My anime club started watching it and LOVES it

It’s so fun!! I’m glad you’re enjoying it 💖

As someone who injured her thumb area a couple weeks ago and is still taking medication and wearing braces / compression sleeves: if it’s still bugging you please please go get it checked out. 🙏

'26 cosplay wishlist! ✨

Want to cosplay or do a photoshoot with me? I love putting groups together & setting up location stuff— now’s the time to ask!

I've got supplies for most of these on hand / have started a few, so I'm excited to get rolling -- & will probably start a few things for '27 too!

A lil' video recap! <3

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Geography makes hangouts a little hard but I’m always game for babysitting, and I’m always happy to have you in Boston if you get time to come by!

And of course, a lot of learning!

Really dug into more advanced skills this year: blacksmithing @ Prospect Hill Forge, Sloper Patterning Intensive @sfdboston, airbrushing with @hokuprops.bsky.social & Spraygunner, Circus ESH Circus Arts, + a ton of self-study & x3 3D printing industry shows!

I fully lost count of how many photoshoots I did this year, and I'm still waiting on pics from a few. Enjoy all the early '26 content drops hahahah

'25 was truly a year of teaching: I taught 3 different classes, two that I fully created from scratch this summer (Intro to Electronics Breadboarding & Metal Casting Dice).

That was x8 total sessions, & I'm really hoping to run more of these next year! (Let your local con know you want 'em!)

Work involved a ton of travel this year, so I was a bit lighter on guesting cons, but loved the events I did do!

TY @animemilwaukee.org, CUT/SEW's cosplay studio @otakon.bsky.social, @bowmarket Renn Faire, and the Malden Cosplay Celebration!

It was a fun 1st HolMat too, even just as an attendee.

Save for the comp build I'm not even showing off, it was a light-ish crafting year: especially because of my injury early Dec that meant withdrawing from WCC. 🥲

I'm still wearing a brace but I'm trying to spend that inspiration to do things that won't make my hands/arms worse while they heal.

I did a handful of new outfits this year: Cardan Greenbriar, my Dragon*Con Dragon Robes, Xiaolan (Apothecary Diaries), casual Wreck (TBHX), and a dress for a friend's wedding I didn't get any good pics of.

There's also the ECG builds we did but I'm saving those for a 2026 reveal!

Starting with the IG #top9!

Glad there was big love for our HeroX group & for my original Dragon*Con Carpet Dragon.

Pool shoot reel really popped off in a way I didn't expect & I'm hype that resources + research made an appearance.

I'll get back to Gyokuyou crafting this year I promise!

Matt really did a phenomenal job!