The magazine (costume maker magazine for anyone who is interested) was only possible with tons of support from my parents and from many many awesome people online. I wouldn’t have been able to do it without the contributions of costumers in online communities like deviantart and cosplay.com. All I did was organize submitted articles into layouts in InDesign, contacted advertisers and worked out the printing of the magazine. Pretty much all of the actual content was from talented costumers across the internet! :]

It’s a lyric from the song “for our elegant caste” by of Montreal. :] It caught my attention but I take it as a sort of “figuring out life as you live it” kinda tone~

I switch off between Tulip Soft Fabric Paint and Liquitex Basics acrylic paint, and sometimes I even mix the two together. ;p

Aw haha, that’s not weird he’s a very lovable cat. ;p And 1) I do love kpop, though I haven’t been keeping up with it lately. 2NE1 is my curent favorite~ 2) I’ve never heard of one direction so I’ll have to look them up later and get back to you. :]

Everyone’s hair is different so there’s no guarantee that it will bleach the same. But yes, I bleach it myself. All hair is damaged after bleaching no matter what, but if your hair is thick and healthy to begin with it will hopefully minimize the damage (also a lot of conditioner helps). :]

I think your best bet would be to get a good brand name within your price range, specifically Brother or Singer. Those are usually really good quality, though I recommend you read up on reviews online first before actually purchasing. And aw, maybe we have twin cats~ ;p

edit: Oops, my twin Eva posted a tutorial about how to buy a sewing machine and I didn’t even know it! ^^; That should be super helpful~~

I used Tulip Soft Fabric paint. It’s a brush on kind rather than a squeeze bottle kind, which means it’s less 3D and easier to spread. Fabric paint in general shouldn’t come off or fade since it’s made to be wearable and go through the wash.

The white fabric I used was a knit fabric and is almost identical to t-shirt fabric. You could definitely just cut out an old white t-shirt instead of buying fabric. :]

Aw thank you, your blog and etsy shop are lovely!~

Do you mean a crop top? All you need to do is cut the bottom off to your desired length. I personally usually sew up the hems, but that’s completely optional. Hope that helps!

Etsy makes it super simple to deal with fees. They don’t take too much; $0.20 is automatically charged for each item you list, and they also charge a small percentage of your profits once sold (not sure exactly how much off the top of my head).

Shipping is also not too complicated once you figure out how you want to do it. If you’re shipping light things, you can weigh them at home and print shipping labels through paypal, then leave the packages in your mailbox to get picked up. Or you can just take them straight to the post office and they will weigh and charge everything right there (I do it this way currently). Good luck on your shop!