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AAAND for this weeks throwback Thursday we have my Super casual human Rarity cosplay from 2011? Those shoes were so cute but wayyy to small. my heels hurt just thinking about it haha

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When you cant find a ribbon that matches you make your own!

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destiny knot? more like destiny NOT

(geez it took long to find it, but at least i got almost a million pokedollars through some items they caught, and a shit ton of moon and sun stones)

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Something truly revolutionary is happening in the makeup market!

koyVoca Cosmetics has just released its kV Classic Foundation shades and the range of shades is worthy of praise.

21 different foundation shades ranging from dark to light to fit all skin tones. When I saw their announcement, I knew I had to make a post about it because those who use foundation, especially if you have a darker skin tone, tend to get left out in the foundation department.

Also, can we give it up for those shade names? No “caramel” or “dark chocolate”; the thought and care from the shades to shade names is noteworthy.

www.koyVoca.com

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Sad Truth

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“So this is how liberty dies…”

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Going to try and adapt this pattern for Lillie. no idea if ill be able too but I do really like the top half of the dress so I hope I can (THIS PATTER EVEN ASSUMES YOU WANT POCKETS)

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For this weeks throwback Thursday we have my gender bend Ellis cosplay! this was taken in my home back in summer of 2010 or 2011. I love L4D2 so much, I actually wanted the game BECAUSE of Ellis :) I love him so much haha. I want to go out and do a photo shoot for this some time.

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Making a ruffly [cupcake shaped] petticoat + skirt

Circle skirt tutorial – Ruffle/Gathering Tutorial & Info

^important stuff

[almost] finished project! 

-This will not work with very flimsy materials (such as chiffon, jersey, costume satin etc.) you need fabric with at least some natural stiffness  

-These get pretty heavy so they should be made with a fitted waistband and a zipper + snap closure. Elastics will fall down on you D:  

-This requires making at least 25 yards or ruffles, which means over 150 yards of hemming so…uh…set some time aside for making this.

-If you have a question about this, I’d be happy to answer, but for the love of god don’t ask it on anon. 

  Keep in mind that circle skirts have really long hems, and when laid flat are, quite literally, a circle. This will probably equate to being more work and volume then you want.

For this I ended up cutting a half circle skirt, three inches shorter then I wanted my finished petti/skirt to be. This is a BASE, it will not be seen, and should be made from a somewhat sturdy material that will not stretch or tear. 

I cut strips of a heavy tulle netting (the scratchy awful type, not the pretty flimsy stuff used on princess skirts) until I had ten four inch by one yd strips. These get sewn together until I have one long strip, then ruffles get sewn onto the bottom.

 The strip gets folded in half (right sides together) and sewn across the seam where the ruffles were attached. 

Then the tulle gets gathered down to the size of my skirt hem and sewn into place. It will look like this. 

Then repeat but with longer tulle! This time I used eight inch strips which were obviously sewn four inches above my four inch layer.  

Now you have a lovely A-line petticoat that just needs a zipper…but that’s not what we’re making here. We want a cupcake shaped petti! 

So that requires one more layer that starts from your waist. Measure from the waist of your skirt to where the tulle ends and add a seam allowance for ruffles.  For the length, multiply your waist measurement by four. 

Add the ruffle, and then sew something over the seam to hide fraying. In this  case I used really cheap lace. 

Then gather that down and sew it into place. 

Now the ruffles should  lay somewhat evenly but they are kind of all over the place. 

you can fix that by taking a very large needle and sewing through all the layers of tulle until they are compacted down a bit

And then you *can* sew a hoop into the petti so it will never deflate! All that really requires is hand sewing hooping wire on which isn’t very complicated at all. 

Uhmm and then the overskirt is just gathered circle skirts + a ruffle!

I think adding a waistband and zipper is pretty straight forward so i’ll leave that to you. 

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW RUFFLY MASTERPIECE!

More info on how the skirt part was made will be up here soon. 

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I love this picture of my my friend took, but I have no idea what I was talking about during it haha. This was a few years ago at anime next.

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My Inkling shirt! Thinking about redoing it because I was a silly and painted the shirt with out a piece of cardboard  to stop the back from getting painted x.x

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i really hope no one has done this yet

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Tim finished another shot of my Faun costume from our camping trip this past fall!! *_____* I love the lighting he captured with this photo and how it caught the droplets from the waterfall~

If you’d like to see behind-the-scenes footage from this trip and photoshoot, check out the video we filmed~!

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Character: Disney’s Mulan - Art Nouveau Style Design collaboration with Hannah Alexander Cosplay made/modeled by: Yaya Han Photography by: Brian Boling

>>> Mulan signed print <<<

>>> 2017 Cosplay Calendar featuring Yaya’s cosplay <<<

To see more detailed construction notes about this costume, please visit the portfolio page at my website: Disney’s Mulan - Art Nouveau Style

YayaHan.com | My Online Store

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My first try at a gender bend pool party Mundo cosplay. Needs to be re-worked but I like my idea a lot. This was from back in June at AnimeNEXT 2016 :)

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I recently found some professional pics of my Fem!Little Mac cosplay from Anime Midwest last year! I love how beat up and raw I look. Kinda wish my bra strap wasn’t showing but oh well. XD Some WIP of my AMKE costumes will be posted soon! #animemidwest #cosplay #littlemac #genderbendcosplay