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SNAFU Con

WindoftheStars — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:53:28 +0000

I’m thrilled to announce that myself and Etaru will be Guests of Honor at SNAFU Con in Reno, NV Oct. 22 & 23! Hope to see some of you there. :)

Lots of New Photos!

WindoftheStars — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:49:02 +0000

New photos from AX of Sheryl Nome, Anti-Spiral Nia, Zhen Ji and Eclair (v.3) were added to the galleries.

Other costume photo galleries that were updated:

Maka Alburn, Asmodeus, Super Sailor Moon, Bulma Briefs, Serah Farron, Snow Villiers and Sophitia Alexandra.

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School || Reno Edition

WindoftheStars — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:00:59 +0000

EXCITING EXCITING NEWS! Come out this weekend for Dr. Sketchy’s Reno Edition Kick-Off! Join in on Saturday, July 31st at The Biggest Little City Club on California Ave from 2-5pm for boozy life-drawing action! $5 cover, 21+. Why am I’m telling you this? Because yours truly will be modeling one of my crazy costume creations. The more people we get to come out this weekend will help us to hold more Dr. Sketchy’s events in the future. Tell your friends to venture out to the Biggest Little City in the World and join the party! Come by say hi, win a prize, have a drink, make some art and have some fun!

What: Dr. Skethy’s Anti-Art School Reno Edition
When: Saturday, July 31st 2pm-5pm
Where: The Biggest Little City Club
188 California Ave.
Reno, NV
Price: $5, 21+

Spread the word! Hope to see some of you there this Saturday!

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AX Costumes Added and Site Updates

WindoftheStars — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:35:39 +0000

AX happened a little over a week ago, and man did I have a blast! Lots of good times with new and old friends a like. Plus I got to wear two new costumes for the event. They are now posted and can be viewed by clicking the links below

I’m sure you have also noticed that the site has gone through some changes. There are a few things I’m still working on, but the bulk of the work (and I hope!) kinks are worked out. If you come across something that that doesn’t work let me know so I can fix it. I hope the site is easier to navigate then before and a little easier on the eyes. The previous layout was just too loud, plus purple is my favorite color!

Also thank to everyone that voted for me in the Ranka ACP contest. I didn’t win but I appreciate your support either way, Thank you!

Finally note! Snow/Serah necklaces and some new cosplay accessory items have been added to my shop! Please visit and pass the word on to your friends. Thanks!

Too all those that I saw at AX: It was great seeing and meeting a lot of you! I hope to see you all again. Thank you for making AX amazing this year!

XOXO
-Mel

AX Costume Line up and ACP Ranka Contest

WindoftheStars — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:21:38 +0000

The cool kids over at ACP are having a Ranka contest and winner gets see May’n and Megumi perform and seats at their panels. I can’t express how much I would love to go see them perform! So if you have an ACP account I will be honored if you voted for me! Click here or the banner below and choose WindoftheStars!

Thank you to everyone for your support! I really appreciate it. ♥

Anime Expo Costume Line Up!

Thursday: Zhen Ji and Eclair (v3)
Friday: Sheryl Nome and Serah
Saturday: Anti Sprial Nia for ACP and Bandai’s Gurren Lagann Promotion booth. Come say hi to me between 1-5pm!
Sunday: Unsure… maybe Nia again. :)

See you there next week!!

XOXO,
Mel

Four New Costumes Added

WindoftheStars — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:06:57 +0000

Just added all new costumes from Fanime. Feel free to take a look and read about the construction process, just click on the image!

Back from Fanime

WindoftheStars — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:19:20 +0000

Fanime has come and gone for 2010. It’s my favorite con all year and I’m reminded each year why that statement is true. This year was no exception! Got to debut three new costumes and re-wore Asmodeus. I’m still waiting on a bunch of photos but I have a good amount thus far. I honestly can’t wait to see some of the photos because the previews I saw were just breath taking.

I know some of you might know, but myself and Daydreamernessa competed at WCS US preliminaries. While we didn’t win this year, we did take third and we are very happy with that. I would also like to congratulate Rynn and Krystal on their win and I can’t wait to see what you guys do for WCS this July. You go girls! If you want to follow their progress check out Rynn’s site here: Rynncosplay.com

As for the rest of the year, I’ll be attending Anime Expo in July in a few weeks. I’m really looking forward to it this year! The plan thus far is re-ware a few costumes from Fanime and earlier this year and I’m working on two new ones. More details to come and maybe some progress this time? I’ll be there all four days, but like I said I’ll post more info sometime next week when plans are little more firmed up.

