Lothlorien Cosplay

Feeling very confident about my Mon Mothma project

I was able to pin my top layer to the structured base and it seems to do exactly what I was hoping it would do. Now I just need to make the other side of the bodice and make everything as symmetrical as possible 😭

Tonight I went to grab a pack as a bedtime snack.

The box is empty.

This box sits on my “snack shelf” in my kitchen.

Checked with family and no one was here today. I have a hard time imagining someone would come into my disaster of a house, steal 7 packs of peanut butter crackers and leave.

On the other hand, if it was an animal, I can’t imagine they’d leave the box. And I feel like there would definitely be evidence in the form of wrappers

The only other option is ghosts.

I try not to post too many videos here but the whole point of this skirt is I wanted it to have dramatic movement and I’m just so excited with how it’s coming along!

This skirt has been a dream for me with pleats, ruffles, and gathers! All some of my favorite things to do

Working on Rosie!

I really wanted to play with cartridge pleats this year and decided to just do them on Rosie to make the skirt really full and fun!

I wore my “Florence” dress to a local cosplay ball last week and got a couple lovely photos back! I also wore the celestial themed corset belt I made last year and it was honestly the perfect touch!

Finally started to pleat my Rosie skirt

Back in November tickets for Florence and the Machine’s current tour went on sale. I pre-registered for Madison Square Garden.

Got to the queue as soon as it opened and there were 10s of thousands of people in front of me. I knew I had no chance for the tickets I wanted at face value

While I was in the queue I checked her socials and saw they had JUST announced a second night at MSG. I decided to take a chance and leave my current queue and go for the new night. I quickly registered and got in with 10 whole people in front of me.

After several minutes of tickets disappearing before I could check out, I got one to stay. It was more money that I expected and I weighed the option of not doing it but decided to use the installment feature with PayPal and just go for it.

Completed checkout and then actually looked at me ticket, realizing that it was a VIP ticket with early entry and free merch. Ahhh

The tour opens in Europe and her stage is this really long catwalk setup. I learn if you have a VIP ticket, you’re guaranteed to be at the barricade, in the front row. AHHH

I’ve never even had a floor or GA ticket for a concert in my life. I have no idea what to expect.

Fast forward to Wednesday, aka, concert day. I met a kind soul while waiting in line who was a veteran attendee for this tour and from Ireland, her first time in New York! She helped me get a good spot at the barricade and we ended up having the best show together.

I was so nervous and didn’t know what to expect to the point where I hope I might get that chance again in the future because I spent so much of the concert in shock and awe (in a good way)

I drove home the next day and all I could think is how badly I wanted to go again with any kind of ticket just to have a bit more lowkey and less nerve wracking experience

Looked at tickets for the next 2 shows (1 in NY and 1 in Jersey) but just couldn’t justify spending the money.

2 hours after I got home, I get a message from a friend asking if I want 2 free tickets to the show the next day.

I say yes.

Wake up the next morning to one of my best friends admitting defeat and telling me she is too sick to go to the concert and asking if I’d go with our other friend so she doesn’t miss out too

I say yes.

I rehome the other tickets I got.

I get back in my car and drive back down towards the city.

Meet up with my friend and we get to see the show again in Brooklyn.

Seeing it from the nosebleeds helps me process my other show and I get some videos of both the show and myself (my favorite thing to do at concerts is record myself randomly so I could look back relive how I felt in those moments)

I drive back home again the next day.

It was incredible, exhausting, made me feel alive in ways I haven’t felt in a long time, and made really hate how much of my life is spent working when there’s so much more out there

Florence only increases her power as my favorite artist. I would follow her anywhere.

See you next tour, King.

Throwback to 2 days ago when Florence Welch smiled at me and then held my hand for a few seconds

Guess who ended up at Florence again tonight

Got to attend a coven gathering to honor our divine goddess, Florence Welch last night

I don’t know how to process tonight on other socials yet so I’m just sharing some of my photos from the Everybody Scream tour at MSG night 2

Tonight I was at a show that started less than 10 minutes before Artemis II was expected to splashdown

The conductor came out and firstly I was excited because she was a woman and it was the first show I’d seen this season with a female conductor

Then someone a few rows over said something and she laughed and flashed her phone screen to them to show she had the livestream up. She then said she’d asked the theater manager if they could delay just a couple minutes so she could watch it

She propped up her phone on her music stand and as soon as it showed good chutes and a safe landing, she put her phone away and started the show!

Beltane Ball first weekend in May- Mon Mothma gold dress

NoCoCon 2nd weekend of June- Rosie s2 outfit

Connecticon mid-July: Athena, Star Wars Anastasia, unbeaded Galadriel