Well, the wedding is done! I was very relieved, and then immediately upon returning from the honeymoon caught a cold which I am still fighting.  The wedding pictures are here if you have not been forced to look at them yet.  LOOK AT THEM! NOW! GO!

Now that the wedding is done, I’m able to work on non-wedding projects again. (Ryan can no longer say ‘after the wedding’ as a means to deter me! BWAHAHAHA!!!…sorry, excuse my outburst.)

As such, I’ve started on a marvelous costume! Most likely to be worn at Dragon*Con 09. I’m working on a ballgown featured in the holiday special of a lovely webcomic known as girl genius (www.girlgeniusonline.com).

The gown itself is featuered here: http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081215.  So far I have completed the base of the underskirt/forepart combo, and have completed the base of the corset. Most of what’s left is now creative decoration work, which will hopefully be the most fun!

Also, now that the wedding is over, I am thinking more seriously about the idea of taking commissions to sew things for people here and there, particularly costumes or more formal garments (my favorite things to work on are fancy things, you know).

To this end, I even ordered some business cards with my info that I can hand out the next time someone asks if I will sew things for money. The answer is yes, yes I will, at least if the thing you want sounds fun. :)

Also to this end, I am beginning work on gathering up a portfolio of pictures and such from things I have made in the past (and plan to make in the future). The start to this portfolio was found in the professional pictures from the wedding (where several of my items were featured). Just need to take the time to do up some content…

Fun times, fun times.