Rochelle Goyle Cosplay - Sponsored by Monster High x Mattel

Late Fall 2012, I was approached by Monster High x Mattel about doing an amazing collaboration. They wanted me to choose one of the newer characters from Monster High and create a cosplay for myself, recording all my process work and doing a final series of images of fully dressed up in the cosplay. My work would then be showcased on all their social media websites around Halloween. What an honor! I love Monster High and the talented minds behind it so it was a no brainer to say yes. I was even provided with a small amount of funding to cover some of the materials, for which I was very grateful. If you are a cosplayer or have seen my Toralei costume blog, you will know that cosplaying can be a very expensive endeavor. 

Sammy the Turtle Pattern - Squishy-Cute Designs

I've been extremely busy the last few months and have gotten dreadfully behind on my blog posts! I hope to fix that in the next few weeks :)

I was making a crafty present package for a friend for Christmas and I knew she'd fallen in love with a super cute turtle plushy pattern from the super talented ladies at Squishy-Cute Designs. I'd never made a plushy or bought a craft pattern through Etsy before but had a great experience! I'm new to embroidery so "Sammy" the turtle was a great learning tool for me as well, I conquered the french knot :D Their original design had a lot of embroidery but I decided to make things more blinged up for my version, using sequins and seed beads. Squishy-Cute loved my version so much they featured it on their Facebook which was pretty cool. I think my Sammy turned out great!

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