Pavlina: Life is Not For the Living

My lack of posting here can only mean one thing, I have been very hectily busy! I been sewing, working, cooking, mommying….very busy indeed. I was never the best blogger in the world, but then Titter came along and there went mu desire to write these long posts when my Twitter tweets filled that need [...]

Well, I was going to call this a costume and sewing update but that would require me to have done muchly non-costume sewing as of late which was no good. Really, I don’t know where the time goes! So I won’t even go into the more recent costumes, I’ll rehash the OLD costumes I was [...]

New Costume design!!!! Ah, the promise that is a new costume! There is the figment, then the idea, the sketch, the colors, the fabric, the trim, then the very long but oh-so-worth it constructions process! We are now officially 233 days away from Costume Con 29, where this beauty will be competing in the Fantasy [...]

As part of the Steampunk homage, I’ll link to this video I found on you-tube of one of my favorite bands. Enjoy.

Thinking out in the long term, I am thinking of my next big thing. My muse is this… From the side detail and the lovely back Isn’t that the cutest thing? It’s the only thing I spent any money on at Balticon this year, and so worth it. I wish I had the woman’s name [...]

You all know that JC Hutchins is my buddy? My pal? He is one of the most talented writers of our generation and he has a new experience disguised as a book that was released today! Remember the mom from the E.T.? She digs him too, but don’t listen to me. Hear her tell it.

Go get it! I did! I kissed it, I can’t help myself. Go out and support JC Hutchins, one of the coolest people ever! I would check the websites or call first to make sure the book is in stock. You can always default to ordering online, but whatever you do, do it NOW!

Surfing through Flickr, I found myself! It’s what I wore to the Dancing in the Gears ball. Enjoy. I’m on the far right, in case you didn’t realize…:) P

Now for the obligatory Balticon 43 wrap up, anticipated and expected. Memorial day weekend saw me, once again, at the lovely Hunt Valley Marriott attending Balticon, the area’s largest science fiction convention, run by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Now… The Good Where to begin. It was great seeing folks I met last year, meeting [...]

TEN days peeps! Are your costumes ready? Mine almost are. I have to put a few finishing touches on the shirt (duct tape), and find a skirt (hopefully in a drawer somewhere), then hope my Forever 21 (fantastic steampunk stuff there, quite surprising) arrives in time (next Friday) and then I’ll be all set. Oh [...]