How to: Elsa's hair accessories

Welcome back blog readers :)

Today I'm going to share with you how I made the snowflake shaped hair accessories for my Elsa costume.

 So to start off with, I headed down to my local craft store and searched for an hour with no luck of anything that was snowflake shaped...not the right time of year I guess.
So I found these stick on gems in the scrapbooking section and hair clips with the jewellery supplies.

I didn't really like the little dots around it so I trimmed the plastic attached to the stickers like so...

Then badabing badaboom, all it took was a little bit of hot glue on the back to attach it to the hair clips...

And tadaaaaa there there are :D

Bare in mind this isn't my Elsa wig, just a spare white one I had lying around to show off the clips :P

All up, all four clips that I made cost me $8.00...which is ALOT less than what people are charging online for them

I know they don't look exactly like snowflakes...but being poor I couldn't afford the time or money to buy some online, but pretty happy with the result.

Hope you enjoyed my step-by-step guide.

Keep on sewing,

Bloom xoxo

Detangling your wig

Yay for getting back to cosplay related things :D

Today I'm going to share with you, the magical product that is now helping me detangle my wigs!

Now obviously you don't have to use this brand (this was left behind by a tradie so yay free), from what other cosplayers have said, as long as it's silicone spray, it should do the trick.
If you're a bit sceptical like me, spray on a small section at the bottom of the wig to make sure it won't damage it :)

Before this, I was buying all sorts of wig conditioning sprays online and they just didn't seem to get knots out at all.

So basically all I did, was get a wide tooth comb and begin combing the wig. Once you hit a knot, remove the comb and give the wig a quick spray with the silicone. Then continue to comb out the knot. I couldn't believe how easy it made the job :D
Obviously I'm not an expert at wigs, nor do I know much about them at all, but I love to share things I discover :D


Keep on sewing,
Bloom xoxo

Weight of the World

Hey everyone out there in blog land, it's me again :)

So last weekend was Gold Coast Supanova, my least favourite con, but I still had a decent time :)
No I'm not being a drama queen, it's my least favourite because of the sheer stupidity of the venue. You have to show your wristband when you walk in the building, then again when you walk in the inner part (where the stalls and celebs are) and not only that, but there is one main entrance to the inner and one main exit. I remember a couple of years ago, I stepped one metre outside the exit to register for the cosplay comp and they tried to tell me I had to go back to the other end of the building to reenter when I tried. So basically I went over the head of the volunteers and spoke to security..she let me in :)

Then there's the parking and public transport situation. Sure it will be great when the Light Rail is operating from June...but that didn't help us this weekend. My friend and I had to drive around for half an hour to find a park because the venue parking was full and there is NOWHERE to park on the Gold Coast within walking distance on a weekend. I mean come on, it's a tourist area near the beach..the parks are GONE.

Anyway,
Met a few people that knew me from my Page which was such an ego boost for me ^.^ So exciting meeting a 'fan', especially for the first time.
Saw my friends from Sydney which was great, and hopefully I'll be able to see them again in June if I can make it to Sydney's Supanova.

So, I was feeling pretty confident in my Catwoman costume because it was comfy, black (so presumably slimming), and showed off my boobs quite nicely.

Then there was the disaster of my Wonder Woman costume. Hours and hours of work was put into that costume over more than a month, so much money was spent on Worbla to make the armour right, and for what...the frumpy mess it turned out to be. The day of the con, my shoe armour came apart so that had to be left at home, towards the end my chest piece broke so that signalled the end of my day early, and I ran out of Worbla to attempt to make the belt more detailed.
Basically it came out as something that wasn't worth the money I spent on it.

You see pictures of Worbla armour all over the world that looks SPECTACULAR, but no matter how hard I tried, or what methods I used...I just couldn't make it happen.

It wasn't until I saw these photos of Supanova that I realised...I seriously need to do something about my weight. (Please don't think I'm being bitchy) I see pictures of costumes that just look shocking and like they were made by a blind man...but when the girl in them is skinny and gorgeous, she still manages to work it.
My costumes, no matter the effort or skill involved, always seem to come out ill-fitting and frumpy these days.

