About Beverly & Charmedseed

This cosplay site has seen several incarnations since its first appearance in 1998 as "Beverly's Closet." In late 2004, charmedseed.net was born as the hub for my personal websites, as faeriewings.net became my commission site exclusively. Thus, Charmedseed Cosplay was also born.

 I have been (knowingly) cosplaying since 1998, at my first convention, the San Diego Comic Con, as Super Sailormoon. Since then I've costumed in the realms of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, Ghibli/Miyazaki films, and any number of anime series and movies.

(*I say "knowingly" because sometime in... er... '93 or something, I was Rydia for Halloween. Yup. I've been a geek ALL MY LIFE. And then I DID IT AGAIN, because I'm a nut like that.)

My style in cosplay and costuming tends to reflect more of the "simple and clean" (pun intended ^.~) lines of anime and manga (like my Sophie), although I have been branching out into more detailed and accessorized costumes as well (like my Rosa). I favor natural fabrics above all and consider myself an extremely frugal cosplayer (hey, you can buy dye-your-own silk for about $6 a yard, as opposed to twice that). It is not unusual for me to spend more on notions and accessories than fabric. ^^

In "real life," I'm freshly graduated as of December 15th with my bachelors, and working hard at growing my jewelry store, Charmedseed Jewelry, as well as admin assisting for a railroad company.  ^^ I'm living minutes from all the exciting, creative, artsy places in Denver, and I absolutely love every bit of it. XD 2008 is my ten year anniversary in cosplay.  That's so crazy.

I'm easy to contact at beverly *at* charmedseed.net, or via LiveJournal, or through AIM at charmedseed.