Long Time No See! (Post) ＼(●~▽~●)

Hello everyone! 

It's been 2 years since I last posted and I've honestly missed it so much. Why haven't I been posting you ask? Because I've been busy.. And a little bit lazy. 

So, I'm going to post today about what's been keeping me the last couple years.

So my last post was about Kyary's awesome outfits and costumes. Shortly after this post, I became less involved in Harajuku fashion and more involved in my cosplay - my League of Legends cosplay to be exact!

In particular, my whole year was taken over by my adoration and commitment to cosplay every single skin/costume of Katarina the Sinister Blade. I worked all year on her costumes, I did photo shoots for all of them, 

Default/ New Dawn Katarina, 

 

Mercenary Katarina,

 

Red Card Katarina,

 

 Sandstorm Katarina,

Kitty Cat Katarina, 

Bilgewater Katarina (Featuring Jason Mamoa (Khal Drogo, Aquaman) because even though I have amazing shots of this cosplay, I love this photo most),

High Command Katarina, 

Slay Belle Katarina,

and Warring Kingdoms Katarina!

 I also did a Battle Bunny Katarina!

 

I even DJ'd at Neko Nation as Katarina in not only Melbourne, but also Sydney,

I entered a competition run by Riot (League creators) as Katarina and won a trip to Sydney to be Katarina at their official event, 

I even got a Katarina related tattoo!

It's safe to say, my 2015 had a theme. But I didn't just cosplay her, I also cosplayed Firecracker Jinx, 

 

Gothic Orianna,

 

Nurse Akali,

and a non-League of Legends cosplay, Meme-chan from the ME!ME!ME! music video.

That was my 2015, my 2016 was totally different. I steered away from the LoL cosplays and returned to my anime loving cosplays. 

Some of which I shot were Hana from ME!ME!ME!, 

Saeko Busujima from Highschool of the Dead, 

 

and Madoka from Madoka Magica.

Shortly after the last photo shoot, I returned to Tokyo! It was just as amazing the second time, if not more. I got to see more species of Penguins,Magelanic and African, 

I finally got to go to my favourite Harajuku fashion brand's store (milklim),

And it was so magical there, the staff working their were so nice and even took photos of my coord and shibe tattoos to post online on the official milklim accounts.

I actually got to see Mt Fuji this time, and not just cloud.

All while wearing this cute ensemble!

I also got to see some beautiful cherry blossoms~~

When I came back to Australia, I started at a Japanese Language school! I've always wanted to learn the language properly so I'm super glad that I finally got onto it. (And I'm still there too yay!)

I didn't cosplay much when I got back from Japan, but when I went to see Jack Gleeson (Joffrey) and Travis Fimmel (Ragnar Lothbrok), I threw a couple costumes together:

Daenerys with Joffrey at Supanova Melbourne,

Babydoll and Ragnar at Supanova Sydney. (Yes I drove all the way there just to meet him!)

 

 In June of that year, I got to see my darling idol Kyary Pamyu Pamyu in concert for the third time~ But this time, in Melbourne! (Home!)

 

And I got to meet her, again! (With Pamyu again too!)

I made the Ninjari Bang Bang dress for the occasion too.

Shortly after Kyary, I went and saw the amazing Melanie Martinez! 

 

She was amazing.

Another cosplay I threw together last year was a Suicide Squad Harley Quinn! I bleached my hair the night before the shoot.. You know what they say about the crazy ones.

 

And lastly but certainly not least, I got to do a photo shoot with the super talented Neil Creek! We shot my handmade (and hand sewn) Elizabeth Comstock cosplay from Bioshock Infinite. It was a truly amazing experience..

So that's where I've been and what I've been up to for the last 2 years! Just some fun, busy stuff that I enjoyed a lot. I'll probably end up doing separate blog posts about some of the things from these past years in more detail, but for now, I hope you enjoyed reading about my adventures!

Photo of my kitten (Garfield) for added cuteness.
 

Soon, I'll post some reviews on some websites where I get some of my cutest stuff from! So look forward to that because it'll be full of info and totally honest so you can decide whether you wanna shop these stores too.

