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Below you'll find posts about different costumes I've created.
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Don't Feed the Plants!
After an intense week of rehearsals, we opened for our production of Little Shop of Horrors. If you've never seen the show, it's about an alien plant that wants to eats people. (The last musical number in the show is titled "Don't Feed the Plants.") As it is customary to give flowers at a performance (and live plants and I don't do well together), I decided the best option was to give fake flowers. And what kind of plant would be better than tiny versions of the alien plant?
lallison112
Apr 183 min read


Make the Plant Dance!
This spring has been busy with choreography! I was honored to be asked to choreograph a production of Little Shop of Horrors. (A story I knew very little about when I accepted the job). But all it took was one watching to start the wheels turning on how I could add movement to the show. And the first idea I couldn't get out of my head...wouldn't it be awesome if we made the man-eating plant dance? But how to accomplish this? We received most of our puppets from a neighboring
lallison112
Mar 262 min read


A Pretty Picture
I have always loved stained glass windows. In November, I discovered a video explaining how to make my own fake stained glass and thus embarked on the adventure of trying it myself. Step 1: Using a silver sharpie, draw the desired design on 3mm black EVA foam. Step 2: Cut out the design (following the edge lines of the marker) using an exact-o knife. Step 3: Glue the cutout down onto a clear transparent plastic sheet using clear glue. Step 4: Thoroughly cover the foam in clea
lallison112
Dec 9, 20252 min read


Difficult Becoming Ahsoka Is. (Part 1)
For several years it has been a dream to cosplay as Ahsoka Tano. Specifically her Siege of Mandalore outfit. Ahsoka Siege of Mandalore...
lallison112
Oct 1, 20253 min read


How it's Done, Done, Done!
Zoey from K-Pop Demon Hunters Costume Seven days till Comic Con and my daughter comes to me super excited for the chance to cosplay....
lallison112
Sep 10, 20252 min read


Belts are a Bane...to the fingers...
Over the last few months I have been working to create a Jedi costume for Saber Guild. As I drafted what I wanted the costume to look...
lallison112
Jul 15, 20256 min read


Saber Guild: Meet Vashti
Lightsaber Fights? Jedi Costumes? Fellow Star Wars nerds? Sign me up please! In the fall of 2023, I ventured out to my first Saber Guild...
lallison112
May 22, 20251 min read
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