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Okay, so I haven't been on here since before school started last year. Whoopsidaisy. Well, now that my first year of college is over and I actually have a few pictures from A-Kon to publish, I thought I may as well come back here and do some stuff. I started to try and get myself in shape today, so hopefully I'll be able to keep that up this time. ^^; 

As for cosplay, I don't think I'll really be working on any costumes right now (kind of poor, need a job) but I have a huge amount of yarn so as well as starting to knit Rinoa again, I'm going to be teaching myself how to crochet so I can make some more cute little things that maybe I could try and sell online. If y'all have any ideas for things I could make, definitely shoot me those. I could always use some little extra thought since my brain is mostly dead during the summer.

Lastly, I've been thinking about trying to get back into writing because it's good for me. Would you guys be interested if I posted chapters up here as I go?

That's it; love you guys!
~Croweh
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Hey guys!

Sorry for the kinda downer last journal. This one is all about money though, so if you have some to spend, stick around. If not, read it anyway and then go tell your friends that do have money! Please?
Anyway, I'm heading off to college soon which means getting a job for at least my first year is pretty much impossible, especially since I need to make at least a 3.7 GPA to get into the Cockrell School of Engineering. So, this leaves me to do commissions for people! I can do pretty much anything that involves sewing, knitting, or painting. As you should know by now, I don't draw. Ever. However, if you want a story written for you, I'll do that gladly.
So, I can do pretty much within my skill level. If you want to know what that is, go take a look at my cosplays because they pretty much define how skilled I am at sewing and crafts. I don't do props either, sorry. I have my boyfriend for that. But if you want any props, let me know and I'll talk to him about it to get you a price since he needs money too.
My preferred skill though is knitting, which means I can make (as shown here: xcrowehx.deviantart.com/art/My…) anything from a full-length duster or scarves to armwarmers or wristbands. I haven't yet tried hats, but I don't expect that they'll be too difficult once I try.

Price estimates for some knitted items:
Duster: ~$150
Scarf: ~$20 (If you want a Harry Potter scarf with the patch, that will be an extra $14 so I can order a patch from Universal)
Armwarmers (comes in a pair): ~$15
Hat: ~$12
Wristband: ~$7
Rings (that itty bitty red and gold thing in the deviation): 25 cents, standard.

All of the above price estimates are subject to change (should be obvious since they're estimates) depending on the amount of detail you wish to have in your item as well as any extra colors.

Any other thing that you want commissioned will need to be discussed through comments on here, comments on the above deviation, or via notes. None of these prices include shipping, but if you live near Austin or Houston, Texas, you won't have to worry about that if you're willing to come pick them up (I'll also be at A-Kon, so I can drop off commissions there if you'll be there).

Other than that, I'm trying to sell my Jett in Spanish Brown from Arda still. I had one person say she might want it if she decided to do that cosplay after A-fest, but I wanted to post on here in case I had any other people interested (in case that one falls through). It's in perfect condition and sells for $30 plus shipping on the website, so I'm selling it for $25 plus shipping (once again, shipping doesn't matter if you live close enough to meet me somewhere).

All of this will help a lot because I need to pay for the hotel and pass for A-kon as well as supplies for my Shiki Misaki, Twilight Sparkle, and Kairi costumes. Not to mention anything extra I want to buy while at college like concert tickets, movie tickets, or clothes.

Love you guys and hopefully you will at least pass this on if you're not interested,
~xCrowehx

Commissions Taken So Far:
1. Hufflepuff scarf for EllieFeilder (as a gift)
2. Black and purple striped armwarmers for TheMizukochan
3. Ribbed black beanie for Sansansan
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Hey guys.

