Hi! I'm TR Rose (known as Mandy Nader in the "real world"), and I've been putting costumes together since 2000, sewing since 2005, and attended quite a few conventions since then. Usually my husband joins my cosplay - sometimes even as a character from the same series! I'm much more a video game cosplayer than an anime one - and I'm a bit of a Nintendo fangirl. ^^

I'm currently planning/working on several costumes: Princess Zelda (Twilight Princess), N. Italy (Axis Powers Hetalia), Belle's golden ballgown (Beauty and the Beast), Shiida (Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon), Luna from Lunar: SSSC, and several others! Sometimes I think I have way too many costumes planned.

I'm always happy to answer questions about my costumes, and my site (TRsRockin.com) contains a lot of helpful cosplay tutorials and information - I try to put a guide up for all the big costumes I do. If you see me at a convention, please come over and say hi!

I'm a proud founding member of the TexPlex Cosplay Coalition (linky), a group open to all cosplayers 16 and older living in the DFW Texas area. If you're looking for a group of friends to cosplay with and work on costumes together with, come and check us out!