Chinese New Year 2014 - Applejack (MLP *Equestria Girls*)

Hello, folks! ^^ It's me, Bri. Y'all have a good year so far? Anyway, let's get to the first post of 2014. ^^; Today, we slither out of the Year of the Snake and gallop into the Year of the Horse because we'll be focusing on Applejack from MLP: Equestria Girls!

Here she is! ^^ Many thanks to the MLP Wiki for letting me use this!

 

Here's another pic! ^^ Many thanks to Colorpaletpony of dA for letting me use this!

 

Here's what you need for this:

• A brown or plain straw cowboy hat
• A white long-sleeved collared shirt
• Green clothing dye
• A brown belt
• A denim skirt
• Brown cowboy boots
• Red and green felt
• Scissors
• Rubberbands
• Gorilla or any other fabric glue

Here's how to assemble it:

1. Tie the sleeves and bottom half with rubberbands, make the dye and dip the top half in it. Hang it upside down to dry (by the sleeves and hem of the shirt). NOTE: This is to be done outside and with an apron! Dyes will stain wood, carpet and fabric and may become permanent.
2. Cut out some apple shapes from the red felt and some stems and leaves out of the green felt. Glue six of the apples and the stems onto the boots and leave it alone to dry.
3. Once the glue's dry on the boots and the dye's dry on the shirt, get dressed! Safety pin the last apple onto your belt, put on a cowboy hat and you're done!

Hope you enjoyed, Gong Hey Fat Choy (Happy Chinese New Year) and have an awesome Super Bowl Sunday! Go SeaHawks!!

12 Cosplays of Christmas - 12 Bells A-Jingling (Santa uniform)

Day 12! ^^ This is it, people! The last recipe of 12 Cosplays of Christmas 2013! Now, for you big and small kids out there, who's coming down the chimney tonight? Santa, of course! ^^ Why do I bring this up? Because to send this sleigh back to the North Pole until next year, I'm doing the second part to my recipe of Mai from 'Itsudatte! My Santa!' Since I already posted her uniform yesterday, today I'm posting a recipe of her Santa suit along with her friends'.

Here's a cover of the Funimation dub of the OVA. ^^ We'll cover the other girls, too!

 

Here's the other Santa girl, Sharry! ^^ Many thanks to the Love Hina Wiki for letting me use this!

 

Here's the younger Santa girl, MaiMai! ^^ Ain't she cute? This can be the kids' suit. Again, many thanks to the Love Hina Wiki for letting me use this!

 

There's several ways to make this type of costume, so feel free to do whatever style you want. Here's what you need to assemble the girls:

• A red strapless dress *Mai*
• A pink belt *Mai*
• Red boots *Mai*
• A red strapless bra *Sharry*
• A red skirt *Sharry*
• Long white socks *Sharry*
• Red Mary Jane heels *Sharry*
• A white sheet *Sharry*
• White ribbon *Sharry*
• A long pink dress *MaiMai*
• Large white pom-poms (sold at craft stores like Michael's, JoAnn, WalMart, etc.)
• Long red gloves
• White faux fur
• A red or pink Santa hat (sold in most stores during this season)
• Fabric glue

Much like the 'Homestuck' Trolls, we'll focus on the uniform stuff. Here's how to assemble them:

1. Have somebody line the dress or bra and skirt with the fur and pin it on. They can sew it on or you can sew it on yourself. Do the same for the gloves, hem and cuffs (if you're doing MaiMai).
2. Afterwards, glue on the pom-poms onto the dress and wait until the glue dries. You can sew these on too, but it's best sewn by hand.
3. If you're doing Sharry, draw a zigzag shape onto the sheet, cut it out, line the top with ribbon and sew it on. Tie the cape around your neck once you're done. This works better if you drape it over your shoulders and measure it first before drawing the shape.
4. For Sharry's hair, simply tie your hair into pigtails with strips of ribbon and entwine them in your hair.
5. For MaiMai's hair, part your hair and tie the bottom part of the pigtails using a close-to-hair-color hairband. Braid the bottom and finish with a beaded hair tie.
6. Get the rest of the costume on (belt for Mai, socks and heels for Sharry), grab your Santa hat and now you're done!

Sadly, I don't have a recipe for New Year's... However, I will make another post when I return next year for Valentine's Day. Hope you've enjoyed this and 12 Cosplays of Christmas 2013! Oh, one more thing before I'm gone for a month...

 

Have a Merry Christmas 2013 and a Happy New Year 2014!!! *<^(w)^ .o*

12 Cosplays of Christmas - 11 Books A-Stacking (Mai *uniform*)

Day 11! ^^ One more recipe! I'll be closing this year's '12 Cosplays of Christmas' with two-parter costume recipes. Unlike the ones I did for V-tine's Day and White Day, I won't be posting these together on the same day. Instead, I'll post one today and post the second tomorrow. Also, instead of a couple, it's two forms of the same character.

Anyway, grab your coats and prep for the cold weather because today's character is Mai from 'Itsudatte! My Santa!'

Here's a picture of Mai and her two forms. ^^ I'll be covering her Santa form, too!

 

Here's what you need:

• A white Polo shirt
• A red or brown tie
• A yellow buttoned sweater
• An orange plaid skirt
• White socks
• Brown loafers
• Red ribbon

There's not that many instructions for it. Just simply:

1. Get dressed.
2. Put your hair behind you, using the ribbon as a headband.
3. For extra cuteness, bring a reindeer or moose plush with you and you're done!

Hope you've enjoyed! ^^

 

Last line: 12 Bells A-Jingling!!

