Petite Panoply

Happy Halloween to you! This isn't exactly a Halloween costume, but it's still a costume so I figured I'd share with you on this most glorious of holidays. These pictures are from Dragon Con where I wore my Spider-Gwen costume with real blonde hair this time. I've got to tell you: Wearing a costume minus a wig is so much more comfortable it's insane. Plus, at least with this costume, I think it looks much better than the year before! A couple people told me I was the best Spider-Gwen they'd seen! I give credit to the hair.  So how have you all been this past month or so? I haven't had such a huge break from blogging ever but I guess I've never planned a wedding before either so I'll make that my excuse. The wedding is 11 days away and I can't wait for it to both happen and for the planning to be officially over. Make sure you're following on Instagram here to see upcoming wedding stuff! Happy Halloween!

It's almost Halloween (yay!) so I'm excited to finally show you my Spider-Gwen cosplay that I wore at Dragon Con last month. (If you're not familiar, Spider-Gwen is an alternate universe comic where Gwen Stacy was bitten by the spider instead of Peter Parker. Go read it !) Being under 5 feet tall, it can be hard to find full body costumes like this and it's also difficult to make one from a pattern since they're made for average proportions.  This time I decided to purchase a custom-sized bodysuit from Zentai Zone  instead of buying a pattern, re-proportioning it in Photoshop, having the Spider-Gwen fabric printed, etc... It took about 2 weeks for it to be made and delivered and it was pretty perfectly sized to me. Should I order another, I would add 1/2 - 1 inch to the torso size since the back zipper makes it so there's not as much give there. Other than that, perfect.  The rest of the costume was purchased on Amazon. The wig was leftover from my A...

I'm so excited to finally show you our Sailor Scout costumes from Dragon Con last month. I'm a little behind posting these pictures, but now that it's October, it's almost even more perfect to share these. A fantastic thing about Dragon Con is already having costumes ready to go once Halloween rolls around!  dresses: handmade | converse: shoe carnival | wigs: amazon | gloves: amazon and then altered | sailor moon heart charm: bought at dragon con  Jeanie came to Dragon Con this year, so I knew I wanted to dress up in some sort of theme with my sister. (Mom and I did Star Trek costumes together last year - and this year too.) There is epic 90s childhood nostalgia tied to Sailor Moon and it was a costume I thought would be cute and fun. Anybody else remember watching Sailor Moon on Toonami on Cartoon Network many moons ago? Now I'm watching the reboot on Hulu and enjoying every minute of it - transformation scenes and theme song included! I even read the com...

If you know me, you know my favorite movie of all time is Little Shop of Horrors, the musical about a man-eating plant featuring songs written by the same duo who wrote the music in The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. Dressing as Audrey has been on my costume bucket list since I was 12 and I finally did it for Dragon Con this year!  I think a lot of my putting it off was needing blonde hair or a wig and needing an Audrey 2 plant of my own. Both of those needs were finally met. I'm especially excited about having my own Audrey 2 handmade by my mom (thanks Mom!) and put in a vintage Maxwell House coffee can just like in the movie. My Audrey 2 is now proudly displayed on my book shelf. The other parts of the outfit were pretty easy to put together. This leopard print dress has been in my wardrobe for about 7 years and, though it's sleeveless, is a pretty good match for an Audrey dress. I treated myself to these fancy Nine West leopard print heels because I kne...

Halloween is tomorrow! In the spirit of the season here is a roundup of my Halloween blog posts from the past. Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday so I try to celebrate as much as possible. Since there isn't anything particularly exciting going on tomorrow I'm dragging out my celebration in internet land. What do you have planned for Halloween?  I have a very specific list of movies I strive to watch every single year on October 31st. I realize it may be impossible to watch 4 whole movies on Halloween for the rest of my life, but seeing as I'm underemployed right now I still have time for my tradition. "What are the movies?" you ask. Why thank you for asking! They're Hocus Pocus , The Nightmare Before Christmas ,  Addams Family Values  (and the first one if there's time), and The Rocky Horror Picture Show  (always to finish up the evening since I can remember.) Anyway, here are a few festive posts to help you get in the Halloween spirit! ...

