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Well, I headed over to my grandmothers today for the first time since my grandfather and I had that little upset (which is all clear, btw). I was looking through my grandmother's immense storage of fabric for anything I could possibly use for my friends and my upcoming Invader Zim cosplay.
To my surprise, what is the first fabric my sister and I stumbled upon? Tons of radioactive green fabric, perfect for her G.I.R. cosplay! As we tunneled deeper, we found a great shade of purple for Tak, and the right shades of pinkish-red for Zim's main costume and sleeves. It was a very rewarding afternoon, really.
I love the thought of how much money my friends and I just saved right there, not to mention the effort of going to a fabric store with them (which is kind of far from here). Not to mention the fact that we can get started on G.I.R. right away. And I'm sure there's enough black in those recesses of fabric for Gaz and maybe for Dib's trench coat. w00t!
So... The next convention's not for another few months, but time is ticking away. But, for some reason, I just can't make up my mind on who I want to cosplay. I know I've already got a lot of Ancient Egypt Yami Bakura done, but I feel like I want to do something else, too. My list of choices goes like this:
Rikku (FFX)
Yuffie (FFVII)
Zidane (FFIX)
Bakura (YGO- Battle City)
Tak (Inavder Zim)
Or just... someone else. *shrug*
Yeah. So I've got to make up my mind. I wanted to make Halloween Town Riku for a Halloween event, but I can't get past designs. And for this coming convention, a friend wants to come as KH2 Kairi, so I feel I should fix up my KH2 Riku wig and do that with her too. But in all honesty, I never really feel like wearing that costume. *shrug* Oh well.
If anyone has any suggestions, it'd probably help. Not that anyone's reading this. I just wanted to post my indecison for the world to see. 
After discovering the joys of making a costume with a friend along, after today I'm not sure how much longer that will be happening. My friend and I were over at my grandmother's today finishing my friend's costume, and evntually my grandfather snapped at us.
My grandfather's an awesome guy. I respect him in every way. But he doesn't smile very often, and he's very stern. That means, when he's proud of me, I feel extra good about myself. But when he's angry at me or disappointed, it's more than twice as bad, too. He's a scary guy when he's angry. Really scary. And this is the first time it's been directed at me.
So, I'm sort of afraid to bring a friend over again. I think his main beef is that my grandmother had to spend the whole day helping my friend, when she doesn't even know her. I can totally understand that. He thinks she should get paid for it, and she's right. My last friend who came over for this, about a year or two ago, was a bit of a... Well, she didn't do much sewing, to my understanding, and hardly compensated my grandmother. So I'm going to work out how much my grandmother will get. That's only fair.
I just wish he hadn't snapped at me....  I'm still shaking a bit and I already feel like throwing up. Well, you live and you learn, right?
I've started another costume recently, one I've been wanting to do for a long while now; Memory arc Yami Bakura, from Yu-Gi-Oh. Looking at it, I've always thought it would be a very simple costume to make, but I think that has been my downfall... because I'm not sure how I feel about how it's come out so far.
Then I thought, maybe it's because I thought this costume was so easy, that I haven't been putting in the patience and effort that I would with a harder costume. I'm not taking the time to study the patterns I use to see if I should alter things before using them, I'm not going back to fix mistakes that won't be seen. And maybe that's why I'm not fully happy with it.
So while starting my Millennium Ring yesterday (yay!), I spent a lot of time with it. I went back and fixed the things I didn't like, remade bits of it if I was the least bit dissatisfied, and I think it shows. It may not be a perfect start, but it's better than it would have been.
Perhaps I am successfully teaching myself how to be less lazy. Finally. 
For the past few years in my cosplay experience, I've always had friends who wanted to participate in the hobby as well. And, well, me being the only one with a sewing machine and (in most cases) the knowhow of how to sew, they turn to me. And I've made many promises. Many of which I didn't turn out to keep. Making costumes for myself is hard enough.
But yesterday, for the first time, a friend actually came with me on my trek to my grandmother's house (where my sewing machines are located, not to mention my grandmother, who taught me how to sew). And to my surprise... it worked out fine. My grandmother worked with my friend to tell her how things worked and what she should do, while I went off and did my own thing. Granted, I didn't get nearly as much done as I would have alone, but for some reason, I didn't seem to mind. I was so happy when my friend finished her first shirt and said, "I'm so proud!"
We then went back to my house and worked on props (she's being Cloud, so a Buster Blade was in order). I helped her a bit, and she cut out the insulation foam, and I found myself having fun. Who knew? I guess sharing time with friends really is worth it. That's something a bit new to me (not to be emo or anything). Not only that, we were productive. Which is amazing, for either of us.
So, I just figured that that was blog-worthy. I've always wanted to keep an updated cosplay blog, I've tried many other places, but since this is actually a cosplay site, I think this one may actually be successful. (Now all I have to worry about is the fact that people may actually be reading this. ^^;; )
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