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Happy Alice in Wonderland Day!

July 4th commemorates the first time Lewis Carol told the story to Alice Liddell and that sounds like a very good reason to celebrate today 🎂🎆

A very merry un-birthday to all 🎉☕️🫖

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👗 Alice (me)
🌹 White Rose
🌼 Yellow Flower .aceland
🗓 Event: Alice in Wonderland Themed Meet .nm

💲Total cost: $47.13

💰Alice Cost breakdown:
Wig: $8.9 (Amazon)
Dress: $8.02 (SHEIN)
Corset: $8.99 (Amazon)
Petticoat: $18.01 (Amazon)
White tights: $3.21 (SHEIN)
Apron: Closet
Shoes: Closet

The calm before the storm that is Misty 💧

📸 Photographer: .photography
👗 Cosplay: Misty from Pokémon (me)
🗓 Event: River Nomads Meet

So thankful to have a long weekend away from work, the stress and anxiety has me having a short fuse like Misty lately lol hopefully three days will be long enough to get back to this version again 🫠 -HaHa

🛠 Pokéball and Pokédex made by me 🛠 rest of the costume was sourced from my closet.

💲Total cost: $22.77

💰Cost breakdown:
Wig: $15.13 (Amazon)
Suspenders: $3.64 (Amazon)
Shirt: $2 (Forever 21) (layered 2 shirts for coverage)
Shorts: $2 (Thrift store)
Pokéball: $2.1 (supplies from Dollar Tree)
Pokédex: Free (used a 3D printer at school as part of a class)

🌸 "I'm so glad you get to see my version of Spring" 🌸
— Persephone, Lore Olympus

🌸: Persephone (Lore Olympus):
📸: .photography
📆: .nm Legends & Lore meet 2025

How am I even supposed to choose which pictures to post 😭 Clarissa, you gave me so many gorgeous options. I'm starting with these, but I'm going to be posting her for awhile 🥰🤗 can't get over how all of these came out. This is just a fraction lol I'm saving the dreamy ones for later ✨️

"I steal from those who can afford it... and I look good doing it." – Black Cat 🖤✨

Was looking for a Valentine's Day gift for Spidey, but I think I'm going to have to keep these for myself 😏

In LOVE with how these turned out 🖤✨️ Thank you to Andrew for bringing the extra lights and working your camera magic!

💎: Black Cat (Marvel Comics)
📸:
Photo taken at the 2023 Neon Nights meetup

Costume assembled by me
Cost break down:
Wig: $10.99
Catsuit: $29.32
Gloves: $4.31
Corset: $10.99
Feather trim: $19.97
Foam (to make the mask): $0.35
Choker: Free (closet - clearance section for $0.50, handcuffs were from a longer necklace I had)
Shoes: Free (closet - $6? at a thrift store YEARS ago)
Total: $75.93

I already had most of these pieces from other costumes, I just had to add the feather trim and mask, so my out-of-pocket cost was about $20 to add Black Cat to my cosplay closet. Cosplay doesn't have to be expensive 🖤

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2024 Cosplay Recap! What's your New Year's resolution? ✨️

👗: Alice (Alice in Wonderland)
📸:

Last year my resolution was just to get through 2024, and it was rough 😅 but here I am!

In 2025 I'd like to:
Travel to a place I've never been before.
Make two new cosplays.
Go to one out of state con.
Present a cosplay panel.
See friends more often.
And focus on cosplay again 💖
This year I made 10 IG posts, next year I want to make at least 30 ✨

As I reflect on this past year, it's easy to compare myself to other cosplayers and feel like I didn't do enough. I didn't really make any new cosplays, didn't go to a bunch of cons, didn't guest anywhere, and really fell off the bandwagon in terms of posting 💀 (only 10 posts this year). BUT a lot happened this year so I'm giving myself grace, not every year can be high performing, and sometimes your 100% can be just getting through the year.

All that said, here's a list of things that made me happy this year:

• A cosplay picture of me was shown in an art gallery! Thank you

• and and their photoshoot meetups, it's so nice to have an excuse to get dressed up and amazing to be around so many creative people, I've met so many wonderful people through these meets and gotten so many amazing photos.

• Got to visit a long distance friend and fellow cosplayer .thisisme2

• Presented FOUR cosplay panels at Galaxy Con in CA

• Created a new cosplay panel (on the plane ride over 🙈)

• I felt like I didn't do a lot of photoshoots, but I did NINE! Not all of them were cosplay so maybe that's why it feels like less

• Wore 12 different cosplays

• Put together 2 new cosplays

• Attended 2 conventions

• Saw my favorite band in concert

• Was able to travel for work, family, and fun ✈️

It's easy for me to remember the bad things, because those are what effected me the most at the time, but looking back on it, I think it's the little joys everyday and across the year that had the most lasting impact on me. Those are what I'd like to remember.

I wish all of you a wonderful new year 💖

Starfire in college, studying between classes 📘
👗: Starfire (Teen Titans) 💜
📷:
🤓 Fun Fact! That's my actual Physics textbook, and because of that, one of my most expensive cosplay props 💀 (it cost more than my whole cosplay lol)
Photo taken at the UNM March 2023 meet of (Previously called Street Meet NM at that time)
Cosplay by me, mostly thrifted and modified pieces. Based on the art by

🍕 "One large pizza with mint frosting, pickles, and bananas please" -Starfire
Robin: "Uh, Starfire? Not everything on the menu is a pizza topping"
👗: Starfire (Teen Titans) 💜
📷:
Peep the last slide for a polaroid picture! I have it framed on my shelf, it's such a cool memento from my very first Street Meet (now called TheCollectiveNM) meetup 💜 Thank you so much Andrew! It's so cool to see film at the meets, love every time I see the polaroid come out, it adds something extra special.
Photo taken at the UNM March 2023 meet of
Cosplay made by me 🎭

🎃👻 I'm a Geist that really likes to Polter 👻🎃

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Too many good photos to choose just 10 😅

This was originally going to be an "R.I.P. to my Twenties" shoot to celebrate my 30th birthday, but the trail was too dark and too far away for my foil 30 balloons, so we had to leave them in the car. Still think the photos came out really cool 😎 you can't see it, bit my glasses say RIP to my 20s 🕶

Wait til you see the shoot video 😏🕺

Photos by
Ghost and Edits by (me)

Galaxy Con photo dump! ✨️

Finally caught up on sleep enough and looked through all of the photos I took at GalaxyCon - San Jose 😄 it was so cool meeting so many great people 💖

Let me know if you have any con recs ⬇️ I don't have any planned rn and feel empty lol

Thank you so much to everyone who attended any of my panels! 🤗

We gave out free cake from on Sunday as a belated birthday celebration for Rae 🤤 If you haven't already, check her out! She'll be outside SacAnime next weekend 📅 She also ships the cake jars (GF too 🤤🤗) across the US and takes custom orders in the Bay Area 👀

📷Photos📷
1. Cosplay lineup: Friday - Velma (Scooby Doo), Saturday - Ariel (The Little Mermaid), Sunday - Killua (Hunter×Hunter)
2. Sunday's 1st panel: Cosplay on a Shoestring
3. Sunday's 2nd panel: Foamsmithing 101
4. Friday (1/2): Travel and selfies
5. Friday (2/2): Selfies, karaoke, closing out the rave and birthday!
6. Saturday: Meeting Ariel, and selfie with as many little mermaids as possible
7. Sunday: Free cake, more selfies, and travel home ❤

If you missed any of my panels you can download the PDF in my linktree (in bio)

💭Zero to Hero: The Basics of Cosplay

💭Lights, Camera, Cosplay!: What you need to know for a photoshoot

💭Cosplay on a Shoestring: Creating Amazing Costumes on a Budget

💭Foamsmithing 101

May the 4th is over, time for revenge of the 5th 😈
👗: Sith (Star Wars)
📷: .ting12

May the fourth be with you 🌌 Unless you're a Jedi, then prepare to face my wrath 👿
👗: OC Sith
📷: .ting12

Any advice for a first time raver? ✨️😅
I'm one of the featured cosplayer's for 's anime rave Saturday night! So excited and honored 💖 It'll be my first time at a rave, so all advice welcome!
If you're in town (Albuquerque) and 21+ come see me and my friends!
I think I'll be Misty from Pokémon 💧 Jessie is a little hot to wear lol
Pictured here:
👗Jessie from Team Rocket (Pokémon)
📷 Original picture
🖼 Picture frame by TouchGrassEnt
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