Dazzzzled

—> Have to say… it was kinda fun dazzling and puff painting this ‘pad case. I think my Beats sticker looks amazing on this case, or maybe it just looks amazing on the gym floor. <—

Painting Coyote

Here’s a quick glimpse from sketch to final paint stroke of the 10×10 banner I painted for Dz graduation from 7th to 8th grade.

Sketched and painted by Felicia Lujan

Playing with Flowers

Here is a peek at at the silk floral designs I finished for a wedding in May.

Revamping The Enchantress

Last night I worked on some revamp details to spice up my costume for the con. I created some sticky stencils to temp tat my shoulders. I also made a cape×ish, sheer black overcoat that can feature the forearm chains. I’m excited for this year’s con. Some old school metal groups will be performing (Pantera, Megadeth and Quiet Riot) which will be cool to check out. Then there are some panel sessions with Ralph Macchio and Martin Cove (Karate Kid) and Ric Flair (“The Nature Boy”). Gearing up for tonight. Yeahhh!!

Thanksgiving Eve

We had a good Thanksgiving dinner. I had the guys make farolitos and we made a fire, so it was cozy. I love candles and had 50+ strewn about the living room. They highlighted my mythology table, dragonology table and wizard corner. I made some cute center pieces that were easy to make. We all contributed food, but I made an orange and honey glazed ham, bacon corn, honey glazed carrots, sweet potatoes with candied pecans, Jim Beam honey bourbon apple cider with cinnamon sticks, a smoked oyster and cheese platter, and toasted pistachio pudding. I think the pudding was a big hit. I had Mike torch it so the marshmellows, sliced almonds and turbinado sugar got toasted up. That was good!

Enchantress Chain Belt

Chain belt is done. It’s heavy, but you know I like heavy! The last piece I was lacking was her hair. I experimented with creating my own black hair extentions tonight. That experiment failed. Looks like I’ll be running with my own hair tomorrow night. Maybe I’ll get the hair together for ABQ ComicCon. I gotta rest tonight. Tomorrow is chest day and I want my bench to be strong.

Enchantress Dress

The dress is done. Thank you to Elena for her help securing the right dress since I’m not wearing a bikini! This is a dress she gave me because she thought it would work and she was right. I altered it a bit and used some metal wire to sew it in one place. Believe it or not, I will wear this dress backwards and it looks just right. I also ditched the straps and added a chain halter to the bra. Looks awesome!

I’m close to finished with the chain belt as well. Tomorrow night I’ll brain storm hair options. It’s my final piece of this cosplay to get in place before Saturday’s party with gym peeps. I know I can’t get it as long as her hair in Suicide Squad, but I’m experimenting with handmade extentions tomorrow night. I also gotta figure out what I’ll use to get my real hair black. Any ideas? I may end up ditching extentions and going with my real hair alone if experimentation fails!