Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives

Horrible things have happened here i Norway.

A bomb went of in a government building, killing at least 7-8 people, and wounding more.
Only a short while after, a man shot and killed (now confirmed) 91 teenagers on Utøya, at one camp..

This is just... beyond words.. Norway is in shock and sorrow, and frightened. Things will never be the same..
This is our 9/11.

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"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity"
-Edvard Munch

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.

So, me and my friend, Anniken, went to Desucon, a Norwegian Japanese and sci-fi convention.

It was absolutely awesome, and I wish I could do it more than once a year!

For this event, I had made our costumes. and I will show them to you now!

Our theme for Desucon, were a mixture of Disney's Burton's and our own perception and opinion on the Mad Hatter and Cheshire Cat, female style.

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Me as Mad Hatter
Made the hat from scratch, made from cardboard, wire and fabrics. Also made the hat pins, and they are actually silver-painter bamboo-sticks decorated with pearls! I made a ring from scratch as well, which is supposed to be a pincushion with pins in.
Except for the hat, the bow tie is my favorite part of this costume.

Anniken as Cheshire Cat
Entire costume made from scratch, except for the shoes, which were painted to match the rest.
Giant grin made from some soft thing which I don't know the name of.
The neck piece/choker and the grin are my favorite pieces of this costume.

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Cheshire and Mad Hatter had a tendency to sit down and drink tea. And so we did, outside the Norwegian castle.

Makeup can sure make a lot of difference..


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"Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are."Colleen Atwood