New cosplay done!!!
So I sketched an idea for a Mario dress and the wifey brought it to life. I’m so excited with how it came out <3
First cosplay of the year for us :)
Princess Tiana is me.
Belle is my wifey, who made both gowns <3 <3 <3
A collection of me, my cosplay, my make up, clothes, just snippets of 2014.
This year has been quite the adventure. I traveled more than I ever have in my life. I met so many amazing people. I got my books and my crafts out there. I spoke up more than I ever have before about a variety of topics. It’s just been amazing.
To be honest, I never, ever expected to have fans, or be asked to be a guest anywhere, or anything like that. I never imagined having people who want to meet me, and who look up to me. All of you are so incredible, and are so important to me. Thank you all so much for supporting me and everything I do. I love you all <3
And, as always, if you take any cosplay message from me, it’s this: to love your cosplay is to love yourself. It’s so important to love yourself. There may be negative people out there, and what they say can, and does, hurt. But don’t let them stop you. Don’t let them keep you down. Don’t let them define who you are. YOU define who you are. You decide who you are. You hold your life in your hands and you have the power to make the very best out of it.
I believe in you :) Let’s have a great 2015!
Princess and the Frog was released back in 2009 today! As soon as I saw the movie, I knew that I wanted to cosplay Tiana. I love everything about her and she quickly became one of my favorite Disney princesses <3 I’ve had this cosplay since 2010, but I am still in love with it and bring it to cons any chance I get. I have a feeling that it’ll be in my cosplay wardrobe for a long time :)
Shout out to Nude Carbon Studios and Andrea Frederick Studios for the pictures in the top row. And, as always, you can check out my cosplay page here.
Take care, and keep working towards your dreams!
I was tagged by @cooke_gabrielle to do my favorite/top 4 cosplays of 2014. #cosplay #top4
1) #leilei #hesienko I put a lot of work into this cosplay and I really hope to get some really nice pictures of it soon. I worked a Aki Matsuri and though I didn’t win anything I’m still very proud of the way it turned out.
2)#fatherfuji I didn’t expect to look so much like an old man when I put this cosplay together. It was so much fun to see everyone’s faces when they saw it.
3) #Scanty I think scanty has been the most fun I’ve had. It was really great to walk around with the pain and the outfit, not to mention she had been a dream cosplay of mine. With Subaru as my sister it made it all the more fun!
4)#chunli I was so terrified to put this cosplay to gather. I’ve seen so many of my mentors do this cosplay and I was kind of scared I wouldn’t live up to it. When I finally finished it it was really exciting all the lovely encouragement I got from it. This cosplay is been the most motivating cosplay for me this year.
I tag @innocentlycreating @awesomesammich @littlebitx92 @auriheart
Look at this cutie!
So according to Gail Simone it’s Cosplay Appreciation Day! So here are some of my pics from this year. It’s been quite the year and we’ve gone to more cons than ever with our art, our books, and our costumes. It’s also been quite the year in spreading the message that cosplay is for everyone, and it’ll continue on into next year and years to come <3
Special thanks to my wifey (the Belle with the design on the front of the dress and pretty much the girl in every pic with me except for the group shot of Disney characters) for making these costumes and always being a supportive voice. Also thanks to all of the cool people I’ve met at all of these conventions and online through my cosplay page, I hope we all have just as much fun, or even more fun, next year. Thanks for all of the support in what I do, it means a lot to me :)
Also thanks to ilessthan3photography, Nude Carbon Studios, DWB Photography, Stray Things Photography and Cerulean Photography for the professional photos throughout the year :) And thanks to artists like asieybarbie and Timothy Lim for letting us use their work for our cosplay (asieybarbie for Neo Queen Serenity and Timothy Lim for the Five Nights at Freddy’s pizza box).
Also cosplay credits to the following people in the pictures above:
Queen of Hearts is Sweets4aSweet Cosplay
Belle (in the pic with the Queen of Hearts) is Pretty Lush Cosplay
Freddy Fazbear is Brad Duct-Tape Hale
My cosplay page is here and, as always, remember that to love your cosplay is to love yourself <3
Reblogging because it’s been about two weeks since I posted this and LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF NOTES THIS HAS! OMFG! I have never had a post skyrocket so quickly, or have so much love on it. I mean… whut? WHUT?!
Everyone, thank you from the bottom of my big ol’ heart. I’m so glad that people are not only enjoying the cosplay, but spreading the message of loving yourself and loving one another. Let’s all keep having a good time with this and keep being kind to one another along the way.
And, as always, to love your cosplay is to love yourself <3
Quick picture of Tiana at Daishocon. Such a fun time this weekend, thanks everyone for showing us a good time! Will have more pics later!
Good morning! We’re on our way to Daishocon! I’ll be Tiana all day today when I get there, hope to see you there!
I was tagged by Jezzabellgem Cosplay, Props & Costuming to name 4 of my favorite cosplays that I’ve done. I’m actually going to do 6! Special thanks to my wonderful wifey SnowCosplays for making all of these cosplays for me
1. Queen Minnie: This is the first ballgown cosplay I did. I really want to do it again some day. The wifey and I are kind of hoping that she gets a new outfit for Kingdom Hearts 3, otherwise, this dress is really adorable
2. Princess Peach: This one has special meaning to me, because it was the first time (to my knowledge) that I was bashed in cosplay, and I responded in such a public way by writing that article and frying that chicken. It really started me on this “cosplay is for everyone” path
3. Princess Tiana: I wanted to do her originally for completely biased “omg a black Disney princess” reasons, but after seeing the movie I really fell in love with her with her “work hard for your dreams” message. That and I always get such a great reaction to her, I really love seeing kids’ eyes light up when they see me.
4. Neo Queen Serenity: Sailor Moon is one of those series where my love gets renewed every time I see something from it. In this case, it was asieybarbie’s fanart. It was a really great moment putting this on, because Sailor Moon is one of her favorites, so seeing her face when she saw me in it was really great.
5. Wonder Woman: Who doesn’t love Wonder Woman? She’s such a great symbol of strength and empowerment. I feel so strong when I wear this cosplay, and I swear when I do get bashed while I’m wearing it, my brain is like, “Whatever I look fabulous.” I usually feel like that regardless, but something about Wonder Woman just makes me feel confident, no matter what.
6. Freddy Fazbear: I love this cosplay because it’s fun being scary. It’s so different from what I usually do. Also special shout out to Brad Duct-Tape Hale for being an amazing Freddy.
