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Bren Elle
@breniverse.bsky.social
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🏳️‍⚧️She/Her | 🦹‍♀️Cosplay | 🎮Streamer | 🧝‍♀️D&D | 🌌Space | 🙃Amateur
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New crafting toy: acquired!
An Epson projector, projecting a grid down on a self healing cutting mat. A projection of a sewing pattern on a sheet of muslin.
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Tonight’s entertainment.
Looking down on the stage of Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons.
October 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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It’s Silent Book Club night.
A copy of the book area You at the Alter on wooden table. And an iced creamsicle chai drink next to it. Chalkboard menu with doodles of Over The Garden Wall on it.
September 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Proof of life. Hoping to emerge out of my summer silence.
Brown fabric on a cutting mat, with some pieces on top being held down by washers.
September 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Dye fabric ✅
Cut and sew pieces ✅

Other than some hand stitching details, the base of Aloy’s undershirt is complete.

#cosplay #aloy #horizonzerodawn #wip
A brown, short sleeve shirt on a green dress form in front of a curtain backdrop.
July 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Watching My Dress-Up Darling while pattern altering.
L shape desk with a cutting mat and a muslin shirt mockup on it. A monitor is in the corner with the anime My Dress-Up Darling playing.
July 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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If there’s one aspect of crafting I hate, it’s cutting out and assembling paper patterns…
Pieces of paper on a cutting mat being assembled to create a basic shirt front.
July 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Still alive. I’ve been a little quiet lately due to life, and also feeling a little “stuck.” I’m working on it.

But it’s officially Ren Faire season next week! So I’ve decided to whip up a corset for opening weekend. Almost done!

#renaissancefaire #corset #cosplay
Front of a navy blue corset laying on a table. The fabric is adorned with golden astrology symbols. Back of a navy blue corset laying on a table. The fabric is adorned with golden astrology symbols.
June 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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It’s pattern cutting evening.

#cosplay #aloy #pattern #sewing
Shirt pattern printed on computer paper, in the process of being taped together.
May 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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The color I meant to order vs the color I accidentally DID order…

Oh well. Looks like I have more practice fabric.
A swatch of brown linen fabric, which was intended to be purchased in bulk, next to a cut of white linen fabric.
May 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Much needed Silent Book Club time.
The book “Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands,” a coffee with the words “mugs, mysteries, and me time,” and a sign that reads “Shh… we’re reading” on a wooden table.
May 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I set out with a goal to read 12 books this year. Just finished book 6, well above pace.
A photo showing the cover of The Sirens, by Emilia Hart.
May 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Aloy’s focus, how it started vs where we are at today.

Pretty proud of this. I think I can call the design modeling complete!

#cosplay #3dprint #horizonzerodawn
4 “in progress” prototypes of Aloy’s focus. The upper left is just a small battery pack on a piece of foam cut into the shape of the focus for size. The upper right is a 3D print of the top cover of the focus The lower left is 3D print of the bottom plate with a piece of wire taped to the back to act as an ear clip. The lower right is combined top cover and bottom plate, with the ear clip now part of the 3D print.
May 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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This month has had its ups and downs, but there is one thing I can be proud of: consistency.

I just completed a perfect month of closing all my fitness rings, and kept my reading streak going.
Screenshot of the Apple Fitness app showing all activity rings closed for the month of April. Screenshot from StoryGraph showing a 33 day reading streak, and a graph indicating an average of between 15 and 20 pages read each day.
May 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Print was relatively successful. The supports were a little too annoying to remove for my liking. Might try and fix that later. But the electronics fit!
PLA 3D print of Aloy’s focus sitting on a dark desk. There is an electronics switch visible on the backside.
April 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Been working on the 3D model for Aloy's focus. My current plan is to have a hollow top piece that can fit a battery and LED wiring, and then attach a bottom plate using three magnets.

Exporting and printing the Mk 2 now. Let's see how it turns out.

#cosplay #blender #3dmodel #horizonzerodawn
3D model of Aloy's focus from Horizon Zero Dawn using Blender. The view is looking upwards of a hollow inside, showing spots for a battery and magnet attachments for a bottom plate.
April 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Shadowheart made it 9 hours around @c2e2.bsky.social and to the photo op yesterday!
Bren in full Shadowheart cosplay alongside Aliona Baranova, Devora Wilde, Jennifer English, and Neil Newbon.
April 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Today’s the day we learn what it’s like to wear this for a full day.
Chainmail hauberk lying on a white bed.
April 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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It’s Thursday night!
The Critical Role stage before the show
April 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Proof that I’ve been working.
Shadowheart’s wig with chains down the ponytail.
April 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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It’s not con crunch yet, but it’s getting close. Cut Shadowheat’s bangs yesterday. Today’s goal is completing the ponytail.

C2E2 is only 5 days away!
Before image of a black wig with long bangs covering the face. Shadowheart’s outfit can be seen in the background. A black wig with short bangs cut to mimic Shadowheart. Longer bangs fame the sides.
April 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Shadowheart’s new wig came earlier this week. While taking her hairpiece off the old on, I accidentally broke it…

So I’m up early this morning getting a new one printed.

#cosplay #bg3 #3dprinting
Ender 3D printer just starting a new print.
April 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! No matter what anyone tries or says, we’re always going to exist. 🏳️‍⚧️

#TransDayofVisibilty #TDOV #trans #transgender
March 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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First up for Aloy: the focus. It's been a goal of mine to make a fully functional one. My Blender skills are rough, But I'm going to figure this out.

#3dmodel #blender #prop
Rough framework of Aloy's focus being modeled in the Blender software.
March 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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While I’m not entirely done fixing up Shadowheart for C2E2, I got my 3D printer back up and running in preparation for my next project! In the meantime, I’m printing some pieces for @meganmarie13.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM