Christmas Fast Approaching

Hello everyone, 

Like the title says, Christmas is coming up quickly (for those of us who celebrate this holiday.) And I can say, I'm going to be glad when the season is over. Haha. As fun as it is looking for gifts for people and getting to check out all the cute little shops in my town for gifts, I just want to be able to relax again and not have the countdown counting down in the back of my head how much time I have left and how many gifts I have left to buy for people!! ^^;

But, I can say that I reduced my stress on that aspect today since I completed/bought gifts for my mom and sister. 

Since I'm learning how to sew and all that jazz, my mom requested potholders for Christmas this year. I recently got back my sewing machine from the studio. Unfortunately, when I started the potholders last night, I screwed up while sewing them. Luckily I had a small pair of scissors to fix my mistake since I didn't have my seam ripper with me (because I was stupid and left an entire bag of my stuff at the studio, which I got back today.) Long and behold, my seam ripper wasn't in my bag of stuff I got back, so I need to buy another one. Though I had to switch to my zigzag foot, so I'm glad I did go anyway. Also, while I was out, I went to a little craft shop and bought a cute little Christmas tree ornament to go with the potholders. 

So, needless to say on that front. It was an experience. I learned a few things and once I finished the first holder, the second one finished with barely any problems and was sewn together in less then 10 minutes. 
I will probably be making a pair for Adam's mom for Christmas~ The funny thing is that the fabric I used for the potholders was a pair of Adam's pajama pants. There was a rip at the seam, on one of the inner legs. So all I had to buy was the batting for the inside and with my Fabricville memebership card, I got a $2 discount on the material. So I paid less then $4 for about 2 arms length for the batting. So a cheap little gift. 

I got my sister stuff from the same craft store that I got my mom's little snowman ornament. My sister loves winter, Christmas and all that stuff. Last year I bought her a crystal snowflake, this year I decided to continue with the theme and got her another snowflake. Also, my sister is a workaholic and doesn't take care of herself at all. In that thought, I bought her some hand made/crafted lavender and lemon bath salts. 

And that's all the family gifts I've gotten at the moment. I still have to buy for my dad, grandfather and family friend. But they are easy to buy for since I know what I'm getting them!! :D

I'm not posting any friends gifts because I know some of them read my blog and that would be cheating. Haha. 

Hope everything well is going with you. 

What do you think of my gifts? Good or bad?

~Horu-chan   
 

Sewing, Costumes, Conventions

Hey everyone,

It's been awhile. About 5 months, awhile. I haven't forgotten about this blog. I'm frequently on blogger but I don't really have a whole lot to talk about since life in the Canadian Maritimes is normally pretty slow. 

Let's see. I'm still alive! LOL So that is a good thing. Con season is over! :C It's really sad how time goes by so fast these days. Adults don't kid around when they say time goes faster when you age. It's all true. With the conventon season being over. I guess I have a lot to report on. 

Harbour Con-Fusion 2012. It was held at the Holiday Inn Express in Saint John, New Brunswick. It was a first time convention. It was a good convention. I did my first artist alley, with Adam and Jess. Adam and I didn't break even at the con, which blowed but there was a lot of behind the scenes drama with the convention staff that definitely interfered with who came and who didn't. So the sales didn't even come close to breaking even which hurt. 

Hal-con 2012. It was held at the World Trade Convention Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Being it's third year, it was a big show. Adam and I did the artist alley again, along with Jess sharing the table. It was a great turn out for being our first "big" convention at the AA. We made over $115 in profit. It was a lot more then either of us expected to make~ I entered the costume contest for the first time with my first completely self-made cosplay of Minako Aino from Sailor Moon.

I made the costume at my sewing classes that I took over the summer/fall months. My next project is Anata no Oto Ranka Lee. Which I will be making in my next sewing class that starts back up in January of 2013. I'm excited to make a new costume!! :D It's so much fun, even if it was frustrating. But I used possibly one of the worst fabrics to start off on! Minako's costume was made out of lyrca, which is essentially stretchy swim suit material. :P The apron wasn't as hard since it was a stretchy material. But as my teacher said, now that I started off on a harder fabric, I'll find most other fabrics easy to work with. Aha~ 

My next project, is actually making pot holders for my mom for Christmas since she wants new ones because hers are old and stained and gross. But from the tutorials online, they look super easy to make. C: And I already have the fabric since a pair of Adam's pajama pants ripped, so I'm recycling! ;D I just need to get the heat resistant quilt batting to put in the middle and the I can start sewing away. 

I don't want to bore you guys with a butt-load of talking. So I'll hopefully do another post in the near future. Since I till have a lot to catch you guys up on~ 

~Horu-chan 

First Post in 2012! :D

Hey everyone!!
Hope you all had a fabulous celebration of the NEW YEAR!~ And in return, this is just a short post to let ya all know I did a short vlog today with some of my goals for 2012.

Take a peek and if you haven't already, subscribe to my channel~
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNXLAs2Jj0c

Alrighty~ I will talk to you guys later!
Wishing you all happy and healthy 2012! <3





~Horu-chan