Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Amy Pond


 This one came about  by accident, I had no  thoughts about doing an Amy costume when I bought the red American Apparel hoodie last year, I just liked it. (I liked it enough to buy  it in another color too!) . I'm not really sure what has caused the desire this year, most likely  because I was pondering what I would wear in the parade since Sharaz Jek's suit bit the dust  last year. I knew I wanted to march with the Doctor Who group , and I'd thought about  bring Sarah Jane back. I was mostly looking at cheep costuming ideas, or anything I could pull together from a trip or two to Goodwill.  But still I'm not sure when I decided "Hey I'll be Amy Pond", because except for the fact I owned the real hoodie, I had none of the rest of the costume. I'm still a bit hesitant on Amy because SO many people are doing her costumes right now, but I'm starting to understand why there are so many... the clothes are fun and wearable everyday!I do need to drop a few ponds (or 10) though...


Now for this one as I've said I've already got the hoodie (otherwise I'd be adding $32 dollars to the price of my"Cheap" costume.

Grey tight leggings $5 (these are much darker in person the camera doesn't really capture the true color) at Target.

Black socks $1.50 at Target.

Skirt  the first one I bought because I could also wear it to work was 14.99, but I've since found a more accurate jean one at Goodwill for $5.

Purple/grey nail polish $2 at Wal-Mart

Now here there be monsters, or where my desire to costume does not mach my bank. I did buy the Navy Converse, ($45) although to be fair mine where getting old... really...

And now I've also bought a wig, since I have  black hair (I'm finally agreeing with the rest of the world, my hair is closer to black and not brown :)) The wig was a good buy at 21.99.  That should arrive here in April in time for Time Gate and Dragon*con.

One of these days I'm going to have to look up the word cheap because I don't seem to have a handle on it yet :)

Doctor Watson progress report one

I've only just realized that I haven't posted anything over here about my Watson costume. for shame!

The sweater of Cuddly Death is going very well. I'm  almost done with the main body of it  and soon I'll be starting the sleeves. I love this project!  I found and bought a jacket to be altered for John. It's a light weight jacket but I couldn't say no to the price , and the fact that with the sweater on I'll already be dying of heat so no need really to buy a heavier one.  I do plan on altering it to have the arm and elbow patch. I've also found the wig I want to use, although I'm still trying to figure out what color would be best for John.



 Hear you can see the finished back with the jacket. I cannot wait to show off this sweater at Dragon*Con !


 








And just for fun, I took this picture of myself  when one night on Rav. we were all posting pictures of ourselves doing Sherlock like poses.  You'll recognize the Tintin wig. The sweater was just a cotton one I had in my closet and a flannel shirt.