My Astrid Hofferson Cosplay Goal, IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED!

So a long while ago I said I wanted to cosplay (Costume Play is kinda the definition of Cosplay if you are confused.) Astrid Hofferson from the first How To Train Your Dragon movie. I look a lot like Astrid actually, rounded face, big roundish light blue eyes, pale skin, blonde hair, (Well, my hair is like a very dark brown now, my mom said she could put blonde highlights in my hair, so I'm good.)


Anyway, the reason WHY I am able to:


1. HALLOWEEN. It is a total excuse for my mom to spend a bit of money for materials for me, so I'm using it up!


2. I have Astrid's hair! Not just color, length, and consistency, but I have her bangs as well! Yup, a few days ago I got my hair trimmed a bit, and while I was there I asked the stylist if I could have bangs like the picture I showed her. (I did awkwardly show her a good picture of Astrid.... )



And with a month of time the costume will be hopefully completed before Halloween, with enough time for some photoshoots. I want good pictures of me in our woods, and I'm hoping, that maybe just maybe, I can convince my parents to let me post some photos of me all dolled up, well, more like all roughed up like Astrid.


So far in the process I have completed only a few of the many thing I have to do. These things are,


One of her shoulder pad pieces of armor, I got the one for my right shoulder done, it looks decent. Could be better, but I have to make them out of foam due to budget and how hard it is, but the one I have done doesn't look bad.


I also have her braid near perfect, well, I know how to do it, but I might need to have someone do the complicated part on the top of my head, and then braid the, well, lets just say the braid looks cool, but it is still hard.



And of course I have the bangs cut.




The things I still have left to do, make, and get:


Make her shoulder armor for my left shoulder,


Make her shirt, which I will do by getting to or three old t-shirts from a thrift shop, and then cutting them into strips and sewing them back together into a sort of stretchy tube thingy.



I need to make her arm guard things, I'm thinking yellowed out old t-shirt or some canvas, sew it around, and make it over my hand a bit.



By or tailor some boots,


For sure I'm going to buy some blue-ish grey colored leggings,


Her skirt, leather is expensive I'm guessing, So I might just make it out of a thick dark red colored material.



Her headband, I'm thinking leather cord like that of that size and amount would be cheap enough to buy a teeny tiny bit of.


And her axe, yes, I am not going to forget Astrid's trusty axe. I'm going to find a round stick in our woods, have my dad cut it to size, I might make a couple marks on it, and grab this one leather cord I have and tie it around it, and the axe head will be cardboard cut and painted.



After all the work, it will be for sure worth it. I will keep you updated on how I'm doing with it. Bye for now!



Abbie R,

So my dolls rooms have changed.....

The Dolls over at Madness and Fun With The Dolls, got a room change, because our playroom, was rearranged and now I have two small shelves for my dolls!

This one, 

Is more of a storage shelf, with all of my dolls packed onto it to keep them safe up off of the floor. (And WOW they look creepy and weird in this particular photo.)

And the other one,

And this shelf is a room! Actually it is the new bedroom for the set of The Azalea's Willow ! Astrid and, um, Ryder posing as a boy, (Whom isn't a doll or split doll personality, so I have just been calling him 'A gentleman' or 'Gentleman' when I am not shooting for the show. Maybe I should just call him by the character he plays, (Danny.) Anyway, so that are the new storage\rooms for my dolls, and this is part of the new set of The Azalea's Willow, 

(Look closely in this above photo at the pink bookshelf, on the top shelf in front of the pink and green box, is a tiny toy Stormfly from How To Train Your Dragon, it can be seen in the show occasionally and is a joke on Lyla (The character Astrid plays,)'s real name, which is Astrid of course. Haha.

Well, goodbye for now, I will probably have a September Favorite post up as the next thing on here, so keep an eye out for that!

Abbie R,

August Favorites: 2014

I decided I should list my favorite things from this month, and it will vary from products to news to random stuff.


My favorites of this month, are...



Taylor Swift's new song, 'Shake It Off' I LOVE THIS SONG. I can't stop listening to it!


A Little History Of The World by E.H Gombrich. This is an amazing book written quite a many years ago, it was the only book Gombrich wrote, and it tells the story of the history of the world, and one of my favorite parts, is that it starts with the words, "Once upon a time."


The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey. This movie rocks, and I am loving it, hopefully I will be able to see Desolation of Smaug sometime soon.


CoverGirl Lash Blast Length mascara in the color Black-Brown.


E.L.F Cosmetics. (Spoilers!)


Pinterest. Literally the entire Pinterest website.


Missglamorazzi on YouTube.


DeviantART.


Up&Up's twenty four pack of colored pencils.


Sylvania headphones.


The Fiftieth Anniversary Special of Doctor Who.





And those are my favorites for this month, I will have more featured at the end of next month, bye for now!


