Time flies

Yeah, time flies a bit faster that I think it should. But now I'm back for real, and thinking of redoing the design for this blog a bit, a little at a time.

At the moment I'm in the middle my cosplay plans for KodachiCon in May. I've soon got all the patterns done so I can start sew for real. And I also did the last shopping today. Now I've got lots and lots of spandex, craft foam, a little fake fur and a pirate sword. Once I get a little more done I start posting some pics here and if you are inpatient you can always look at my Twitter where I usually post it first.

My poor excuse of a first attempt for a bodysuit. It went not-so-good.  

Well I have a date with the sofa now. So bye!

Hijikata wig

A wig for Saitou wasn't the only one I ordered from Moemall, ordered a wig for Hijikata too because I know for sure I'll cosplay him someday too... although when and what con is a question mark. I've been thinking about Animecon in Kuopio this year, but I have no clue if that's even possible.. so expensive to travel to the south... train tickets to Kuopio and back would cost me around 120 €... ugh. I probably won't have any summer job (lol never had) and thus no income.. and it's not like I can fart out money either. Too many cosplays to do but not enough cons to wear them too... and not enough moneeeeeeey.

Oh well, have a Toshizo Hijikata WIP photo.

derp

It's mostly just a wig and make-up test. I need to make a dark purple kimono.. I used a light one I had from an earlier cosplay as a substitute. I also need gray hakama and shinsengumi haori for this one too. I might need to trim the bangs... we'll see.

Got my wig for Saitou

Whoops, just realized I forgot to make a blog post yesterday about my Saitou wig... sorry about that, ahah I will do it now instead. Two posts a day, wow.

So err, what to say... Got my Saitou wig yesterday and because I got home pretty early I had to try it on. Hey, no one was home and I was simply too excited, couldn't resist!

Most of this cosplay is actually done, I just need a juban/shitagi/under kimono/whatever (I'm just using a random white t-shirt as a substitute on the photo) and fix his white hair tie... I had one but it fell off after a while and I didn't bother to tie it back again. I do have the scarf too, but it kept being mildly annoying so I took it off.
I still need to make the iconical sky blue shinsengumi haori of course and the headband thingy that he only wears when wearing said haori. Otherwise than that I'm done. It was a pretty easy cosplay because I managed to find a good condition cheap vintage tsumugi silk kimono.. and a black one at that that was of a decent length for me to wear. Yay. You know, men's kimonos have incredibly boring color choices 85% of the time, if you find anything else than blues, grays and browns you should grab it. Black kimonos are often formal and have kamons on them.. but I found one without.
I already have two swords (metallic, but dull) that should work decently for it even though they are dark blue and not standard black and I have shoes and the sash too. At least it seems that the con where I'll debut Saitou at accepts dull metallic weapons (seems most cons don't) as long as you only unsheath it for photos and yeah, not swinging it around and being a threatening noxious idiot. Common sense.

Sengoku Basara second season finished... and Hanbei.

Finished watching Sengoku Basara's second season and it was pretty awesome.

But Jäärä trolled me, haha. At one point when we watched the anime we said something about Hanbei, I don't remember what exactly but she said something along the lines of "You will end up relating to him and liking him anyway. I promise." and I was all "Why?" and a bit confused. Well, he was kinda semi-cool and all but not like instant OMGWOW. Of course I had my suspicions what it could be but err, I couldn't really believe it would be that... but it was... and I was like "OH SHIT WHAT THE HELL MAN??" to say the least. OTL Dafuq. Totally didn't see that one coming...

Hanbei Takenaka

But yeah, I must admit Hanbei was the most likable of all the "bad guys" to me, even before knowing about  *coughcough*, he had the coolest clothes too and white hair and well, now when I know that I guess I feel a need to cosplay him. XD But one thing...

Jäärä, have you been planning all this too from the start?

I guess it's just really easy to figure out how my brains work when it comes to possible cosplay candidates... xD Oh well~

And I actually wonder if there even is any "bad guys" in Sengoku Basara, I mean, everyone were fighting with everyone for different reasons and sometimes two fighting clans would suddenly be allies. *shrugs* I guess Nobunaga and Hideyoshi were seen as the main evil ones, but about the others I don't really know... except for Matsunaga, he was a disgusting ass.

