I've been visiting deviantART for ages, but didn't actually think of posting pictures of my own Little Dudes, which is what I call the needlepoint figures. (I used to call them Cutesies, but as I only ever referred to them as 'the little dudes', I changed the name)

I did much better than I expected to, having a table at Artists' Alley at AC3 in Ottawa last November, so I made up a full website with pictures of everything on it. More recently (as in, in the last week), I sorted out the HTML jungle with PayPal, and now I have one of those funky cool 'Add to Shopping Cart' things for all the 2D figures on the site, which amuses the heck out of me! I'll have some stuff at a friend's table at Anime North in Toronto in May, but other than that, I have the best costume idea ever. I will be Gamer Girl, and I will be wearing a cape and possible a Zorro-esque mask.... and I will have over 50 of the Little Dudes somehow attached to my costume. I haven't decided whether I'll just use safety pins, or in case it rains or I get into a to-the-death battle (you never know!), I could attach ziplock-type bags to the costume and put the Little Dudes in the bags. That way, it'll be easier to rearrange them if I decide that, say, I don't want a Frog Mario on my shoulder but on my knee, it's not like I'll be bending the safety pins out of shape from moving my ... decoration everywhere.

Then again, if I have them in little bags, I will likely make shuffling and crackling sounds wherever I go... Humm, this costume requires more thought... And definite pre-planning!

Mandy