Halloween + Up-coming Name change

I was talking to my hubby the other day when we decided on what to wear for Halloween which is only...7 weeks away. We love to hang out candy to kids and last year was great. But this year we really wanted to embrace fall and do something we've dreamed of doing.

The best part of creating these costumes is the fact I get to test out my sewing abilities and try new things for cosplays later on. And the fact I get to (FINALLY) make antler headdresses. I fell in love this idea after looking through Esty. Since small antlers are cheap Nic agreed.

For his costume I'm planning to base it off of Odin (Very loosely.) With lots of dark blues, grays and forest greens. Very earthy with lots of black feathers and a dark green or blue cloak with Runic symbols around the bottom. Maybe lined with gold or gray. For me I'm still throwing ideas around. I've been focusing more on Nic's costume right now than mine. But I suppose it'll be with lots of layers and lace. Very old fashioned Witch like. With either a blue or purple cloak maybe red if I find a good fabric with silver or gold lining the cloak and lots of bead work of stars and moons.

Hopefully we can find most of the clothing items at thrift stores and flea markets so we don't have to spend too much money since the antler headdress and cloaks are the main piece. I'm pretty excited to test out a few new things such as embroidery so I can use it for later cosplays. If this goes well I think I may be brave enough to start sewing our own cosplays. The two cosplays I have in mind to be made first are...

Dinah from Bizenghast. I love her character as well as the plot of the manga and the author (She's very kind) I've always felt a connection to Dinah and her character has stuck with me since I started reading the manga. I haven't read the last one yet.... But this is one of my favorite costumes she wears. It would require a lot of embroidery. The dress is pretty simple but all those details would have to be done right. I have never seen anyone cosplay this before. So I would for sure have to make the post with the BIZENGHAST flag behind her so people could get an idea of who I was cosplaying.

Once again lots of embroidery to be done. Seth Nightlord is one of my favorite characters from Trinity Blood. She seems meek and innocent but behind that act she is powerful and strong, caring and brave.  Her costume (The one picture is the one I wish to make) would take a long time to do but I think with a lot of practice I might be able to do it.













Enough about that. I changed the name of the blog a while back but now I'm tired of it. It's not sitting well for me. So I think I'll be changing it very soon. Don't be surprised if it changes. I'm still coming up with a good name for this blog.