This Year I...

Last year I made my first "This year I..." post (the year before I called it A Year in Photos) So to keep the tradition alive, and since 2014 is just about done, here we go:

This year I... 

went to Japan.

got engaged!

bonded with my cousin over both being engaged at the same time.

Jim took me to see CATS for my birthday!


dressed straight out of the 20s for Dianna's bachelorette party.

attended three weddings. 1 out of state. (Oregon) 1 // 2 // 3


went to VidCon for the 4th time.


had mine and Jim's engagement party!


released a new product every month in my Etsy shop.

took a lot of outfit photos.


ended the year spending Christmas with my family.


did one more thing I will only hint at for now. I filmed myself every month answering the same questions. What I'll end up doing with that footage is yet to be determined.

Year in Fandom: Book to Movie Adaptations in 2014

I teamed up with MakerGen and the Wikia Fan Studios to bring you this 'Year in Fandom' video! In it I talk about the book to movie adaptations that happened this past year, what I saw, what I liked, and my all time favorites of all time. Watch below and thank you you for subscribing!

12 Month Etsy Project Complete & a Zebra T-Shirt

Back in January I decided I wanted to challenge myself to premiere one new product a month on my Etsy shop, Nerdy Monsters. Well I am proud to announce I have succeeded and have just listed my December product! It is a Zebra T-Shirt that I made in my silkscreening class back in college. My final for that class consisted of many different animal illustrations (with their scientific names listed below) printed on various surfaces. I did a line of shirts, a dress, paper, and even an anteater on a canvass of animal cracker boxes. Well I have decided to sell the shirts from that project to you! I'll be listing the rest of the shirts in 2015 but I hope someone finds a good home for the Zebra shirt! (Thanks Kirsten for modeling!) If you want to see what I have listed over the year, check them all out below! (Be sure to let me know if you want anything that has expired or sold out!)

Box Swap with Nerd Burger

Today I have something different to share with you, a box swap! What's a box swap, you find yourself asking? Well, it's when two friends at different sides of the globe decided to send each other presents. It's like a holiday gift exchanged mixed with a subscription box, but it's a one time and not necessarily during a holiday. So back in October, Cazz from Nerd Burger and I did a box swap! If you want to be surprised then watch the video right below but if you want to see images of the goodies she got me, keep scrolling for pictures! Also, be sure to check out Cazz's blog post and video! (And her Etsy shop, 'cause it's awesome!)

LOL CATS

Here is some Jemima makeup and (fem) Mistoffelees done on January 29th 2012. My friend Whitney and I had a great idea for a video involving us dressed as cats re-enacting cat videos. So we dressed in full Jellicle costumes and went for it! Check out the video below and the bloopers!

Project for Awesome 2014

This year Project for Awesome has come a bit early! P4A is usually held on December 17th & 18th, but this year it's happening today and tomorrow! For those of you who don't know, the YouTube community comes together to raise money for charities once a year, that's what P4A is all about. This year, for the fourth year in a row, I am supporting the charity organization, Heifer International.  Their mission statement is to 'work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth.'

For more information on P4A: http://www.projectforawesome.comFor more information on Heifer International: http://www.heifer.org/Don't forget to comment on the video to help!

Flipbook Jemima

 This Jemima makeup was  done on January 16th 2012. First makeup of the year. I had just got a new job and a new YouTube channel and I was missing CATS. So I dressed up in full costume for a few videos. The main video was called 'Flipbook Jemima' so that's what I'm calling this version of my favorite character. (I also noticed I do her makeup more than any other cat.) So enjoy the videos!

Freestyle Rumpleteazer on BlogTV

This freestyle Rumpleteazer makeup was done in December 2011 with Snazaroo makeup and black eyeliner. I was doing a live stream on a BlogTV when I, much to the surprise of the viewers, decided to do some cat makeup.

Every Day of NaNoWriMo 2014

I don't think I told any of you, but in November I participated in NaNoWriMo and wrote a 50,000 word novel. I've done it before in 2010 and 2011 but this year I decided to film myself every day of the process. So enjoy the video and let me know in the comments if you enjoy writing or if you participated in NaNoWriMo!

80s London Bombalurina

 

This design is based off the 80s London Bombalurina, Nadia Strahan. The makeup I used was Snaz. I did it for a CATS themed collab video I did with one of my first ever YouTube subscribers. See below for the video and thanks for watching!