Captain Marvel for dragoncon 2015 - always wanted to do one of her movie suits one day. #cosplay

I put together this pirate Ariel costume for our Disney cruise last year, out of parts of other costumes and a hat u bought. Had a great time with it - Capt Jack and I scrutinized Chase’s pirate skirt 😹

Queen of Alderaan #cosplay #starwars

I may not have a Fourth Wing costume to post for Threshing Day, but I do have a dragonrider to post - my Lessa costume from Dragonriders of Pern. #cosplay

And now here’s my Star Wars costume collection. Spans 2002 to now, including movie, comic, tv/cartoon, disneybounds, mashups, etc. #cosplay #starwars

Slowly building up my little Star Trek costume collection. It’ll never be as big as my Star Wars collection, but I can try 😹 really want to do a SNW uniform next. #cosplay #startrek

Let’s go back a little further. In 1997 & 1995 for Halloween, I used the same suit jacket and tie to be a MiB and Groucho Marx. In the late 80s/early 90s we used to attend Midsouthcon, & at one point I wore the Star Trek TNG uniform my mom made for me - officially my first con costume! #cosplay

Halloween 1998 - I cobbled together a costume based on one of my characters from my online comic SunDowner. I remember driving to every store I could think of trying to find costume parts with no luck, so in the end it was mostly stuff from my own closet. I did make the bow, though! #cosplay

Halloween 1999 I was going to be Utena, then I got FF8 in September and immediately had to be Quistis. My grandma, mom and my headed to Hancock fabrics and picked out “close enough” fabrics. Updated it in 2004 w/a wig, new pants and boots. Still have it all! #cosplay

I made Beatrix from FF9 for Animazement 2001, and it was a mess. Had no idea what I was doing! Only good parts were the parts my grandma and my parents helped with - the jacket and belt. The rest was falling apart cardboard, cotton gloves, poorly curled hair… 😹 always wanted to remake it, but alas…

Halloween 2000 - my first Sailor Jupiter costume. My grandma & mom helped me build this around an altered leotard. I tried to make boot covers out of the green taffeta from the skirt - those were so bad they never saw the light of day 😹 #cosplay #sailormoon

Didn’t finish covering all my old costumes before dragoncon so back at it - here’s my card captor Sakura costume from Animazement 2001. The outfit in the show is green, I made mine black because my fabric store didn’t have anything green and stretchy 😹 #cosplay

Another shot of my Lake Retreat Padme/Taylor Swift mashup. The robe was not originally supposed to be part of this, but I decided to throw my Disneybound robe into my bin, just so I could feel a little more covered up while walking around. I ended up loving how it looks together. #cosplay #dragoncon

My comic book Scarlet Witch at dragoncon 2008, my Wandavision Scarlet Witch at dragoncon 2021, and my Multiverse of Madness Scarlet Witch at Dragoncon 2025. #dragoncon #cosplay

Nothing like wearing a classic at #dragoncon - my Princess Leia costume was a great start to the weekend. Last time I wore senatorial at dcon was 2006, and that’s still the belt I wear with my current version! #cosplay #starwars

The silhouette of my new Belle ballgown I made for #dragoncon is everything I wanted. #cosplay

My husband and I wore our Baylan and Shin costumes to #Dragoncon again this year. Making them last year made me cry, so I insisted we needed to wear them again this year. 😹 I didn’t go through all that stress to wear them once! #cosplay #starwars

My Arwen blood red dress turned 20 this year, so I brought it back to #dragoncon for the occasion! On the left is me at dragoncon in 2005, right is 2025. It needed a little clean up - cauterizing some fraying trim, fixing a torn seam, and a new wig but not bad for 20! #cosplay #lotr

Sometimes my costumes aren’t complicated - I threw together this Agent Scully look a couple of years ago, consisting of a skirt I made for another costume, a wig I restyled, and a top and jacket I bought online and altered. It’s super comfy and people respond to it well at cons! #dragoncon #xfiles

When the stars align, I remake a costume for its 20th anniversary. This year it was my Belle ballgown - on the left is my 2005 version at dragoncon, and on the right is my new 2025 version, taken at the same spot - they’ve just remodeled. (The red carpet was such a vibe.) #dragoncon #cosplay

Since its Star Trek day here’s another look at my new Deanna Troi costume. After I wore this Thursday at #dragoncon, I decided the wig was too long and cut about 2-3 inches off it in the hotel room before wearing it again Sunday 😹 this pic was before the chop! #startrek #cosplay

I had this mashup idea in my head for a year and finally did it for #dragoncon this year - Lake Retreat Padme (Taylor’s Version)! Y’all know I’m obsessed with Padme’s lake dress and the Eras Tour bodysuit gradients always reminded me of it. #starwars #cosplay

I’ve had the fabric for the Multiverse of Madness Scarlet Witch suit sitting around for a couple of years and FINALLY got around to making it for #dragoncon this year. Got a few things to tweak but overall was super happy with the finished costume. #cosplay #scarletwitch

All of the Severance shenanigans at #dragoncon was so fun! The group photoshoot was incredible, the creativity was off the charts. Had a great time wearing my ritual Lorne costume handing out “Emile thanks you” badge ribbons! #cosplay #severance

My mom and I have wanted to do a Lwaxana and Deanna Troi costume duo for ages. Finally got to do it at #dragoncon this year! It was so fun helping her make this costume and walking around the con with her 💚 #cosplay #startrek

Highlight of this years #dragoncon for me was finally getting to do a group costume with my parents and husband. My parents have gone to cons and done costumes in the past - but they always took turns going to cons with me. This time we all got to go and we did a little LOTR group! #cosplay #lotr

Final #dragoncon line-up. No hard schedule. I’ll be out and about in some kinda costume starting Wednesday night.

