Catching up to Genki2014

 

Before Summer came and went Genki was held once again. Thursday Kenny and Sascha arrived in my home and we went for a short shoot in my Astrid!

 During the week before the con I put a few touches on Hera and finished two new cosplays: Powerline dancer and Mimi!
 The Powerline wig is made out of two wigs I just had lying around!

Showing you some Hera progess, even though Genki wasn't the debut. The wig's wire was sown into the wig, then covered in painter's tape, paper machéed, and covered in some layers of horisontal hair before the final vertical layers. 

Sadly upon arrival to the Arena I already felt done with the convention - I was tired and not in a good mood for mass socializing. But I kept to my friends and had such a lovely time nontheless! Friday's Genki was spent first in Hera and then in Astrid.

I think I matched the decorations pretty well!

Saturday we didn't have to get up crazy early, which we were all ecstatic about. 

Rehearsalllls. And I fangirled so hard over Emma's Thumbelina.

Along came show time and we were the closing number. The energy wave of screams and cheering that hit us while performing was unbelievable!

That noise scored us the Crowd Favourite award and the judges gave us Alpha Omega as well! So crazy to win two prizes for the 2nd year in a row - I am so flipping surprised and amazed by the amount of love we got.

We relaxed and had a small pizza party outside - where most of the convention was spent due to stellar weather.

More great decorations! That blue rose gave me life.

Allan-coke! Perfect for Genki! And we went to a super boring Otaku Hour - but managed to still have a semi-good time. And Kenny was a doll and came to pick me up (can you say super sweet?)

Mimi took far longer to make than I had anticipated at first - I spent a long time on the hat (forgot how long my Jessie process had been) and that country trim was not as snappy as I had thought it would be! Ended up burning the edges as a seal.

Dear Emi was my Tai and we awakened loads of nostalgia in people and a few asked us to wear them again because they wanted to join the Digi-fun! Looking forward to that!

Most of Sunday was spent on the benches a little away from the Events plaza - which meant quiet and shelter = everything I needed as a con worn-out gal!

Summer Checklist

Check out my Marauder's map dress! It's ~ reversible ~

Back to witches and wizards and magical beasts ! 1st of September always makes my HP-heart ache.

Summer Bucketlist: Watch a Blockbuster - Check!

Maria and I saw two movies on the Great Cinema Day where all shows are half off woo. We saw Besson's Lucy which was a nice little jem, but my hopes for a The Fifth Element-sort of film did make it disappoint me. Then we saw Edge of Tomorrow - it was amazing entertainment despite my mixed feelings about Tom Cruise.

Summer Bucketlist: Basically eat ice cream every day - Check!

 I even went to the award-winning servers Ismageriet - their caramel is literally to die for.

Summer Bucketlist: Visit relatives - Check!

Yummy strawberry cake in the sun of a summer house's lawn. Heaven....

 Summer Bucketlist: Journey forth into the waters - Check!

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming... I've been in the water 8 times this summer which is regretfully more times than the past two years combined.

Me and Stine shared an ice cream bigger than her wee girl.

My favourite thing is getting into work and finding a co-worker-baked cake in our Cast Room. Yes!!!

We've done a lot of things together these past months. It's been fun and relaxed.

A big to-do on my list this summer was to organize my cosplays. It was a pretty weird process and felt super odd to throw out costumes.

But everything is nice and in order now!

Admittedly it took longer than it should have since I kept trying things on. It was great putting on my sari!

One of the things we did with the Company this summer was really super - we got to see The Little Mermaid Musical all together! I ate with Camilla beforehand.

 It was super cute! And I actually really liked some of the costumes.

Naturally I disneybounded it up!