29th January 2012: Earrings It's very rare that I wear earrings so I'm reluctant to buy a new cheap pair that I'll hardly wear - Put together in less than half an hour with stuff I already had and though it's not exactly accurate, I think they'll have to do :) .. unless I do change my mind and actually find a perfect pair XD

28th January 2012: Necklace complete OOOOOH YEAHHHH!! Chained everything together and though the charm does look naff, I've concured the necklace!! >:D So much tedious chaining, hacking and keeping it symmetrical - One of my many enemies in cosplay XD Anyways, I'm COMPLETE ... is what I'll be saying if I hadn't forgotten about the earrings OTL

28th January 2012: Charm LOL to a naff job of the charm XD But I figured since it's so small, all the imperfections won't be that noticeable XD Have to be careful stringing this onto the necklace though .. gah! It woulda been so much more easier if this charm didn't exist on the art work - I think I lost sleep trying to think of a good solution that's cost effective - By cost effective I meant free XD

27th January 2012: The one situation where the pliers become your best friend XD Seriously, without them I woulda struggled for days lol I still spent a good 2 hours trying to unchain, rechain, hack and string this whole thing together DX It's so pretty as it's tediously annoying ¬.¬ The necklace is made up of left over glass pearls, a dog tag chain and a necklace chain I hardly wear anymore - basically stuff I already had lying around which made a great sacrifice XD It's just the charm I have to sort out - frankly, I prefer the necklace without it but for accuracy sake, I must prevail! >:D Probably will make it outta clay or something since I know I don't have anything remotely similar to it in the house :/

Also, dangling on the weird ribbon across the shoulder spam, I notice there is a cross - I went through a phase collecting nothing but beautifully decorated crosses and I felt that one of the ones I own were perfect for it :D

27th January 2012: Dress 90% done Tried on the dress today to find that it is slightly hard to get into (but can't do anything about it ^^;), the straps are too loose and the string of pearls are a little long DX Pretty much almost complete except for the fact I have to correct shortening the straps and undo the beading to get a few pearls off DX I honestly thought I was just about finished with this cosplay until I came to that harsh reality that I still have the damn necklace to do >_<

27th January 2012: Bead problem >_< Crystalneko did warn me about this before hand and I was dreading it - I finished stringing the beads (a good 4ms there) and sewed it onto the dress and just as I anticipated, it weighs the bodice down DX The only solution I can think of is to gamble all that weight onto the chain strap by sewing it - I remember one of the ideas Crystalneko did mention was to sew an invisible strap - I may adopt this idea but I'll need to test it by wearing the bodice first and see how the chain copes ....if it is uncomfortable, I may need to reduce the amount of pearls or buy smaller sized ones DX *fingers crossed* it'll be ok ...

27th January 2012: Fiddly straps The one bit I have been dreading mostly is the damn annoying shoulder straps for this dress - this dress is a classic example that when a mangaka draws something so beautiful, the logistics of the construction goes outta the window XD There's no way that a strap as thin as a thread can be neatly sewn into the ribbon and expect the whole dress to be held up by them XD To counter this solution, I butchered a couple of dog tag chains and punched eyelets into satin ribbon and had to very patiently attach the chains together... it was so damn tedious!! >.< especially the small line of pearls at the front - I couldn't just simply string the pearls along the chain cos the holes were too small to fit >_< Luckily, I thought of a solution which surprisingly didn't take me long ....

27th January 2012: Beads When I went abroad, I came across a street that specialized in selling haberdashery - I kid you not but there was one entire shop which sold nothing but beads, buttons, embellishments, studs etc. It was amazing!! I coulda stayed there all day if I could have!! and so wish there was a street like that locally ... amongst this area, I passed a shop which had some white glass pearl beads within packets and I imagine each contained about 80 ish beads(?) that were selling for less than 50p each!!! *_* So I thought, well I'm not gonna get this chance again so I brought 6 packets XD They were just perfect for Haine's string of beads! :D

27th January 2012: Dress wip 2 Photo just to show the finished petticoat with the finished blue dress and how the ribbon is all sewn into place and with the roses stuck down - I added a few extra glass pearl to give it that extra 'cinderella' magic :3 I'm happy with it so far but I'm so not looking forward to the neckline bits... ¬¬

