Agriculture Fun

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I have clearly vague memories of attending the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair when I was in kindergarten. I don’t think I’ve been any other time in the intervening years.

This was the deciding factor when I saw ads for it on TV; I wanted to go, for the nostalgia. I called up Michelle, and she was totally up for it.

So we packed up Farmer Timmy, and went to celebrate all things agricultural.

I haven’t put up an album with the rest of the photos on FB yet, which is weird. It’s usually the first thing I do…

Beauty for the Heart

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CosParty put up another event in October: a charity production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, in conjunction with the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

We we treated to wonderful vocal performances from an amazing cast.

Take a look!

Hobbit Day Celebration

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We met the folks from CosParty Toronto at FanExpo 2018, which resulted in a flurry of likes and follows on Social Media.

That’s how we found out that the group was planning a special get-together for Hobbit Day. (This is Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday, for the uninitiated.)

It didn’t take much convincing to get my friend, Michelle, to buy tickets with me. I also decided that I needed to be in costume for this gathering, alongside Timmy.

Here are some highlights from the day:

Quick Update!

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If you’re following us on Instagram then you know that we’ve not been idle.

From FanExpo we headed to a hobbit party, the Royal Winter Fair, and we attended a charity performance of Beauty and the Beast.

There was Halloween and New Years; there was Comicon and Lightning Thieves.

I plan to throw up posts for all these in the next few weeks or so, so stay tuned!

🙂

Vest Smuggling?

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Behind the Scenes, han solo, photos, sewing, star wars

I’ve tried making vests in the past with varied success, and with the time crunch hanging over my head I was a little freaked out, because I didn’t have a lot of time to get it right at this stage of the game.

Earning Our (Blood)Stripes

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The Corellian Bloodstripes are as iconic as Jedi robes in some Star Wars circles, though they’re trickier to reproduce. No amount of searching could net me anything but images from build-threads, with little to no commentary on the techniques used, so I had to improvise.

Fan Expo 2018 – Day 4

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When trying to decide on a costume for Sunday, I had a bit of an identity crisis on Timmy’s behalf.

We had a photo-op with Mark Sheppard that morning, and so we were going to revisit Timmy Reynolds. However, when I pulled the costume out of the box, I noticed that it was missing a button on the over-coat. I, for the life of me, could not find the beads I’d used to creat the buttons in the first place, and so could not repair the costume in time for the day.

Normally I wouldn’t care, but I’ve come to a point where I actually care about whether or not my monkey wears shabby clothes in public, and with a day filled with potential photo-ops, I didn’t want him in a sub-par costume.

Fan Expo 2018 – Day 3

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Fan Expo, han solo, photos, star wars

I mentioned a few days ago that I originally needed a costume for Thursday, but because of a cancellation, I was able to have an extra two days to work on it.

While I’m a little sad about Peter Mayhew’s cancellation, I was so happy to have the extra time with this costume, because the details on his belt were driving me crazy.

The epiphany I’d had with similar details on Luke’s belt were implimented on Han Solo’s belt/holster Friday night, and by Saturday we were ready to roll.

Fan Expo 2018 – Day 2

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Friday we were able to debut the first of the two new costumes, and I was up later than I liked the night before putting on the finishing touches.

We managed to get Timmy Skywalker, A New Hope Edition, sorted out, and he looked pretty good, for a last-minute effort!

Fan Expo 2018 – Day 1

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Thursday was our usual reconnaissance day.

This year I had planned to have one of the two new costumes ready for this, because I’d booked a photo-op with Peter Mayhew, and Timmy’s always in costume for photo-ops. Unfortunately, Peter had to cancel his appearance, and I received a 48-hour stay of execution.

Here’s a few snaps from our first day: