200 Subs Daiso Giveaway!

I hinted at this in a early video, but here it is!  This is my Daiso giveway in celebration of having 200 subscribers on YouTube! I love you guys!
If you somehow haven't already seen the video showing off the prize, check it out here!
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The prizes you can win are as follows: 

• Rabbit Pencil/Makeup Bag
• Two Sets of False Eyelashes 
• Rose Essence Blotting Paper
• Rose Contact Lense Case
• Leopard Print Fuzzy Socks
• Halloween Nail Stickers
• Hair Bow
• Microfiber Face Cloth
• Notepad
• Cherry Hi-Chew

All of these products are new and unopened. 

Contest Ends November 5!  

 Open worldwide.  If you are under the age of 18, you must have your parent or guardian permission.  Winner will be selected by Rafflecopter and be notified by email. Winner have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is selected.  I will be shipping these items to you directly. I will make every effort to assist you obtaining your prize. The product offered for the giveaway is free of charge, no purchase necessary. My opinions are my own and were not influenced by any form of compensation. Youtube, and Daiso are in no way associated with this giveaway.  By providing your information in this form, you are providing your information to me and me alone.  I do not share or sell information and will use any information only for the purpose of contacting the winner.

Working hard, or Hardly working?

While I feel completely exhausted, it's odd to say that I feel like I'm not getting enough progress done.  So much of my weekend is spent working on homework and music stuff that I have hardly any time to work on costumes, let alone videos.

This weekend was the first time in a long time I could put up some new videos for y'all.

First; I got a new wig in the mail for my Miou cosplay, so I made a review video for it (which you can check out here). I really love this wig! The colors seem to look really nice on me and I am so excited to put all of my costume togther with it! I just need to finish up working on my shorts and styling the wig then it should be completely finished! How exciting! (I can feel my heart go Doki Doki already)

Second, I made my first AMV!  I was going to enter it into Aki-Cons AMV contest, but I never got around to mailing it in, which is too bad because I really enjoyed it. Making this was quite the adventure in video editing, and id like to try it again in the future.

Then, lastly, I created a new channel!  40DayDream is going to be used for fashion or makeup related videos, which I've wanted to make for a while, but I didn't quite think would fit in with my Nekomewleta channel. This shouldn't reduce the amount of videos on Nekomewleta, as it simply is a completely different type of videos. 

However, videos themselves might slow down a bit this October because I am going to be hosting an exchange student!  Making videos is often considered to be pretty weird, and I don't want to do anything that could make her feel uncomfortable living with us, so it's likely that I won't be filming as much or at all. I'm sorry about that, but things will pick up again in November!

However, that being said, HeySayCosplay should have a new video coming up this month that will be a blast to film. I'm really excited and I hope you guys will be too!

That's all I have to ramble about for now, and so I'll see you around!  

Plans for this Fall

Finally, it's time for my favorite season of the year, Fall (or Autumn if I want to be relevant to the rest of the world). There is something that's just so magical about fall, from the changing of the leaves, to Halloween, it's all so fantastic! 

I'm also really glad it's finally getting cooler out, while I really enjoyed this summer, I am not good at handling the heat!  I'm pumped to cuddle up in warm sweaters and blankets! 

I have a surprising amount of stuff going on this season! September has been the first few weeks of school and swim team, as well as a planned trip to the state fair, October is my Birthday and costume making for November in which I'm attending Aki-Con and Nanowrimo is going on! With that and, swim team and Symphony I'll be busy. It'll be hard to get everything done, but I'll try my best!

Miou cosplay progress

I'm espiclly excited about Aki-Con, as it will be my first time ever attending it. I'll be cosplaying as Miou from Sabagebu which has easily been my favorite anime of the summer season. I've been recording progress shots as I work, so once I'm all done I'll put them together in a "project journal" sort of thing and upload it for you guys! (I hope you'll enjoy it!)  You can see how far I've gotten with it here,

WIXOSS!

Speaking of anime, there two shows I'm really excited to see this season Selector Spread WIXOSS and SHIROBAKO.

I watched the first season of WIXOSS as it came out last spring, and I've been pumped to see more! This show is awesome and if you're into trading card games and despair I'd recommend it!

SHIRIBAKA looks like it will be my sol for the season, from what I can tell, its about a group of cute girls working together to create their own anime.  I'm looking forward to it no doubt!

Getting back to cosplay (one of my favorite things to talk about ahaha) I'm just feeling really excited about starting my big project for the year!  I've mentioned my plans in another blog post, and I'll talk about them again in the future, no doubt, but this is going to be so much fun! (And so much work!)  With that and all my school work, and symphony, and sports, I'll be super busy, but it'll all be worth it. Another good thing is hopefully Hey Say Cosplay will be getting help from a more professional photographer so we can have some nice high quality shots (Not saying our current ones are bad, but we can always do better!)

It also looks like we are going to get some cosplay videos done soon, which I'm always excited for!

See you guys soon!

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