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Closing up shop this evening at 7pm EST❤️

Good morning tumblr! roughly 9 hours from now at 7pm EST my shops will be open! Pretty much ALL ITEMS are on pre-order—prints, tees, standees, and totes—so everyone has a fair shot at their size before I hit order capacity.

Reminder that I screen print everything myself! I expect to have all orders shipped out some time in May. I do have some very limited stock on hand (mostly standees) so if your order contains only those it will go out as soon as I take stock of everything I need to print.

As always, if you are in the US, PLEASE use my storenvy, NOT my Etsy. I often have things set aside for my Etsy so non-US customers have a fair shot at stock. Please be considerate. Less relevant when everything is on preorder, but keeping separate stores keeps me organized!

I’ve done away with asking for size in order notes and just put stock bars for each size, so you can select them as you normally would, but as they are still a preorder they don’t have any limit. Size chart for my tees will be in each item's image gallery.

If anyone has any questions at all please let me know, I’ll be on standby when I open up, and thank you so much for being excited!

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Based on how the shop is going so far, any ideas if preorders may last through Friday?

I will definitely be closing before then, either tomorrow evening or Wednesday!

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Good morning tumblr! roughly 9 hours from now at 7pm EST my shops will be open! Pretty much ALL ITEMS are on pre-order—prints, tees, standees, and totes—so everyone has a fair shot at their size before I hit order capacity.

Reminder that I screen print everything myself! I expect to have all orders shipped out some time in May. I do have some very limited stock on hand (mostly standees) so if your order contains only those it will go out as soon as I take stock of everything I need to print.

As always, if you are in the US, PLEASE use my storenvy, NOT my Etsy. I often have things set aside for my Etsy so non-US customers have a fair shot at stock. Please be considerate. Less relevant when everything is on preorder, but keeping separate stores keeps me organized!

I’ve done away with asking for size in order notes and just put stock bars for each size, so you can select them as you normally would, but as they are still a preorder they don’t have any limit. Size chart for my tees will be in each item's image gallery.

If anyone has any questions at all please let me know, I’ll be on standby when I open up, and thank you so much for being excited!

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It seems like storenvy was having some errors on their end over the weekend, but everything appears to be in working order right now!

If anyone wants to see if their order went through in all the hubbub I’m happy to check for you.

Storenvy is BUSTED right now but I am happy to check on anyone's order status if there are any issues! There's plenty of stock since everything is on pre-order so don't worry if it doesn't load immediately :')

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Storenvy is BUSTED right now but I am happy to check on anyone's order status if there are any issues! There's plenty of stock since everything is on pre-order so don't worry if it doesn't load immediately :')

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Hello my shop is open!

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Good morning tumblr! roughly 9 hours from now at 7pm EST my shops will be open! Pretty much ALL ITEMS are on pre-order—prints, tees, standees, and totes—so everyone has a fair shot at their size before I hit order capacity.

Reminder that I screen print everything myself! I expect to have all orders shipped out some time in May. I do have some very limited stock on hand (mostly standees) so if your order contains only those it will go out as soon as I take stock of everything I need to print.

As always, if you are in the US, PLEASE use my storenvy, NOT my Etsy. I often have things set aside for my Etsy so non-US customers have a fair shot at stock. Please be considerate. Less relevant when everything is on preorder, but keeping separate stores keeps me organized!

I’ve done away with asking for size in order notes and just put stock bars for each size, so you can select them as you normally would, but as they are still a preorder they don’t have any limit. Size chart for my tees will be in each item's image gallery.

If anyone has any questions at all please let me know, I’ll be on standby when I open up, and thank you so much for being excited!

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Do you have an idea what your order capacity will be like, and if this will be the last time these designs will be available?

I will close somewhere between 300-400 orders, and this will not be the last time for anything here!

(edit for context: ive usually closed up shop under 200 orders before but im really trying to accommodate as much as possible this time!)

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Good morning tumblr! roughly 9 hours from now at 7pm EST my shops will be open! Pretty much ALL ITEMS are on pre-order—prints, tees, standees, and totes—so everyone has a fair shot at their size before I hit order capacity.