Uhm, I just wanted to update you on what's been going on in my life a bit. I am going off to college on the 25th of this month (UT; Hook 'Em!) and will be moving in with my dormmate: TheMizukochan. School starts the 29th and then I won't be doing much else. My family has kind of shut down my cosplay life recently and I'd rather not go on about that since it has been really hard on me. Basically, they have restricted me to one convention a year and Akon will probably be that convention, at least for this coming year. We didn't get a table at Anime Matsuri, otherwise I would have chosen that convention. Anyway, what this means is that my plans for both San Japan and Oni-con have been canceled and that once I move to Austin, I won't be coming back here until Christmas break.
Mizu and I are going to try and maybe do some videos or something in our dorm anyway that will be posted to the UTSproductions channel if it is cosplay related or one of our own channels if it is just us goofing off. The only cosplays I'm bringing with me to UT are Demyx, Rinoa, and Twilight Sparkle, so if there is anything you guys want us to do in a video (not sure how many cosplays she's bringing, but I'm going to make sure she at least brings Saix and Applejack), let us know.
Also, I know this is far off in advance, but since it's the only con I can go to for another year, I thought I would let you know my line up for that. I'm only going to be making one costume for Akon and it is going to be pretty much thrifting...most likely, unless I go insane as I usually do. That costume is Shiki Misaki from The World Ends with You. The other cosplays I'm bringing are Rinoa Heartilly and probably Twilight Sparkle (who will need quite a lot of revamping before then).
Talking about this, to pay for supplies to make Shiki as well as to go to Akon in general, I need money. My dad is only giving me the meal plan and maybe $100 once or twice a semester to spend on a "nice" dinner with friends. So, I have no allowance to pay for frivolities, and getting a job right now is out of the question when I really need to work on keeping my grades up. As such, I'd appreciate if everyone went and looked at the last deviation I put up: xcrowehx.deviantart.com/art/My… . It shows the commissions I'm doing. So if you can think of anything knitted you'd like to have from Harry Potter house scarves and Yoko Littner's scarf to hats and armwarmers, either post a comment on that deviation, comment here, or send me a note and we can work out prices.

Love you guys,
xCrowehx
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Hey guys,

I decided after spending five years on my last account and with the character that it was named for no longer existing, it was time to get a new one. After going to Anime Matsuri this year, it really dawned on me that I need all of my internet accounts to line up with the same basic name since nothing matched from my dA to youtube to cosplay.com and the like. Anyway, because of this, I am now xCrowehx. I moved over the cosplay pictures that I am most fond of and am going to keep that more organized than it was on my last account since it has become very important to me. I'll most like transfer my stories over here as well over the next week, but I'm not entirely sure yet. If you know me from before, tell me which stories you'd like me to continue the most and I'll move those over here.

Anyway, down to business, as in the Anime Matsuri recap for this year.

Thursday:
Basically, me spending the entire day of school complaining with my friends about how we thought we shouldn't be at school since all of us had so much stuff to do to be prepared for the coming weekend. My boyfriend arrived that night and we got to sleep at around eleven.

Friday:
Forgot to turn my school alarm off when I set the other alarm to wake me up. My phone went off at 5:15 am. Ugh. Actually got out of bed around 6 and spent a good half hour coaxing Ethan off of the couch. We both took showers and got into our respective costumes. I was Twilight Sparkle that day, which was a costume made up of Bells' Stocking wig, clothes I bought from Kohl's/had around the house, and a cutie mark necklace made from model magic. Ethan took forever getting ready in his Sora outfit, but we eventually made it to the con where we met up with everyone else at our table. This year, I was not prepared at all for the con. Literally, I got the entirety of Twilight Sparkle done the weekend before, failed to finish Rinoa in time and so had to use Megara, and just tossed on Demyx as well. That being said, I didn't actually get to make much for the table: just a couple of knitted wristbands in Hogwarts House colors and the zodiac paperweights, which I failed to make enough Kyos and Yukis again for.
Anyway, I spent most of the day at the table, whether I was on my shift or not. Basically I would get off my shift, move around a bit to glance at things, and then run back to the table to make sure I wasn't late for my next shift. Think I would prefer doing doubles to this every other hour thing. I met a few of Ethan's friends as well as some of my con friends throughout the day. At three, Sana, my friend Christina, and I went outside to be a part of a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic meetup where we got several pretty pictures taken of us (Sana was Fluttershy and Christina was Sweetie Belle).
Some time during the day, Ethan and I left the con and went home to take a really really quick shower, grab pizza, and run back to the con for my next shift. We had to do that so we would be all clean for the formal and so I could grab my formal clothes which I had left at the house (whoops).
Speaking of the formal, it was beautiful. We went in there freaking out because there was a band playing, who we later learned (to our forever shame) had the lead singer being Stephanie Young. Anyway, that wasn't the actual formal so no harm done. They had just been running a bit late and the formal took off beautifully after that. We didn't stay that long, meaning we left around 2:30ish in the morning (but I was happy anyway because Ethan and I danced to "Waltz for the Moon" which is the only song I really had to dance to). After that, we went straight home and passed out.