Thank you for reading,

until next time, take care! 

See more photos of my cosplays on my facebook page and Deviant Art~

Facebook.com/kateeeysmileee
 

Photo credits:

All anime photos are taken by MFM Photography, as well as Firecracker Jinx.

New Dawn & Slay Belle Katarina (with edits by Raquel Sparrow) photos by SnaphappyIan.

Mercenary, Kitty Cat, Sandstorm, and Battle Bunny Katarina, and Gothic Orianna photos are by Some Randoms Photography.

Nurse Akali and Red Card Katarina photos are by Jasmin Nora Cosplay.

Harley Quinn photo is by Tim Souter Photography.

Manifest 2013! (¬‿¬)

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Manifest is my favourite convention, for many reasons.

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Mostly because I like the stalls, I see more people I know, 
and last year I was lucky enough to have a photo taken of me there, 
that was seen by Kyary!
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Manifest 2013 marks a 1 year of cosplaying for me! What a year.. 



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I went all 3 days. Unlike last year, I wore a different cosplay each day.

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On Friday, I wore my Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Tsukema Tsukeru cosplay! I made it all myself, including sewing the ribbons onto the shoes to make them look like ballet slippers!

 

Manifest is always quiet on Fridays, because people have school, tafe, uni, work and stuff! But I go on Fridays because that's when the FRUiTS Fashion competition is on! And I have entered again this year~
When I got there, my friends that I traveled in with had to go to the stall where they were volunteering, so I wandered around on my own.. for 5 minutes! I found some friends! ^v^ I Bumped into my friend Paul, who always takes the most amazing photos of me, and his friend Diane! 

 

While we were taking photos, Tim arrived!
And then Josh! Then the husband of my waifu, Matt!

We took lots of photos together and of each other~

And then Hannah and her friends! I ended up spending that day with Hannah and her friends, which I became friends with too! They're really lovely~ 

While I was walking around, I was like OMG because I thought I saw Dakota Toki! But it was actually a really adorable Sakura Kinomoto cosplayer! I didn't get her name but I saw her all three days and she even watched me at FRUiTS! (If you are her or know her, please help me contact her!)

I met a new friend named Hannah! (Different Hannah to the previously mentioned) She owns her own shop called Violent Kittens! She makes all of it and it's beautiful and cute and OMG I couldn't resist! *^* She's so sweet and cute, Pamyu had to get photos with her! 

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We walked around and looked at the stalls and then had lunch. After that, it was time for FRUiTS!

 

I was so nervous.. But.. I WON!

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I won the People's Choice Award! To win it, the judges asked the audience to put up their hands for their favourite participant. So many hands went up when they said my name, and I immediately burst into tears! Then, when they announced who won, I cried even more! (With happiness of coarse) It was so wonderful! I get all emotional thinking about it~ 

I also made a new friend named Georgia while I was there, she was dressed amazingly! She won Best Technical! Tim won Best Male again too. 
And my friend from last year named Ashley won Best Female! 

There was also another girl there who was dressed as a Dalek! But in a Gothic sort of style! It was fantastic!

My awesome new friends came to watch me at FRUiTS, and they voted for me too! So, I shared my pocky with them, because I won pocky but it's not vegan so.. I also won a $50 gift voucher to spend at Moe Mall, a Japanese lego block rabbit, a bracelet, a badge, Ramune, Tutti contacts (Which were blue. I already have blue eyes and I do'nt wear contacts anyway, so I sold them to my friend Chelsea!) and later in the weekend I got my Trophy! 


 

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After the competition, I spent all my voucher in one at the Moe Mall stall!
I bought a Kyubey hat and 3 Madoka Magica lucky boxes! I got Homura and Sayaka in their magical girl outfits and Kyoka in her casual clothes~

 

Pamyu hates alpacasso. See, she's kicking one in the eye..

I also went to the Sugart stall and bought an alpaca with my new friend Yasmine! CJ and Tim named him for me, his name was Lemon.

