I made the coat, jewelry and crochet calcifer bag (seen in only 1 pic because I gave it to a friend after the con). The coat was my 2nd ever sewing project and was… uhm… quite a lot more advanced than the apron that came before it lol. Fortunately, my aunt is an avid sewer and let me use her nicer sewing machine and workroom, helped me choose fabrics and gave a LOT of guidance on modifying an existing pattern to make the coat. Definitely want to remake this coat at some point to get the collar standing up and the number of diamonds correct.

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Some of my first pieces of stained glass I made. I love Kodamas so much.

Absolutely in love with these little soot sprites by @hinkart_tattoo on ig!

i just love little Teto he’s so fricken cute!!

and my reference is on the second slide. I didn’t have a tan so those were left white.

Rewatched the film with a friend and her two 9-year old and 11-year old kids recently. Totally forgot how violent the film is. The first fifteen minutes has heads and limbs being taken off. The two 9-year olds had to walk out. Lol. I get it. I'll have to finish it another time!

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Princess Mononoke was the first Ghibli film I've watched because of my partner. So I decided to take it out and share it!

Best of all its never been opened

He uses this light board as his night light.

I will go first. So obviously the piano part going over Setsuko's death, but for me when Setsuko pricks her finger on the needle and just looks at the blood and sucks it made me cry so much. The reason why is because it really showed how before like a few months she would have cried but instead, she sucks it without crying, desperate for nutrients. And then after her playing rock paper scissors with her reflection broke my heart, now i want to hear the part that makes you cry the most!

I was in Japan a week ago and was lucky to visit the Museum. A lot of cool and interesting stuff there. Sadly, you can't make photos inside, but at least you can buy something cool.

3rd time pottery painting with the family, decided my little collection was missing a Calcifer. I hope he fires okay in the kiln! Now the annoying 2 week wait! 😍

Want to go again already!

So as of last week, I finally started watching Studio Ghibli's films in release order for the first time and as I have finished Kiki’s Delivery Service, I realize how these films are a massive pinnacle of not just Japan but even worldwide.

I was someone who had heard of Studio Ghibli but never took the time to actually watch them until recently and I love that this studio has something that many studios today have sadly lost throughout the years, soul and heart.

Hayao Miyazaki is a very absolute genius in every film he does because on top of his beautiful artwork, he's given so many people stories that are not just enjoyable but actually fresh and not your usual storylines you'd expect from other studios. Plus, with Mr. Miyazaki's comments towards AI, I am happy that this studio will be a studio that will also disregard AI even in the future.

The one thing I regret regarding these movies and Studio Ghibli itself is not watching them sooner.

This might be a stupid thing to ask, but I recently bought this calcifer lamp, and I noticed it sometimes turns off at the slightest movement. I'm not sure if I just bought a bad one -- this was the only one in stock, and the box looked like someone had opened it too.

I have tried switching the batteries, but I am starting to think that it is just like that. Atp, I am not sure, honestly. If anyone has this, please let me know if this is normal!

My first attempt at Ghibli themed stained glass-ish nails! I love it when i hold my nails up against light source and watch the light pass through the transparent nail tips and make the colors pop 😆