

MY WIG AND GLOVES CAME IN!!!!!!!! ^______________^;;; I'll post photos later.

Progress...on Video!

I'm too lazy to charge my digital camera so I just kind of recorded some of my progress..

Speaking of which my glue gun is on! Oops! I'm working on the ears for my Leafeon cosplay right now. I want to finish it soon so I can just work on Agitha and Mercedes the most... ^~^;;!!

Brainstorming 'n stuff..

Lately I've been really thinking about what other costumes I want to bring to Fanime, aside from Mercedes and Agitha.

Right now I am thinking...Leafeon is a DEFINITE possibility (seeing as I have all the material I need for the outfit) and now I'm thinking of cosplaying the Poe Merchant from LoZ: Ocarina of Time!

I bought some brown stretchy, brown fabric that was on sale today for $4! I also bought a zipper I needed for like $0.97. Pretty good deals. ^~^; I plan on making my gloves for Agitha with the brown fabric. I just need to learn HOW to make gloves first. I'm a little nervous but I'd rather make them than pay like $15 bucks for gloves that I'd have to alter anyway! -_-; Now that I have fabric I can make some and have enough for my Leafeon cosplay too. I plan on making the hand-paws and feet-paws with them. It'll be cute----I hope! XD

Princess Agitha Prog - 30%

Another update! Some of my group members already saw this but I figured I'd update all who follow me. ^-^


P.S. This is NOT the wig I will be using. My wig is on its way. Apparently they had to prepare it so it took...20 days and now it's suppose to take like 7-20 just to get to me! Most people said the shipping is fast though O.O; We'll see.

Working on Agitha.

I have some work done. Still need a glue gun to work on smaller detailing. w00t. Here's a pic I guess!

3-4-10 Progress Photos!

I got some work done today:
-Finished the other pleated sleeve for Mercedes.
-Cut and sewed the obi/wrap for Agitha.
-Cut out the dark gray detailing for Agitha.
-Sewed up some areas that were just pinned on Agitha's dress top.

^~^! So yeah, more work tomorrow if we don't go anywhere.

I MUST have this WIG!!

Soooo I really, REALLY want this. I plan on earning some money after I sell a wig or two so

hopefully I'm able to afford this beauty! ^~^ I think it will really fit for my Princess Agitha one so....I hope I can get it O_O

Maybe I can ask for it for my birthday or something next month, if I'm still jobless..if I'm not, that would be awesome xD

I do plan on making more accessories and such to sell though so let's just hope I can GET THIS WIG because I want my Agitha cosplay to look really good T-T

More progress for miss Agitha!

Yeeeeeeeep. I got a bit of progress done today!! Robby's mom let me use her sewing machine. She also gave me this hand sewing machine thing...for like emergencies (convention problems!) so I thought that was pretty cool.

^~^ Oh yeah, aside from getting progress done on Agitha's dress, I found some shoes for my Mercedes cosplay! w000h000! I found them at Wal-Mart. I was going to buy them and then Robby said he would just pay for it.. I don't know why... It might have been because I was getting some bad anxiety and he probably felt bad. I don't know, he's really nice though T-T


Tomorrow I'll try and make a video. I don't know though because my cousin who lives here in Texas will be coming to see me. D: So yah. We'll see! Good night.

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Sheik

Princess Agitha prog 2-22-10

I'm sorry!! I've promised this picture for a long time and never showed it.

It looks wide because the back is cut down the middle and the blue piece was just wrapped around it to give the idea of where it will be sewn. :3

I did this like the night or so before I went to Texas.

What better way to recycle bugs?

I meant to post this a few days ago when I finished it. Here's Princess Agitha's bug necklace...(that I still might touch up because ONE bug is facing the wrong way and yah..)

Also...I tried on Keika's wig for her Leon Magnus crossplay. I love wearing short wigs, they're sooo easy to deal with. -__-;



Hehe.
Oh! I did a cosplay tag video for Youtube, but it won't be up until tomorrow or so. ;( Sorry.

Finding the right color of fabric..

..why must this be so freakin' difficult?

So JoAnn's was having a New Years Day sale and I figured I would take advantage and buy some fabric for Agitha's dress. The prices were great but I had a hard time finding colors to match! I ended up getting something a bit too dark and then another needs like a hint of green so I plan on buying some green dye and adding a green touch to it. I will test a small piece first of course. ;/

Anyway...I'm kind of disappointed. I looked through both JoAnn's that I know of and didn't find anything to really match up the colors as accurate as I wanted to. :[ I found the colors in other fabrics but they wouldn't look right and were too shiny or thick. If I'm really not happy I will freakin' order online or just try and dye up something to match. I have looked at Wal-Mart but their fabric is a bit cheap. Still though. I think I will look again...just to make sure.

In anycase...I'm pretty tired. Robby went home this morning and I miss him already. I will miss snuggling up to him before bed. :[ He's such fun to be around. He may seem pretty quiet but once you get to know him and he opens up...it's great. He's always got me laughing or just feeling happy. ^~^ The more time we spend together the closer we feel and the more we understand each other... It also gets harder being apart! But yeah....I'm going to go shower and sleep. I'm pretty tired and my nose has been all runny today. I already got sick last month though! Freakin' sucks!

Goodnight. <3

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Sheik

P.S.

This cracks me up: