pics from animania oct 06 sydney Town hall

kimono sleeves in the making... oh and the weird stain bit was me trying to save my work after a little hand tried to help mummy while she wasnt looking! a bit late in posting... this is Tia and I on stage at sydneys town hall! i sewed the kimonos from my trusty pattern and hand painted them! 1st time cosplay (dressing up in costume to be some sort of character usually from anime or video games) our character was kokoro from dead or alive 4 which is on playstation 2. My obi was of interesting design.. since i didnt have the budget to do a 12metre satin obi or the patience to learn how to do it perfectly and tightly.. i pre-made it with foam, velcro and lots of pins! it also meant that it didnt take a few hours just to put on and that it simple enough to fix up every hour and suitable for a 3year old also to wear! ~~> on stage at the end.. see im not the only crazy one! Alot of theese pictures where taken by people in the crowd! I wouldnt want to be famous! I was surely treated like one on the day tho! All the girls loved Tia, she was so adorable and they loved that she sat down japanese stye in her kimono (little do they know Tia rarely sits still or always on her knees) it was hard getting around with everyone asking to take pictures, a experience i wont quicky forget! Getting from one stall to another was a challenge (that and remembering afterwards where i wanted to go) my kimono was far from perfect and had a few mistakes but i did pretty well in the little time i had... i made the pattern for Tia's kimono from scratch... so proud of that! lol! the japanese realy do have to be skinny to look good or slim in a kimono! (especially the many layered winter ones) so yeah... me who is to timid to go anywhere near a gym, let alone a pump class or anything... went on stage... dressed so differently and stood out in a crowd.. drew attention to myself like i would not believe... yikes! and having a ton of cameras going off all by complete strangers and then finding them on the web! what an experience!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH (i will continue to hide now)