50.000 VISITAS!!!!!

Bueno creo que el título y la imagen lo dicen todo, muchas gracias por seguirme y leerme! ^-^, nunca pensé que podría llegar a 50.000 visitas T^T gracias!!!!!!

Aprovecho la entrada para disculparme por la inactividad en el blog >_<, gomen! estamos todos a tope con los cosplays de Expomanga! y es que tengo un SUPER HYPE tremendo!!!! uno de los días iremos de Soul Calibur V! y somos 13!!!!! T_T (Shanoa, Maka, Howl, Erikkun, VirChan, Rubén, Taku, Sae, Yurio, Ruki, Zihark, Sumyuna y una servidora =3)

Muero de ganas porqué llegue ese día T_________T

Intentaré hacer alguna entrada con lo que tengo hecho hasta ahora =)

Ale! un besín!

Cyaaa~~~~

Love Message

 
To My Friends Who Are...MARRIED
Love is not about "it's your fault", but "I'm sorry", not "where are you' but "I'm right here", not "how could you" but "I understand", not "I wish you were", but "I'm thankful you are."


To My Friends Who Are...ENGAGED
The true measure of compatibility is not the years spent together but how good you are for each other.

 
To My Friends Who Are...NOT SO SINGLE
Love isn't about becoming somebody else's "perfect person." It's about finding someone who helps you become the best person you can be.

 
To My Friends Who Are...HEARTBROKEN
Heartbreaks last as long as you want and cut deep as you allow them to go. The challenge is not how to survive heartbreaks but to learn from them.

 
To My Friends Who Are...NAIVE
How to be in love: Fall but don't stumble, be consistent but not too persistent, share and never be unfair, understand and try not to demand, and get hurt but never keep the pain.

 
To My Friends Who Are...SEARCHING
True love cannot be found where it does not truly exist, nor can it be hidden where it truly does. Love is magic. The more we hide it, the more it shows; the more you suppress it, the more it grows.

 
To My Friends Who Are...PLAYBOY/GIRL TYPE
Never say I love if you don't care. Never talk about feelings if they aren't there. Never touch a life if you mean to break a heart. Never look in the eye when what you do is lie. The cruelest thing a guy can do to a girl is to let her fall in love when he doesn't intend to catch her fall.

 
To My Friends Who Are...POSSESSIVE
It breaks your heart to see the one you love happy with someone else but it's more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you.

 
To My Friends Who Are...AFRAID TO CONFESS
Love hurts when you break up with someone. It hurts even more when someone breaks up with you. But love hurts the most when the person you love has no idea how you feel.

 
To My Friends Who Are...STILL HOLDING ON
A sad thing about life is that when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and we just have to let go.


To My Friends Who Are...SINGLE
Love is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly, it would come to you when you least expect it. Love can make you happy but often times it hurts, but love's only special when you give it to someone who is worth it. So take your time and choose the best!

Sengoku Basara and Dokuganryū

WUUUUU started watching the first season of Sengoku Basara with Jäärä yesterday and although she have watched the show before I have not. I think it was the day before yesterday (or was it two days before?) when Jäärä even kind of brainwashed me into cosplaying Masamune Date. I didn't have anything against cosplaying him back then either because I've been interested in Sengoku Basara for quite some time already and planning to watch it.. heck, I even have the Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes game for Wii although I haven't played it yet. It just seems I ended up watching it earlier than I had thought. Date did end up being my favorite character, by far, so now I'm pretty certain I want to do him and seriously, it's almost enough reason to cosplay him just because of that smexy über awesome crescent moon helmet (hey can't deny it's effin' cool man!) and the chance to wield six swords at the same time... SIX SWORDS. AHGFDFSAFGJHS. Mom is going to kill me when I have to make all those, she already believes I have too many swords. 

Date as seen in the anime.

 I don't think I'll have time to do his iconic outfit this year seeing it's quite difficult and most of my cosplay plans for this year are already set and also to what cons I'll wear what. So 2013 hopefully for his battle outfit. Although I could maybe cram his kimono version to this year's plans seeing how simple it is.

