And ribbons and paint and feathers and tin foil and hot glue and everything!

It’s very exciting.

I will probably post process photos when I’m finished!

kiriamaya:

kiriamaya:

I am broke. You can help me not be broke, if you wish. My deepest gratitude to all who do. <3

I’m expecting both my tax refund and my financial aid sometime around the beginning of next month. In the meantime, though… yeah. :/

I went to check the kitchen because I thought I heard stove noises.

The pan was literally on fire.

Needless to say I yelled “holy shit” and freaked out our guest, ran for the kitchen, grabbed the pan off the stove, turned off the heat, and blew out the fire. Then the smoke alarm went off about eight times in a row due to there being smoke everywhere. Then we opened the doors to air it out, so of course the heat kicked in. And now I’m sitting here with my feet getting chilly since the back door is still open, making sure all the smoke airs out.

Everything and everyone is fine! No worries. It was an interesting adventure.

peanutbutterandjamzee:

snakewife:

Okay, I’m a newbie to cosplay, so I don’t know these things:

Do I need to use a wig? I mean, in this case, I’d be essentially buying a wig my exact same cut and color. However, the cosplay blogs I read strongly recommend using a wig. Is there a specific reason for this?

That sounds really ridiculous. Why waste money on a wig if you don’t need one?

Personally, I’m always a fan of natural hair over wigs. I mean, sometimes wigs work really well, and sometimes you pretty much need a wig, but I’d say if you can pull off not using a wig, I’d say go for it.

I have actually never used a wig. Of course, I’m also a person who has cut and coloured my hair specifically for the purpose of cosplay, so I’ve been able to do a few different things with it. You might not be able to pull that off, depending on how willing you are to change your hair. But if your current hair is basically exactly the same as your costume hair, you’re set.

I’d also venture to say that, honestly, the majority of people I’ve seen doing cosplay have used their own hair. So the blogs you’re reading may just be being perfectionists or elitists or trying to set some kind of standard, but most people wouldn’t actually care.

rdjmrwonderful:

When I get around to writing up a will (yet another weird adult thing I have to learn to do eventually, I guess), I’m putting something in there about leaving messages in various places.

I’m also planning on leaving some of my characters to people, because that’s just the kind of person I am.

(Source: franktastic)

Ah! Thank you muchly. He is indeed very pretty.

It is hysterically funny, even not taking into account the fact that most of the site is written in Comic Sans.