Welcome to the busy world of Aleathia Burns!!!!

Got the suppiles for my customer. I am gonna start on her white robe first then the Jacket later since it will require a lot of painting ( damn it Clamp why do you have to be so full of awesome designs).


Dress is cut stiched and lined.


The back.


Hand basting the zipper. I did a center application since that is faster and easier when it comes to zippers.


And the collar attached.


Next post I will have the finished garment. All I have to do is hemm it and the sleeves are done already. Plus I have to add the "Frog" Closers on it. *Sigh* the joys of hand sewing. Yeesh.

Has anyone tried this? If so let me know cuz I might try it and need some advice. However the strawberry one kicks ass!!!

O.k had an awesome 3 day weekend of doing nothing. Yeah it's been boring around the homestead however I spent time with my realatives on my Mom's Dad side. I love the Criddels not to fond of the Burns side. Trust me might be changing my last name to Criddell if I had the chance. Anyway getting ready for a couple of commissions and I have been working on an EGL Blouse for myself that has been collecting dust for months. Finally got motivated to work on it. And I want to alter my 2 exsiting ones I had done over the years when I first started cosplaying. Going back on my old work and making improvements is what I want to do. Now to go Lace hunting.

Would be my first crossplay. Dean Stark is so freaking cool I wanna scream!!!!

O.k back from my break and happy to be functioning. For now I finally deceided to change a few things in my life. For starters I remember hearing the best rememdy for depression and bordom is to clean up. So I did my room. Man did I throw away some stuff. I thought I needed another shelf, but come to find out I did'nt cuz I had so much stuff I did'nt need. I finally have a small entertainment section, my wig and sewing section are organized for my business and now I have space that I did'nt even know I had. Next will be the top part of my closet. Nothing major, but since I won't be making any cosplay for myself I really don't need certain things so they will go to the trash heap. So I feel better but I still have to get my finanaces in check before I do any planning. For now my con sence is shot for the rest of the year unless if's a free venue and it's in Georgia then I'm there. Also I have'nt posted any tutorials latley so I need to get back on track with that. I plan on posting one up soon so be on the look out. My main thing with my costuming is all about going green and using what you have hell we have no choice with this economy.

I hope Everyone has a great Christmas and a Happy New Year and since I'm posting early I will be on vaction so no computer untill next year. Also don't let the Reccssion get you down just remember that it's being there with someone you love that is the best gift that keeps on giving.


Oh and before I forget:

HAPPY Birthday to All

December &

January Birthdays on

my Lj Friends List!!!

It's been awhile since I last posted, but I'm back yaaay. O.k I will have pics of Atlanta Anime day, but for now I will show you the fruits of my labor and why I have been so busy!! I own my own business now and I have a couple of orders to fill. First I am showing you a Sakura Tsubasa Cronicles commision I am working on. I love the design and the pics are progress images of the mock-up. Wal-mart in my area has a fabric store ( which will be gone in January so yeah I better hit them up soon) and they had some fabric that was great for making a mock-up. Enjoy cuz it's back to the sweat shop for me.

Here's the reference images:

Here is the



And here is the mock - up:









Well it's back to work for me. If you are interested in a commssion you know where to find me!!!

My next order:

Have fun and I look forward to hanging out with you guys on Atlanta Anime day...and kidnapping Cass!!!!

I might but my fund yet again are getting in the way. I might pack a lunch cuz the funds that I need are for that since it's a 1.00 addmission if you have an AWA 09 badge. So is anyone going cuz if I do I'm brining my Green and white a.k.a "Leprechaun Minmay" to the con. Also I hope to see more Macross cosplayers there too. That would rule.

O.k does anyone know of a user who goes by the name of Sorrowful69? Please let me know cuz the e-mail of this indivudual being on welfare is not giving me information on what they need commissioned not to mention they have no profile/no pictures/no anything so if you know this person and I hope I'm no assuming and making an ass out of myself please tell then not to fuck with me. I'm in a bad situation in my life and if I find out this is a joke know that I will find a way to show this individual hell before I send then to it. Then again this probaly goes with the terrritory of dong busness online and being open to some crazy ass people. If this is not a joke then disregard this cuz I had a customer earlier who wanted me to make her a pattern and then I wised up and realized that if they can win "Best in show" at Anime North they can read a fucking pattern instead of me having to make them one. Seriously people come on.

Gonna start an Esty account now since some cosplayers on cosplay.com think that they can get something for nothing. If you can't afford my services please don;t email me begging for discounts it aint happening. I do have a couple of serious customers so that is good but for now I will do the Esty and try and hope to get some extra income coming in.

O.k I feel better now and hey life's tough right now and I gotta take it one day at a time. In the meantime I went ahead and up myself up for business and now I will be better prepared. I want to give some belated birthday shout outs first!!!

Happy Be-lated Birthday to
 AndaxiaMoonstar!!!!

Hahahaha your 30 so that means you ahve to RUNNNNNNNNN THEY ARE GONNA RENEW YOU!!!!! THERE IS NO SANTUARY!!!!! Had to put the Logan's Run joke in.

And for everybody in September and October.....




