Cosplay Progress: Dorothy from Garakowa: Restore the World

It’s been awhile since Sakuracon, but I wanted to write up a masterpost of my Dorothy cosplay that I made while volunteering for ACParadise. The entire process was fairly straight foward, with new challenges in patterning out unique design elements and figuring out how to enable easy, comfortable wear for volunteering in. For starters, here’s […]

Bellewood Acres: The Orchard

Beyond a trail of evergreens were the Bellewood Acres’ orchard. Here you can pick your own apples! The cozy, wooded trail opened up to a wide expanse of land. you could see the mountains a bit more clearly from here. there were even horses! 🙂 this one had a very beautiful color, and quite the […]

Bellingham and Bellewood Acres

Saturday morning, Daniel and I took a spontaneous trip up to Bellingham for the weekend to do all things Autumn! I’ve been told that Bham is absolutely gorgeous in the colder months, and the scenery up did not disappoint one bit. There were so many red and yellow trees, especially the neighborhood that Daniel’s old […]

Review: Clover Wonder Clips

What a wonderful invention these are. I’ve been seeing wonder clips making its rounds amongst cosplay friends, so I decided to get a box for myself from Amazon to try out.  Typically used for quilting, wonder clips are plastic mini-clips that are intended to keep your fabric in place without the use of pins. These […]

My first serger: the Brother 1034D

I’m SUPER excited to share my latest Big Kid purchase: my first serger!! I’ve been saving up for my first one for awhile now, and it came in the mail two months ago! I’ve been so thrilled to finally be able to work with knits, and especially having clean finishes for all of my costumes/garments!  […]

Canada: Granville Island Pt. II

Here’s the second half of our daytrip! There were so many shops to look at! We stopped by Artisan Sake Maker for some food and sake tasting.  From their website â€” Established in 2007 on Granville Island, Artisan SakeMaker is known as a unique commercial winery that produces award winning, hand-made, small batch and fresh sake. […]

Canada: Granville Island Pt. I

It was breathlessly easy getting swept up in all of Vancouver’s character and charm during our day trip to Granville Island. There were so many unique buildings and alleys, and for the most part no shortage of plantlife all along the way. We woke up early to make the most of it, so I broke […]