 C'mon, it's just a white kimono and dark blue-ish hakama.. I have a feeling my kendo hakama would even work for it...

And what makes me happy is that Jäärä will probably cosplay Kojūrō Katakura, Date's right hand man. I will get my personal assistant hurrdurr.
 

Date and Katakura fighting. <3

I want to do that... spinning.
And why do I think that's Date's hater dance or something? XD

 I think that's enough for now.
Ahahah my cosplay list keeps on growiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing, must add Dokuganryū, the one-eyed dragon, to my list. Stop me someoneeeeee, I already have too many cosplay plans. XD Too many cosplays, too little cons to wear them to.. and too little money...

Hajime Saitou derp.. err, I mean update

ARGHJGGJHGDFJHS SAITOU WIG I WANT YOU SO BAD, Y U NO HERE YET?
 Eh, sorry about that. Great way to start a blog post neh?

Well, anyway... home again from school early and a ridiculous desire to try on my vintage kimonos that I ordered from eBay some time ago. What I do? Put them on.
It seems they both would work for my Saitou cosplay, but I think I'll go with the tsumugi black one. I don't have the wig yet (like you noticed...) and I still have the shinsengumi haori left to make.. but I tried what I had on anyway, just to get an idea of how it will look when finished and if there is anything I need to fix. 
WARNING FOR A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE BELOW.

Oh god ain't I pretty? lolnope.

Eww mirror shots. Do not like. But there aren't other options to take full-body pics when home alone...
Yes, I censored my head with a meme face because it was derpin' herpin'.
Ignore the weird pose and the valrus that is me. I put everything on very quickly and so it looks like crap. Oh, and yes, if anyone noticed I didn't take off the basting threads.. too lazy. I noticed I will probably need to make a new white juban/underkimono/whatever for this because the sleeves are too big on my current one and they bunch up and won't behave and just generally looked fugly. Oh, and the black kimono's sleeves are kinda short on me and they look extra short on this shot because I'm holding my hands awkwardly, but it's hard to find a perfect match vintage kimono... *shrugs* And there's no kitsuke police at conventions anyway.
I'm surprised my random long cotton sash thingy held up both my (metallic) swords... but I guess it will loosen when I walk around a whole day at the con.
And if anyone have missed it Saitou is one of my coming Närcon cosplays for this year.

I might be able to attend Uppcon after all

My twin told me earlier today that our father won't be going to Thailand this summer after all... and that means if I decide to go to Uppcon in Uppsala (Sweden) I could sleep at their place instead of having to pay my ass open so I can sleep at a hotel. I'm too nitpicky for "sleeping accomodations á la class room floor"... And that's a huge save for me because the tickets to Uppcon are ridiculously expensive compared to all other cons we have in Sweden/Finland.. it's like... I can go to 2-3 other cons for the same ticket price I can go to just Uppcon. Bleh, my poor wallet doesn't approve. But Uppcon is awesome anyway and has a special place in my heart because, after all, it was the first con where I ever cosplayed and the first "proper" con I went to.. not to mention all the awesome memories and people I befriended there!
I will try to go there this year (if I do it will be my third Uppcon!), despite the fact that Uppcon starts the day after my last school day before the summer vacation. D'oh! Bad date is bad. I will have to get to Luleå somehow and take the train/airplane down that very same day after school has finished, ahaha I will need to hurry... but it'll be worth it.
Now I just hope mom approves me going to both Desucon and Uppcon... why? Desucon is held the weekend before Uppcon and err, one is in southern Finland and the other in southern Sweden. Go me, I am crazy. But what won't you do for cons?

My cosplay plans are pretty much decided too, although changes are still possible.

Byakuya's scarf finished

So after dinner I started working on Byakuya Kuchiki's scarf. Oh lord we had this whole pretty white fabric at home and I ran around the house wrapping several meters around my neck in front of the mirror, with the bolt in my left arm, testing it and asking mom if it draped good enough. I probably looked silly. ._.
Oh well, then I just measured around 2,5 meters of that fabric (yes, the whole width, huge scarf is huge) cut it out and sewed it, very easy. Damn it feels like I'm having a curtain or something wrapped around my neck! xD Oh my, I hope this thing doesn't get hot... and it keeps slipping of my shoulders. I hope I won't need to pin it in place. lol
Damn you Byakuya and your über-precious-family-heirloom-crème-de-la-crème scarf...

Early cosplay WIP is early...

Eh, I stayed home from school today because I've been feeling really down lately. I had the house for myself most of the morning because mom is working like usual and stepdad has morning shift so he probably won't be back until lunch time at the earliest. I wanted to test my new navy blue kimono that I received a few days ago and hell, it's close enough for a Masamune Date cosplay from Brave 10 and besides that guy is cool and I want to cosplay him anyway. I already had the wig so I took a few quick WIP photos just because I didn't have anything better to do.. and cosplay cheers me up. There is lots of stuff still left to do like his belts, eyepatch, pants, that weird hooded cape thingy and whatnot, but it wasn't too bad I guess...and the funny thing? This cosplay isn't even part of my summer cosplay plans! The heck man, the heck. -.- I can't start working on Date until earliest at the end of this year and maybe finish him for a con 2013. Needless to say early WIP photo is early.

Oh, and yes, it was blowing like hell outside. Actually, it's been blowing like hell the last three days or so I think.  I keep hearing the wind pretty much all the time even though I'm inside...

Ramuan Tradisional untuk Luka

1. Ramuan Mencuci Luka

Bahan:
- 7 lembar daun sirih
- 1/2 sdt garam
- 4 gelas air

Cara Pembuatan:
Daun sirih diremas, kemudian disatukan dengan semua bahan, dan direbus hingga mendidih

Cara Pemakaian :
Ramuan ini dipakai untuk mencuci luka teriris, luka bernanah, atau koreng. Ramuan ini mengandung zat anti septik.


2. Ramuan Luka Bernanah atau Koreng
Bahan :
- 1 lembar daun sirih segar
- minyak kelapa secukupnya

Cara Pembuatan :
Daun sirih dipanggang di atas api sampai layu, basahi dengan minyak kelapa, kemudian di gulung antara 2 telapak tangan sampai agak memar.

Cara Pemakaian :
Daun ditempelkan pada bagian tubuh yang luka. Ramuan ini mengandung Zat antiseptik.


3. Ramuan untuk Luka Memar atau Bengkak
Bahan :
- 5 jari kencur
- 1 sdm beras

Cara Pembuatan :
Kencur dibersihkan, dicuci, ditumbuk bersama-sama dengan beras sampai benar-benar halus. Tambahkan air secukupnya supaya mudah menumbuknya.

Cara Pemakaian:
Ramuan ini di tempelkan pada bagian yang memar. Ramuan ini dapat menghangatkan bagian tubuh yang memar serta mengurangi rasa sakit.


4. Ramuan Untuk Mencegah Belang Luka Bakar
Bahan :
- Daun turi yang masih muda secukupnya

Cara Pemakaian :
Ambil daun turi yang masih muda secukupnya. Olesi bagian luka yang sudah kering dengan daun turi yang masih muda. Dengan cara ini, bekas luka terbakar tidak akan belang


5. Ramuan Untuk Mengobati Luka baru, dan Luka karena Bisa (Racun)
Bahan:
- Umbi segar Suweg (araceae) secukupnya

Cara Pembuatan :
Bahan dicuci bersih, lalu parut

Cara Pemakaian :
Balurkan di bagian tubuh yang luka


6. Cara Mengobati Luka Bakar
a. Ramuan 1
Bahan :
- 1 buah pepaya muda, kapur sirih, dan minyak kelapa.

Cara Pembuatan dan Pemakaian :
Iris dan ambil getah papaya muda. Campurkan getah tadi dengan sirih dan minyak kelapa secukupnya. Oleskan di bagian tubuh yang terkena luka baker, 2 kali sehari.

b. Ramuan 2
Bahan :
- 7 lembar daun tapak dara dan seperempat genggam beras putih.

Cara Pembuatan dan Pemakaian :
Kedua bahan tersebut di tumbuk sampai halus secara bersama-sama. Tambahakan sedikit air. Tempelkan ramuan ini di bagian kulit yang terluka baker. Jika perlu, balut dengan kain kasa yang steril. Ramuan dan perban diganti 2 kali sehari.

c. Ramuan 3
Bahan :
- 3 buah kentang dan 1 sendok minyak kelapa.

Cara Pembuatan dan Pemakaian :
Parut kentang hingga halus, lalu campurkan dengan minyak kelapa. Balurkan bahan – bahan yang sudah di olah tersebut pada luka, lalu ikat dengan sehelai kain bersih.


6. Ramuan Menghilangkan Bekas Luka Menghitam pada Kulit

a. Ramuan 1

Bahan :
- 1/2 ons kencur
- Beras 1/2 ons

Cara Pembuatan dan Pemakaian :
Rendam beras biasa sebanyak 1/2 ons selama 15 menit, angkat lalu tumbuk bersama 1/2 ons kencur. Setelah hancur merata oleskan ke bekas luka kita setiap hari selama dua minggu.

b. Ramuan2
Bahan :
- Buah pare
- Tepung beras

Cara Pembuatan dan Pemakaian :

Ambil buah pare lalu ditumbuk dan ambil air atau sarinya. Kemudian campur dengan tepung beras sehingga berbentuk seperti cream. Oleskan teratur setiap malam pada bekas luka tersebut atau bagian tubuh yang hendak diputihkan. Sebelum menggunakan ramuan di atas, basuhlah kulit dengan air hangat untuk mencapai hasil yang maksimal. 

Dua ramuan diatas ternyata bisa buat memutihkan kulit juga, loh.

Chibicon ticket arrived and other stuff too

I stayed home today from school because of, err, personal reasons and when I finally woke up at around 13:00 Finnish time I went to grab the post before my stepdad got home. It's awkward when my parents bring home my post because whenever I'm ordering stuff from overseas my mom at least gives me these "Again you have a packet from USA/Japan/whatever??", "What are you ordering?", "How much did it cost?" and "Don't you already have enough wigs/kimonos/whatever?" questions and let's say it's just... awkward. So I just try to take in the post first if I know I'm waiting for something to avoid those questions.
 There was a letter from Urumi and it contained my Chibicon ticket to Oulu, yay!
There also was this huge packet in there and by huge I mean huge, it took up the whole mailbox pretty much, lol. So it was from Japan and that meant it had to be my two black vintage kimonos. OMGYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
Now if only my wig order from Moemall would arrive soon so I can go take some WIP photos of my Hajime Saitou (Hakuouki) cosplay. Granted, I won't cosplay Saitou before Närcon (read: late July) this year but it doesn't hurt to be early...

Crónicas Japan Weekend Barcelona

Hola holita! :D! estoy super super con el hype de después de un evento xD, ha sido una de las mejores japans de la historia! qué genial me lo he pasado *0*

Voy a ir por partes como siempre:

Viernes

A las 22 llegó Julio con bus (pobrecito mío... 8 horacas >_<), cenamos en el McDonals y nos fuimos a mi casa, hicimos el pereza y nos fuimos a dormir (estábamos muertos, sobretodo él).

Sábado

A las 9.30 nos levantamos con la calma, terminamos de arreglar cosas de los cosplays, pintamos mis tatoos y a las 12.30 nos dirigimos hacia la farga. Queríamos ver el concurso de cosplay, pero al llegar allí, me pareció algo pestilento.. no se escuchaba bien el audio por culpa de otro escenario que estaba por ahí, había poca gente x_X, así que me puse a hacerme fotos con Àngel, la verdad es que flipo con todas las fotos! me encantan!! muchísisiisisimas gracias! T-T (una pena que me dejara en casa un aro de las protecciones T_T)

No las subo todas que sino colapsaré blogspot xD jajaja, después de las fotos llegaron Vir y Dani, mi Chun Li y mi esposote de Jack Sparrow, increíbles como siempre T^T, montamos el fondo de Jack y nos pusimos a ensayar, mientras iba llegado la gente, todos majísimos como siempre *_*

Fue pasando la tarde hasta que llegó el momento yamatero de las actuaciones, decir que cada año hay más nivel y que me encantaron todas, hubo muchas risas, muchos momentos de pelos de punta sobretodo con la de Topper T.T me encantó! 

Fue muy divertido subir con Dani y tirarle mocos verdes en la cara xD y también fue muy genial hacer del culo del dragón de Vir xD

Nuestra Sae preciosa se llevó el primer premio y será nuestra representante en Brasil! muchas felicidades guapa!!!

Actuación de Sae

Y Dani quedó segundo con su actuación de Jack Sparrow ^^

Actuación de Dani


Premios merecidísimos ^^, después de la Yamato continuamos haciendo más fotos con Àngel (pobre xD) pero esta vez con Vir, ya que íbamos del mismo juego :3

Y después vino el momento clave del día xD el TEAM SEXYS  xD, Vir de Chun Li, Yurai de Kitana, Hikari de Jade, Lirin de Mai y yo de Cammy, las sexys! grrr xD en fin, fue la coña de todo el día así que nos sacamos fotos xD

como ha dicho Lirin: catálogo modelos de bañadores xD

Yurio, el fucker, también se apuntó xD

Sobre las 9 (o más xD), nos fuimos para casa para cambiarnos rápido, ya que a las 22 teníamos que estar en la cena cosplayer, llegamos sobre las 23 xD y eso fue el desmadre xDDDDDDDD, al final éramos 45 personas!, pegatinas, backstreetboys, chinos, escenario, micros, nabos... y un largo etcétera.. xD

Al final llegamos a casa sobre las 3.. xD

Domingo


Hicimos mini grupal de Fairy Tail junto con Vir de Mirajane, Yurio de Jerald, Dani de Mistgun, Taku de Natsu y después vino Kass de Lissana ^^-, bueno y yo de Lucy :3

Dimos una vueltecita por dentro y volvimos a sacaros fots con Àngel xD, le vamos a tener que hacer un altar xD

oioioi pero qué guapo mi esposo *_* (y mi Julio tmb :3)

Y ya después nos fuimos a comer al parque de detrás, donde después hicimos más fotos xD aunque en este caso muy loleras xD

Aunque también salió alguna chuli xD

Tenemos un vídeo genial que nos hizo Miles xD, que se compinchó con Kass, nosotros no sabíamos qué iba a pasar.. en fin miradlo xD

Video lol genial xD

Después volvimos un ratito dentro del recinto, nos paseamos un poco y para casa, por el camino nos despedimos de Vir y Dani (T_T), y hasta las 22.30 estuvimos con Yurio haciendo otra vez el pereza xD
Le llevé a la estación y fiu~~ bajón T_T

Aishhhh... me lo he pasado muy muy bien, estoy increíblemente cansada, pero todo a valido mucho la pena, gracias a todos por estar ahí ^^

PD: al final creo que conté unas 7 personas que me tocaron el culo xD


Cyaaaa~~~~

the First Stitches (Embroiding)

Today I received my embroidery stashes from the Felt Fairy, I bought this in a bundle of 33, for 8usd, with shipping, AMAZING, the cotton threads are really thick and soft, perfect for what I'm going to make! I'm so happy about my purchase!

SO! What's the thread for? well I think I might have mentioned it before, it's for Noel Kreiss. He has a lot of embroidery work on his shirt and pants. At first I thought about getting very textured fabric, but I knew it wouldn't look and feel the way I wanted it to, so I decided to do it the hard way.

First I found scrap fabric that's NON-stretchable, thick, but not heavy. Sketched up the collar and added colors, to be 100% sure I wouldn't f**k up, and for the thread to blend better.

After doing that, choosing the color of thread, /btw, I hate that yellow color, oh god yellow why you such an ugly color?
It's always best to line up your stashes to see if you think the colors will fit good together, or if you need a lighter or darker shade.

After that, pulling two strands out, of the thread of the stash, and get knocking. /I will work on this day and night, otherwise I just know I won't finish!

I'm already disliking this, just because I hate tedious jobs, but I must overcome this challenge!

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And just a picture to show you the hopeful end result!