I am happy to report that Stephanie and I managed to successfully finish all three costumes, and that we were a hit at the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo today.  Thank you Libby, Hans, and Mom for letting us dress you up, and thank you Kendra Plotkin for being so welcoming to us and for the lovely mention in the Expo program.

This wasn’t my first GNFCC Business Expo, but I think it was my favorite of all the years so far.  I really enjoyed getting to talk to so many wonderful people about the costumes we worked so hard to finish; I even enjoyed promoting my own website.  I’m really proud of what we managed to accomplish and it’s always a great feeling to get to show off my hard work.

Normally when we make costumes, we exhibit them at conventions among other cosplayers.  Needless to say, my audience today was a little different than my norm.  Many of the people I spoke to had never put much thought into costuming and were really impressed by what we could do.  I talked to people whose friends were cosplayers, who had helped their kids make costumes before, who had been the one to single handedly make ballet costumes for their child’s dance troupe for years.  I even met a man who sympathized with all the work we did because his wife is a high school drama teacher.  Normally she’s the one making the costumes!

I know I promised to put up progress photos before the event, but the past two weeks were full of so many major hiccups that I didn’t manage it.  So, over the next few days, I’m going to be posting some progress shots to show the different pieces we made, how they were constructed, and why we decided to construct them in the way we did.  I might even tell you the secret of what I used to make the outer panel of the Mon Mothma costume (it’s a weird one…I recycled!).

Please, if you get a chance, check out Elder Panda Cosplay to see some of Stephanie’s other work!  Don’t forget to like her on Facebook!