Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Science Fiction Fun



A few weeks ago Maid Elizabeth, along with Miss Serenity and a  neighborhood friend, attended a large, mostly literary, science fiction convention.  The Con was a week long and the girls attended almost every day, and even included Master Hand Grenade on the last day (his only day off work).  It was fun to watch (and help) the girls dress as a different character each day and then hear their stories when they returned.

They attended various boards, frequented vendor booths, and bought books directly from authors.  They attended an Old English dance, had light saber battles in the middle of the aisle, and reverently touched (and smelled) $1600 first edition books. 

Although they couldn't possibly attend every lecture and class they would have liked, they had a wonderful, whimsical escape into the world of science fiction!

Miss Serenity getting scars

The scars are finished

And her complete outfit

Miss Serenity, Maid Elizabeth and Neighbor Friend
All so very different!!


Miss Serenity, Neighbor Friend, Maid Elizabeth


Maid Elizabeth (with scar) and Miss Serenity

Maid Elizabeth give Miss Serenity a scar


Miss Serenity and Maid Elizabeth

And poor Neighbor Friend!!

12 comments:

  1. The scars on Miss Serenity's cheek reminded me of something from 50 years ago. I had joined the Air Force and was taking training at one of their largest training bases which was also used to train foriegn military from allied countries. There were always a few Black Africans (we also had Northern Africans and middle East students too) who had similar scars on their cheek. Similar but real and actually quite deep. The first time I ever saw it I jumped to the conclusion that it was the result of a lion attack. But after seeing more than just a few Africans with these scars I realized it had to be intentional and probably some kind of tribal tradition. I never found out and do not know which African country they were from.

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    1. Thanks for nothing, I was waiting for the punch line.

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  2. Love, love, love their outfits!

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  3. How fun!! Years ago my son, then around 10, and I got to go to a Star Wars convention. It was a wonderful time for the both of us.

    The girls did an amazing job on the outfits. That had to have been just a 'blast' all the way around.

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  4. What a fun time they had! Who needs Halloween??

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  5. My daughter, especially, and son would have loved it. Dr.Who (all their lives), steam punk and both voracious readers of Ayn Rand to any unabridged classic out there. What fun! Natokadn

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  6. Ooohhh!!! Love it! I'm going "Steampunk" for an upcoming event I'm attending. Got a lot of ideas from your daughter's costumes I might want to incorporate!

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  7. WorldCon? it was fairly close to you, if I'm not mistaken. A great source for steampunk projects is the plumbing section of any hardware store-all sorts of brass shapes...

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  8. You guys look great! Glad you had fun!

    Renee

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  9. Love the outfits! Where did your daughter find the long brown skirt? I would love to find one similar!

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    1. LOL! I was going to ask the same thing.

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