Here’s me posting my “sad” hobby again- I made my recreation of Princess Leia’s wedding dress back in 2023. One of my fav costumes I’ve done! My fav character, my fav color, my fav fabrics, it just hit for me! #cosplay #starwars

My first version of Padme’s lake dress at dragoncon 2002 and my final version of Padme’s lake dress at dragoncon 2022! #cosplay #dragoncon #starwars

I had to simplify a few things on this to have it done and wearable for dragoncon, but my 3rd version of Belle’s ballgown is ready to go. I wanted her to look like a soft yellow flower and I think I got there. #cosplay #dragoncon

To make this Selphie (FF8) costume for Animazement 2001, I went to my grandmas house for her help. She was so excited I wanted to learn to sew! To this day, when she flips through the photo book of my costumes I made for her, she says “I’ve created a monster!” 😹 #cosplay

Another collection of random costumes I put together in 2001 or 2002. Mostly things I bought and modified, I think the only major thing I made here was my elf cloak for the LOTR midnight show in 2001. #cosplay

Another couple of MTAC 2001 costumes - Milly from Trigun and Cammy from Street Fighter. Both made out of bought and modified pieces. For some reason I still have the Cammy wig, but none of the rest of it. Pretty sure the Milly trenchcoat is still floating around here too. #cosplay

I made Ruby Moon from Card Captor Sakura for MTAC 2001. This was my first costume I entered in a costume contest and I won best craftsmanship – pretty cool! I haven’t worn this one since, the wings were just too much trouble to transport. I still have bits and pieces of it. #cosplay

My “Liberty Dies” Padme costume - I made this for dragoncon 2021, and rewore it in 2023 for a Padme costuming panel. It’s one of my favs. #cosplay #starwars

Duke Leto and Lady Jessica from Dune - we made these for dragoncon 2022! One of my favs we’ve done. #cosplay #dragoncon #dune

Getting excited for Dragoncon. Still got a lot to finish over the next week 😬 biggest hurdle now is finishing my Multiverse of Madness Scarlet Witch. Here’s a throwback to dragoncon 2021 when I debuted my Wandavision version. #cosplay #scarletwitch

I made my first version of Utena for MTAC 2001. I really really loved this costume. Hence why I have made it twice more! (you can see my more recent 2022 version elsewhere here) it was the first costume that I really fell in love with and it got me fully hooked into this silly hobby. #cosplay

I put together this Rally Vincent (Gunsmith Cats) costume sometime over the winter between 2001 and 2002. Not sure exactly when, since I didn’t wear it anywhere until Oticon 2002. It was made out of mostly bought and modified pieces but I always really liked how it turned out. #cosplay

I made She-Ra for Midsouthcon 2002 - and just had it out in January for a photoshoot! It needed a few repairs (and a new toy sword) but I was actually really happy with how well it photographed for a 23 year old mostly hot-glued costume 😹 #cosplay

Another Animazement 2002 costume - Ling Xiaoyu from Tekken 3. This was such a fun costume - & one I just had out a few months ago for a photoshoot! Left photo is from AZ 2002 (by Neko7) and right is a white backdrop shot from January 2025. It wasn’t in great shape - but still wearable! #cosplay

Another Animazement 2002 costume, Lulu from FFX. A costume that was so far beyond my skill level at the time it was laughable - but i had fun making and wearing it. Thought about remaking it for its 20th anniversary but didn’t get around to it. Maybe 25th 😹 #cosplay

For Animazement 2002, I made this Misato costume. It’s made of red pleather 💀 in 2017 I noticed the pleather was starting to deteriorate, so we did a white backdrop shoot before it became unwearable. I do still have it, but in 2019 I made a new Misato so I could feel ok w/saying bye to this one.

My very first Star Wars costume – a last-minute Princess Leia costume my mom & I threw together for the midnight show of attack of the clones in May 2002. Totally not accurate, but I was hooked. I wish I still had this version but somehow I’ve lost it over the years. #cosplay #starwars

Another costume I made for Otakon 2002 - Urd from Oh! My Goddess. This was one of my favs from back then. Ended up using the wig and boots for other costumes, so haven’t been able to wear it since 2004, or shoot it on our backdrop. One day I’ll cobble it back together. #cosplay

Also for Otakon 2002 I put together this Lum (Urusei Yatsura) costume. My grandparents went w/me that year, & I didn’t want them to know I did this costume, so I left the hotel wearing normal clothes, carrying the costume in a backpack & changed in a public restroom at the con center 😹 #cosplay

For my one time ever at Otakon in 2002, I made Lina Inverse from the Slayers OVA; I liked this costume of hers more than her regular series one. I do still have all of this (minus the pleather pants that disintegrated), hoping to cobble it all back together for a shoot one day soon. #cosplay

My first “serious” Star Wars costume & the one that kicked off my obsession with the Padme lake dress. I made this for dragoncon 2002 and I loooved it. Wore it a lot! Made versions 2 and 3 in 06, made version 4 in 08 and 5 in 2019. Still have & am sentimental about this 1st one! #cosplay #starwars

My oldest comic book costume - my Shadowcat/Kitty Pryde I made for dragoncon 2002! I loved this costume - updated it and brought it back to dcon in 2014. This pic is the original version from 2002. #cosplay #xmen

For dragoncon 2002 I threw together this Buffy the Vampire Slayer costume out of parts of other costumes. It was a great easy downtime costume at the con, especially since Buffy was still on air with an active fandom at the time! #cosplay