This afternoon we drove to Santa Monica Seafood in Costa Mesa for lunch! It had a fish market filled with many types of freshly-caught and prepared fish as well as a cafe! Despite the pouring rain, the outdoor seating area was well-heated and it was pretty relaxing having the rain for background noise (once you […]
Along with the snow shots in my previous post, I took the opportunity to photograph my latest art book purchase: Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward | The Art of Ishgard -Stone and Steel-! I’m a huge fan of the FF MMO series. Back in elementary and middle school I played FFXI more than I […]
I happened to still be awake last night when it first started falling, so I was really excited to get outside today! I charged my batteries overnight and bundled up for a snowy walk in the afternoon. 🙂 To my complete surprise I stumbled across a holly tree! We had a holly tree right in […]
She’s hereeee!!! She’s finally here!!!! A little background story about Good Smile Company’s 1/8th scale Kaori Miyazono in particular: this is the figure that sparked my interest in possibly beginning a collection. I know there are hundreds and hundreds of beautifully-crafted and elaborate figures out there in the world, but the day I came across […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s a simple tradition, but I try to go to a corn maze with friends every October. Usually we run corn mazes at night, though! So this was a nice change of pace. The maze itself is a lot smaller than the one I usually go to (Bob’s Corn Maze in Snohomish, WA), but for […]
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 […]
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 […]
This week my friend Prinz came up from San Diego to Seattle for a few days. We really don’t get to see each other outside of cons, so it was a treat being able to show him around! Luck was on our side, as it was a gorgeous Tuesday ALL DAY! I made the mistake […]