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