I'm still picking away at my journal layout, but I figured I'd share something else creative I accomplished lately!

I finished decorating my notebooks for this semester, so I can finally show them all off properly!! They were a labor of love (and procrastination) and I'm really proud of how they came out!!!!! They each have their own unique look but also are clearly mine- I can see my style in all of them :D Images are quite large so they're under the cut~

( decorated notebooks here! )

Now I get to have super cute stuff for school that is fandom-y without being just...here are a few stickers on something. I'm very pleased!!!!!! I can definitely share where I got all the stickers/washi tape/etc if that's like, a thing people are interested in? Most of it is from aliexpress or a Japanese stationary store back in Pittsburgh (because yes, I've been hoarding stickers since about 2004), but obviously most of the fandom ones are from specific artists.

Still hoping for a classmate to comment on them, but at least they got a bit of traction over on tumblr XD

Day 7 | Stretch yourself a little and try something new. Go play in a new fandom or with a new pairing. Try working in a new medium. Or check out some fanworks that are new to you.

So, this one has been the most difficult for me so far. I have a lot of trouble going out and reading new things (especially in Magi, since I have read literally every fic for my OTP already...) so I decided that I would try a new medium: drawing.

I mean yeah, I've tried drawing some on and off, but I've never really been successful. So I borrowed my wife's iPad and spent a chunk of time playing around in Procreate. I'm not exactly happy of anything I made, but I'm proud of myself for trying!! And maybe someday I'll be at a point where I feel comfortable sharing what I've done.

But for now, I'm gonna keep it in the depths of their iPad XD

I rarely do anything decent drawing wise, but here we go: silly Axel drawing :3

( Axel's hips don't lie )

Also, Cait and I went to CVS at midnight to pick up some credit card gift cards. We're ordering her pleather for Organization coat tomorrow. She's cosplaying Xion with Patti & I at Tekko, which will be super spiff :3 We will be so popular...again XD

Bed time~