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🎶 Nine ladies dancing… 🎶 (and 🎶 Four ca

🎶 Nine ladies dancing… 🎶 (and 🎶 Four calling birds…🎶!)

I was in line for a booth at Ren Faire with @ourshieldmaiden when I thought up the concept for this group, and now here we are– The Twelve Days of Christmas!

When it came to my photo I knew immediately that I needed to do “nine ladies dancing” and that I wanted to re-create a photo from my childhood of Irish Step Dance. I only danced from the age of eight to about nine and a half before we moved and it was too far / expensive to keep going, BUT I loved it so much. In the many years between then and now I’d been looking and looking for a group to dance with again and finally found my crew three years ago. I ordered some new ghillies (Irish Dance soft shoes) and I haven’t looked back since. Swipe to the end of the carousel for a peek at the photos of tiny Mallory that I modeled my photo after and a photo of my first ever hardshoe routine. (Spoiler: I was not good, but I was SO proud to be up there with my dance teacher and the TEENS!)

Also, I would be remiss if I failed to mention how PERFECT Pixel is as our “four calling birds” and @cosmic.reys.cosplay’s Edamame is as our “partridge in a pear tree”.

Please go check out each person and their photo up close and personal because everyone was SO incredibly talented and creative with their concepts. I truly have the coolest friends.

May we always remember the light will always come again, but be thankful for the slowness and reflection the darkness affords us while it lasts. ✨ Happy Holidays and Winter Solstice, everyone!

🥁 Twelve drummers drumming — @markiviousspicer
🪈 Eleven pipers piping — @live_1000_lives
👯‍♂️ Ten lords-a-leaping — @nogardehh
🩰 Nine ladies dancing — @malaray
🐮 Eight maids a-milking — @shakespeareandme
🦢 Seven swans a-swimming — @ourshieldmaiden
🪿 Six geese a-laying — @houseofpagesandstories
💍 Five golden rings — @cosmic.reys.cosplay
🐦 Four calling birds — Pixel (@malaray)
🐓 Three French hens — @5hensandacockatiel
🕊️ Two turtle doves — @paigeloe
🍐 And a partridge in a pear tree — Edamame (@cosmic.reys.cosplay)

(oh, and thanks to @carolynleonard.photos for the wonderful photo grid concept!)

✨ My name is Mallory and I was born in 1989 ✨

✨ My name is Mallory and I was born in 1989 ✨

Let’s be real, we all have a Taylor Swift story / connection. One of mine is that we’re born just about a month apart and are both (crazy?) Sagittariuses. 😜 1989 (now TV’s) has been one of my favorite albums ever since I heard “Welcome to New York” and dreamed one day of playing it while I walked around the city for the first time. Then when I finally did, it didn’t play in my headphones, but it played non-stop in my head.

To celebrate Taylor’s birthday, a bunch of super cool creators all joined Carolyn’s (@carolynleonard.photos) fun celebration idea: making portraits inspired by the eras and lyrics of miss @TaylorSwift. We’re sharing them today as our own little Eras Tour celebration.

Debut: @lovecitycosplay 🦋
Fearless: @celofwands 💫
Speak Now: @carolynleonard.photos 👄
Red: @whitneyautumnmakes 🧣
1989: @malaray 🏙
Reputation: @kb_reading 🐍
Lover: @ourshieldmaiden 💘
Folklore: @shakespeareandme : 🍂
Evermore: @lianacarissa 🌲
Midnights: @alyb_cosplays 🕕
TTPD: @glamourpossum 🖋️

📸: @alyssarosebuckloughlen (shout out to my work wifey for taking the most impeccable photos of my 1989 at the most perfect golden hour along the water!)

“to be a woman” — mallory shoemaker, 7 novem

“to be a woman” — mallory shoemaker, 7 november, 2024

i feel angry, it hasn’t gone away yet and i doubt it will. feeling anger is a privilege and one that, for the majority of my life, i haven’t allowed myself to indulge in, but now (thanks thirties) i am letting myself feel everything. i will channel my anger into action— with the way my existence as a queer woman is a radical act, the way my love and art and hope are resistance, and the way i will continue to champion for the people around me with fewer seats at the table than i have. we can only get through the next four years if we stay strong together. we must love and protect each other every day. feel the anger, feel the sadness, but don’t ever let them take away your love or your joy. when they take our hope, our love, our joy— that’s when they win and that is simply not how this story ends. 🩵

i may have peaked with Pegasus 💙🪽 a few gra

i may have peaked with Pegasus 💙🪽

a few grainy snaps from last weekend at the @mopopseattle halloween party with my Hercules crew.

based on some stunning Pegasus artwork i saw by @_sunsetdragon_

superrrr proud of this one— cuz the wings work AND i got into two lyfts with them on. 😂 i need to get proper photos taken stat! this build was my first time properly working with foam, my first time working with worbla, and my first time truly styling a wig— i learned so much.

happy Halloween and Samhain to all who celebrate! 🖤🎃🖤

Megera: @shakespeareandme
Hades: @nogardehh
Hercules: @tashakayyyy
Phil: @hotdog.hotel
Hera: @parkergbailey
Pegasus: me

📸 by Claire (@shakespeareandme), too!

Wendy is ultimate eldest daughter core ✨ #Disne

Wendy is ultimate eldest daughter core ✨

#DisneyCosplay #PeterPan #WendyMoiraAngelaDarling #DragonCon2024 #OldestDaughter

Uhhh, @dragoncon, did we just become best friends?

Uhhh, @dragoncon, did we just become best friends?! 🐉✨ I truly had the best, best time running around Atlanta with @ourshieldmaiden and @shakespeareandme. 🍊🦋🐸

We went to the museum, walked tens thousands of steps, cosplayed, slept (sometimes), met up with friends, made new friends, partied until the wee hours, saw whale sharks, ate good food, drank cute drinks, and laughed and smiled so much.

It’s been a while since I’ve felt this inspired, creative, and free in or out of cosplay. Ngl, I’m pretty sure Dragon Con just became my favorite con and I can’t wait for us to do it all again next year. 💫

📸: @ourshieldmaiden and @shakespeareandme if one of us is missing from it! 😂

#dragoncon #dragoncon2024 #disneyprincesscosplay #doctorwhocosplay #atlanta

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