#sweetpea30

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Anime Boston - 10 times Anime Expo - 2 times Anime USA - 1 time Anime Weekend Atlanta - 1 time Anime Next - 1 time Arisia- 4 times Boston Comic Con - 2 times Boston Great American Expo- 1 time Connecticon - 6 times Dragon*Con - 6 times Heroes Con - 2 times Katsucon - 7 times Otakon - 3 times PAX East - 2 times Super Megafest - 3 times I've also attended various events for Rebel Legion/501st, Mickey's Not so Scary Halloween Parties (around 6-8 of these), non-con photoshoots,  cosplay meet ups and such that I don't think I could really remember the count of. These also don't include this years schedule which is: Anime Boston (judging), D23 Expo, Boston Comic Con (maybe) and Super Megafest

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No? I'm not in any "organized" cosplay groups or troupes per say. I can say my girls small-wish​ and yunalala are two of my longest "co-conspirators" and we've gotten to cosplay a lot with each other other the years. These two special ladies I have known for 12 and 10 years, respectively, and are like sisters to me. I can thank cosplay for allowing me to met and share my life with such wonder women.

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This is a weird question...

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I gotta say, I hate saying the word "Never" but this would be a FEAT if I were ever to do it in my lifetime. Mother Ginger was always my FAVORITE when I saw the Nutcracker in person or on tv. I trained from a young age all the way until the end of high school in ballet so I love dance costumes and seeing their construction. Mother Ginger was always the costume that I was fascinated with. In a lot of performances of the HUGE dresses the mother was played by a man in exaggerated makeup because of the sheer weight of the costume. Glad to see more woman taking on the dress these days too.

Being a graceful snowflake is great and all, but who doesn't want to have the biggest dress in the building? I will say I DO intend to make this dress at some point because Lottie is the best <3

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My most recent cosplay was my Planet Earth costume for our Planet skit at Arisia 2015! Oddly enough it had something to do with my very first cosplay, Michiru. That wig is the SAME wig I bought in 2003 for her, which I teased into the biggest hair bush ever lol. It's was actually still in pretty great shape curl wise before I started my Downton Abbey watching "tease fest" on it. I love this costume, it's a "faux" brown toga look with a full circle skirt with train and a green chiffon over wrap that folds over my arm or trails if I'd like it to. The crown is Foamie with a bunch of cool, 70% off X-mas floral stuff from Joanns. Also I wanted an "Animal/life" theme so I did the fawn makeup with eyeliner and eyeshadows. This group of friends was a total dream! We were awarded a "Cosmic Alignment" presentation award so when we were called up for Best in Show Craftsmanship we all kinda lost it since we weren't expecting that at all! <3

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This is probably the worst question to ask me... I genuinely don't know. For myself? Around 80 or so.... My cosplay.com account says 70 but I haven't updated it in a while so I'm going to guesstimate 80ish. If you're including the costumes I've made for other people over the years... it's more like 150+

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I added two because Michiru (Sailor Moon) was my first cosplay ever for Anime Boston 2003, but Merle (Escaflowne) was the first costume I made completely by myself. My wonderful grandmother helped teach me how to sew and make a pleated skirt with the Michiru costume so it was a group effort that I loved sharing with her.

Merle was a couple months after AB2003 at the Boston Cosplay Picnic in the park. This costume was a bit of a hot mess, but everyone starts somewhere! The black designs and the face/arm/leg designs are all that "sticky back felt" lol Also proof that I have always been as pale as Wednesday Addams and, after years of my childhood being annoyed that I couldn't tan, I have accepted my vampiric existence. Anyways, everyone starts somewhere! Don't be ashamed of where you started because it has made you who you are today <3