Funny bones

I haven't done fancy dress or face painting since I left university a year and a half ago, and I have missed it. So when one of my colleagues said they were having a Halloween party I jumped at the chance to be a skeleton.

Kigu

I want a Kigu. I’m just not sure which one I would like yet. Giraffe? Red panda? Tabby cat? Fox? I’d want the wolf, were it not brown (it should be grey) and if it wasn’t licking its nose. It is a big decision to make…

Forest Party: Link

For my pre-birthday party, on Thursday, I had a forest theme. I was Link.

I also made a tree for the kitchen pillar.

The shield and hat were my favourite parts of the costume.

And Ellinor made me Bløtekake, which was much enjoyed by all.

Triforce Tribute

I was pointed to this by a friend on Twitter, a whole array of graphicy and illustrationy Zelda goodness.

"The Triforce Tribute is an epic multi-medium show celebrating all things Zelda. Curated by Jolby & Always With Honor. Opening Friday March 9th at 6pm and runs through April 21st 2012 at Land Gallery." – Triforce Tribute

Kokiri Forest, Trevor Basset

Link, Jolby

More Link, Meg Hunt

Gem in the grass, Jolby/Always With Honor

A little bit of Zelda (cropped), Frank Chimero

According to a post on the blog yesterday, there will be an online gallery with more of the images in soon. For now, there's some bits on this Flickr.

This is all relevant to me at the moment as tomorrow I am having a [two week early] birthday party, and the theme is "forest". That might not immediately shout Zelda at you although there are plenty of forests in the games, so I'm being a big indirect by saying "I'm going as Link!" But hey, it's my party. He wears green and is basically a forest elf.

I've made a sword and shield, and a pretty awesome (if I say so myself) Link-style hat so should look the part. I'm sure there will be photographs to share at a later date.

Caturday: Cat cam

I guess I was just too busy with uni work and such, but these photographs have been in my possession for a week now and I haven't blogged them. You can read about my costume here, but basically my housemate had a cat themed party for her birthday a few weeks ago and I got out the old cat cam.

 

It was certainly a great Caturday.

Cat bus: the costume

So, I dressed up as cat bus yesterday for my housemate Ellinor's cat-themed birthday party. Certainly not an easy costume but I think I did it well!

Quite impressed by my own sewing skills.

But the face paint made it whole.

And of course, no cat party would be complete without the cat cam.

We got through two 24 exp films in the night so hopefully some of the photographs will come out alright! I have to work out where is actually best to take/send them to be developed first but looking forward to seeing how they turn out.

Meanwhile, I'm now sitting in my bright yellow sea swimming (club) hoodie, not sure if I still have yellow face paint left on my face or if it is just the hoodie illuminating my skin. It's that bright that it's hard to tell.