#smashcon2014

[tessmontyart]

Same stall 10 years apart 💖 11 years since my first ever SMASH stall in 2013 and 9 SMASH stalls all up. (See my very first stall in the last 2 images, the only photo I could find of me was weirdly censored 😅)

Back in 2013 and 2014 I tabled under My Rock Candy Passion, took a break in 2015 and then came back in full force 2016 onwards, rebranding as Tess Monty Art 🌸 So much has changed, but there is 1 product that has stayed constant at every single stall - my little Totoro badge! 🥰

Thank you @smashcon for giving me the opportunity to grow and table at your world class events!

[nutmegcosplay]

Done for the Sunday of SMASH14. I am super super sad that work commitments meant I couldn't go for both days this year and I had a quiet little sob when I realised how many great Moonie cosplays I missed. But all the same I am so very proud of this piece. Three layers, one silk two chiffon the chiffon layers 3 and 4 times bigger than the base silk. And then that beading. Ugh that beading so many times when I just wanted to quit but I'm so glad I didn't. There's still a few things I want to do with this, like remaking the sleeves and bow, and adding a bit more beading as well as making her little tiara, staff and cloak but overall I am so incredibly proud of this piece, and will be defs rewearing and reshooting this.

Photos by Dark Age Photography