O.k back to more updates "Anime Wet Weekend atlanta" report & images:

It was raining all day and my wig culs got ruined for minmay so I winged it. I had fun, I had a chance to hang out with my "North Carolina Family/ Alabama Cousins" ( Yeah you guys know who you are) and Livvy & Adam who by the way took me out for my B-day at Chow Baby. Thanks guys. The cosutme contest was AWESOME!!! I tell ya the competion was nasty fierce. I mean all most the majority of the entrants were really showing off their best work. Damn was all I could say. Nice work and they had more awards this year which shows how good the competion was. Yoko Tori got one for her Midina ( I hope I speled it right) and I nearly cried when she got her award. Her first costume and she won at a competion where the beso of thebest go at it. She was one of the best and she did good. And now some pictrues and I id'nt take a lot goes to show that I am not as youthful as I use to be. Hell back in the day I would have tons of photos, but now I seem to be slowing down.
The panel went well I had fun with Mary and I would love to do more panels with her in the future.


Lets start off with the highligh and what made my day at the con....MACROSS!!!!! I was so happy to see more Macross Frontier cisplay and be apart of it all. The icing on the cake was finding out that I was'nt the only Minmay!!!!



I nearly cried she was soooo beariful and she did on of my favorite oufits of minmay. I even got a Sheryl!!!! Now I have to meet up with these lovely ldies and kidnap a Ranka.



I know who these two are!!!





She did one of my favorite villians Legretta the Quick. I have to do this cosplay some day.


All righ that is all for now I have to go back to work but I will see if I canpost more.

I wanna apologize for the last post I was going though some tuff times and they got to me. Everything I touched latley tecnology wise has either broken or shut off on me and that pissed me off that day. Not to mention myCronor cross, Last LJ post, and headphones have shut off on me or was deleted. I wanna say this. I have not been aggressive and today I was. I have held in so much anger and not express it like I should. I have let people walk all over me and not pay me for commssions like they should have and I am to the point where I wanna cry or scream. I flipped off a lady to day at the train staion for not moving her stuff when I sat next o her. Damn bitch could have move her book but I was aggressive so she knew not to fuck with me.I always let my lj be a nice posting place, but like my title say "It is what it is" and an journal is ment to post what you are feeling. So I feel a bit better letting it all out. I'm depressed. I can't see the man I love with all my heart because of my finacial situation which by the way has had me having anxiety attacks at night. Plus soem bills that have not be paid and my phone may be getting shut off. There is a silver lining to this dark cloud and that is my freinds. Livvy and Tise have helped me with my busniness and I wanna thank them for that. Everyone I met at A.W.A and roomed with have cheered me up and you guys on my Lj know that I love you and sorry for the post.


I will also like to say that I have posted my commsioning busniness online and got 3 request. One of which I am currently working on so that is a little reliving. I also got my awesome Dawn Print yersterday so that also cheered me up to. So back to the sweat shop and I am gonna take one day at a time.

Dear fate fuck you!!!!

Report coming soon with a few photos...and stuff.

Omg i'm 30  help!!!!!!
No wait a minute...I get to pick on old people now cuz they can't tell me nothing yeah that's right.....then again I can always retire and get benefits..Ya'll do realize I'm joking right  cuz 30 is so cool now and that teenagers are gonna call me old lady yet my 20 somEthing freinds will be like" Hey you made it to 30 in medevil times you would have been dead by now"!!!


Yeah and also for my freinds on my lj who are past 25 or older if you remember the Movie "Logans's run" IF YOU TURN ME IN I'M GONNA CRY!!!! I DON'T WANNA BE "RENEWED"..and stuff

I wanna wish a happy birthday to Tise a.ka "Blikku" with a cronicle of her life. Enjoy ^-^


Tise Hicks was born from a reult of an Alien and Bigfoot


Here at age 3 she took her first steps.


At age 16 she mutated into this lovely creature who by the way had a good Prom and graduated with honors at the monster acadamy for ugmos.


After graduating she transformed into a cocoon where she evolved into her final form the look almost human. Once this brave reporter ( that's me) discovered her secrets I was atttacked.


Surviving this attack only brought me awareness that we are not alone...there are dark forces out there and they mean buisness and if you don't wish them a happy birthday...HEAVEN HELP YOU!!!!

There you have it folks the cronicles of "Blikku" thank you and may this poor creature have a great birthday.

Thank You Lilyrampant for posting this pic I had to take it. Michelle Peck's Dawn rules!!!!
Did anyone else get there pics taken with them? The laides who were taking them said that they were walking around the con taking pics.

I'm recovering so I will post a report in the meantime I give you the few pics I was able to take cuz this year I was SOOOOOOOOO FREAKING BUSY!!!! Enjoy!!!


I know who this beautiful Goddess is!!!


Best Viper Ever!!!




Michael!!!!!


Very Beatiful Claudia. This has inspired me to start doing historical costuming. My favorite era is "Victorian" so I wanna aim towards that now.


Billy!!! I knew I would find one.



Ultra Man. I took this one for Fory-san.





Rigth on Beast!!!



This guy was awesome!!!! Best concept and we all ended up singing the theme song!!!!



Mona Lisa I love this concept as well.


Hitman!!!


I was'nt ready for "Freddy"



She-Ra!!!