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Friday, October 14, 2016

More goodies from the Epbot & Fans of Epbot Facebook pages!

Brittany P.'s Doctor Who bath makeover made me do a double-take. Here's her "Before"

And the "After:"

Really digging the teal and that grey tile! Only, look closer:

The "tile" is actually painted brick paneling! Brittney tells me she was inspired by our painted brick tutorial for the steampunk room. I can't get over how much it looks like glass subway tile!

Remember when I talked about all the Rainbow Brite stuff at Hallmark?

Haha! Awwww. DO GO ON.

Speaking of rainbows, prepare to squee over Cheryl G's rainbow Toothless mobile!

Cheryl's mom sewed these for her using this PDF pattern from Etsy.

In fact, her whole nursery is dragon themed, and she has a print of the baby Toothless John commissioned from our friend Nathan, right behind the crib!

This picture makes me so happy.

More Doctor Who goodness: Kari Ann salvaged the backing from a broken dresser mirror, and turned it into a TARDIS headboard!

It even lights up!

I'll let her explain the deets:

Check out the fab details in her paint job:

WOWIE. And I love that the windows glow in the dark.

Here's a shiny ray gun I forgot to post last time:

And Erin's Stay Puft baby, because the world needs more Stay Puft babies:

Yes, Erin, yes she is.

And since this post already has a Doctor Who theme going, let's end with Debra here:

You guys, she was inspired by my mom!
You better believe I sent this over to Mom the second I saw it.

I get e-mails and letters from Epbot fans ranging from ages 9-90, and I'm not sure anything makes me prouder than knowing our geeky community welcomes them all. In fact, just a few days after Debra posted that, another reader named Donna posted a message on Fans of Epbot that included this snippet:

YES.

Our little Fans of Epbot tribe is growing, btw (I think they've settled on "Facebots?"), and I'm impressed with how thoroughly you guys distract me from getting any work done through the week. The discussions and silliness and pictures and advice and general cheering-each-other-on - plus now there's a plush "Squee-bot" traveling the globe visiting readers?! - is like a virtual version of the geeky commune I once wished for. Good stuff. Gold medals for everyone.

Finally, regarding the things I share here: if it's posted on Fans of Epbot - which is a private group to facilitate real talk - I ask permission first. If you share on the public Epbot page, though, then I'll take that as tacit permission to share your project pics and whatnot here on the blog. (Don't worry; if it's something super personal I'll still double check, though.)

And please DO keep sharing your stories and projects, peeps! They make me happy. :D

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Who's ready for more Dragon Con cosplay?!

I know, you've been having withdrawals. Me, too.

Kicking off with a hilariously epic IT Crowd trio:

Moss, Roy, and Richmond!

Sorry that shot's so terrible; in fact, consider this my blanket apology for ALL the bad shots here on out, k?

And I'll make it up to you with...

FALCOOOR!!

The Luck Dragon isn't actually a costume, he's an enormous puppet:

I'm sad I didn't see him in action, but at least I got better photos this way.
(Don't you just want him to be a giant bean bag pillow, for snuggles?)

From luck dragons to spider queens:

Really clever build here, though you guys will have to tell me what she's from!

Update: Thanks, guys! Looks like she's Arachne from Smite:

Kylo Ren/Slave Leia and Ballgown Rey:

Not gonna lie: Kylo/Leia made my brain hurt while I figured it out. It's like if you saw a Greedo-themed BB-8.

...which I bet someone will do now.

I'm guessing this Snow White and Aurora are based on an art piece, because DANG are these sweet re-designs:

I love the thorny brambles in Aurora's hair, and Snow's poofy skirt and apple core necklace. And note that Aurora's gown is both pink *and* blue. YES.

More prettiness: Pirate Poison Ivy!