Geek Lifestyle – Page 4 – The Fabric Alchemist

How we cosplayed ECCC ’14

April 24, 2014

A small sampling of the ECCC 2014 cosplay. … More How we cosplayed ECCC ’14

With These Rings we will wed

April 21, 2014

Greg and I started our ring making process yesterday. This marriage thing is real. … More With These Rings we will wed

Let it Go (a musical interlude)

February 25, 2014

I saw this on NPR.org yesterday and I can’t stop watching this multilingual version of “Let it Go.” … More Let it Go (a musical interlude)

Elizabeth Comstock Costume Notes

February 24, 2014

As soon as we encountered Elizabeth in Bioshock:Infinite, I was eager to cosplay this brunette. She was so damn spunky and after a few hours of gameplay Greg and I were very invested in her and her story. … More Elizabeth Comstock Costume Notes

Forging a marriage with handmade rings

February 9, 2014

We found a jeweler who will help us make our own wedding rings and we have a chance to win a free workshop. Will you vote for our story? … More Forging a marriage with handmade rings

2013 Handmade Gift Wrap-up

January 22, 2014

I am always ready to blog about a gift as soon as I have completed it, but then I run the risk of ruining the surprise for the recipients. So consider this my wrap-up of some of the gifts, or gift-like projects, I made at the end of 2013. I am very proud of all … More 2013 Handmade Gift Wrap-up

Lady Assassin (Ezio Series) Cosplay Notes

January 20, 2014

This is the very, very, very delayed 4th and Final installment of my Assassins Creed/Ezio Auditore Costume Series. You can read all of the Ezio posts here. I’m not going to lie. I was a little jealous of the attention Greg received as Ezio at Emerald City Comic Con 2012. Two kids asked him to sign their shirts, … More Lady Assassin (Ezio Series) Cosplay Notes

Building a Kid’s Costume Trunk

September 17, 2013

Paying it forward, one costume and prop at a time. … More Building a Kid’s Costume Trunk

Researching video game fashion history for cosplay

July 22, 2013

Bioshock: Infinite takes place in an alternate reality, in 1912. Columbia, the city in the clouds where this game takes place is a manufactured “utopia” engineered by a bigoted antagonist. The protagonist (the player) is a veteran of the Battle of Wounded Knee (1890) and is haunted by his violent killings of Native Americans, there are … More Researching video game fashion history for cosplay