Llyra-fantasyfae

I was a little sad because I loved it so much but didn't have a ton of requests for pics. I was crying about it to my hubby and he told me it was because they were sniping pics and not asking me for them. He also told me that as they passed me they would say how cool it is. I told him he was lying and he insisted. He was walking behind me most of the time so he noticed it. I'd be lying if I said I didn't need that morale boost.
Sunday I wore Harley.


My next project is to finish my Victorian Ballgown in a week so I have it for the ball. After that.... not sure. I am still in a major slump. TONS of CADD but no desire to actually sew.

Costuming, friends, actually danceing a little bit, and feeling pretty!

Jan 24, 2016- Finishing my Art appreciation presentation at a resonable hour, so I don't feel like a failure who skipped town to play pretty pretty princess and didn't finish her homework.

I know I have a long way to go, especially since this first roll I didn't understand the light meter AT ALL. But I am proud of my first photo baby. It helps that its of a flag. :)
In the sewing world.... I haven't been doing much. I made myself a fun little cirlce skirt out of Wearing History's fabric. I love it and got TONS of compiments. I have a hard time making flattering skirts for myself so I am happy with how it came out. It does try and creep up which makes me look like I have no waist which is NOT flattering. So I need to fix that somehow. Fit my waistband better somehow? I'll figure it out.... hopefully.

I think I have caught up up on the state of me. Mentally doing better. Physically tired of being sick but I think I am finally on the mend. Busy with school. Itching to craft.
And for the meme. I'll hide mine because I am so behind the game. But I must say I LOVE  reading all of yours. I loved the meme stage of LJ. Its bits of info that may never come up otherwise.

We celebrated my birthday dinner that night. It was very low key but it was great having so many friends that I don't get to see very often having dinner and drinks with me.
Saturday I  wore my new costume. Fireball Luigi. It was interesting doing my make-up for it. I had to go with a darker color scheme then I normally do because of the darker wig. I also wore fake lower lashes. Pretty sure I won't try those again. They are kind of a pain in the but and don't show up that well in pictures. Not like the top which do make a big difference.

This maybe one of the most comfortable cosplays I have every made. I didn't feel uncomfortable all day. Not just a physical comfort either. I wasn't second guessing myself and imagining people laughing at me and my weight, which in other cosplays/costumes is a constant.
Sunday I wore an oldie but goodie, my Captain Amreica. It may make me feel fat but I get a lot of comments on it. I had a couple little girls come up and ask for a picture with me. I love when kids want a pic with me, so that made my day!

Hubby said I can't post this one on Social Media (facebook or Instagram) because its to much of a boobie shot. But its okay if I share here. :)

Here's just a couple pictures until I can get a proper blog post written for it, and the gown I made for the tea.



I was happy for a chance to wear my new Necklace and earring set from tayloropolis.I chose one that had Fire Opals and love it!

The tea wasn't bad. By then my stomach was feeling better so I was able to enjoy food. The speaker spoke for to long though... I might be saying that because I wanted to talk with friends more then I wanted to hear what he was saying.... maybe...
Besides a desire for more embroidery, I LOVE everything about the teagown.  Feel like a princess in it -check, Flattering to my figure - yes, comfortable to wear - yep, able to dress myself - YES WOO!!
I didn't actually dance during the dance but I still had fun.  I am the type with two left feet and if there are lots of moves I get 3-5 out of 10. There were so many people on the floor that there really wasn't a 'back of the room I can mess up 5-7 of the moves and no one cares' place so I opted out of going on the floor. Thankfullybauhausfrau was sitting out of the dancing also. All the talking I missed during the tea was able to be had up in the gallery were I could watch the dancing. I LIKED that. And who knows... maybe next time I will be brave enough to try the dancing part.
Next up for me is cleaning my house. Holy cow it is a mess! I feel a little bad for koshka_the_cat, but they do say real friends don't care about how messy your house is. :) Thankfully she adores kitties and imho I have a cute one to distract her for the short time she was actually here. I also have the ace up my sleeve of a stupidly excited giant cow dog that  demands attention. :) It was dress or clean and I chose to sew....
I also think a small break from sewing is needed. I just finished two dresses, a corset and a petticoat in just over a month. One of those dresses was done in 8 days. That is a whole level of crainess I am still wrapping my mind around.  Its a confindence boost that I can do it, but it also showed me a few things on how my brain works. When it comes to road blocks I need time to ponder. I am super quick to frustration, and I need time to process it and come up with solutions.  8 days didn't allow for a lot of that. Hence the, "this dress is ruined because of the length being wrong melt down". No time to process that, no, its okay and here are some fashion plates to prove it.
So the next two weeks won't be that interesting around here. Lots of cleaning and prepping for Spring semester which starts next week for me. When I do get back to sewing though it will be my GoT dress. I am REALLY excited to get started on that project.

