Hello, internet! Welcome to the first post of my blog.

My intention with this blog is primarily to document personal and freelance commission projects, although on that grand day when I get to work in theatre again I suspect that process will be posted here, as well. Most of my work as of this writing (18 Sep 2013) are single-piece or single-look garb designs for various Live Action Role Play (or LARP)-type settings, as well as the usual suspects of Halloween and RenFaire costumes, and the occasional historical reenactment or scifi/fantasy convention. I also occasionally cross the line from costume crafts into the realm of prop-building, so I may post some of those adventures here, as well.

One of my biggest motivations for starting the blog was to make a place on this website where I could share not just my finished work (as one does with a portfolio), but what and how I learn with each project. I'd been meaning to write more about costuming and related subjects on my personal blog for quite some time - this is a field I got into because I love it (as evidenced by my recent work, which is as much a byproduct of my hobbies as it is a professional pursuit), and as such I enjoy talking about it. (Please, feel free to comment and turn this into a conversation rather than a soliloquy, it would make my day.)

With that seed of "possibly-maybe I should blog about these things" in my mind, I had this site reviewed as a portfolio during the 2013 USITT conference in Milwaukee this spring. I was told that the one thing it truly lacked was that account of what I had learned. Or, more specifically, that at this stage of my career, what I learned on any given project was far more important than what projects I had worked on. I am slightly ashamed to say that it took me a couple weeks to connect the two ideas... and, once connected, there was the matter that this website did not support an internal blog at the time. Fortunately, that changed recently, turning my months of dithering over which blog platform to use into serendipity rather than procrastination.

I recently completed a couple major projects, which I plan to write up in the next few weeks - sadly, pictures of them are limited. Once I catch up with recent projects, I hope to do more in-depth documentation as I go, as well as improve my photography setup (and habits).

Until next time,

Be brave. Play nice.

--Cerys

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