Abbie R,

Makeup Review #1: CoverGirl Last Blast Length Mascara.

Okay, so this is going to be a bunch of reviews on makeup I've used. If you do not wear makeup or are not allowed, then you can stop and leave, OR you can keep reading and make a list of what to get for when you reach the moment when you are allowed (Which, was an awesome moment for me, though I was  literally only allowed to wear eye shadow and lip gloss, nothing else.)



So today we have this:

This lovely mascara in its yellow tube will probably be something I restock on once I run out.

So I have tried three mascaras, I own them all, but this is my favorite. The other two I have make my eyes water so easily because the formula is so heavy it will mess with my lashes and make my eyes water to the point I look like I'm crying.

But this one is a thinner formula, most likely because it is designed for lengthening your eyelashes, and not making them super full looking. Mine is in the shade Black-Brown, and I adore it. There is nothing better than this color and formula.

Another reason I love it, the brush is slightly thinner and makes applying easier (For me) because my lashes are very long. As a child they would and almost still can reach almost to my eyebrows, and so the thin brush and a heavy upward stroke makes my mascara look awesome.

I would suggest getting this mascara because:

A. It is affordable. You don't really need 30$ mascara, this one is less than 7$ everywhere, but varies slightly depending on the store. So cheap is on its side.

B. It looks amazing on people who have pale skin and green, blue, or grey eyes (Or all three!) Though I'm pretty sure a tanner skin and brown eyes would look pretty good to.

C. As I've stated before, it is a thinner formula and makes applying it a lot easier.

Problems with it:

A. If you don't let it dry, and then blink, it will smudge onto your skin. Thankfully, wetting your finger quickly and wiping away the smudges and excess is very easy.

B. If you apply too much it makes your eyelashes clump together. Which is not good.

So there we have it! The first review of some of my makeup products, there will be more, and keep an eye out for other things as well!

Abbie R,

I Did A Marathon!

On Netflix....... This was the sum up of my Saturday: Wake up, watch TV, eat two muffins, spend literally the rest of the day marathon-ing Baby Daddy on Netflix. Also, I don't recommend Baby Daddy because of the bad content... But if you are over the age of like, 14, go ahead and knock yourself out. The content.... And the language.


Besides falling in love with the show, (And one of the actors who is 6'5 and by far one of the greatest characters.) I have done nothing, no wait, I re-did my nails today after some handsanitizer melted the nail polish off of my nails..... And last night we roasted hot dogs and marshmallows. I haven't done too much.... Well, bye!



Abbie R,

American Girl at The Fair

So I went to the fair a week ago, and may I just say, THE AMOUNT OF DOLLS AND DOLL CLOTHES THERE, WAS INSANE.

First I saw this outfit someone submitted, and one a blue ribbon for!

And because there will be an AG store in my state soon, and the fact that there is a fashion show, I SAW THIS! The woman at the booth, was super friendly, and gladly moved out of the way for a second so I could get a good picture. Everything at the booth was so cute!

Next there was this poster, IT HAS KIT AND SAMANTHA IN THEIR NEW OUTFITS!!!

I LOVE Kit's outfit, but I don't know how I feel about Samantha.

In the 4-H department a girl submitted this cute little skirt. She did good!

Also in the 4-H area was Kanani in this dress! OMGOSH IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL! I love it! Everything was so awesome!

BONUS:

SOMEONE BUILT DOCTOR WHO LEGO'S!!! AAH it is so cool! Sadly, you can't see the 10th Doctor and Rose because of the angle the photo was taken, but you can see the Daleks and the TARDIS!

Well, nothing else for now, but I hope you enjoyed this awesomeness, Bye for now!

Abbie R,

Restoring Our Barn, We Need Your Help!

Alright, so we have this old barn on our property, and it is probably close to being a hundred year old barn. It is in need of repair. Here is a link to where you can donate. But, we also need your help getting the word out about this. So, if you could place on your blog the link above, and this following message, that would be so helpful!


The message:




Hi, we have a very old barn in need of restoring and repair. It is beautiful and I love it, and still being used for our cows. This barn is most likely one hundred years old, and we need donations, lots of them. The goal is twelve thousand dollars, we have no date as to when we need all the money, but as it comes in we will be repairing the barn.
It needs a new roof, some new paint, the base supports, which are stacked stones, are in need of reinforcement due to flooding. And other things like windows and doors need to be fixed as well.
The barn is still in use as cows are kept there and the "shop" an extension adding somewhere between 1930-1960, is used for keep and using and storing tools and other things. The "shop" (Short for Work Shop) was added on as a milking parlor. Things need to be fixed before this old barn, a historic piece, is lost and destroyed. Please, if you can, donate to fix it. ~Abbie R,



That message as with the link and maybe something about this project that you want to say, can be posted on your blog, any social media, or message boards! :}