I made an agreement with myself to not even think about convention costumes for November until I lose 5 kilos...but I don't even think that's enough. It's not even my daily life that gets me down. Normally I don't really care how I look and I can always find something to wear that hides it all. But not costumes, not the one thing in my life that I enjoy doing. This seems to be the only place where I notice the size I have become and I hate it.
I wish I could just get a gym membership so I can get out of the house and just work out without a watch to know how long I've been going. But I can't. This unemployment situation is killing me and I just want my life back. I HATE staying at home every day because every cent I have goes towards bills. I just want to work and get my income back so I can change my life...but that shot to my self-esteem is stopping me from changing myself.

Well I'm sure there's more I could say here but it's now 1am and I should probably get some sleep so I can wake up fresh to do nothing tomorrow.
Sigh, I just wish I could get out of this rut and post about happy things and cosplay progress...but it doesn't seem to be happening at the moment.

Ah well, here's some more pics from the weekend to sign off with.

Keep on sewing,
Bloom xoxo

I'm all alone, there's no one here besiiiiide me

So after six weeks, still no news on the job front.
To begin with, I loved having the time off to do things with my life...but now that my money has dried up, I just want a job...not only for the income but also to resolve boredom.

Everyone around me who was unemployed seems to be getting jobs, but I can't even seem to get an interview...or even more that one rejection letter from the, at least, 30 jobs I've applied for.

*sigh*

Well on the semi-plus side, Supanova is coming up this weekend.
I spose that's a plus for some...for me it involves spending money I don't have, frantically finishing costumes that I've looked at so much that I hate them, and standing around awkwardly as I see fellow cosplayers that I know, but don't really want to go up to them because I think they won't remember or recognise me.

I've made a punishment for myself though, my next main convention to plan for is Brisbane Supanova in November and I've told myself I am not allowed to start or even plan my cosplays for this convention until I lose at least 5 kilos. Recently I've started to see how my costumes look good on my mannequin but awful on me, this is because of my weight gain over the past couple of years.
I've been looking back on my past cosplays, such as Babydoll, and I hate the way I look now. My biggest issue is I'm too lazy to do anything about it. Starting next week after this con is over, I will attempt to change my life. Obviously I can't afford a gym membership so I'm gunna do my best to keep motivated with the Wii and XBox Kinect.
The hardest part to keep dedicated to at the moment is my food intake. My main problem at the moment is the fact that my mum and I made soooooo much food for my birthday party...that was barely touched because half the people that said they were coming, didn't :(

Then that brings me to my next point, the fact that I hate having birthday parties. I've never exactly been popular, ever in my life, but at least my closest friends bothered to come. I was told a couple of months ago that I had to do something for my birthday because "you only turn 22 once", even though I've never had a good experience with heaps of people wanting to celebrate my birthday with me (bare in mind a few of my friends live in another state and my closest friends always show up) but it's the fact that you invite so many people each time in hopes that you'll finally have that big party that you've always wanted...but in the end, you end up being disappointed with the attendance and the amount of money you wasted on food and supplies that weren't needed (which also isn't what you want to be doing when you don't have an income)

This, is the cake my partner decorated for me.

The top tier is a vanilla cake with vanilla icing, topped with mini m&m's and surrounded with white choc kit kats.
The bottom tier is a chocolate cake with chocolate icing, topped with malteasers and surrounded with milk choc kit kats.
This cake alone cost roughly $70 to put together, and the amount of people that came was enough to eat only the top tier...leaving the whole bottom for my partner and I to eat ourselves.



Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful to the people that came along to help me celebrate and I'm not having a go at the people that didn't...this is just a post about how I wish my life was different sometimes.



Then there's my cosplay friends. I honestly can't remember what happened there. I have a select few, mainly in Sydney, that I love to cosplay alongside and hang out with at conventions...but I used to have so many more friends in the cosplay community. I've tried making new friends but it doesn't seem to be working out :(
I see newcomers to cosplay making friends with everyone and interacting heavily on fb...but I just can't seem to get that.
Also, didn't help that I didn't have broadband for over a year so it made me extremely anti-social considering there isn't many conventions for my to go to and hang out with these people from other states.


Think that's enough whinging for today...will make another post next week with pics from Supanova :) will be taking my camera in my Catwoman backpack and taking piccies this year!


Keep on sewing,
Bloom xoxo