Reminder that I screen print everything myself! I expect to have all orders shipped out some time in May. I do have some very limited stock on hand (mostly standees) so if your order contains only those it will go out as soon as I take stock of everything I need to print.

As always, if you are in the US, PLEASE use my storenvy, NOT my Etsy. I often have things set aside for my Etsy so non-US customers have a fair shot at stock. Please be considerate. Less relevant when everything is on preorder, but keeping separate stores keeps me organized!

I’ve done away with asking for size in order notes and just put stock bars for each size, so you can select them as you normally would, but as they are still a preorder they don’t have any limit. Size chart for my tees will be in each item's image gallery.

If anyone has any questions at all please let me know, I’ll be on standby when I open up, and thank you so much for being excited!

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DESTROYA KNIVES TOTE BE UPON YE

Shop opening 7pm EST Sunday! All garments will be on pre-order to allow everyone to request their size. More details to come shortly!

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do you think your shop update will happen sometime in march or the end of this month? tryin to plan for it this time pay period-wise :3 (everything you make is so cool btw)

I haven't announced an exact date yet but I am aiming for on or close to March 1st!

Pretty much everything is going to be on pre-order with a 2+ month turnaround time to give me a comfortable amount of time to print and pack everything and so everyone is able to request their desired shirt sizes. As a reminder, I screen print every garment in my store myself, so I am including production time, packing time, and rest!

I'll post a full Q&A with details as soon as I decide on an exact date! (determined by when i haul ass finishing the last design samples i want to make haha)

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cooking things up for my next store drop🔥🔥🔥

(this akira pun has been haunting me for months AND he glows in the dark)

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I made a volume 10 trimax vash cosplay for MAGfest and I am SO proud of how it came out :) Some process stuff below! Warning for image and text heavy.

Truthfully this cos is only about 85% complete—I’d purchased a bunch of hardware to really go in on a volume accurate version of his undersuit and belts, but simply ran out of time before the con. It was the first cosplay I’ve sewn since 2017 and the first wig styling I’ve done since 2020, so I’m not gonna beat myself up too much!

(This is all purse hardware off Etsy and some buttons from M&J trim)

This was my first time ever making a muslin mock-up, but I knew it was going to be necessary to get the coat to lay the way I wanted it to. I really wanted to try and create proportions that elongated the legs/torso and widened the shoulders by placing the coat tail splits appropriately and raising up the shoulders with some padding. And of course arm and leg details that I’ll get to someday lol.

I created two mock-ups. One of basic muslin that helped me go from an existing pre-bought pattern to something more Vash-shaped, then a second one on a slightly sturdier scrap fabric with my finalized torso proportions with padding so I could accurately pattern out the sleeves and collar.

I was tracing my pattern pieces onto newsprint and vellum as I went, so once all of those were finalized, it was time to cut my fabric! I used a heavy cotton twill from B&J fabrics and two kinds of fusible interfacing from Mood (I’m spoiled by being local to the fashion district these days). A smarter person would have bought a thinner fabric to line the inner torso with, but I did not feel like getting that complicated with my first ever muslin-drafted AND lined project, so I simply cut double of every pattern piece in order to create a lining.

Sleeves were done by interfacing and cutting into a top panel, carefully snipping at the cutout portions, ironing and fabritacking in place, and then top stitching the whole piece to the main sleeve. I later added some leather backing squares and interfacing behind the larger eyelets for aesthetic while keeping the ventilation in tact. Ideally in the future I'll also add a strip of fabric to the gun arm that creates a slight bunching effect since that sleeve is a little more ruffled over the cuff. Photos below also include three shoulder pads pinned together on each shoulder, but I ended up forgetting not using them on my final wear.

Unfortunately at this point I was approaching con time, so I started cutting some corners that I made easily replaceable for future upgrades. The coat tabs are just painted craft foam cut to the size of the buttons, tacked in place where the button pierces through the tab and where it wraps around the edge of the front panel. The straps that attach to the lapel and wrap under the arms also were just decorated with some silver trim instead of hardware, and I skipped the side button panels at his hips for pattern-making simplicity and time. They'll be added later! I'd also love to do some weathering, but don't think I can quite bring myself to riddle the coat tails with bullet holes as some people do haha.

