Wow. No blog posts since August of last year. Amazing, eh?
That’s mostly because… I’ve been lazy. Really lazy. But now, I won’t be lazy any more! I’ve decided to get my act together and follow in my mom’s footsteps by making my name known on the general internet! Okay, maybe just the crafting side of the internet, but it’s close enough.
Speaking of crafting, I’ve been exploring a lot with the sewing machine lately! I’ve finished one costume and started another, harder one. Well, I’m almost halfway done with it now, since I officially started in January, and I plan to have it finished by the beginning of June. Only one more month to work on it!
One thing I’ve learned since August, though, is this: Costume making is not cheap. So, how am I supposed to get money to pay for my expensive hobby? By selling crafted things, of course! Mom has already agreed to give me a little bit of space in her Etsy shop, since I can’t legally own one myself.
I don’t have an exact inventory planned out yet, though, so I’m just experimenting for now. I have found a few things that are easy to make, look cute, and would probably sell well. And here they are!
Meet Nonnie and Charlie, my pair of Luma (from Super Mario Galaxy)! They’re really just my guinea pigs, so they’re not for sale. The ones I’ll have fore sale will have black, sewed-on, fleece eyes and little white highlights. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get a bunch of different colors of fleece to make more Luma over the weekend. This will be really fun!
I’ve also found out how to make fleece hats REALLY easily! The one shown is the first one I’ve sewn, so it has a few mistakes in it. (This one won’t be for sale, either.) It’s kinda small, too, since I used too big of a seam allowance.
There’s me wearing it! (It’s not the best picture, but I can’t actually find the hat right now to take a new one.) The brim is the same fleece I used to make Charlie, and the actual hat part was found in the Little Red Barn.
So- what’s happened since August? Well, a lot of things.
Right after that blog post we got a call from the Transportation Department for my school and they told me that I actually needed to go to a different school. So, to the different school I went! I’m actually pretty relieved, looking back, that I did, because this school has a way better track team and band.
Christmastime was fun, but it was tainted by the cyote attack on our sheep. Poor Esther and Eli- they were two of my favorites. (And I was actually the one who thought of Esther’s name, so that’s part of the reason I liked her.)
I’ve been getting through my new school pretty decently- I like it a lot better than my old one. I’ve made lots of crazy new friends, and met a lot of very helpful teachers (even if they do seem strict or mean at times).
Now, looking ahead to the future! The next Anime convention I’m going to is June 4th-6th, and it’s going to be a blast! I’ve been to this particular convention before, but last year I wasn’t in costume. I’m definitely looking forward to meeting up with fellow cosplayers, taking lots of pictures (with a better camera this time- last time I had a disposable one), and eating Japanese candy!
Before the fun starts, though, there’s a lot of work to be done. I still don’t have my costume completely finished, but I have a feeling that if I work on it fairly consistently, it will turn out nicely! Speaking of working consistently, I probably need to go get something finished on it by this afternoon. Hopefully I’ll be able to remember to blog in the near future!
