Cosplay Newbie

While we have been talking about ideas for 2017's Anime Boston lineup since before 2016's Anime Boston even happened, only in the last few months have we started to really pin down some solid plans. These are ALWAYS subject to change of course (this time last year I was still trying to figure out my FFX cosplay and was getting really discouraged!) but I feel really good about my choices this year and don't plan on changing them. My feelings going into this this year are already different as well. I know what to expect. I know that if I somehow mess up HORRIBLY and can't get a costume together, I can always use one of the three I used last year as a worst case scenario. It feels really good to have a backup! Anyways, this year will be a little different as far as group cosplays. First, we have a few new people joining us for 2017.  One is a friend of Amie's that I haven't met yet. I don't know a lot about her, but I am excited to meet another cosplayer!...

Another late post, this was from back in June 2016! After all the tremendous fun we had at Anime Boston, it was time to try our first comic convention! I went as  FemCrowley, this time no wig. Neither of us had been to a comic con before, so we were not really sure what to expect. We knew there would be celebrities, which was an exciting to think about, because Nichole and I had never meet anyone famous before. We are both the kind of people who aren't easily "star struck." As much as I admire a person's work, they are people after all, and there is a small handful that I really would like to meet. Two such people were at Denver Comic Con this year! Back in college I happened upon a parody video by the Hillywood Show. I think the first one I found was their Twilight parody. I remember I watched it even though I didn't really care for Twilight because my sister-in-law had me read the books and I hadn't bothered to watch any of the movies, so I wa...

This post is very very overdue, but here is what transpired during Anime Boston! (all photos are mine unless credited otherwise. Don't forget to always ask permission to take someone's photo, and if you have a photo taken of you, credit the photographer and cosplayer!) Friday, March 25 2016. MAGI day! Photo: Photography by Amie E http://www.photographybyamiee.com This is Nerds with Needles! check out our FB group:https://www.facebook.com/nerdswithneedles/ Jen as Morgiana, Cat as Aladin, Amie as Judar and Nichole as Hukuryuu Nichole and I had a smooth flight on Jetblue, only a few bumps landing in the fog. It was so foggy the ground seemed to have come out of nowhere! We landed just before 5am, and we skipped getting coffee so that we could nap at the hotel. (Although the Dunkin at the airport called to us... Dunkin Donuts is still hard to find in Colorado. When I moved here in 2013 there was only one in Colorado Springs, now we have one in town!) A little after...

It is the night before the Con, and Nichole and I will be flying the red-eye flight to Boston from Denver Colorado. Will we be able to sleep on the plane? Will the plane be packed full of people? Will all of our carefully packed costumes make it in one piece?!?! Dun Dun DUNNNNNN! Our bags are packed, everything that can be done is finished, and hopefully we get a nap in before the flight! I had left out a few of my final touches to things in my previous blogs, so while I have some down time at work I will try and post all the missing details I had left out! Day one: Morgiana from Magi As mentioned before, Nichole made the dress for me, and it fits perfect! Here are some closeups of some of the accessories I made for Morgiana: Sandals: I had bought these cheap one size fits all roman sandals from Spirit if Halloween (LOVE that store) but the shoes ...they sucked. They would not stay on my feet, and even sewing the straps tighter did not keep them in place. So, I removed the...