Babysitting Sucks (Day 157)

Five kids, eldest 12, youngest 8, all boys. All they wanted to do was fight. And yell. And fight. And did I mention fight?

Non-Cosplay Shopping (Day 156)

I shopped, but obviously not for cosplay things. That $20 should have gone to a new pair of jeans for Clyde, instead of a new naval ring, a Charlie the Unicorn bandanna, and a smoothie. But, y'know, even I need some time to be fairly normal xD

Fruit Galore! (Day 155)

I made almost all of the fruit for Pac-Man's shirt today =] They're really cute! My cousin says I should sell them, haha. But in their current state, they're completely useless and not marketable at all. If I could make a little wristband or something, maybe, but they're really time-consuming. I spent about two hours making five of them. And that's not including the little white pieces I had already cut out.

Anyway, I still have to make a banana and an orange and then I'll be able to sew them on the shirt. I still have to buy more iron-on letters to put on the back of Pac-Man's shirt. See, I didn't really think about it, but to write both PACMAN and CLYDE, I need two C's. Oops. I wish I could buy just one letter, but I can't.. Ah well. Maybe my boyfriend will pay for it >_> It is his shirt after all.

I can't finish the Pac-Man headpiece until my boyfriend comes over so I can fit him into it, and he's been sick a lot lately =[

Tomorrow, I'm going to the mall with a friend, and while I'm there, I plan to visit Hot Toys again to talk to whoever it was I talked to last time (I know his name, but don't want to post it, and I don't know his title). I'm wondering how much I could help out with Hot Toys, because it sounds like something really fun to get involved with. But that's for another time, I suppose.

Clyde's Almost Finished (Day 154)

I finished all I could on Clyde today. I can't do anything else until I buy pants and fabric paint. So I worked on Pac-Man too! I made him 3D basically. Which involves cutting out strips of cardboard and a lot of hot glue. I managed to get glue directly from the gun onto my hand. Not quite as painful as I thought it'd be, but still, ouch.

I took the red ghost off of the shirt and put him in the right spot, then I sewed on the other two ghosts. I also had to re-iron the iron-on letters, but that was pretty easy.

Tomorrow, I plan to put the fabric on Pac-Man and cut out the fruits for Pac-Man's shirt.

Sewing & Stitch Ripping(Day 153)

So I sewed one of the ghosts on my shirt today, but it's in the wrong spot, so I'll have to re-do it xP Whatever.

Ghosties AWAY! (Day 152)

So much progress, it's terrifying. My boyfriend and I bought our shirts for our Pac-Man and Clyde cosplays today, finally.

So I put the lettering on the back of my Clyde shirt. I messed it up a couple of times, but the great things about the letters I chose is that you totally can't tell that I messed them up ;D It makes me very happy, very happy indeed.

I also cut out and glued together the three other ghosts (Inky, Pinky, and Blinky) that will be on my shirt. I intend to sew them to the shirt some time tomorrow. I'm actually taking them to school so that I can start on them before class and during Break. I'm that excited for it =O My classmates will be so jealous >_>

I also networked my butt off today for Kin-Yoobi Con =D I so proud ^-^ There's a new (ish) store in the mall near where I live (Newpark Mall) called Hot Toys. They sell used retro toys, action figures, and video games. I got into a conversation about one of the employees (I dunno if he's owner or manager or what) and he was telling me about the store's plans to expand and begin hosting video game tournaments and costume contest. The conversation went from there as I am very much into costuming (uh, duh) and I told him about how I'm a staff member at an anime / gaming con, yadda yadda, and he's interested in getting a booth and selling some of the store's action figures and gaming things =D Also if I understood right, he was looking for people to help his and the store out in their upcoming expansion and events. We traded contact info, and once I contact the rest of the Kin-Yoobi staff (Thursday) I'll get back in touch with Hot Toys and let them know what's up on my front.

A very productive day on all fronts, I believe. I also bought my mom's birthday present as her birthday is this Wednesday. Tomorrow I plan to finish my shirt and get started on my boyfriend's. After some volunteer work at my local teen center. =]
(The top image is me balancing the ghosties on my chest, trying to figure out where the place them, and the bottom image is the back of my shirt.)

Shopping~! (Day 151)

I've been blogging for as many days as there were Pokemon in the first season. Wow. That was a nerdy statement. I REGRET NOTHING! Ehem. Anyway...

I went shopping with a cosplay buddy <3 Though not for cosplay things. Just for regular things. We mainly went to Daiso and read the instructions of products out loud to each other. "Not food!" ~ Written on a "Lift Ball" whatever the hell that is.

I bought a soda that actually turned out to be Ramune in an easier-to-open bottle. It didn't taste as good =[ I think I just like Ramune for the bottles xD The soda's honestly not that great. I also bought these two little collapsible containers for storing video games =D I do enjoy them. And a really awesome 26-ring binder. Yes. 26 rings. The paper for it is godly o.o It makes me want to write things, but I have nothing to write =[ And I got High-Chew candies and a Pokemon cell phone screen cleaner =D It's adorable, it has Pachirisu(sp?) on it.

Then we went back to her house to play more Super Mario World Wii. It made me so happy =] (sort of an inside joke). Then I went home and video chatted with my boyfriend because I haven't seen him in this many *holds up three fingers*.

Quote of the Day:
"Three holes! That's so confusing!!"