Welcome to Fire Lily Cosplay and thank you for visiting my website! I started cosplaying in 2004, and I had no idea what I was getting myself into! I really love making costumes, as well as clothing, and I'm always coming up with new and more ambitious ideas. I try very hard to remain true to the spirit of the characters I cosplay and recreate them as accurately as I can.
New Costumes: Monica, Marisa, and Tomoyo!
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Anime Mid-Atlantic was such a blast! I had such a great time this year. The Hall Contest was quite difficult - you Novices are getting better and better! A huge thank you to everyone who came by and an even bigger congratulations to the winners! By the way, the three guys dressed as Deadpool, Iron Man, and Cobra Commander were my favorites ^.^
I debuted three new costumes - Monica, Marisa, and Tomoyo - and I got some great pictures. The Masquerade was very enjoyable albeit really short. I actually enjoyed the Sailor Moon skit, loved Death the Kid in the Recycle skit (he was soooo adorable!!), and got to see one of my favorite songs in action (The Scotsman, brought to you by the Agents of Cosplay). Everyone did a wonderful job this year. I was sad to leave, but I will be back again next year, so I hope you all come back, too.
Next up is Otakon, where I'm hoping to debut a whopping four new costumes. To those of you who wished I would make more costumes, this is all for you ^.^ I hope you're enjoying my work!
Now that I've finally collected enough pictures from Costume Con, I've gotten them all posted. Costume Con was definitely a different sort of con. All of the costumes were amazing, especially the historical and steampunk costumes. It was quite small, but everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves. Everything ran on time, and the Masquerades were a full stage production. And though it catered to an older costuming crowd, there were lots of cosplayers there - I think the Sci-fi Masquerade alone gave awards to about 15 cosplayers!
So now that I've taken my two weeks off, I'm starting up on costuming again. I'll be finishing up and bringing Tomoyo-chan from Cardcaptor Sakura and Marisa from Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones to Anime Mid-Atlantic, where I'll be a Hall contest Judge. AMA will be at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton Roads, VA, on June 19-21 this year, so come on by!
I'm finally updating from Tekkoshocon! I had a lot of fun. I was a Hall Contest Judge, and I helped out with the Fashion Show line up at the Masquerade. Congrats to everyone who won, and thank to you everyone who entered! There were a lot of wonderful costumes this year and everyone did such a great job. Also, a huge thank you to the Masque audience who stayed until all the awards had been announced - you guys were awesome, and it made me really happy ^.^
It was really windy at this convention, but I got some great photos of my newest costumes, Nadie and Mireille. Also, the convention center was beautiful, and the roof was such an amazing location for pictures, especially at night with the blue lights. Anyway, I'm still working ridiculously hard on my costumes for CostumeCon 27, which will be in Timonium, MD, on May 1-4. I'm hoping everything will be finished on time, and I'm making slow but steady progress. I know not everyone will be there, but if you're interested in a convention geared toward costume makers, fashion designers, and people who love to create wearable art, please come! It will be a blast ^.^
Katsucon is over and I'm glad to say I had a lot of fun! I saw a lot of friends and made some new ones. I'm sorry I didn't get to go to the ball - I was so tired from judging and the Masque that I just had to get out of costume and go eat something more than Ramen and apples ^.^
I saw a lot of wonderful costumes at this convention, and I'm happy to say that I debuted three new ones myself. Now I'm looking forward to Tekkoshocon and CostumeCon, coming up at the beginning of April and May respectively. I'm a Hall Contest judge at Tekko, so I hope to see lots of people there. Please come by if you get a chance!
Well, it's the start of a brand new year and I'm finally updating! I hope everyone had a safe Christmas and New Year's.
Now that the cosplay year is just beginning, I'm starting to make plenty of new costumes for upcoming conventions. My first stop will be Katsucon in Arlington, VA. I have three new costumes that I'm working on at the moment and I can't wait to debut them at the con! I will be judging the Hall Costume Contest and attending the Masquerade for the awards ceremony. I will also be attending the Valentine's Ball in Ballgown Deedlit on Saturday night after the Masquerade, so if you see me please don't be shy - I'd love to meet you!
Planned Cosplays have been added. Tutorials Page has been updated. Convention Schedule Page has been added.
As my last costume for the year (perhaps), being Halloween and on board a Harry Potter theme cruise, I decided to make a Beauxbatons uniform. It was fairly last minute, having less than a week to get it done, but it came out rather well and I'm very happy with it! I hope everyone had a safe Halloween, by the way.
So, first, a nice little break from sewing - I'm still a little worn out from AUSA! And then the next stop is Katsucon, where I'll be judging the Hall Costume contest, so please come by! And even if you don't enter the contest, come say 'hi' to me anyway ^.^
Just finished up with AUSA and oh my gosh, it was so much fun!! I met tons of friends and made lots of new ones. It was also "Cupcake Con" for me, as all of my costumes were pink and two of them were very floofy. I also won Best Craftsman in the Hall Contest for my Ballgown Deedlit cosplay! Overall, this was a very fun con for me - the most fun I've had all year, in fact.
And now, after Halloween, I have a long costume break until Katsucon; but I will be working on some very labor intensive costumes for Costume Con in May, so I will be very busy in the next several months. I'll try to have updates in the coming months with new pictures of several costumes.
Took some pictures of my Rao cosplay from Okami the other day. Hope you all enjoy them! I still need to get pictures together of Ismaire, but with Anime USA so close and 3 costumes that need to be finished, I'm strapped for time.
If you are at AUSA, please come and say hi! I'd love to meet you.
Media Page is up.
I just got back from T-MODE where I was a cosplay guest! I had a lot of fun with my new friends Natalie and YuffieBunny this past weekend and met some really cool people. I also had a very successful panel on Creative Cosplay with Unusual Objects and Materials where every seat in the room was taken. Thanks everyone!
Tutorials and Links pages have been updated.