Hullo world and off to another shameless post which has my photos everywhere! I thought for the starting month of the year, as I’m prepping for my 2014 Cosplay Plans, I might as well look back at my 2013 cosplays and what I learned from them this 2013.
Fire Emblem: Awakening Tiki costume worn on Fantasy Quest 3. Sewed in a week, it’s quality in-person and the measurements aren’t very good yet. I can do better. Perhaps one day I’ll remake this.
Hello lovely kittens! As some of you may know, I also run an online shop, Three Smitten Kittens, which operates on Etsy and Facebook. (◕ω◕✿) We make cosplay accessories, or basically any custom accessory that you want that can be replicated with clay, resin, foam, fabric or other craft materials. I was forced to close up shop for a few to international clients because of Paypal acting weird and closing my account, but now all is resolved and we are back in business! To celebrate, we’ll have a special discount coupon which can give anyone 15% off their total purchase~! I’ll also be giving brief highlights to our beloved clients~! ✧･ﾟ:*✧･ﾟ:* \(◕ω◕✿)/ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
HELLO people who are still with me! I, Aki, am reposting after a hiatus since my shop had a lot of orders last month due to Halloween. So now, I’m trying to be back in the blogging loop by posting again! Today I’ll share some stuff going on in life, photos of me in my Kid cosplay, and about Cosplay Cards.
Last Sunday, my siblings and I went to Fantasy Quest for the first time! I’ve been planning to go to the event since the first time they started the event three years ago. I have seen lots of good photos with great scenery from the cosplayers who have shared their event photos, but as tickets weren’t so accessible then (and on-site ticket selling was not yet confirmed in the first two years) there was slight discouragement to attend on my part. (But that was because I am a lazy girl who don’t want to line up in banks for a bank deposit, and now hurray to online banking.)
This is a very late re-cap post of Oh No! Manga Cosplay Camp last July 7. Joey and I decided to attend the event to have some much-deserved, much-wanted fun and relaxation. We barely have photos of any cosplayers since we ourselves just chilled out and later wandered around Mall of Asia. Here are some photos of the event though, for those that are curious of what went-on.
I WENT TO LAST Saturday’s Ozine Fest in Megamall mainly to meet-up with sweet clients of mine. I mostly go to conventions to check out the merchandise and stuff for sale and shop shop shop, but this time I held back, knowing I was there to pick up a Taobao haul I pre-purchased online though Dolly House Shop. Buut that also didn’t stop me from dropping by my friend Tsuza Art‘s booth to get some prints~ ❤
I bought the ultra-cute Vanellope print and Tsuza gave me the Serah bookmark for free! I chose these prints because once upon a time I wanted to cosplay these two but now that I’m old (guuhh) I probably won’t do a good job so I’ll leave it to the tweeners. Also is it a coincidence these two have accessories that are bestsellers in my own shop, Three Smitten Kittens? ❤
RECENTLY I DECIDED to rent a Lili costume from Mame’s Cosplay Shop, owned by Mayden Ong. Lili’s costume is very pretty and something I can actually wear on a regular basis and would love to own, but having it made, and ordering my own wig, can be very expensive. I’ll probs have to spend around 2k on it, that and it’ll take up closet space, which I’m not in the luxury of.
…So I decided to rent when I saw that Mame’s Cosplay Shop had it among their items available for rent. I was going to use it for a personal mini-shoot my brother and I had been planning. Let me give my review of the shop and the pros and cons of renting in general.
Lili Rochefort from Tekken
AFFORDABILITY:
I rented the costume at 800Php, wig included in the package. This really saves you a lot if you were actually going to have the costume made for yourself and bought a new wig.
The assurance fee/deposit may be a bit heavy on the pocket though, as it was 1500Php. While I understand that there is a need on the seller’s part to be sure that her items will be taken care of and damages (if any) will be covered, dishing out 2000+ in one day is a heavy feat. Maybe there could have been some ways to lessen it, say what other shops do where you can provide a valid ID or gadget to lower your deposit fee.
Me as Lili.
Photos from our Advance Wars Casual Shoot last January at Chateau Royale. Me as Rachel, my bro as Andy. Advance Wars is a series of games from Nintendo.
All the nonsense and fun from the photoshoot I had with my brother with me dressed up in an incomplete Lethe Costume. Lethe is from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn.
Three Smitten Kittens 