Saturday:
Three hours of sleep. At the max. So exhausted. Basically went to sleep at 3am roughly and then woke up at 6:30. dfjkadjfkjiafjk!!! Both of us got up around that time and spent a while getting ready again. This time I dressed as Megara from Disney's Hercules which I haven't worn since 2009. This time I got a wig for her and spent a few extra minutes in the morning finishing sewing on the wig clips so the wig would stay on my head. All of that was for naught, however. After working a shift, Tania and I went walking around the dealer's room and artist alley, and my head couldn't take it. It literally felt like my scalp was going to rip off, so I had to go into the bathroom to remove the stupid wig and just wear my own hair with the clip-on attached to my ponytail. Ugh. Oh well. Spent the rest of the day as Megara and went to the cosplay contest that night where Matthew Mercer proved himself to be among the most wonderful men on this planet ("Madness!"). That man has some beautiful hair.
Anyway, after the contest I had another shift but after that, I couldn't take it. I was exhausted. I had been planning to stay later to help pack up again with the table, but my body wouldn't allow it. Ethan and I left the con around 9:30 and I went straight to my bed and crashed.

Sunday:
Okay. This is the last day of the con, yes? Well, I have to say this is probably the day where the most stuff happened and what made it probably the best weekend of my life. There had been some major drama among my friends the day before but for me personally (not to sound uncaring to my friends) this was pretty much my favorite weekend. Anyway, woke up at 6:30 again, but this time Ethan refused to wake up since he had taken a shower the night before, so I got dressed all in Demyx (I did casual with my Camp Nobody t-shirt and jeans, oh glorious jeans!) and as soon as he got up, we basically rushed out of the door. We did some circles around my little area of a town going from Kroger to Sally's (which was closed!) and back to Kroger to find some purple eyeliner and a wig cap for Ethan, since he was to be Axel that day. This day was the only day I shopped during the entire weekend. I bought a Kilala (from Inuyasha) plushie since I had been meaning to for the past I don't know how many cons and a Neku (from The World Ends With You) pin and Ethan got me a badge thing that had Yoko (from Gurren Lagann) on it. Later, we went outside to take some pics of our costumes (and Ethan and I ended up doing Akudemy shipping, which is not a pairing I personally support, but whatever) before heading back to the table where all of the interesting stuff happened.
Basically, first I met this guy that lives four hours away but agreed to be our Vexen while his friend is our Marluxia (Aza said she doesn't want to be Vexen anymore because she doesn't like the character and Kitty lives too far away to be our Marluxia). Second, this guy named RD (who happens to be friends with Mike Boike) said he'd try and be our Xaldin for us. And Mike Boike basically agreed to film it for us as long as it happens whenever he has free time. dkfjadkfjia!!!!!! I'm super super super super happy! After that, we got some pictures with those two and some other really cool people with a really old and awesome camera. Did I mention that I'm super happy? Like bouncing off the walls happy?
Anyway, after that we packed up the table and headed out. Ethan and I went back to my house where we ate a bit before he had to leave to go all the way back home. Now it is Monday and everything hurts and I'm really tired.

So, that's my recap. We're still looking for a Luxord, so if you know anyone in my area that would be willing to be him for my group, feel free to message me. ^-^

Love,
~Croweh
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