A-Kon 22: Day 1

Hi everyone!  It's been a looooooooong time, but we're finally posting something! YAYAYAY!

This weekend is A-Kon 22.  Today was our first day, and also the debut of our Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children cosplays ^ ^  As we mentioned before, Tiffy went as Tifa, and I went as Aerith.

Because of a severe case of procrastination on both our parts, our costumes were cranked out in 2 weeks (for Tifa) and 3 days (for Aerith).  So please keep that in mind when viewing our costumes :P  Although I think that Tiffy's Tifa has been the best I've seen so far!  :D  And most certainly the best I saw at the con today.

Awww thanks christine :D i'm surprised at how well it turned out too lol but christine's pro sewing skills means that her costume is fantastic anyways :D

Since our costumes weren't as elaborate as last time, we didn't get bombarded with pictures, which was a nice change.  After getting ready, we made it to the hotel around noon, where we stood in line for a couple hours for our pre-paid registration badges.  We found out near the end that there was a special "group purchases" line that was MUCH shorter that we could have stood in, though.  Sigh.  But now we know for next time.

yeah so fail on the badges >_< but i'm very glad that we (including our group of friends) had chances to look around because our costumes weren't so outrageous.  

The group today included our friends Shannon, Jordan, and Daniel.  Shannon was dressed as an original steampunk character in a gorgeous blue corset and skirt.  Jordan and Daniel went as two characters from the anime Rurouni Kenshin -- Daniel as Kenshin and Jordan as Sanosuke.  I think we all got our fair share of photos, but it was happily not overwhelming, so we got to see a good deal of the con and walk around freely ^ ^

i'd have to say everyone looked great! i'm so impressed at the effort everyone gave into their costumes and i really hope that we can someday again do a giant group cosplay because i'm sure it'd be awesome :P

Other notable events... we got lunch at China Dragon in the Plaza of the America's food courtyard, like we did last year XD  We also joined a Final Fantasy photoshoot in a nice shaded area outside, where the lighting was really nice and the shade provided some relief from the unrelenting Texas sun (and the sun's resulting heat).  We also got some frozen yogurt at a little place called Chill just inside of the hotel.

We'll update more later with a longer post and specifics on how we made our costumes this time.  But for now, happy first day of A-Kon!  I can't believe it's been a year since we were last here.

Time really has passed by fast.  Although it's hard to explain to those unfamiliar to cosplay the reason why I like to walk around wearing costumes, it's really because it's a chance to see all the friends I care about.  it's good to be back.