One last bit of info, I have some new cosplay related things for sale on my Etsy. Including FFXIII Serah and Snow necklaces. Be sure to check them out!

That’s all I have for now. Keep your eyes and ears open for new costumes added which will be added shortly. Thanks guys!

XOXO
-Mel

NerdBastards.com Sexy Cosplay of the Week + Other Updates

WindoftheStars — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:25:04 +0000

OMG guys I have been on a major Sailor Moon kick. I think my love for that series has been rekindled and I have a strong desire to cosplay from it again. I have a few SM villains in my sights, plus new Sailor Moon costumes as well. Don’t be surprised if you see some Sailor Moon cosplay later this year! Anyways, on to the updates…

The nerds over at NerdBastards.com featured me as their sexy cosplay of the week. Read the write up over here or on the Press page.

I re-activated the subscription feature of Windofthestars.com. Use the register field to the right below navigation to sign up. It’s free and you will get special e-mail newsletters about updates to the site.

F-F-Fanime is JUST around the corner. Doing well on cosplay progress and I’m REALLY excited to premier all the new stuff I’m working on. I’ve been meaning to share progress photos but always forget to get the photos off the camera. Whoops! Maybe I’ll remember in the next weeks. I posted my Fanime schedule in the last post so if you are curious as to what and when I’m wearing check out that post.

That’s all I have for today. :) See you all at Fanime!

Cosmode 27 Photos & Fanime Schedule

WindoftheStars — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:21:00 +0000

Finally got copies of the photos of Pirotess that were seen in Cosmode 27. I was thrilled that these were posted on Cosplay.com last week. Also wanted to give a big thank you to Kyle for taking these and for asking us to be apart of something amazing. I admit that when I picked up my first issue of Cosmode when I was teenager I dreamed of being one of the featured cosplayers in the front of the magazine. Thank you for making one of those dreams come true!

In other news, Fanime is breathing down our necks! Even though I have bunch of things to still sew, I can barely sit still. This year’s Fanime is going to rock so many socks it will be NUTS. I’ve been ask me what I have planned so I thought I would post my schedule.

Thursday
- Casual Minako Aino from Sailor Moon

Friday
- Zhen Ji from Dynasty Warriors 6 with these guys dw4fanime.
- Asmodeus from Umineko w/ mymerrilymemory and their mom.

Saturday
- Bulma from DB w/ Zak Pants mykasou
- Special Costumes for Zak and I picked out by Zak (once progress rolls around so will who we are doing) shoot @ 5pm w/ Winter Wish
- Ty Lee from ATLA w/ antieden, snowhite_dahlia

Sunday
- Secret Costume w/ mykasou shoot @ 1pm w/ Vince, Lionel ???
- Yoko from TTGL w/ sailor_asteroid as Nia shoot @ 4pm w/ Winter Wish
- Blind Mag from REPO! w/ chibiroth

Monday
- Americana Lady Gaga with antieden and sailor_asteroid Come join our Gang of Gagas @ 1pm shoot with Vince

Other Stuff I’m Bringing but don’t Know When I’m Wearing
- Eclair from Kiddy Grade

The sewing machine beckons so I must part ways now. See you all on the flip side!

New Costume – Eclair!

WindoftheStars — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:07:45 +0000

This last weekend a few friends came to close to my area for a week of fun in the snow. We took the oppertunity to take some fun photos in the snow too. While most of my photos from this were of me being a gobber (on purpose of course), I did a get a few nice ones. Until Fanime (or if I bribe my cousin to take some photos for me) this will be it for now. I had a blast though I think I got a little sunburnt even though I had sunscreen on. :O

My Birthday is this weekend. I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’m starting to feel old! Maybe it’s because I’m surrounded by teens so much in this hobby and at my job. I’m really not that old, but still feel old. HOWEVER! This WHOLE WEEK there is free shipping in my store. Think of it as my birthday gift to you! How awesome is that?? Also, Wednesday is looking like the day that there will be new products added to my Etsy so keep an eye out! Lots of cool things coming up. I’m excited. Are you excited?

Lastly, I got two new photos of my Sophitia Alexandra SCII costume. :D Thanks to David Yu for the photos.