All that Glitters is GOLD

Glittering in the afternoon sun, we have all been dubbed Edward Cullen.  Yes we glitter gold but it is so much better because we EXTERMINATE emo vampires!  In short the Dalekette dresses are coming along wonderfully!  we have cut all of the playpen balls in half, pre-punctured them for easy sewing purposes and spray-painted them gold with an extra layer of crystal clear.  In short they are spectacular and shiny!

And we have sooooo many to put on our skirts!  Although due to sad :( logistics if we want to be able to sit down in class wearing our costumes we will not be able to put the bumps on the back as we had originally hoped.  Sadness and woe.  However that does mean we have to attach fewer balls to the skirts :D  So only about 150 in all... which doesn't seem to many now but in a few days it will be hell!  Also we need to get some interfacing to iron on little circles to the back of the skirts.  This way we won't make any pulls or run into any problems when we sew on the bumps.  Also with pre-ironed spots to center the bumps in, it will take a lot of the thinking out of the sewing, but then again all of that thinking and more will be needed to iron on the spots in the first place!  If you're wondering what 150+ spray-painted gold semi hemispheres looks like you're in luck!

No doubt you're amazed and disoriented by the incredible sparkle blinding you.  But through that haze of Edward Cullen Glare (AHHH MY EYES ARE BLEEDING) you may be musing over those black things stuck in the middle of the super protective sea of newspaper.  Those would be our super smart, lightweight, and cheep version of the Dalek's plunger... which isn't even a plunger in the show to begin with so why stick with the common stereotype?!  Anyway those black spray-painted margarita glasses don't look like much at this angle but when you have on in hand menacingly thrusting it at your dreaded enemy/friend, it looks pretty bad ass and reallllllly nerdy.  So here's a last close up from the super terrible angle...

Ironing and hand-sewing is on the schedule for the next couple of weeks and then it's party day!!!

Crazy, So Crazy For Crocheting You

So for the last couple of weeks I've had Setsucon on my mind (it's the anime convention around here).  So I have been obsessively compulsively crocheting these cute little change purses.  ADORABLE!!!!  I've finished off two Pokéballs and am working on Mr. and Mrs. Packman purses.  I've also been informed there are such things in the Pokémon universe called Great Balls, Master Balls, and Ultra Balls, which should also be crocheted in copious amounts!   :)  One of my friends feels obligated to crochet little Pokémon to go inside the balls so when we sell them off we can charge more and the Cuteness Factor breaks the meter!  So anyhow the Pokéballs are about 3inches across... very rough guess-to-mate.  I'm also thinking about selling the pattern, since I made it up myself but that's still to be decided.  Anyhow here are the pics of the Pokéball that I have done!

and here it is opened and being all changepurse-y