This is a list of my current cosplay goals for the upcoming year:

I had an amazing time at Momocon this year at their new venue. I debuted a new costume, Sayaka from Madoka Magica, and rewore a couple older costumes: Yukata Felicia (this time with my cat eye contacts and fangs), and Kreiger’s Virtual Girlfriend. A few of the voice actors from Archer were at Momocon, so we got our Archer group back together to go to the panel and get pictures with Lucky Yates (Kreiger) and Amber Nash (Pam). It was awesome! More pictures from this convention are forthcoming, so please check back.

Last Wednesday night, a few friends and I donned our Game of Thrones costumes and headed to downtown Atlanta to catch a special early premiere of the second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones at the Rialto Center for the Arts. It was awesome to get to watch it, not only half a week early, but also along with an entire theater of enthusiastic fans. Can’t wait for the rest of this season! Though Ygritte doesn’t make an appearance in the first episode, I’m so excited to cosplay as her later this year.

I’ll be attending MTAC in Tennessee next weekend where I’ll be working at Yaya Han’s booth in the dealer’s room. Please stop by and say hello! I’m hoping to get a chance to wear my new Lethe costume at some point along with another new costume I started working on just today from my favorite video game series, Suikoden. If all goes well, I should have it finished in time and with that, I’m going to get back to sewing!

It’s a bit late to be annoucing this, but instead of going to Katsucon this weekend I will be attending Megacon down in Orlando. You’ll find me in the Dealer’s Room working at Yaya Han’s booth, so please drop by and say hello if you’re also attending, and pick up some cute products while you’re at it! *hint hint* I haven’t made any special costumes for this convention, but I’ll likely be wearing Shadowcat and Fionna, plus a cute Flash shirt I purchased recently. Can’t wait, though I am sad to be missing so many of my friends who are going to Katsucon this year. To those entering the World Cosplay Summit, I wish you the best of luck!

Back in January I attended Sukoshicon in beautiful Destin, FL and had an amazing time with some wonderful ladies! I wore a maid outfit with a blue and white wig with matching cat ears from Yaya Han’s store on Saturday. I also made a new costume for the con to wear with a group, so if you missed it, please check out my first of hopefully many IdolM@ster costumes:

I have been steadily working on my costumes for Momocon, and I’m happy to say Sayaka is nearly complete. I also have most of my supplies for Lethe and Hibiki, so I’m looking forward to getting work done on those as well. Meanwhile, my costume plans for the rest of the year continue to evolve. I finally got around to watching Battlestar Galactica this year and couldn’t believe what I was missing. Now I’m looking forward to Dragon*Con even more because of all the BSG stars that attend! I also really want to do a costume from the series, despite being several years behind everyone else, so there’s a good chance I’ll be making Cally for D*C now!

There also might be a Suikoden group in the works for MTAC, which I couldn’t be more excited about. I adore that series! Seriously, if you haven’t played it, you can get the first one on the PS3/PSP for only $6. You won’t regret it…and then play the rest! But anyway, I hope to be able to mark Odessa off my cosplay wishlist for the occassion.

Rambling on, despite telling myself that I wasn’t going to buy FFXIII-2 until after Momocon, I played the demo and couldn’t resist getting it on release day. Of course, playing the game cut into the free time I should have been using to sew, but my inner Final Fantasy fan felt that it was worth it. I had a lot of fun with the new aspects of the battle system and filled my paradigms with chocobos (’cause you can’t get any better than chocobos!) The game has showgirls with chocobo themed outfits in various colors that I think would make an amazing cosplay group idea. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, try googling Chocolina. She is quite fabulous!

The best news I have to share is Meru will be returning to the states this year and Kamikaze Kiss will be reunited at last! We’re planning Triple-H costumes from Mawaru Penguindrum to celebrate the occasion. Samu-chan and I can not wait to see her again in person, but until then we wish her the best during her final months in Japan!

I wish I had a nice organized list of my upcoming costumes, but a lot of things are still up in the air.
One thing is for certain, I’m kicking off the new year with Hibiki’s album cover outfit at Sukoshicon next weekend. I’ll probably bring Fionna from Adventure Time as well since she’s done, I just haven’t gotten any pictures yet.

I’m most likely attending Katsucon in February, but I’ll be busy so I’m not making any specific costume plans for that con. You might see me rewearing a couple things.

Next up is Momocon in March which I have a very full schedule…Sayaka from Madoka Magika, Hibiki for an IdolM@ster group, and Lethe from Fire Emblem. Super excited about all of these, especially the latter. I also hear there might be an Adventure Time group coming together, so I’ll have Fionna on hand as well.

I’ll be making an appearance at MTAC, though once again, not making any cosplay plans. I would love to have Trixie (yes, a pony) made by then, but we’ll see how things go.

Then starts Dragon*Con crunch time, which is looking to be the biggest con of the year for me, but is also where my plans get murky. I’m going to do Ygritte from Game of Thrones, though I haven’t seen her design yet from the show (the cold winds are rising in April!) I also love the new Thundercats show and want to cosplay from that, but I’m hoping there will be another female character other than Cheetara (Pumyra perhaps?), though I’m probably not above cosplaying WilyKit if it comes to that. >^^< I also really want to make new comic costumes. The two I really want to do are Wasp from the Avenger's cartoon (Earth's Mightiest Heroes) from Marvel and Hawkgirl from DC, though those aren't necessarily what I'll end up doing. I've also been thinking about Stature from Marvel and Jesse Quick from DC, along with Huntress, Mockingbird, and a hundred other things. There's also one other costume planned, but it's top secret for now, and I'll probably also be reuniting with my Pussycats to wear those costumes again. Busy, busy, Dragon*Con!