Your kind words made me tear up. For someone who's very self concious taking pics in my underwear is terrifying. And seriously those pics were just me being dumb. I finished editing the pictures finally. That was a full day evolution!
The blog post is up: http://llyrafantasyfae.blogspot.com/2014/12/regency-corset.html
I have a few more that were not blog worthy, but I still like them.

I was still nervous for my class but that's a given if you know me. It didn't go exactly as I had planned. I missed a few slides, finishing the button took longer then I had predicted so I felt like I was up there looking stupid for far to long, and I ended the class with tons of time to spare. Even with that said I got a lot of positive feedback and have plans to make the class even better.  If you took my class I would love to hear feedback, good or bad as long as its constructive.

Laurie Tavan took this picture during my class and I just adore it!
I was going to wear my Captain America but my partner in crime wasn't able to get her costume completed AND with the heat I knew if I took my costume off I wouldn't put another on. gilded_garb and jennylafleur helped me accessorize my wig so I felt 18th c decadent.

I didn't get a lot of pictures from the night because I ended up sitting most of the evening. I made the mistake of wearing new shoes to an interview on Tuesday which gave me lots of blisters.I was feeling each one of them by that evening. I did get pictures of  the Game of Thrones group.

nuranar paisley wings

and the_aristocat's gorgeous Bustle gown.

 A hightlight of the evening was going across the street to PF Chang's for dinner. It was nice to just gab with friends.
The heat got to me Friday so I decided not to wear a costume Saturday. The one I had planned was much to heavy and I didn't want to sit on the sidelines at the Gala like I did during the ice cream social.
Again I didn't get enough pictures. The majority of the ones I did get were drunken dancing pictures, which I'll leave it to the people dancing to share if they want to.
One of my favorite costumes of the evening was love3angle's  Bete costume. I talked to her, gushed over how awesome it was but didn't take a picture, how?!?!?!?!
I almost did the same thing with nuranar. Gushed over the perfect precision of her beading, admired her gorgeousness, but let her get away without a picture. Thankfully I was able to find her again and got a few with her.

A few more favorites from the night were all the other Robe de Styles, Carly's Frozen costume, a clever 60's dandelion, Kendra and her posse with their giant wigs, and the the_aristocat's dress. I got a picture of the last one but it doesn't do the embroidery on the dress any justice.

If you saw me sitting most the time it was because of that.

These two completely inspired me. I normally shy away from Regency styles, I think they look better on a smaller frame, but I adore these. If I make a Regency dress it will have to be a riding habit.
All of my limited classes were scheduled for Sunday. The Mechanical Wings class was cancelled but I enjoyed the other two I had. I learned to make kanzashi flowers and a few new pressing tricks.
Over the weekend Sara shared her love of Selfies and I think it should become a costuming 'thing.' Some of my favorite pictures from the weekend were the selfies.

I think I have already posted this but in case I haven't what photos I did get are on my Flickr.