On my way home, I saw that there were already some amazing photos from the day that had already been uploaded! 

 

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I had to be up early the next morning again too so I fell asleep not long after I got home!  I managed to take a picture of what I bought that day~

 

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On Saturday, I cosplayed Homura Akemi from Puella Magi Madoka Magica! 

This is my first cosplay that hasn't been Kyary! I didn't make it, but my other half made me the shield! ^v^

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As soon as I walked in, I saw my friend Matt! Who was cosplaying GB Mami Tomoe! 

We took a lot of photos together! It was crazy because shortly after, a whole lot of my other friends showed up and we all took photos too!  

I was in the same spot for like, half an hour! I saw my friends Jocy, Katrina, Baz, Tim and more. I got lots of photos with people I didn't know too~

I even got to meet a sweet heart I met on Instagram named Emma! She's such a darling, she gave me a picture she drew of me!

 

My amazing friend Paul also got a few amazing photos of me~

BATMAN!

 I saw so many Madoka Magica cosplayers! I loved the GB Homura, he's amazing!
 



Then, I went back into the traders hall and I saw BMO! I DIED OF CUTENESS OVERLOAD.

 I saw this amazing group of Kill Bill cosplayers! Kill Bill is my favourite movie, the first one. And these 3 are my favourite characters!

I went shopping again too.. Hehe. The day was almost over when my friend Nerdy finalyyyyy showed up! We always take selfies. And today, was no exception.

I also got to see my friend Geogria again!

After I saw Nerdy, I left. I was tired and my feet were sore. I wore stupid heels.
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 On Sunday, I wore my Kyary Pamyu Pamyu CANDY CANDY cosplay again!
 I brought Pamyu along to the con again as well. She also loves to meet people~

When I walked in, I saw Cat straight away! So we took photos!

 

I hung out with Hannah and Annabelle all day today! Hannah and I bought matching Bon Bons, and she helped me find a Mikasa fan to match her Eren fan!




 I also bumped into my dear friend Holly! She looked amazing!!



 As I was walking out to get lunch, I saw Nadia! We took selfies~

We walked around as usual and bought stuff! And had lunch. Lunch was awesome! I had hot chips for the 3rd day in a row. #healthyveganlife

I saw my friend Paul again! *w* 

 Paul always takes really amazing photos of me!  

 

We talked about conventions in New Zealand and he showed me all the artworks he'd bought, later in the day he also showed me the stall where he bought it all from! While we spoke, Pamyu made friends with his plush!

 
While I was sitting down with Paul, Emily came up to me and presented me with my FRUiTS trophy!
 

I also saw my amazing friend Baz again! We always looks so fabulous~

I got to see Matt again also, Pamyu was very happy to see him! She loves Matt, sometimes I think she loves him more than she loves me.. OMG.

Then I finally saw Josh! He was so cool in his Digimon cosplay! 

As I was walking with Hannah and Annabelle, we saw Nerdy off in the distance. So we went and hung out around the entrance with her. 

I saw Julia and finally got a photo with her! I always see her progress on Facebook and I look up to her so I was really happy! 

 

While we were there, a man came up to us and recorded us dancing for his music video! I still can't find it online but when I do I'll update this post with a link to it~

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Nerdy and I also had a little photo shoot with a pair of frightening Colossal Titans!

They took Pamyu!

I am so scared of them.. They're the new Slenderman for me!

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I was happy because I got hugs from Rilakkuma~



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I got to see Darren again! *^*

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I also saw Catherine as Mikasa! *^* She looked amazing! I really wanna cosplay Mikasa~


It was getting late and everyone was leaving. But I hung around until 6 with Baz and Brittany! We took selfies. Silly selfies~

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Manifest was awesome! Here's the slideshow/video I made about it:

 

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I bought so much cute stuff again.. more cute stuff than ever before I think! I bought a lot of 6%dokidoki and Madoka Magica stuff too!

Thank you everyone who voted for me at FRUiTS, took my photo/recorded me, and said hello! 

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Take care everyone~ ♡

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