School Again

So far, I've only had three days of school, but in already feeling very, very tired. I'm so glad it's the weekend. This school year I have some really fun classes though, and I'm really feeling excited about them! It's also the first year I've been able to be in an art class, which is great! 

Cutting Patterns

Hopefully I'll be filming some fun videos this week. I started working on a dress for an upcoming cosplay video, so I'll be filming bits of that, but I'm sure it will take more them a weekend. Sewing if one of those things where I always forget how long it takes to do anything, and always go "yeah I can totally do this in one day" hahaha nope!  But I really enjoy it anyway so it all works out. 

Miou is the one with purple hair

Speaking of cosplay, a few other members of hey say cosplay and I plan on going up to Aki con this October!  I'm pretty pumped for that, because I've never been before and it would be super fun! I'm hoping to put togther a cosplay of Miou from Sabagebu, but seeing as I won't have too much time for sewing the next few weeks, I'll likely just try and find all the peices and see what I can make work. (Looks like I get to go thrifting!)  
So, as my last weekend before youth symphony starts, I will be sure to fill it with cosplay hahahahaha. I hope all of you guys have enjoyed your summers, and I assure you you'll hear from me again soon. 

Free Time is Bad for Me

The past few days have just been a bunch of free time for me, mostly because I got my wisdom teeth out.  I'm not really allowed to do anything super physical, so I've spend a fair amount of time in bed, reading, watching anime, and looking at doll stuff. 
Man I need to start getting myself to stop "window" shopping online.

Taking selfies with my BJD

I've discovered that Dollheart is selling their Fukubukuro bag's again, which is something that always ends up really breaking my heart (and my wallet! As you can see in the box opening video I had made) so I'm really trying to keep myself from getting another.  I've also done some snooping into other Etsy shops that sell lucky bags that I might just have to try.
 I've been having the worst luck when it comes to lucky packs as of late, but I always always want to try again (do I have a gambling problem?!).  The last time I got a Fukubukuro bag it was full of clothing I was not at all interested in, 
It's sometimes just too hard to have expensive hobbies like cosplay and ball jointed dolls.  I love the communities involved in each, and I love the creative processes behind each of them, but they sure do drain the wallet. 
Speaking of cosplay, hopefully later this week I'll be able to buy some fabric and supplies for the second of three costumes I'm making for a video for Hey Say Cosplay which will (hopefully) be a super adorable dress.  I always want to give you all the details, but I also want to keep the dresses a surprise as well haha.  This will likely be one of our bigger projects, working on making all the costumes, props, and likely even hiring one of my aspiring photographer friends to work with us on the shoot.  It'll be a ton of fun, and hopefully be as cute as I'd like it too.  But will all this free time, but nothing to work on, I've felt super frustrated haha. I just want to work on costumes!
It's so crazy to think that school will be starting up in less then a month.  My final year of high school is approaching!  Egads! Not only that by my eighteenth birthday will be very soon as well! (Not like that will really mean much to me, I'm not exactly super interested in getting tattoos or piercings because I'm such a pain wimp.)
I hope you guys are all having a fantastic end to your summer though!  I've been trying to finish up all my summer work, as well as prepare to do more work with a YMCA camp (which is easily the funniest work I have ever done).
See you guys around later!

Annie enjoying the beach

Eye Candy - BJD Eyes Review

Today I got a fantastic package in the mail! I bought a custom pair of eyes from my friend Cazzie's eye store, called Eye Candy (that name is just so cute ahaha).  My order was for 16mm eyes styled like Tsumugi Kotobuki's from K-on! but instead of them being blue, I wanted them to be a pastel pink. And that's what I got!

The other set of eyes I own from Eye Candy

This is the second time I've ordered from eye candy, and both times I've been very satisfied with the order. I really love the eyes. They look so cute, and are sturdily made. I'm really glad that custom eyes are available, because that just gives you so many more options, especially if you are making a doll based on a certain character. 

Eye Candy offers five different designs currently in nine different color options each, as well as the option for custom eyes. Eyes are available in sizes 14mm-22mm at a great price, so if you are looking for anime style eyes for your BJD or other type of doll, I would totally recommend Eye Candy!
You can see my video package opening and review here!
If you'd like to see photos of her new eyes, check them out here!
Welp, I've gotta go do summer homework, so I'll see you guys later.

How is July almost over?

It seems like this month just blasted by! 
I've spent it doing leadership training, sewing, and doing plenty of Summer homework (Ew!) But I can't help but feel sad that the Summer days seem to just be slipping away.  It will be my Senior year at high school, and I've got to start planning for my future, which is frightening enough to think about, let alone do.  However, I do have a bit more time to enjoy the Summer, so I've been doing what I can!
This last week I spent a lot of my time working on sewing a cosplay dress.  This is one of three outfits that will be used in a CMV in the future.  While a lot of details for it need to be figured out still, I think It'll be a great video.  If you'd like to watch a video of me working on the dress, you can see it Here!
But thinking about it, if this month went by fast, the next will be even more so!  I'll be attending a music camp, and then working at a YMCA camp (Which I am super excited for!) Then swim season, school, and youth symphony will start up again, and I'll need to start applying to colleges.  Oh my gosh so much going on, so little time!
I hope you guys are having a great summer, and I'll hopefully hear from you soon!

