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This weekend is Ikasucon 2012 and I've been working on two costumes, hotel booking, and just getting the money from all the people in our group to help pay for the hotel lol. I completely finished all the work for my costumes last night and bagged up the costumes in "garment bags" and have the backpack that I made sitting beside me. I do hope to post photos of MY costume, but I will certainly get photos of the bag and the dress that I made for my friend's birthday present.

I have a new camera - a model by GE that was about $170 all together for the camera, a new SD card, a camera bag and the warranty. I can return it in fifteen days so I can take all the pictures I want and, if I'm not satisfied with the results, I can trade or return for refund by the 18th - just enough time to go to Ikasucon and get home lol I don't think I'll be returning it, but it's great to have that for safety. I never knew GE made cameras and I did do quite a bit of research on it before deciding that I'd purchase this particular model (my first choice was a fujifilm but they didn't carry the one I wanted; they only had one that was $200 and I didn't have the funds for that lol). I sacrificed most of my spending money so I more than likely won't make any purchases at the convention but a new camera was truly what I wanted - my Nikon L20 was sufficient but the battery door snapped right down the center and wouldn't stay closed for anything. I could duct tape it and it'd somewhat work, but it just wasn't cutting it for easy use.

I hope to have quite a few decent pictures to post so I can do the cosplayers justice. I'll admit now that some fandoms I don't really like, but if I think the costume is good, I'll probably snap a photo of it.

Sorry for being silent so long - not too many people read my blog but if I kept up with it, there'd probably be more traffic lol I want to do more makeup and art supply reviews or tutorials. I'm not sure if these will go on youtube or if I'll stick to blogging instead of vlogging lol ahhh such is life.
I'm excited to actually be posting more so I hope that I can actually make it exciting lol

So Tired

I was unexpectedly allowed to stay with a friend this weekend and went garage sale browsing with her on saturday lol We found a painter's mask and some pyramid studs and immediately decided she had to buy them so she could paint the mask then deck it out with the studs and some possible tubing if I can get my hands on it - all together the studs and mask were only $5.25 which is a really good deal lol
I found a really pretty credenza and some nice book shelves but left my money at home so I wouldn't purchase anything lol (though I really wanted that credenza * ^ * )
That night, we went to the movies ~ Dark Shadows! I was really pleased with how good it was and really wanted Barnabas's wardrobe haha
We went for the 10:35 showing and didn't get out until 12:36 or so then went to eat at Waffle House lol so many drunks there at one in the morning.

On another note, I've been trying to draw recently and nothing seems to be coming out right ._. I was able to paint a rose for my mom for Mother's Day, but I haven't really been able to do much else aside from unfinished doodles. I feel rather dissatisfied by this to be honest; I wanted to draw but my tablet and my hand don't seem to be cooperating with each other *pulls out hair*

My artistic abilities must be failing me -.- maybe when I'm in a slightly less stressful environment I'll be able to draw again. Or just continue painting flowers lol (which is odd because I don't like to paint/draw flowers)