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okay so I finally decided what my next
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big project is going to be and I'm so
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excited hi I'm Glenn I'm a Portuguese
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cosplayer I've been cosplaying for
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almost 10 years now I really like
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princesses and magical girls I'm really
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into performing on stage I love cosplay
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competitions and with that being said I
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finally decided my next B big
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competition piece is going to be and
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it's it's going to be Glenda from the
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wicked movie as worn by Ariana grand and
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yeah I already cosplayed Glenda before
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she's my favorite character ever of all
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time and this dress is just so stunning
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ever since I saw some photos going
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online I was so excited about it and I
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finally come to the decision that I'm
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going to make it this year and I'm going
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to make this video series so I can like
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remember how I made it and how the
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journey was because I always get so sad
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when I finish a project and my baby is
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gone and taken away from me so I really
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want to record this one and share with
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you guys how how it is that I make my
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costumes uh how do I make decisions and
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all of that so yeah today we are taking
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the first step on making this costume uh
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which for me always is planning planning
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is very important for me I think it's uh
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the base of every project and once you
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have an idea of how you want to make
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things even if you end up changing
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changing up how you make them I just
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think it's so nice to already have like
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a plan to be basing off so today we're
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going to do a costume breakdown um with
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some of the pictures that we already
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have I'm still waiting for a trailer so
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I can have more detail pictures but uh
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or shots in this case but I'm I'm really
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excited and we already have have enough
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photos to work with I'm going to start
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by looking into the dress first this is
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a very challenging uh skirt for me I've
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never done something like this it has a
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ton of techniques that I've never used
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before and that's also I I'm really
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excited to make it so first of all I'm
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definitely going to need a hoop skirt to
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go under this big ass dress I already
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saw some pictures of the dress with the
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top view and it really really really is
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very wide I'm going to be making a hoop
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skirt of U metal flat boning um that's
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because this is very very sturdy it will
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hold up the weight of the skirt just
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fine I never already done this before so
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I'm pretty comfortable with that that's
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not like a scary step for me or anything
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okay so on top of the hoop skirt
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definitely going to be needing a pett
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coat not only to make the shape of the
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hoop squirt more smooth the picot really
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helps a lot with not having those dents
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that the bones make I'm thinking maybe a
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3 tier pett coat and that's going to be
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made with a stiff toll now on top of the
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petty coat and this is the part where it
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actually starts getting to be the dress
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itself I'm going to be making a base for
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Glenda skirt to add all these padel on
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these flounces which are so beautiful
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and this is the part that I'm most
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scared for because I've never done a
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skirt like this but it's going to be
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fine I hope but yeah um I'm going to be
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making probably a circle skirt so it has
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a lot of fullness and on the bottom of
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that I'm going to add this little ruffle
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that she has here in the dress and I
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don't think I will be able to find a
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fabric like this there are some that
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look similar to it but don't have like
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the bubble designs they are more like
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Stars and Hearts so so I'm going to be
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making this design with clear iridescent
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heat transfer vinyl I can make some
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bubbles like that and iron them on this
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ruffle and then just attach the whole
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thing now for the petals I'm thinking of
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making some sort of like fabric sandwich
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one layer of oranza one layer of stiff
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tool with probably horse hair on on the
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bottom and then another layer of organza
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so it's not so see-through but it's also
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not truly opaque you know what I mean
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now this these petals have these very
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interesting designs which are kind of
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like uh some
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lines and some Bubbles and I also see
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some little like sparkles um I really
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need more pictures to clearly understand
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the design but from what I see now
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that's what I'm thinking it's going to
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be and I'm thinking about making that
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with h transfer vinyl again probably not
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the same ones but maybe mixing it up
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with some pearl one and a clear
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iridescent one or just an opaque
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iridescent one I'm going to look into
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that and see what works best now I
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really have no idea how to pattern this
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so far from my research it looks like uh
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those types of shapes that I've drawn
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before but I really want to make like a
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mockup for it however a mockup for this
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skirt would use up so much fabric and I
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something that I really pride myself on
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is that my cosplays are very like budget
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friendly and I try to be very mindful of
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the material that I use with that being
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said I'm considering making this mockup
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for the skirt on a little doll so it
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will basically work like a scale
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mannequin like this uh where you can do
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things in a a half scale so I'm going to