Cat Protects Keyboard

Chinatown Seafair Parade 2014

Going on adventures with my friends is one of my favorite things, and today was a blast! 
Three members of Hey Say Cosplay traveled up to Seattle today to help represent Sakura con in the Chinatown Seafair parade! We went as Matryoshka Vocaloids, and had a fantastic time.

JemmaKuma and I

I always love visiting Seattle!  It's such a diverse city, and this was actually my first time in it's Chinatown!  We passed by a few stores that I'd really like to visit in the future (possible walk around with me/haul videos!) and it was so cool to drive through parts of the city I don't get to see when I go up for Sakura Con itself. Seeing all the other cosplayers was amazing too.  It's so great to know we are part of such a fantastic group of people.  I met an adorable Miku there too, who also makes YouTube videos! Her channel is JemmaKuma! She's totally a lot more popular then me, but makes adorable videos that you might just want to check out! (She also does modeling and wow she is cute!  I'm totally becoming a fangirl of her but she's awesome! 
I made a short video of the footage I took from the parade, which you can see here!

So as for the rest of this week, I'll be heading to the good ol' fabric store and start working on some new costume, which I will probably be vlogging about my progress.  Later this week, or early next, I should be getting my surprise BJD item I talked about in my last post, and will be making videos related to that.
See you then!

Return From The Outside World

Who is this mysterious person writing this blog post, who has been missing for two weeks?  
I'm back!
While my vacation was great, and I had a fantastic time at camp, I'm ready to get back to video making, cosplay creating, and sleeping in! (All very important things hahaha).  Hopefully I'll be posting plenty in the next two weeks to keep you entertained (Then it's off to another camp for me haha)
As far as video plans go, I have a few ideas in the works.  There will be a BJD video in the next month I'm very excited for making, but the main part of it isn't home yet so I can't exactly film it yet (and no I didn't buy a new doll), but it'll be very exciting once it does get here.  We also have some more cosplay videos slowly in the works, one of which I really need to start sewing for, so I need to hop skip jump my way to the fabric store sometime soon. 
Something that is also exciting in the cosplay spectrum is that part of Hey Say Cosplay will be a part of the annual Chinatown Seafair Parade, joining other cosplayers to represent Sakura-Con!  I will totally record footage there and put together a video of the fun!
Speaking of making videos, my fellow cosplayer, CosplayDiva58, has posted some super cute videos to her channel recently, including this one that I really like named Matsuri! She's hasn't used YouTube for long (Well, compared to an oldie like me) but I really want to share her videos and let other people enjoy them as much as I do!

In terms of things that are not videos, I have been super into a few different things this month, and seeing as I never get around to making monthly favorites videos, I figure that I might as well share them here!

Such a cutie!

First, Azone dolls. Man those things are cute!  If I can budget out getting one (along with buying cosplay supplies, school supplies, ect ect) I totally would love to own one.  They are simply adorable! I love the Witch dolls, especially the "Little Witch of the Water". The only real problem with them is their availability, but I'm sure I could find a way to get her. (Again, only if I budget it out though, seeing as I'm trying to save for a car now also!)
Second, the anime Sabagebu!  OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS.  I love this show so much so far, and only two episodes are out!  It's a combination of cute girls, guns, and slice of life.  It's basically everything you ever could have wanted in a show.  It doesn't take itself to seriously, and the characters are all really fun! I showed it to some of my other, anime enjoying, friends and they both liked it too!  It's even something I've been considering cosplaying! (It also includes a main character who may just be the best MC for the season, for real though she is great)

Best MC? Best MC

So thats all I have to share for now, I'll be posting more this week, and the footage from the parade should be up sometime next week. I'll try to prerecord some videos for the next camp I got to, but my life is always a bit of a mess so no promises.

Now I've got to get back to work cleaning!
See you around!

Cool Kitty King

Cooking with Vocaloids

Oh my golly gosh gee, this is a project I have spent a long time working on, and I am so excited that it's finally done! If you guys haven't already see the video, check it out here!

This went better then I ever could of expected! Cooking with Vocaloids was an idea we had way back when we started making videos as a group, and I wrote the script more then a year ago. I always had this idea for a cute goofy cooking show with Vocaloids, and I'm happy to see it finally come to life.  Creating the little graphics and other things for this video was also super fun, and we all put a lot of hard work into it.  Creating, and especially editing, these videos is something I really enjoy doing, and I'm glad I've had the opportunity to.

whether or not we continue making these videos is up in the air, but I would really like to. Getting the group together to film is always such a blast, and I really enjoy their company. Filming with them is one of my favorite things to do ever basically. I just love making videos, and they have to put up with me all the time being a goof haha. But really, I had such a great time doing it!
 If you'd like to see more of our cosplay group, we have some other videos up on our channel, as well as a facebook page!
See you guys later!