12 Cosplays of Christmas - 10 Eggs A-Hatching (Shugo Chara uniform)

Day 10! ^^ Only 2 recipes left! Today, let's make an omelet and not break any eggs because today, it's the uniform from 'Shugo Chara.'

Here's a picture of (almost) everybody! ^^

 

What you need to assemble the uniforms:

• Sheets of plaid fabric *red for girls, blue for boys*
• Thick ribbon *red for girls, blue for boys*
• A white long-sleeved shirt
• A black dress jacket
• Matching plaid bottoms *red skirts for girls, blue shorts for boys*
• White socks
• Any boots or shoes

Since this one's very short, I'll keep it brief. Here's how to assemble it:

1. Get dressed and roll the shirt cuffs over those of the jacket.
2. Drape the fabric over your shoulders and pin some ribbon onto the collar of the fabric. Somebody can sew the ribbon for you.
3. Once the ribbon is sewn on, tie it to your neck, grab an large Easter egg and now you're done!

Hope you've all enjoyed! ^^

 

Next line: 11 Books A-Stacking!

12 Cosplays of Christmas - 9 Buckets A-Clanking (Trolls)

Day 9! ^^ 3 more recipes! Today, it's the Trolls from 'Homestuck!'

Here they are! ^^ (L-R: Aradia, Tavros, Sollux, Karkat, Nepeta and Kanaya *top*, Terezi, Vriska, Equis, Gamzee, Eridan and Fefer *bottom*) Many thanks to WeirdNerd of deviantART for letting me use this!

 

Since there's so many of these characters, I decided to just focus on the uniform stuff needed. Here's what you need:

• A black shirt (tank top for Equis, t-shirt for everybody else)
• Bottoms of any color
• Colored duct tape
• Cardboard or posterboard
• Scissors
• Black headband (horseshoe style works better then regular stretchy bands)
• Black and colored hairspray
• Gray and black face paint

Assembling them is pretty easy, but here's the directions anyway:

1. Let's start with the horns first. Cut out some cardboard or posterboard and cover the pieces with yellow, orange and red duct tape. Then tape them to the headband and set them aside for after you're done.
2. Get dressed. Much like the horns and later the makeup, it depends on what Troll you wanna be.
3. Now for the cosmetics! For the hair, spray some of the black hairspray on your hair (some purple if you're gonna be Eridan).
4. For the makeup, apply some gray face paint on yourself. Mix some of that paint and a bit of black to make a darker shade of gray and apply that sparingly on your face.
5. Grab any accessories for your Troll (glasses, tiaras, scarves, etc.) and now you're done! ^^

By the way, folks, I'll be gone early tomorrow, so I'll be posting #10 around midnight and #11 late the following night. Until then, I'm pulling double-duty and getting the rest done, so you guys won't be disappointed. Anyway, hope you've enjoyed!

 

Next line: 10 Eggs A-Hatching!

12 Cosplays of Christmas - 8 Bouquets A-Tossing (Wedding Peach uniform)

Day 8! ^^ 4 recipes left! Today, let's smell the flowers, hear the bells and gorge on some cake because today's characters are the 'Wedding Peach' girls!

 

Here are the girls! ^^ (L-R: Angel Daisy, Scarlet O'Hara *she really doesn't have a Love Angel name! ^^;*, Wedding Peach and Angel Lily)

Here's what you need for them:

• Gold felt or fabric (satin or silk looks a lot better!)
• Yellow ribbon *Wedding Peach*
• A red dress *Wedding Peach*
• A white skirt
• A leotard of any color
• White bra cups (yes, those exist and are sold separately, ladies!)
• Any shoes or boots
• Scissors

You can pick whatever color you want for the leotard, but if you want to be a specific character:

• Daisy - yellow
• Scarlet - purple
• Peach - red
• Lily - blue

How to assemble the team:

1. Put on the leotard, the white skirt and the cups. For best results, the cups should be sewn on by hand or get some heavy-duty tape to keep them on. For Peach, put on a red skirt, cut part of the white skirt off and put them on.
2. Cut out some of the felt for the trim (i.e. shoulder armor, garters, etc.). Apply them to the appropriate areas according to the picture.
3. Grab whatever boots or shoes you have, do your hair however you want it and now you're done! ^^

Next line: 9 Buckets A-Clanking!

12 Cosplays of Christmas - 7--WHATEVERS2009!!

Day 7! ^^ Oh, my glob! We've hit the week mark! Today, we'll be doing yet another humanization costume. Last year, we did Pinkie Pie from MLP; this year, it's everybody's favorite valley-cloud, Lumpy Space Princess from 'Adventure Time!'

Here's a picture of LSP. ^^ We'll use the lumps as a model for the costume. Many thanks to the Adventure Time Wiki for letting me use this!

 

Here's what you need to lump yourself up:

• A purple fluffy dress
• Purple color hairspray
• Purple gloves (optional)
• Barrettes
• Yellow felt
• A curling iron
• Purple face paint
• Scissors

How to become lumpy:

1. Put on the dress and if there's any kind of fluffy stuff on it (feathers, lace, petticoats, etc.), ruffle it up.
2. Now for the hair! Simply heat up the curling iron and begin curling when it's ready. If your hair's naturally curly, you can skip this step. Have somebody spray your hair purple after curling it.
3. For the little star, simply cut out a star shape out of the felt. Open a barette, glue the star to it and leave it to dry.
4. While waiting for the glue to dry, have somebody paint your face purple. Same for the arms if you don't have any purple gloves.
5. Once the glue's dry, clip the barrette onto your hair and now you're done!

Hope you, like, totally enjoyed this recipe! Oh, glob, mah beans! O.Q

Next line: 9 Bouquets A-Tossing!