The Costume Closet

Welcome!

Welcome to my Costume site. I hope you enjoy looking at my costumes as much as I enjoyed making them. Feel free to look around and comment in the guestbook. Thanks for visiting a LithySite and have a nice day!

Update 4-30-09

Update!

It's almost May and that means its Renaissance Festival season here! However this year will be slightly different. Instead of enjoying the sights, sounds, and various acts of the Festival, I will be joining the cast as a player on the streets! I am now part of the Castleton village. My character is Adeline Grey, or Adie for short, she is a fruit seller, but be wary her fruit isn't always as fresh as she says. If you're in the area be sure to check out the Oklahoma Renaissance Faire at the Castle of Muskogee. For more info visit http://www.okcastle.com 

I am finishing up my college experience here in Tulsa and will be moving on to bigger and better things next fall. My finals are coming up and I'm currently working on a design project for my costuming design class. We, as a class, were given the opportunity to design a play that was actually put into production. This was the first class ever given this chance and for that we are very thankful. The costumes turned out great and we came in under budget! I will try to get some of those pictures up here also. I have a lot of updating to do and I hope to get that accomplished after finals! See ya then! 

Thanks for visiting and as always leave your comments in the guestbook!

Ashley

Update 10/4/2008

Hello!
Wow, it's been a very long time since my last update. But now I've got something to update you on. I'm a theatre major at my community college, i'm hoping to graduate next semester. I've been actively involved in the costuming department as school and have already taken Costume Techniques 1 and 2. I am currently enrolled in Costume History and will be taking Intro to Costume Design next semester. I'm working as the Assistant Stage Manager at a community theatre near my house and as the dramaturge for a play at school. I've made a couple new Renaissance costumes for this years festival and will get those pics up soon. Also I'm volunteering at a Civil Air Patrol 1940's Hanger Dance. I'm in the process of making that costume now and should have it ready by Halloween. I'm also planning on volunteering at the Renaissance Festival in my homestate and will keep you updated on how that costume comes together. Other than that I have photos from the musical review my school did last year that I will be posting and commenting on and I've finally gotten the Anne of Green Gables pictures up. I hope you enjoy the site and don't forget to leave a comment in the Guestbook! http://www.freewebs.com/costumecloset/guestbook.htm

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Update 3-12-07

Happy New Year!... well soon it will be St. Patty's day so I guess I'm a little late on the new year thing... but it is a new year and that means new Ren Fest costumes!!!! But first I must fulfill my position as costume mistress for the upcoming production of "Anne of Green Gables" for the homeschool Acting and Vocal class (which I am also performing in) So it's going to be one hectic spring. I've added a Theater Costumes page to showcase the AoGG costumes as soon as they are completed and I will be updating the Renaissance Costumes page soon with new designs for our upcoming gowns. I think that's all for now. Thanks!

Ashes

P.S. Leave a comment in the Guestbook if you have any suggestions or questions for me. Thanks.

Update 12-14-06

Merry Christmas!

It is nearing that time of year and I am busy making gifts for various friends and family members.
I have updated the Renaissance page and moved some things around so be sure to look at that.

Due to time constrictions my "Halloween Costume" never got finished and is still hanging on my closet door.
I plan to work on it as soon as I have any spare time (what is that?) and I have some people interested in it
so I'll probably give it away.

That's all I have to say this time. So enjoy the holidays!

Ashes

Update 10/15/06

Hello,

Halloween is approaching and although I don't condone celebrating halloween I love dressing up. So for my tech campus' Fall Festival I am going to be dressing up as part of a project my Apparel Design class is doing. We are all going to dress up in the styles of different decades from the past hundred years, I've chose the Nineteen Teens. It should be fun but I have a little over two weeks to complete it. I'm thinking about using Butterick pattern #4093. It's in between the end of the Victorian Era and just before the Roaring Twenties. I will post pictures as soon as I have any. Thanks.

Ashes

Update 8/25/06

Hello All,

We have suffered from a lack of updates! Well hopefully I will be able to update more consistently as I fall into a set routine. I have started an Apparel Design class this school year and I know it will help me with my costuming skills. I already have my Ren Fest costume in the planning stage and also I am working on an idea for a "halloween" costume contest. As well as hoping to work on costumes for the spring play my drama class will be putting on.

I have added a "Do It Yourself" section in which I will post any projects I find that look interesting and I'll try to come up with some of my own. Check it out, and enjoy.

Well that's about all of the costuming updates I have right now. Check in soon to see more.

Ashes

Update 5/13/06

The OKRenFest is over! It was loads of fun! All of the costumes were finished the day before the Festival and they all looked awesome! I will have pictures up by the end of next week. Then I will try to do a write up on all of them. Keep visiting and if you haven't signed the guestbook yet please do! Thanks

Ashes

P.S. I have decided that due to a lack of time and resources I will not be making a dress for the opening of Pirates of the Caribbean 2. I'm going to wear my Jack Sparrow shirt instead! Yay for Johnny!! bye

Update

Progress is happening!! I have gotten one of the children's Renaissance costumes cut out and pinned together! I've added the cloak I made for my little sister onto the Renaissance page.The other is soon to come. Also I have decided to make a gown from Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. I'm going to make Elizabeth's Peach Dress. She wears it at the end of the movie.. I plan on wearing it to the opening of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Check in for more updates!

Ashes

New Pages

I've added a two new pages to the site.

Research and Links.

Also if you have made a costume and have pictures of it and a description of it please send them to me at elfgirl89@sbcglobal.net  I will be happy to put them up on my site! Thanks

Ashes

Update

I have purchased patterns and fabric to make Renaissance Costumes for two children (ages 9 and 10) I will be working on them this week and hope to have them completed by Saturday. I will put up pictures as soon as they're done. These Renaissance Costumes are for the children to wear to an upcoming Renaissance Faire which I attended last year and enjoyed immensly. I hope they enjoy it as much as I did.

Ashes