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IGUIN TIME!!!

What a wonderful experience this @matsuricon ! So honored to have won runner up master in a stacked field of amazing competitors! Special thanks to @tuna_snug @butdragonsthocosplay and @nekoyasha09 for making this probably the best judging experience I’ve ever had💕

The love I got for this cosplay was absolutely amazing, my heart is so full!!

📸1, 3, 6, 7- @kinzichicosplay
2- @iroun.photos
I forgot who took the other two, so if you know pls tell me!!

#matsuricon #iguin #witchhatatelier #whacosplay #cosplay

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It’s a very special birthday today!! @colonelsoapscum 🥹💕💕 Real love with this goober has taught me that love really should feel as easy as breathing. It’s been a handful of years now seeing each other every day but every morning still feels as special as the one before it 💕 I don’t think birthdays have felt scary since being with you, they only make me see a scrapbook of a life well lived and full of love 🎂 💕
📸 @nancykayphotography
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#witchhatatelier #witchhatateliercosplay #qifrey #olruggio #cosplay

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~ ColossalCon Day 3 & 4!

I completely forgot to mention in my previous post that on Friday morning I had a lovely photoshoot with @hc_cosplay_photography ! Friday night was Autograph night, & I was able to have a lovely chat with @clkstar & get her to sign my Trigun manga! (She voiced Young Amelia in Badlands Rumble!)

💜 Saturday was a whirlwind! I made it to the chaotic and super fun Trigun meetup hosted by @ivysenpai and their friend whose handle escapes me, went hall wandering, only to run into friends & yap for a LONG time about Trigun & cosplay creation & contests & real life, (Tim and Zach, you guys are awesome! ❤🤞🍩) I then rushed off to host the Trigun panel, & I WISH I had gotten a picture! To everyone who attended, you were amazing, thank you for nerding out about Trigun with me! (And HUGE thanks to @wretchedtheo for the amazing slides!) After that it was time for a late lunch, and then my first cosplay contest! I plan on making a whole post about that, but wow, it was such an incredible experience, I met so many talented & kind people, & I would definitely do it again! Congrats to all the winners!

💜 Sunday was a wild day of packing the car, selling in the flea market, leaving con, & having my engine light turn on as I was leaving. I had to learn how to change a spark plug in the parking lot, & I'm very proud of the fact LOL! It was a long drive home, but I made it in the end! (One of these days, Ohio & the corn fields will swallow me, I swear- 🥴) I also had the opportunity to bring a sword for Samurai Dan to examine & IT'S NOT FAKE! I'M SO HAPPY! He was incredibly kind, cleaned it for me??? gave me some history about it, & steps in how to care for it! 🎊

This con had such a crazy schedule, & I had a blast, even if I wish I had been able to spend a little more time with some of my friends. The contest definitely threw my schedule "off", but now I know what to expect and can plan accordingly! Here's to another year of ColossalCon shenanigans, and I can't wait for the next! 🤩💖

Love and peace! 🤞🍩
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#colossalconprime #colossalcon2026 #vashcosplay #cosplaycontest #triguncosplay

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Honorary con post!! Sorta chose to go last min and had a blast!!

Handled for some friends who are crazy good and talented, met some friends I’ve only known from interactions online, made some new friends, got tons of little trinkets, learned tons about competing and tricks for making cosplays, brought a cool giant prop, and so much more! (Watched Gandalf order a drink from starbucks)

Thank you so much for stopping me for an impromptu photoshoot for the sick pic with my staff!! (The magic circle isn’t photoshopped either!!) @dan_seiter

Ft Storm on her trash pile and Bean/Sawney fighting for my lap

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I’m at such a great loss for the words to say how thankful I am in so many ways 😭 Today felt like a visit to a different planet in all the right ways and I find my heart feeling full in a special way I can’t say I’ve ever really experienced and if WAY too many people saw me crying on that stage, no you didn’t!!!!
14 years ago I took a try at this very spot to compete and share my love for this hobby with a space that left me feeling very distraught and discouraged and today I came back to try again in the hopes that the experience could change and feel positive in the way I really desperately dreamed it could. I can say with a lot of confidence that I did find that piece I always felt had been missing and I feel crazy emotional that my love for this craft and this character specifically carried through to different eyes 🥹💕
Thank you to all the Colossalcon cosplay staff and green room comrades for providing such an uplifting and positive space to be a part of today, you guys are all rockstars and people anyone would be lucky to call friends!!!

Thank you to all our judges for providing a welcoming and warm space for us to feel a part of!! @malinda_chan @turtlesmithycos @paigesicle_art @owleerie @sournine @dr_andyoffice 💕

Most of all, thank you to my beloved Olly @colonelsoapscum for sticking it out and trying this crazy ride with me!!! And to the friends who hung around to help all of us today @savagedragoon @theheebiegiibies @kydkindred @magpieofmagic @arcadian.cosplay yall are troopers for sticking around all day with us 🥹

Please please go check out every person from the program today, there was some serious talent all around and I couldn’t be more proud to have been beside you all!!!

My last special shoutout and thanks is to @thejoshuawatersva for being such a delight and putting up with us!!! I hope you’ll make it back again next year! 💕
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#colossalcon #colossalcon2026 #cosplay #qifrey #witchhatatelier

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HAPPY WITCH HAT DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE AND TO ALL WHO MAY CELEBRATE IN THE FUTURE!!!! 🥺💕💕💕 I cannot wait to see new fans take this beautifully magical journey with us!!!!!
Olly is @colonelsoapscum 💕
📸 by the always talented @nancykayphotography !!!!!💕

#witchhatatelier #wha #witchhatateliercosplay #qifrey #kanomeshirahama

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Still just thinking about these hockey boys 😂

I had so much fun as Illya at Isshocon, and Im so glad Mason joined me in last minute making jerseys and cosplaying together.

Hollander: @colonelsoapscum
📸: @theheebiegiibies

#heatedrivalry #heatedrivalrycosplay #illyarozanov #shanehollander

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🚬 Pipe Dream 🦊

I think it’s been about four years we’ve now since I started my journey to feel out what cosplaying Neil should feel like for me and somehow orange has wormed its way into being one of my favorite colors 😭😭😭 We did some serious equipment upgrades and fixes form last year and I could seriously not be more happy with how it’s feeling I think I’ve cried about it like six times this week LMAO that’s POOKIE!!!!!
Never let your dreams be dreams!!!!! 😭😭😭

#aftg #allforthegame #allforthegamecosplay #neiljosten #cosplay #bookcosplay #colossalcon

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That’s a wrap on possibly the most fun we’ve had at #colossalcon is a great number of years 🥹 my heart is very full and so is my photo reel so be prepared for a LOT of fox shenanigans for the foreseeable future because our gear is upgraded and our insanity for these silly little guys knows no bounds 🦊

#aftg #allforthegame #thefoxholecourt #neiljosten #kevinday #andrewminyard #cosplay

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13 passports and and endless joy☀️🐟 🎨

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Another weekend @ohiorenfest 🧚‍♀️ ✨️

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@ohiorenfest was a fantastic day on Saturday as always!!!!

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