Happy Holidays from Boris and Natasha!

Happy Holidays from my furry four-legged children, Boris and Natasha! 

Merry Merry!

Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Doctor Who Wallpaper

I needed a Christmas-y Doctor Who wallpaper for my computer monitors at work. In New Orleans, it just doesn't feel like Christmas right now. So here's a quick wallpaper I threw together to get you in the holiday spirit!

And for your Facebook cover photo:

Have a Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Christmas!

Best BFF ever!

After Alex gave me this early Christmas present of a glass TARDIS ornament, I decided to go ahead with a Doctor Who themed Christmas Tree this year. We started on Weeping Angel tree toppers (still in progress), inspired by this tutorial by Cynthia at The Creative Crossing. I'll post pictures of those once they're finished.

Since I only had time to make a few ornaments, I filled up the rest of the tree with "TARDIS Blue" glass ornaments, stuck random doctor who toys into the tree (like my blue dalek, wind-up weeping angel, and 11th doctor sonic screwdriver) and then topped off the tree with a fez and a bowtie!

Here are a couple of the ornaments I made. The adipose are made of Sculpey and the Van Gogh TARDIS exploding is decoupaged onto a glass ornament. After being approached about selling the adipose ornaments, I'm trying to get an annual Doctor Who Handmade Ornament Swap going on to not only build up my Whovian ornament collection, but also to spread the crafty cheer to those looking to make their tree a bit more wibbly-wobbly or timey-wimey. Let me know if you're interested!

Classy Femme Boba Fett

This is what I've been playing around with for one of my costumes for Dragon*Con next year. I'm on the hunt for a decent Boba Fett helmet that isn't terribly expensive. I'm even looking to purchase an unfinished "bucket" and then do my own painting/add visor/add voice amplifier. So, we'll see. A friend is going to help me make the dress (so I don't end up sewing myself to something) and we're going to alter an underbust corset that I already have.

I think I'm leaning more to the one on the right.

New website, new tools, new jewelry!

My website, www.angelafalcone.com, has been totally revamped. Check it out and let me know what you think. I created a special mobile site since the main website is flash, so that's what you will get if you're viewing from your phone.

Anyway, I got a new riveting tool for my birthday. Super exciting! I've also had minimal saw blade breakage lately and that makes me happy. (I hope I didn't jinx myself just now...) So, here are a few things I've been working on.

Alex and I are doing the Gretna Farmers Market this weekend with her knitted stuff and my jewelry. Should be fun!

Wizard World Comic Con: New Orleans 2012

My friend's daughter as Amelia Pond in front of the TARDIS

Wizard World Comic Con in New Orleans came twice this year. Once again, there were some great celebrity guests, but my favorite thing to do at comic cons is to check out all of the costumes. Alex and I wore our Dalek and TARDIS dresses. It was a bit difficult to take photos of costumes when you're being stopped to take photos as well, but here are a few pictures I snagged with my phone:

This was given to me at the con by a girl who was super excited about my dalek dress and she drew this for me! How sweet is that!?! This now has a permanent spot on my fridge!

DIY $5 Christmas Wreath

OK, ya'll. If you're like me and can't justify spending money on yourself when Christmas is right around the corner, this is the perfect inexpensive DIY wreath to decorate your boring door. I bought all of the supplies from the Dollar Tree and spent a grand total of $5.44, including tax. This doesn't include my glue gun or ribbon that I already had.

For the base, I bought one for $1 at the Dollar Tree, or you can take an existing wreath that you don't like and strip it down. I picked out some shimmery ribbon and wrapped it around the base and hot glued the ends down where the flowers would go. I cut the poinsettias and pine cones to separate them and then individually started threading the wire stem through the branches in the wreath and wrapped the remaining stem around the back of the wreath and twisted in. It's a bit tricky at first, but play around with it. As far as getting the statue to stay, hot glue is your best friend. Luckily, the owl statue was hollow, so it wasn't too heavy. Also hot glue any stems or pieces that are loose.

Athena Painting

I've been working on this on and off lately. Anxious to get it finished and start on Hera! I'm a bit stuck on the dress right now. I've done some more work on it since this picture, but mainly in the olive trees in the background and in the owl. I'm thinking about working in a doubleheaded axe (labrys) into the pattern in her dress to keep with the Athena theme. We'll see.

Dragon*Con 2012 adventures

With Slvester McCoy, the seventh doctor!

Is it time for Dragon*Con again, yet??!? I'm anxious for next year. Alex and I managed to pull together my Dalek dress to go with her TARDIS dress for the con this year. I made these pill box hats from sheets of felt and recruited the help of my dad to figure out lighting. They came out super cute and I'm excited to add to the costumes and keep them in cosplay rotation. We also had some female doctor who costumes, but those were way too hot and didn't last long in Labor Day Atlanta heat... Next costume project: classy femme Boba Fett!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from Dragon*Con weekend. I loved meeting so many great and interesting people! Never a dull moment!

With Patricia Quinn, known for being Magenta in Rocky Horror

With J. August Richards, Gunn in Angel

With Kai Owen, Rhys in Torchwood

With LeVar Burton

Doctor Who and Ninja Themed Surprise Party!

The Ninjas Have The TARDIS

Ninja 3 layer cake with homemade fondant, marshmallow adipose, TARDIS pinata, and ninja cake pops!

This post is way overdue. 

My friend, Matt, came to me to help him give his girlfriend, Sam, a memorable birthday party. Her birthday is July 4th, and Matt said that she never has a birthday party on her birthday. She's a big Doctor Who fan and loves ninjas, so we decided to go with a Doctor Who and ninja themed surprise party. Alex and I worked on coming up with different themed snacks and decorations (Marshmallow adipose, ninja cake pops, a ninja face cake, TARDIS banner and star confetti) and Matt supplied us with "TARDIS blue" tableware and streamers. Matt also made a TARDIS pinata, Doctor Who buttons, and a pin-the-eyestalk-on-the-Dalek game! It was great! And so much fun! I will post a download for the TARDIS birthday banner later!