25th January 2012: Hand made roses Entry showing all finished roses different in sizes to balance the roses out a bit on the dress - I'm happy it was only an extra 8 and not the insane number I had to make for Will XD

25th January 2012: Pink roses and handmade flowers BARGAIN BUY!!! :D The rose on the right is store brought whilst the other is hand made by me :3 At first I was only gonna use the brought ones but when I tested plotting 3 roses at one gathering of the dress, it look too huge O.o so the solution was for me to make some smaller in size to balance it out - fortunately, I had left over pink crepe satin from my Mulan cosplay so I use up all of that to make new ones :D Oh how I love when remnants come useful XD to finish the centre I sewed a glass pearl :)

24th January 2012: Silver leaves I notice in the art work that there are some leaves amongst the dress so I decided to use some artificial ones (of course) - greatest bargain ever as I got them along side 9 pink roses for only £1.75 :D Anyways, since I thought green would be a bit harsh against this dress, I painted them silver :) After I finished, the green did still show through but I quite liked the effect as it made it feel quite wintry - like snow glazing the surface of leaves :3

20th January 2012: Skirt wip Sewed the under skirt together using fabric which I brought originally for Aurora but realised that the shade was too sky blue for her DX But it wasn't a waste cos I remembered that Haine's dress was a lighter blue in colour :D

Photo on the left shows how it looks without any layers underneath whilst the photo on the right shows it with the petticoat - doesn't look like much difference but believe me there is! :D When I tried on the skirt without the extra poofiness it was flat as anything! >< Originally I was planning to sew the 2 things together but then I realised I needed it for my Saint Seiya Athena cosplay :D All I have to do now is sew a waist band and the zip (which I stupidly forgot when I was in the shop DX)

17th January 2012: Base dress complete? Dress is boned, lined and has one side ruched up :D It didn't go exactly how I wanted it but it does basically what the art work is showing (Where Haine is holding it up - in reality if she held it by the ribbons, they would snap off the dress right away XD) The other little gatherings and the blue ribbon is not sewed it - just pinned to test how it'll sit and I'm happy with it so far :D Without the blue it would just look like a wedding dress XD

15th January 2012: Dress wip After FINALLY deciding how to make the dress and getting hold of the right pattern, I began making it. I mostly procrastinated so much with this cos it was drawn differently in every art work DX
Anyways, what you see in the photo is of it so far without it being lined. I'm using my skirt that I made for Aurora underneath to test the shape as it has the exact poofiness and shape that I need but it's not the right shade of blue so I shall be aiming to make a new traiil skirt with a lighter shade :D

29th November 2011: Wig WIP I know I shoulda got on with the dress first but it really is giving me headaches on the pattern so I decided to style the wig today ^^;

The wig I have chosen is a double blond highlighted wig - from the art work I never saw Haine having just one colour - I'm happy I got quite a sweet deal on it as I didn't need this wig to be heat resistant and it was on sale :D I wanted it to be a bit longer but meh beggars can't be choosers XD

The wig is pretty much almost done but will need to sort out those ringlets a bit later - I actually had fun styling this and it's super cute with the pom poms -^^-

Took me a whole morning but not much editting done really - just cut the front bangs a bit and gelled strands into place. To make the ringlets, I just loosely curled strands of the wig and secured with hair pins that I attached to the huge pom poms

7th November 2011: Dress pattern wip Ok this entry's not exactly a 'start start' on the actual dress but it's more of a cry for help!! DX Before beginning to estimate how much fabric I need to buy and what pattern to use, I began by using my Aurora skirt as the under dress (which I could actually get away with using as it's blue and the right pattern for this dress :D) and over it is my Disney Selphie dress to test where it should be pinned - I am so not sure about it and would seriously appreciate any advice and pattern suggestions if you think it looks really odd too? My other option was to use a circle dress but it had way too much volume ... Dear god I dunno what to do!! DX

1st November 2011: Line art Such a pain in the butt to figure out how to make this dress as each time, it was drawn differently >.<

1st November 2011: Reference colour Title speaks for itself really XD