craftgrrl | KATSUCON!!!!!!!! (Reply)

Well, more like ROSA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rosa has been my costume-baby for about a year now, and I finally debuted it at Katsucon (aka an anime convention held in Crystal City every year...go to Katuscon.com if you want to know more)!! :D Friday was my Day of Rosa :D I even got it judged and won Best in Show!!! This is me bragging :P Look at my shiny shiny plaque!

One of the judges was a lady who works as a costume producer/designer for Cirque du Soleil...and she told me to apply and that she'd drop my name and I could get a job with them!!! Like I get to join the circus and make pretty costumes and (get this) GET PAID for it. THIS IS AMAZING. Ahem, anyway...And here's Rosa!

This is Tiny Friends Maria (

marhiihaa) and Kat (

gatochat) and me being a little too awesome for the camera, so it made us look like we were rockin out, even though we were really just standing there and smiling demurely. I swear. (L-R: Maria as Terra, me as Rosa, Kat as child Rydia) Thanks to Lionel (

lionboogy, lionboogy on cosplay.com) for the picture!

Here is some more awesome, but this time I really was making that face. Paul (

element_kun looks really bored XD Sorry Paul!

The back. Mostly to show that I am le TALL. My shoes were 6" heels, making me a whopping 6'1". It was weird to see over peoples heads XD

Another picture of Maria, Kat, and me, and we all look like the undead. Plz excuse ^_^ I just like this coz it shows off the entire costume, including corset and shoes XD (thanks to popecerberus on cosplay.com for the picture)

Okay, that's all there is! I'll do an actual con report later, but right now I'm just spamming my Rosa costume XD There will probably be more pictures as I find them! I know they're out there somewhere, coz I had a couple impromptu photoshoots with a bunch of people ^_^

So this was completely arrogant and braggish, but I am only sort of abashed :D I apologize if I'm a bit over the top <3

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