Just a little lunchtime update - because I need to share the awesome.
The baby shower (which was the second column on my massive to do list that I've been keeping for weeks now) was yesterday, and it went off without a hitch! It was so awesome to have everyone come together for the planning, set-up, and clean-up of the whole event. Our whole bunch worked together so well, and it made things so super easy. I think everyone had a great time.
So now, that column on the to do list will get hidden, and we focus on only two columns - "Personal" and "Celebration" (as in Star Wars Celebration). It's so satisfying to see the time dwindling down toward vacation, and yet I'm also slightly panicky on occasion. However - just like the baby shower - I think this will all come together and be a pretty awesome event.
Costume-wise, I didn't do anything over the weekend because I was working on baby shower planning and whatnot. But I did have some fun little costuming things that popped up last week at various times. I did do some work Thursday and Friday nights, so we can talk a little bit about that, at least.
Thursday night I decided to take some time to work on yet another Asajj Ventress make-up test. This one went really well, and I'm thrilled with the new make-up style that I'm testing out. I managed to find some great matte eyeshadows for shading and defining, too. I'll have to write-up a more detailed post on this later when I have time, but I think it'll work out really well.
Friday was St. Patrick's Day, so I wanted to follow tradition and wear some green but with a nerdy twist. I pulled out my Her Universe Death Star Plans dress (because it has green in it), my almost-complete Jyn jacket, a Rogue One patch that I quickly stitched onto the jacket sleeve, and some shamrock socks. I put it all together for a pretty nifty outfit, if I do say so myself. Not one person noticed. I so felt like a Rebel spy. It was awesome. Also, a little part of me was sad that no one noticed, but the other part of me felt cool for being such an expert undercover operative. So points for me on the Imaginary Scoreboard of Life.
I also finished up the Kyber Crystal necklace on Friday night by adding the findings onto the leather cord and adding a dab of glue to keep it all secure. I'm kind of proud of this little project for a few reasons. First of all, it allowed me to use some items I already had sitting around the house (leather cording, wire, jewelry findings and jump rings). The only things I purchased for this particular part of the costume was some E6000 glue (which I have never used before in my life and really need more practice with) and a little quartz crystal from a fun little local shop called Accent on Nature. Secondly, I got to visit this awesome little store I otherwise might not have run into, and I actually ended up spending way more time looking around than I intended. I found the employee working that evening was so engaging and willing to help out. He wanted to see the image from the movie, and then he walked around to help me find ways to replicate the project. It was extremely helpful for a person like me who has little to no experience in jewelry-making. They also had shop kitties that roamed around and helped you out with your shopping experience. It was pretty excellent.
Friday was also a test of some fabric paint for the Jyn jacket. I tried a mixture of yellow acrylic and white Tulip "puffy paint" again to get that screen printed puff quality, but I'm either not mixing it at the correct ratio or the puffy paint properties just get lost when you mix in the acrylic. I can't really mix too much more white in, though, because then my yellow starts to turn to a pastel, and Jyn is not an Easter egg. I've been playing with mixing up some colors along with the yellow acrylic I have, too - just to see if another shade needs to be used. But I can't find anything I like. The black made it green. The tan did almost the same thing as the white and turned it pastel yellow again. And honestly, I kind of like how the yellow looks on its own. So I might just go with that. We'll see.
Finally - today - I decided to throw a bit more costume stuff together. I grabbed the Kyber crystal necklace and the almost-complete Jyn jacket on my way out the door for work. The Kyber crystal held up fantastically. No issues. However, the second run of the Jyn jacket actually caused some popped stitches in the back area. I had created a little shoulder vent by using a blind hem stitch because I thought it looked better than an actual seam would down the back shoulders of the jacket. However, two of the stitches popped when I tried to throw it over my shoulder this morning and pull it into place. It tugged at the fibers of the fabric weave, too, and it kind of messed them up. Not a big deal, really, but definitely one I'm going to have to revisit (do I care to add a seam or simply leave "as is").
Despite all of this, I think my next stop on this little project is working on the gloves. I need to shorten those, add the wrist strap, and then those should be done and ready to go. Once those are done, I'll figure out the next step and then the next, until - finally - we'll have something that's "close enough" and hopefully still looks pretty darned fun.
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