Piko finished and Headphone shots

So I just got back from class, and I'm about to head off to ship Piko ~!

I say this with every costume, but it's true, I learn so much every time I make something new and different. The most vital portion of knowledge I got from the Piko costume was about costume lighting... as in, how to make things light up. There were many options but, ultimately, it came down to what materials were the lightest to use for what the customer needed. Long story short, I learned the magic of button batteries (very small batteries, as you may guess) and the importance of watts, amps and voltage (oh geeze, sounds like my stage lighting class, but seriously... it kinda was) -  The photos below show the results of button batteries and super small LED's --

Note: Model is not me. My hair is not quite as amazing as my roomates.

A dropped phone.. a little water... equals...

= Disaster.

Thank you to everyone who has been patient today and yesterday after I stupidly allowed my phone to drop into  a tub of water. As many of you know, I receive all of my automatic email updates/email alerts via my phone. I believe I still got back to everyone in a timely fashion, but wanted to make a post about it anyway.

To help explain my reaction when I realized what I had done:

＼(>o<)／ギャーッ！
(Photo credit: Here)


Thank to everyone for your understanding as I "soak" my phone in rice for a few days.....!! 

USB Cable!! :3

So I set out to make a gigantic USB cable for Piko.... and look at what has come to be!

Here are the starting supplies. The headphone are the base for Piko's headphones. 

Not pictured is the foam core. The USB box is *not* hollow. I did not want it to be easily squished, so it has a dense core for added durability.

The actual cable wire is attached at the back. Here I have it wrapped and tied in a loop so it will not twist.

This picture turned out so blurry! ): But here is the whole USB Cable. There are some things still to be done to it, but over-all I do hope it has turned out well.

I made it large enough to be obvious, but easily held for photos. 

As always, more updates to come!

End of Show Run!

So it's 1:36 am eastern time, and I've just gotten home from the last night of the musical "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" - It was a great show, on which I served (Alongside my dear friend Victor), as wardrobe crew chief (Tonight we struck everything - a.k.a = washed everything, cleaned everything, and put it all away). I have to say, I'm really going to miss this show! It was so much fun to work on! ;__________; !! Now we'll start costumes for The Merry Wives of Windsor! 

I will be using tomorrow to catch up on a few things, and to get new updates and emails sent out to everyone ~! The Piko costume deadline is soon approaching! And I look forward to working and giving this costume my all! 

Just for fun, Here are some shots from the last show I designed for. It was a tap piece entitled "Hoofbeats" choreographed by Clarine Powel. 

Thank you~!