Maitsuki meet

Hello everyone, again one more weekend one more event:)
This time Maitsuki Meet.
It was held at orfeão do Porto, I've never been there before but I liked the space. It had a bar, proper stage, lots of sofas to sit and rest, a big mural to write that was more used has a clean background for photos and it was sponsored once again by Aniplay, I love that store.

The day started for me doing my make up, lenses and getting self conscious of walking out the house with shorts shorts(part of the cosplay)XD;
It was sushi lunch with friends:

before the event sushi with friends:)

After we took a short trip to mascarilha to get some cosplay supplies for my friends, one cosplaying as Lara Croft and the other, who was going to participate in the contest as Sakura; We then get there pay the ticket  and get dressed.
Overral:

The good points were

• the maid cafe, all the maids were lovely and beautiful and it also had a few butlers; They had a great menu with food, drinks and lots of Japanese treats; 
• I liked the stage though not that big contestants had sound and video, its a nice change from the usual gallery walk-on;
• It was held at a nice location with good access and atm;
• CPC, I think its a really good initiative; 

alright, now for the bad points

The prices of stands were to high, i tipped a friend and she, after informing herself, told me the stands were almost the same price as in Iberanime but the cake goes to the lack of entertainment, for a paying event there were not much things that differentiate it from others, in fact I felt that Haruhi was a more fulfilling experience in comparison and it had a 0€ entrance. If It wasn't for photoshoots I would have been a bit bored most of the time. I also want to point the lack of updates and little information so close to the date. It made not take that seriously Maitsuki and the CPC. I feel next time things should be more organized and only announced once all the details are taken care of, It also makes things easier to us cosplayers.

 Now I obviously am not involved in events of any kind  and I don't know the difficulties that comes in organizing one so I'll just drop some suggestions:

gaming zone, karaoke, maybe partnerships with other organizations that would allow to have exhibitions in the area (figures, drawings, anything japan related), some members of the community have a lot to offer in terms of knowledge and possessions too and can perform small workshops or lectures, some stands dont necessary have to be busyness, they can be only display and therefore a plus for the event; since there's a stage there could be para para, ramen, whatever contest, they are usually seen in every con and serve to at least fill in gaps between main events etccc... 

anyway this was my cosplay:

Hotglueing stuff the night before the con FTW

The winner:)

And this is my report, i do hope I can attend the next one and hope for improvements:)

Haruhi 2013

Hello:3

Oh nooo its been to long since I last wrote hereD: When I came from Iberanime I was so dead tired that I didnt write the report and then it slipped my mind--'.

Oh well  this past Saturday I went to a fan made event called Haruhi 2013 held at a public school, Escola Secundária Inês de Castro. It was really fun and I met so many people:) I sadly have no photos whatsoever of the place and the people because I was really busy most of the time and forgot to record;________;

I made a cosplay super last minute:

I was supposed to be accompanied in this little duo but cosplay plans fall apart all of the time lol.

Anyway I put a lot of effort on the jacket and finally successively made a collar that stood up and used interfacing for the first time. gloves and armor were pretty easy, I dyed a pair of old boots and the only true hard part was to make his triangular strip. Oh dear so many work. Overall It was a pretty cheap cosplay, I already owned the shirt, trousers, boots and wig and had the red and white fabric. The only things purchased was the blue fabric, red spray paint, craft foam and blue shadow, everything together was around 8 euros. Noone knew who I was but i still got lots of compliments:)

here's some pictures:

Its so coool cosplaying with more people and its so rare for me to things work out that way that I feel I had the most fun in this cosplay*3* thank you Sandra for cosplaying with me:)

I participated in the cosplay contest and got 4th place*__*. Apart from that I was shot for a cosplay video which I cant wait to see!! so excited:) And that's pretty much about it, I didn't participated in many activities, just had fun with my friends:)

Till next time:)