Gun arm attachment was also a quick and dirty addition, just some vinyl trim on eva foam attached with contact cement and a decorative button. First time working with contact cement somehow, but I look forward to also being able to upgrade this at a later date to a more accurate shape with the full belt attachments!

I was also hoping to update the shoes a bit by making some boot covers for them and rub-n-buffing the soles to disguise the platform a bit, but I love my pick for the cleat-look that Vash has! Some good ol' Demonias in classic vash fashion :)

Last but not least: The Wig. My pride and joy.

I got lucky enough to nab an Arda sale, I think right before Halloween, and picked up the Morpheus lace front in black, along with some extra wefts in pale blonde. (I also bought a whole separate pale blonde Morpheus wig, boldly thinking I could swing a normal trimax vash wig lol. It made for a convenient Eriks wig in the mean time.)

Since I was aiming for the end of volume 10 post-Wolfwood death look, I started by trying on the wig, roughly tracing out my hairline, then gently unweaving that portion of black in order to re-ventilate it with blonde.

After I replaced that whole strip of plucked hair, I tried on again to finalize where I needed to ventilate to cover my own hairline, and completed my outline with both blonde and brown-black wefts (i had them on hand lol). All in all, I ventilated more than 4 square inches of blonde, and at least a solid centimeter extension of the black hairline across the whole front of the wig. Probably close to 30 hours of work in the ventilating alone, but I am a little slow since I haven't ventilated in a few years and didn't keep clear track of time.

If there's one thing I should be used to by now about Arda wigs, they are THICK. There is zero teasing in this wig. None. Just got2b, a blowdryer, and a prayer. And a good load of bobby pins. The wig was also sadly a last minute hotel room mad dash, and I do hope to restyle it under less duress, but I do think I successfully achieved the Trimax swoop and am very proud of it! It was unbelievably windy on the walk from our hotel room to MAGfest, so the photos in the start of this post show a bit more droop than my initial styling, but I think I'll be able to touch things up next wear.

And of course, shoutout to my partner for gifting me the official glasses for Christmas :) And thank you to my roommates who barely saw me for a month and a half except for when I needed help with a hem lol.

All in all, I am unbelievably proud of this cosplay, I can't wait to put some more love into it and wear it again!

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the way u draw knives is so Wife. i love him have a good day

wow......highest of praises thank you

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Closing up shop tonight at 7pm EST!

For NON-US people: I have a few items still in stock in my Etsy, which is intentionally set aside for international customers. If that’s you, don’t forget to check it out! (this includes some tee sizes)

Online store will be open at 6pm EST tonight!

Links here!

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Online store will be open at 6pm EST tonight!

Links here!

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Hello tumblr!

I will be opening my online stores with leftovers this Sunday, November 12th, at 6pm EST!

I will NOT be doing any pre-orders. What is listed will go out ASAP, intended to deliver before the holidays (though some international shipping may be dicey, I will do my best)

I have ~50 standees leftover per design. These will all be available. I will also have all sizes of Cryptid tees, plus Cryptid+Black Is The Color prints. I will NOT have any totes this round. I’ll post a full listing of everything that will be available when I finish inventory.

Tees, totes, and standees will all be back in the new year, so I promise this isn’t your last chance to get them!

I will once again use both Storenvy and Etsy. I will have stock set aside exclusively for international customers via Etsy. If you are in the US, PLEASE be polite and use my storenvy.

I’m open for any questions ahead of time!

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Hi tumblr!

I’m restocking what I can ahead of my store reopening at the end of the month :)

All orders that contain an acrylic standee preorder will be going out shortly, as my stock is arriving early this week! After those are all settled, I’ll have a date for leftover stock soon.

I will have leftover standees, a limited number of cryptid tees and posters, and Black Is The Color prints! as well as my remaining digital print stock. I will share more details soon, and have new items in the new year. Love n peas mwah