The Elf Fantasy Fair september 2010

All the hard work and the costs were totally worth it!Ofcourse I had lots of fun making the costumes, but having them admired by other people gives such a boost to my confidence as an artist.

The Elf Fantasy Fair was great! Kelsey and I could hardly walk 5 meters without being surrounded by dozens of photographers. We couldn't even eat or fix our make up without being photographed XD. Also, pleople who had awesome costumes themselves came over to talk to me who would not have noticed me otherwise. I had great fun :D

On saturday we went with a group of 8 people and on sunday Kelsey and I met up with a friend of hers and that friend's boyfriend. It was fun :D! I can't believe it's already over ;_; boohoo what's 2 days on 6 months of anticipation XD

Anyway, Here are some photos of the final results (I haven't yet got any good ones of maart & pris though, maybe I'll change them later).

I made The fairy wings, spartacus costume and ofcourse "general Andraste" (purple, black & gold). Kelsey and I made her costume "Queen Imperia Crimson" together (the beautiful red queen).

fairy wings

Maarten came over with his girlfriend to try on his costume.Even the pants fit quite well yay! There's still some work left to do on the pants, but it won't take long.

Also about a week ago I watched a tutorial on how to make fairy wings! They were supposed to be easy and quick to make. I was excited and wanted to make them but for whom?So I asked Maarten's girlfriend Priscilla if maybe she would want to wear fairy wings and come to the eff with us. I asked her what color they had to be and she said purple and pink. So here they are!







Me, being a newb at this failed trying to do it the way the woman on the tutorial video did. She used cheap white stockings pulled over iron wire. I already had iron wire and got myself a couple of different pairs of stockings. I failed at streching those wide enough. all they did was deform the wing shape. I should have had strechier stockings (larger size?) and stronger wire (though my wire is already quite thick!).


So after that failed experiment I found some old and cheap fabric lying around. It was sort of see through. I had hoped it would turn out better but the paint sort of closed up the holes in the fabric so it's not really see through anymore. My next set of fair wings will have to be made more appropriate fabric.

I hope Priscilla will like them :3
If not. I'll try to sell them XD