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do the mockup on a doll and then I'll
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scale it up to my size which is actually
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pretty easy I'll explain it later I've
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been using this type of technique for
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ages now with my costumes and also I can
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calculate how much fabric do I need so I
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can buy the exact amount now for the bod
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I think this is very straightforward I
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think I'm just going to make a corset
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base and I'll apply all these uh
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crystals on top so I'm going to be
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needing some cotton toil for this I know
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some people prefer to use C still
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however it's very hard to find it in my
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country and I've been using cotton to
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for ages now um to make corsets and it
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works perfectly fine so I think I'm
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going to go with that really and it's
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going to work fine it's going to be
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fine and then I'll do an organza overlay
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for the bodess and to that layer I'm
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going to add all the crystals there are
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tons of crystals and embellishments here
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I really want to recreate these type of
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like lines and the different sizes of
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crystals I think it's going to look
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amazing I'm planning on using some glass
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hot fix ones they are really really
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shiny and some smaller ones like jelly a
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crystals which are cheaper and you can
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get them in like more pastel colors yeah
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now the dress is covered I think we have
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a plan I think it's going to be fine
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it's going to go well and now for the
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the other parts okay for the wig I
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already have a very similar wig to this
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one which is the wig that I've worn for
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my Barbie cosplay so both uh elen from
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Barbie and fritopia and roller skate
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Barbie from the Barbie movie I think I'm
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going to use this one the color is a
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perfect match it already has some tinsel
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that I added in the only thing is that
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this wig is a heart front wig but I am
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planning on turning it into a lace front
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wig like this okay now that the wig is
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done we're going to be moving on and
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looking into the accessories that she
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has which are so stunning so beautiful
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also the thing that I'm most confused
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about uh is the crown so let's let's go
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straight into that one so the first idea
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that came to my mind was to make this
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crown with some type of clear plastic
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and again I'm going to try and use some
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recycled material to make this happen
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and my idea is to have that plastic
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sheet and cut the shape with all the
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bubbles on my
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Cricut uh okay so yeah this is the first
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idea that I have this is the first plan
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that I have however I do have another
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plan as well which I think would work
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perfectly fine you will be much more
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timec consuming but it will probably
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also look like more fancy which is to
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make all of these bubbles so all of
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these little circles with uh wire so a
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little aluminum wire and then I can
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attach those with a smaller wire or even
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like with with some soldiering with the
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soldering iron I can just attach them
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and then of course with either one I'm
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going to add some crystals to make it
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all shiny and sparkly of course it's
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cindo okay she needs Sparkle for the
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earrings I think it's going to be very
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simple I'm just going to do some
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crystals with a pin like this so I had
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this idea for the one that is is
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basically um making a lot of like little
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wires with some beads on it so the beads
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can move and Sparkle more and I'm
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thinking taking all of those little
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wires and suck them into like a
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Styrofoam ball for the center now that
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this little piece here is settled I will
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need a clear rod for this wands and I'm
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pretty sure I can find some type of um
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plexiglass Rod that I can use for it um
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if not I'm thinking maybe looking into
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like shower curtain rods I'm pretty sure
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I've already seen some clear ones before
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and that will work also perfectly fine
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here and for everything that I need to
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be making I think this is it I'm still
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missing the shoes but there are no
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photos of it and honestly I don't even
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know if they are going to be noticeable
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cuz this skirt is
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huge uh
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but if I can't find any specific like
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photos of the shoes I'm probably going
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to be making some type of like
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Cinderella shoes so very sparkly very
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Crystal looking to go well with the rest
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of the outfit and yeah that's pretty
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much it uh I think it's too soon to be
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thinking about makeup so I won't worry
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about it now but I am so happy that I
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have a plan and that that I'm going to
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be making this happen I've been
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obsessing over this dress ever since I
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saw the pictures like I said before and
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I'm really really excited to be sharing
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this journey with you and with myself
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from the Future Okay because I really
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want to be able to look back and see how
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I overcame all these challenges and
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every time I make a project I'm always
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so sad when it ends uh so this will be a
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great way for me to to remember all the
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good and the Terrible
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times but yeah I'm really excited to
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actually start making this and I hope
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you guys enjoy the journey as well it
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will take a lot of patience and a lot of
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testing so yeah subscribe if you want to
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follow along and see you next time bye