Happy Monday everyone! Well, as happy as a Monday can be. At least I have fantastic Star Trek costumes to show you today. My mom and I had matching Star Trek: The Original Series science officer uniforms for Dragon Con. She made them, of course. The crushed velvet was pretty sweltering in the 90 degree heat but at least the hotels were air conditioned once we got there.  I don't really have anything particularly exciting to go on about today. I had a weekend full of sitting on the couch and sifting through many lists of jobs I'm apparently unqualified for. We did  make it out to Athens for a little bit on Friday to go to Terrapin Brewery's PumpkinFest day where they released their fall beers. It's a little strange to be drinking fall beer when it's 85 degrees out, but that's Georgia! Did you guys have a good weekend? Do anything fun? Tell me so I can live vicariously through you. Have a great rest of your day!

This is a photo heavy post so click through to see the rest of the pictures! I couldn't whittle it down because there were so many great costumes to share with you! Nearly all of the pictures I took were of people's various costumes because it was otherwise too crowded to really take a lot of candid shots. Out of the whole Dragon Con experience I think people watching and looking at all the cool costumes was my favorite part. (Speaking of costumes, if any of these pictures are you and you want a full sized copy just email me and let me know.) This was my first Dragon Con even though I've been wanting to go for years. It ended up being an early birthday present from my parents! My mom and I hung out all weekend and stayed in the city. We got the 4-day pass and took Marta in from Midtown which was actually very easy. We ended up going to about one panel each day. The lines for all panels were super long. If you absolutely can't stand crowds or waiting in lines...

Happy Friday! It's time to spam you with many angles of my Josie costume from Dragon Con. Actually there are only 5 pictures here so you can deal with it, I'm sure. I absolutely loved wearing this costume around the convention. The perfect fit created by my mom was a lot of that reason. Plus leopard print is kind of my thing. I'd like to think if I started a girl group we'd wear leopard print leotards too. But anyway, this whole look is brought to you by my talented mom. She can make things and that's pretty awesome. Especially since this outfit looks just like the cartoon minus the shoes (and she didn't make the shoes because she's not a cobbler.) When it's time to wear a costume, knowing someone who can sew and do hair comes in really handy! Thanks mom! I'll show you more pictures from Dragon Con tomorrow and tell you all about it. Today I just wanted to show off this costume! I had a lot of people stop me to take my picture when I wore th...

Here it is: my 80s aerobics instructor costume! This was a really easy costume to put together and it was actually quite comfy. The only difficulty came when I was downtown and had to use the bathroom. Onesie problems. Isn't it always awkward to be practically naked while in the stall? That can't just be me. But anyway... The leotard was a vintage find at Savers over the summer. I knew this had to be my costume this year since I stumbled upon the leotard's striped glory. I just added a pair of colorful tights, a stretchy headband, and these strange-colored legwarmers I got as a gag gift. I definitely didn't realize that all my tights have that slight band on the upper thigh until yesterday though. This much of my tights doesn't usually show! Oh well. leotard: thrifted - savers | tights: kmart | legwarmers: christmas gag gift? | shoes: keds My strong, athletic pose is the best pose for this awesomely unflattering costume! My white keds somehow en...

Halloween has always been my favorite because I love costumes (and also candy). Since I have no real Halloween plans for today other than watching my annual Halloween movies, I thought I'd update with some (most) of my old Halloween costumes. It was nice to reminisce for an hour or so. After this I'll be doing school work for most of the day. We'll start with a cute old picture of George and pumpkins. And after that I'll try to go in chronological order. Enjoy this blast from my past. Bats, 1991. Clown, 1992. The Little Mermaid, 1993. Belle, 1994 ...and Snow White Wizard of Oz, 1996. I Dream of Jeannie and Esmeralda, 1997.  I Dream of Jeannie and her sister, 1998. Powerpuff Girls Bubbles & Buttercup, 1999. Madonna, 2000. Goths, 2002. Devil & Devil Dog, 2003. Flappers, 2004. King George, 2004. Satine from Moulin Rouge, 2005. Batgirl, 2007. Leprechaun, 2008. ...