Then comes Anime Weekend Atlanta at the end of September, which is looking to be more laid back than usual (unless for some reason I decide to enter the costume contest). I’ll likely be rewearing Sayaka and Hibiki costumes from earlier and one new costume, which will be Naoto from Persona 4.

There’s several Juvia costumes I’d like to fit in along the way, maybe some K-On too, and I definitely want to finish Jessica. I fell in love with the anime Mawaru Penguindrum this year and hope to do Triple-H cosplays with Kamikaze Kiss, but we have to wait until we’re reunited for that. Definitely some things to look forward to!

And that is my current take on cosplay in 2012 (and beyond?)! Happy New Year to all!

I kicked off the Christmas season with Momocon’s Cosplayers on Ice at the Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta this past weekend. At the park there was an ice skating rink, a giant lighted Christmas Tree, and Christmas lights everywhere. Everything was beautiful…great friends, festive scenery, and cosplay all rolled into one fantastic evening!

I wore a revamped version of my Christmas Juvia costume, this time with a new wig and some other minor adjustments. Please check it out!

I hope everyone is enjoying whatever makes them smile during this season! It’s truly my favorite time of the year!

Yesterday Samu-chan and I wore our K-On Maid outfits to Atlanta Anime Day. We had a great time taking goofy pictures and eating cake! I have to thank Envel Cosplay again for gifting me this costume! I have uploaded a lot of pictures from this shoot on my costume page.

Next weekend Momocon is hosting their annual Cosplayers on Ice. I had a great time last year and I’ll be there again in a revamped Christmas Juvia costume. I hope to see some of you there!

In other costume news, I am currently 98% done with Fionna from Adventure Time. I hope to get pictures of that costume soon! Meanwhile I’m making big plans for 2012 while slowly working on Jessica from Lunar bit by bit. I’ll update my upcoming costumes and conventions soon.

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving and happy holidays all around!

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Thanks!

This past weekend was Anime Weekend Atlanta’s 17th year and my 9th straight year in attendance. Thank you so much to Jason Merrill, the AWA staff (especially Megan in the cosplay gallery), and all my wonderful friends (new and old) who made it another fantastic year!

If you attended this year, you might have seen Kamikaze Kiss’s Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne costumes, including my Miyako, in the Cosplay Gallery. It was really an honor to have our costumes included in this gallery and I can’t thank the con enough for the opportunity! We didn’t enter the costume contest this year, but we’re excited to start planning something big for next year!

This year I debuted three new costumes: Fantasia Juvia from Fairy Tail, Horo from Spice and Wolf, and Yukata Felicia from X-Edge. Please click on the pictures below to read more about these costumes and to see pictures. I also rewore my school uniform Ritsu on Sunday for a fun K-On shoot with my Mio and Azusa.

          

Juvia’s Fantasia Gown has been a dream costume of mine for some time. I was so happy I was able to make it a reality for this convention! Lots of love to my wonderful cosplay partner, Samu-chan, who made and wore Erza’s Fantasia outfit with me, despite not being a Fairy Tail geek like myself…and to the other Fairy Tail fans at the convention who made me feel loved! I promise this won’t be the last Juvia costume I make!

Pictures are being updated as they come in, so please check back! See all you AWA people next year!

Dragon*Con 2011 was a crazy blur, but it was fantastic! I had such a good time with all my amazing friends! From the celebrity encounters to the overwhelming crowd appreciation of some of my costumes, this Dragon*Con is one I’ll always remember. I debuted five new costumes at this convention and rewore two from the previous year.

          

     

New pictures are coming in daily, so please check back often over the next few weeks!

Next stop AWA where I’ll be wearing Horo (Spice and Wolf), Yukata Felicia (Darkstalkers), and Fantasia Parade Juvia (Fairy Tail)!

Dragon*Con is just under a month away and I’m happy to say all my costumes are above 90% complete! Here are a couple previews of my upcoming costumes:

For Josie I decided to do a more modern and fun hairstyle rather than the traditional bob that she sports in the old cartoon. The bodysuit is made out of the same material that’s covering the ears. The ears themselves were made by the fabulous Yaya Han! You can get your own pair from her online store.

Doreah just needs a couple more details to be completed, but that’s the basic look of it. I can’t wait for the Game of Thrones group that’s taking place Friday night at D*C! I hope to see a lot of Thrones cosplay throughout the weekend! I’m already planning another costume from the series for next year.

I’m also doing one of Princess Bubblegum’s casual outfits. The moment I saw it I knew that was the outfit of hers I wanted to do. The Lady Rainicorn was painted on the shirt by hand. Felicia’s yukata was a must for me too since the paw print design is so cute! The big bow is gradient dyed from pink to green, which is better seen in person. It reminds me of a watermelon!

Full costumes will be posted after the convention which takes place September 2nd-5th!