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New Commission: another Crystal Exarch from FFXIV! I love making these, they’re so pretty!
Print accessory files by @dangerousladies.ca

Original elaborate gown that’s handmade by me

I a super busy this week, a relative passed away (not unexpectedly), I am staying w family to help w downsizing/cleaning and funeral planning. If you’re waiting for a commission, all deadlines will be met! I’ve had this time off built into my schedule for months.
Art: Martina Wai
📷 Rob Somers

And do your part by refraining from "smell-this activism."

"Did you see this awful thing this awful man said? Here, look. Isn't it awful? Isn't he awful?"

...Why are you doing that?

Why are you the free street team for the worst people online? Why are you signal-boosting misery?

Don't do that.

🩷🩷🩷

Daisys on it.

Update

So glad to hear this!!!! I almost texted you but didn’t know when the surgery was. 💚

Life stuff happening, this week

Have you raised hell today?

SIIIIIIIGGGHHH

I’ve gotten a lot better about it, at least.

5/5…most importantly understanding perfection isn't the goal--it's just 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛!
Be good to yourself and others, commit random acts of kindness, create more.

4/5…repurposed parts of it. And it's ok to step back and take a break if you need it, for any reason at all. I have been sewing for 20 years, and running a business sewing full time for 13 years, and I still make mistakes. It's all learning, improving, and …

3/5…you make something and you're not happy with the final result--I have made SO, SO MANY costumes, put them on, didn't feel like the suited me and sold them without ever using them. I've made things and realized I wasn't skilled enough in a certain area, and just thrown it out or…

2/5…I wanted to share for 2 reasons: 1st, to remind every new cosplayer, or even any experienced cosplayer who’s just struggling, IT’S OKAY TO NOT BE PERFECT. It’s ok to buy costumes if there’s something you can’t make, don’t want to make, or don’t have the time to make (just be honest!). It’s ok if

An image showing an amateurish Charizard cosplay from Pokémon in 2006, and a very detailed cosplay of a dragon themed gown from 2026, meant to show great deal of progress in sewing skills over time.

A wee message of encouragement for fellow creators 💜 I almost didn’t want to post this, this 2006 is kind of embarrassing! But the journey is the point....I did that silly Charizard Gijinka 20 years ago (!!), and this is my latest: my original Dragon Empress design!
1/5…

Actual angel.

She loves being out in the yard, it was a long winter!

Daisy being a menace in one of my leaf piles.

I realized I somehow have never uploaded a final video showing one of the many Ardyn Izunia cosplay commissions I have made, no idea how I missed that??

“If I sleep like this, the first person I want to see when I wake up, is Syaoran.”

📸 imstee58 -insta
👗 Costume made by me, designed by Ekita Kuro
⚕️ Prop made by me

I, too, am averse to garbage 🚮

Ugh EW I just saw that :/

Evo looks so fun!!

It reminds me is Utena 🩷

I feel ridiculous in that one and I LOVE IT

It’s a fun one, that jacket is shockingly hot to wear 🔥

Manon cosplay from street fighter 6 in a very lady Gaga looking outfit!

Which outfit of Manons do you prefer? I would love to bring her to a con, but I think a strictly anime con wouldn’t be the place…something involving games would be better!
📷 Rob Somers

instantly assumed this was a kaiju situation

A detailed crystal exarch cosplay commission from FFXIV!

New Commission: another Crystal Exarch from FFXIV! I love making these, they’re so pretty!

Marian Progress—Top, Cape, Cowl, & Prop! I’m almost done but have little time for pics 💀(Stand-in corset, real one is done now!), 2nd cape (1st wasn’t satisfactory), coif & wimple, prop IS painted but no pics yet. I found the perfect wig ❤️ Kunai & belts done, all that’s left is leg band + tabard!!