I stopped into a bead shop a little bit ago with a friend of mine and the shop was offering a class in a popular bracelet called Chan Luu. What it is is leather with beads wrapped around it. with string. It is closed together with a button of sorts. It looks really pretty and seems popular with celebrities. I… Read more →
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Cosplay Spotlight for January- Janis
What is your name and Handle you go by? Janis Hsing, I occasionally go by Taiga or Amaya How long have you been cosplaying? About 5 and a half years What got you into cosplaying? My high school friends, we were really into anime and my friends found cosplay through google search and youtube. What is your favorite costume you… Read more →
Its a New Cosplay Year!
Well everyone its 2013 and a new cosplay season is about to start! A lot of people prepare for swim suit season while I on the other hand prepare for con season. Since last year I have lost around 20 lbs and grown a lot of confidence in myself and how I look so this year I have chosen to cosplay a… Read more →
Katsucon 2013
The New Year is just around the corner, and Cosplay Kitchen is already planning some conventions that we are going to in the New Year. Our first convention will be Katsucon in February, the 15th through the 17th to be exact. We have heard many great things about this convention and we look forward to our first time attending Katsucon.… Read more →
Commission Projects
We are working on a few commissions right now. One Tom is very excited about. It is Ezreal from League of Legends. It is going to include LED lights in the back of his coat and gauntlets. It is a great opportunity to try something different within a cosplay. Everything needed for that part of the costume was found at… Read more →
2012 Popular Cosplays
As the year comes to a close in a few weeks I have been thinking about some of the popular cosplays that we at Cosplay Kitchen have seen throughout the year. At any convention you will have a consistant strain of popular cosplays, for example whichever convention you go to no matter the time of year you will see Vocaloids,… Read more →
Cosplay Not For Americans??
There is a debate going on, I’m not sure if you guys have heard it or not. But there are people who say cosplay is not for Americans because anime characters are Asian, primarily Japanese. It is said that only Japanese (or other Asians) can do a cosplay well, while Americans do it horribly wrong. Some of the articles I… Read more →
Cosplay Jewelry
When I began planning my gender-bender version of Peter White from Alice In The Country Heart, I thought it would be cute to make jewelry to add to the costume. The original character wears a tie and I thought it would be cute to change the tie into a chocker necklace of sorts with a clock. I also wanted to… Read more →
Thanksgiving Day Parade
I am watching the Thanksgiving Parade which I do every year cause I love to see the floats, balloons and acts. i had to giggle when the one announcer called Pikachu a Pokeman. But as I am watching all the dancers perform, I can’t help but think it would be awesome to see Dansu to Panstu dancing in the Macy’s… Read more →
Cosplayer Spotlight – MikuMikuJinx (Jennifer)
What is your name and Handle you go by? MikuMikuJinx (Jennifer) How long have you been cosplaying? I’ve been cosplaying for about six years! What got you into cosplaying? It all started out with, I would cut and my hair and dye it like a specific character. And then I found out what I was doing and started to follow that hobby with… Read more →