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Now for some fancy

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    Some fancy words that is! So I finally made it though my first semester of university, oh god I thought I was done for so many times and in the end when I had given it my all, I just kept going. It was both awful and the best experience ever. I have learned so much in this small amount of time that I have been there and I can't wait to go finish this year of classes. 

Now on to more cool costume stuff! As I continue with this short break on the cosplay train, so far I've been making a new version of my Merida cosplay from Brave. A friend of mine is making a Disney shoot for WINTER AR which is on January 3rd. Before then I will be making this entire costume in less then two weeks. Normally I would have said no right away but since this lucky butt won a couple scholarships I was able to take this vacation off as actual vacation so I will spend all my time doing that. WOOT.

So Happy holidays everyone and look for new updates and actual deventations this January.

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R and R

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So as some of you might have noticed I stopped with the posting every tuesday bit. It will continue after this month probably but I've just had too much on my plate as of late to really deal with it. In short I had two conventions I was attending and costumes for each, a several photoshoots, and a conception. One week away I was about halfway through making all of these. Around working a full time job and pre-paring for school I stayed up and sometimes didn't sleep at all trying to get these done. But I figured out it just wasn't worth the stress. I go to conventions to have a good time, make friends, have fun with old friends, but really to just be there and enjoy it all. I was guaranteeing myself not to have a good time by stressing out so much over top of it to the point that I hated making my costumes. Cosplay to me is about enjoying yourself being someone else and taking pride in your accomplishments, whether it be putting the costume all together or hand beading every single pearl. If your not enjoying yourself why bother? Thats the conclusion I came to at the end of the day, and why I missed making most of my costumes and most of the conventions,

As for my soon to be school life i'm rather excited and it will  be starting in exactly a week from now. It really marks a new adventure for me and a turing point on how my skills will improve. I hope that I will see the impact quickly and hopefully if lucky we will all see the improvements along the way.


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Guess who got into school! This motherhubbard!

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After a little under four years of toiling around not exactly lowing what fate shall await me I settled upon going to school for costuming. Two years of trying to save up more money to go, five years of portfolio building, two months of prep, one week of anxiety, and a morning of panic attacks, plus two weeks of waiting later….I have the results and i'm in! WHoooohhooooooo!

I got the news after I finished a shift a lll the way out in Edgemont, and I had ridden my bike home and got lost twice. Needless to say I got home late… like 12am late. I decided to check my mail(two days early) because i'd been holding back from nervously checking for the past two weeks. And before i'd even unlocked my door I read it and felt… nothing… I was confused at first and just laid back in the grass staring at the moon because it was a spectacular night. Nothing seemed any different and I kept thinking I should be celebrating or something since its kinda life changing and not that many things in my life have been.. life changing before.. 

BUT THE NEXT MORNING I woke up like this ---> :bademoticon: 
And was gloating all day being like, HA!~ How could they not accept me, like pssht. Why was I even all worried, i'm so amazing how could they not. xD I definitely had the biggest ego ever that day. But it felt good after all the anxiety.

In the short run that means you'll get to see some more of my better stuff that i'll be producing in school, however I won't be making as much as my regular stuff. My quality will go up but my quantity might go down since i'll be broker then a potato out of dirt. (not that I post much egrhhdm *cough* sorry *cough*)

Speaking of posting though i'm going to try and make it my goal to post something every tuesday at 2pm (my favourite day and time of the week,) until I start school (105 days form now.) My new projects are Homura in her Homucifer or demon form from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sully from Fire Emblem Awakening(undecided,) someone…from Game of Thrones (undecided,) Photo Finish from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, a Pokémon from this source Gijinka ,  and several more that I will fill in as my friends remind me! …..

Thank you lovely people for all your support and motivation!~
And especially to my new watchers!


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Ode to the Studious

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If only, D: I'm not even in school and i'm trying to use it as an excuse to why I never post any Journals. Guess i'm a pretty private person, and lazy! But anywho~  I'm currently finishing my portfolio to apply for school for costuming. Which is great, really it is… but I swear my anxiety is getting the best of me. I keep thinking it'll be okay, i'll just re-do everything! But alas working full time plus some I don't have the time for re-doing everything :/ Or the money for that matter. My friends are great though, they keep telling me i'm amazing and of course I get in. I'm not sure, but i'm going to try my best thats for sure. 

I'm going to upload some of the pictures to use in my portfolio and you guys can tell me which ones you like and maybe i'll put more of those ones in my folder for my interview! Alright so i'll have to get you to help! :la:  

Maybe If i'll get it done if I stop playing on Pokémon that is   …… :iconbluekoinu: was so very lovely to get me the new Pokémon Y…. but oh man do I love it! ANd then Professor Layton and The Azran Legacy came out and then I wasn't herd from for a very long time. btb guys….btb….
(*Just as a side note btw means back to the basement…. well I don't know if it stands for anything else since I just made it up now… but I feel like it accurately describes a lot of my life.)     

AND IN ONTHER NEWS THERE WILL BE MORE COSPLAY IN It is 31 days, 7 hours, 17 minutes, 45 seconds…… cough cough….. FAN EXPO VANCOUVER cough..cough...

And thank you to my new(ish) watchers! You help me to stay positive and continue perusing my artistic endeavours.
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Welcome back to me~

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So this is how Nano went...
For three weeks I struggled to make the deadlines, and through house sitting where I had to travel an two to three hours per day write snuggle a cat, go home, sleep. It was most strenuous and I of course fell behind in my word count obligation. But I still tried and there I was at almost three weeks and 31,245 words. Then I got sick and over the last three days really sick, I haven't been out of the house for the last two and all the ingredients I have left in my house is for nothing but pancakes (not that i'm complaining.) So so closely to the goal I quit, which at this moment I don't really protest to so much because I have been missing one this I love so badly that I had to keep myself from even doodling about it all month. Yup, I refrained myself from any sort of costuming or creative crafts. It was terrible. D: 

I did however learn something about myself. I CAN buckle down and force myself to write even if I don't feel like it. Hot chocolates at Delaneys are superior to Starbucks. And sometimes giving up is okay. You don't have to be good at everything you try and you certainly aren't going to be. So choosing to quit is okay once and a while, sometimes its better not to push yourself too hard. I really enjoyed the experience and donated the some money that I was going to use on my present to myself if I finished it. Maybe one day i'll get back to it because I think the story really had some good plot going on in there.

Thirdly, I missed this so much, the planning and sketch books filled with designs and plans, the little test scraps of fabric and knitting until your writs hurt because you didn't realize just how many episodes in a row you've been watching of Doctor Who until you can't knit anymore 'cause it hurts; but you keep on watching anyway. And you guys because i've hardly been on here for at least a month. You bunch are a fabulous group of supportive people!

Upcoming costumes for next year...
-Homura Akemi (PMMM) [i'll finally finish it I promise]
-Alfred F. Jones a.k.a. America (Axis Powers Hetalia) [upgrade]
-Princess Celestia (MLP:FIM) 
-Sweetie Belle (MLP:FIM)
-Shining Armor (MLP:FIM)[upgrade]
-Rose Tyler (Doctor Who)
-Impa (LoZ:SS)
AND IM SURE I'VE FORGOTTEN SOME BUT THIS IS WHAT I CAN REMEMBER WITH MY UNWELL BRAIN SO I'LL ADD THEM LATER.

TTFN~



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