if you have problems wrt forgetting key items i highly recommend this approach; i imagine the process of getting dressed into each costume and list items as i do, even ones that seem obvious or baked in ^u^

the list takes a lot of the stress out of packing and makes it just an assembly project!

a photo of a notebook showing the packing list for costumes for an upcoming convention, including individual dressing items for each costume, general packing reminders, and makeup notes

never underestimate the exhaustive detail i can make a packing list for a big event (do this a day or several days ahead of time and you can add to it as u remember things!)

literally just happy to be touched 🥹

thank youuu!!! he needs to be kept warm while i am struggling to find the will to make him clothes hehehe

yeahhhh!!! i'm so glad he gets to come with me heheheh <3333

favorite thing (of many) about mr. mystery is you can just like. put ur hands on him and (gently) fuck with him (pet him backwards. rub his ears back and forth. jiggle his skin or belly pouch) and he will start to purr softly. like buddy. most cats wouldn't even let me DO this.

kitty gave him a sniff & the head bonk of approval as soon as he was stuffed 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

BABY ACHIEVED
(i cannot begin to explain how devastating he is in real life ToT
)

just a liddol creature in need of love 🥺🥺🥺

(by which i mean there are still things i could improve on but at least this one is like. on-model haha)

(he is also more like 12-13cm than 10cm due to several pattern mishmashes but ehhhhh shhh whatever)

a finished handmade hong'er doll held up over a curled up cat

the same doll has been tucked unto the center of the cat for cuddles

he has been stuffed .....
by gum i think we've done it at last, lads !!

#hong-er.quest

screenshot of the instagram link of wei.aviii8's design for the original hong'er doll (limited run 2024-2025 and no longer available)

i REALLY debated whether or not i cared to include it bc it was in the original design image but it's hard to find photos of the doll irl and all i have seen he's been clothed.... but oh my GOSH i'm glad i did i think!

(image from wei.aviii8's instagram www.instagram.com/p/C3njk4ttEQ... )

a 10cm cotton doll in progress turned right side out in one piece for the first time, displayed on a curled up cat on a lap

by god i did it tho.... behold my scrungly unstuffed newborn son (atop my sonsband the cat)

#hong-er.quest

i cannot WAIT to take a doll break after con,,,,

(not to worry i do still wanna make the others i've been speculating on but oh my goodness i wanna draw. and take 3 weeks on each one instead of speedrunning construction into 1 week TOT )

one last big seam before doll is basically done but i don't wanna dooooo iiiitttt...... i already did one harrowing seam today isn't that enough,,,, (i would just go start on clothes instead and do it tomorrow but. cat very cozy can't get up and do that.... so.....)

i did my hair and made dinner AND made lunch for tomorrow

i told myself i was gonna sew until 10p but i just can't make it... i'm eepy n i wanna go to bed ToT;;;;

"butts to the rain" is SUCH a funny phrase to me omg

just the image of them all kinda turning around each time the wind changes..... (coming in with mmmm wet, vERY clingy clothes....)

🙏 totally understandable, glad we are all in this together (also used to have a really hard time with お and あ back in high school x'D)

rare win for handwriting (and some fonts) since the curve on さ is usually broken and ち isn't, that's usually how i tell at a glance ToT;;

like yes i have more needles but where is THAT one i want THAT ONE !!! it was threaded!!! it was RIGHT THERE!!! what HAPPENED???? it is neither in my clothes nor the ground nor the chair nor any parts of the project. wh.

today when i put my leggings on something scratched me!!
...it was a whole-ass needle (threaded) stuck in the leggings that had gone through the wash and been folded and put away with them

so you would think i would have learned my lesson

but friends once again WHERE THE FUCK IS MY NEEDLE???

very tired and would love a day to do Absolutely nothing but alas...... i desperately gotta wash my hair and probably make dinner tonight TT o TT;;;

(also work on doll sewing but at least that doesn't require me to leave my seat mostly)

every time my brain mixes up "ち" and "さ" i'm like. please lord tell me that ppl learning the english alphabet for the first time also mix up "d" and "b" i cannot be this stupid alone

xl: "would you still love me if i was a w̶o̶r̶m̶ salamander?"
hc: i am already building u a temperature and humidity controlled enclosure

yes!!! i decided it was cute enough to be worth it and the flower is actually so refreshing and easy to stitch after doing that face haha ^^

the temptation to actually put him in water is strong.... there's almost nothing in his little body that /couldn't/ get wet..... and yet i worry

prototype hong'er wearing a red mermaid costume in progress

i could have him further along but i got sidetracked making a little mermaid costume for him instead u_u;;

the newest edition of doll hong'er laid out in disparate pieces waiting to be assembled

staring wistfully at photos of my latest child while attending instead to a rattling lighting instrument larger than my human body u_u

#hong-er.quest

the way the music player perfectly turns the xie lian lockscreen into an object head is sending me

hmmmm..... if im going in to work and there's a big soft strike tonight... a matcha latte could not harm me (have to stay up til midnight anyway 🤭)

just start using letters from other writing systems!! greek gets used a lot but there are SO MANY