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 

Christmas 2011, Approaching 2012

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a very good Christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate.
Adam and I did a lot of traveling since we have gotten off of school for the break. 

We spent 6 nights up at Adam's parents and had an early Christmas there. We saw a lot of our friends. Seeing Jaidine's new house, having my first Star Wars campaign game, bugging the heck out of Maggie (his little dog) and stuff like that. We had our Christmas on the 18th when we were up there. It was awesome. They got me a bunch of stuff too~ I got:

- New jeans, 2 tees, scarf and socks. All of them fit perfect~
- Gift card
- Dove shower kit
- Sailor Venus slippers!! :3 From Adam's sister, Madonna!
- Tabletop ironing board
- Electric skillet


So I'm very happy with everything I got. Technically, the last two things, is Adam and mine. I got a lot more then I was expecting. Nelson and Susan spoil me when ever we go up there, so I should of expected it. Haha~


We also got a gift from our friend Jaidine. Lol. It was quite the gift xD Essentially, I'll just say, it was a lot of stuff to 'set the mood' if you catch my drift.

Leaving on the Wednesday, we headed back to Truro since it was the better day to drive. And holy crap, can I say I was really tired after getting back to the apartment. Taking up all the stuff from a normal trip there is one thing, but we had all these gifts to bring up too. 3 flights of stairs are not my friend! > 3> Though, when we got back, everything kinda ended up all over the place and I was too lazy too really tidy up. 


Saturday, Christmas Eve, we spent the night at my parents. Christmas eve evening, we did our normal thing and went down to my last living grandparent's house, my Grampy's. And a lot of the family went down, and we did our get together down there, which was really nice. I was glad to see a lot of my family again! Lots of laughs were had and it was a fantastic time, like usual. 


Mother Nature was so kind a few days earlier because it snowed and it lasted straight through Christmas morning!~ We are early risers on Christmas day. Always have been. So I was up at 6:45am and we ended up opening presents at 7am. From my parents/sistesr/family friend/aunt/uncle, I got:


- Gift card for Sobeys (Groceries!!)
- Gift card for Bluenotes (from Tiff)
- Gift card for the movies
- All together I got $65 of Wal-Mart gift cards
- Christmas ornament
- Necessities for the apartment (toothpaste, soap, etc.)
- Laptop external fan (from Tiff)
- PJ pants
- Money


So that was my Christmas this year~ 2 of them! Haha~ If you want to check out my Youtube channel, I did 2 vlogs when I was at both; Adam's parents and mine.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Horusvlog


But that is all for now guys!~ 2012 is coming on us quick! So look out for another post coming soon on my 2012 goals!~ :)


~Horu-chan

Christmas Fast Approaching!

Long time, no blogging! Aha~ ^^:





As the title says, I kinda have been not posting. Why? Mainly because I've been too lazy to bother with it.... Shame on me, I know! ><;; But, I'm here now, to fill you guys in what's been going on since my last post! :D

Let's see. Halloween has past (obviously.) I dressed up for it since I had Life Drawing Class. It wasn't anything special. Just threw on my Rin Kagamine wig, with my magnet dress, my orange stripped t-shirt hoodie and my stripped orange and black stockings. As I said, nothing special but I wanted to get into the fun of Halloween, but I can say, "BRRRR!!" It was cold walking to class that day! xD LOL.

Forwarding into November. First weekend in and Adam went back home to Sydney because his winter tires were at his parents house and was getting them put on. So I spent my first night at the apartment alone. Though a lot happened during that friday when he was gone. I hung out with our friend Meghan and she took me to my first yoga class at the Truro Women's Resource Center. It was free and it was definitely an experience! I enjoyed it quite a bit. Though I could tell right from the get-go that my body wasn't used to it! Haha. I would love to do it again. Meghan also gave me an extra yoga mat, so I could do it at the apartment if I wanted to. I haven't had the motivation to do it by myself. I'm one of those people who likes company doing that kind of stuff. Onto the evening, Jisu-friend came over for a couple hours to hang out. Then she went back over to the dorms and I was alone. It was bad, but it was eerie! >w>;; It was too quiet. Then Saturday morning, my friend Cat came up to Truro and took me Christmas shopping with her.

November 11th. Known as Remembrance Day in Canada, was also Adam and mine's anniversary. We celebrated our first anniversary this year! It amazing considering he is my first boyfriend too~ -does victory pose- ^________^ Everything is going great with us. We love eachother just as much as we did when we first started dating~ For our anniversary though, we really celebrated it on the 12th. We attended Saturday of Hal-con 2011! It was a lot of fun, very exhausting! Saw and hung out with some of my best cosplay friends! <3 I cosplayed a Pokefan! :) I didn't really get my photo taken that much this year but I wasn't really standing out this year. Heh heh... So I don't have any really good photos to show. Though I do have my vlog that I did!


School is coming quickly to a close for the first semester. I'm not really worried about failing any of my classes except 3D animation. I'm not doing the greatest in that class this year! .____.''' It's been quite difficult for me and it's not my favorite class either. So I'm hoping I pass and if I have to do a supplementary project over Christmas break (as much I don't want to) I will, if that what I gotta do to pass. Animation class, all we have left is our lip sync animation. Digital Illustration, one final painting. Which I still have no idea what I'm doing and I only have like 2 weeks to do it! .>o<. New Media Business, lots of writing. Life Drawing, we are having our first gallery opening on the 1st of December at the library,

I've got all my Christmas shopping done. I only bought gifts for my parents, my sister and Adam. And I'm really low on money now! Which really sucks but I'm looking on the bright side of things considering my money has lasted me 6 months with no job. All, I have left to do is finish making some gifts, and wrap gifts. Also, going to be decorating our apartment this weekend (for the most part.) And after the interviews the the teachers on the 13th. We'll be getting ready to head to Sydney for an early Christmas with his parents and then we'll be coming back on the 22nd so I can spend Christmas with my family.

That is all for now guys~

~Horu-chan