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Virginia Woolf, The Waves (via books-n-quotes)

I am not one person; I am many people; I do not altogether know who I am.

Hiyokoi (Yukimaru Moe)

Even if she’s not mine. [insp.]

The capacity for solitude is a prerequisite for intimacy with another. Otherwise, it may well be that the desperate search for a partner is merely the expression of personal emptiness, and if that is the case, any relationship will be founded on weak grounds and will not satisfy the yearning for connection. The expression ‘soul mate’ can mean a partnership in which the soul is engaged, in which one’s own soul connects with another’s. This is no small thing, and it reaches far deeper than the resolution of any superficial search for romance. Part of what we long for in our wish for a soul mate is intimacy with and the expression of our own soul.

Thomas More, Original Self (via books-n-quotes)

I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.

Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls (via thequotejournals)

The Most Heartbreakingly Beautiful Lines In Literature

Every person I’ve ever loved has some how become toxic to me. A living, breathing reminder of why I was always better off alone. I love too hard, too quickly and then sometimes I don’t love enough. I guess I’m just bad at love.

Kristie Betts (via wordsnquotes)

Johannes Hulsch

A small sampling of the stunning images captured by Johannes Hulsch,  a landscape and travel photographer based in Germany.

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There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.

Björk (via wnq-music)

I’m a very private person. You don’t ask, I don’t tell.

Unknown (via wordsnquotes)

The truth is, I pretend to be a cynic, but I am really a dreamer who is terrified of wanting something she may never get.

Joanna Hoffman (via amortizing)

A little bit of attention and kindness can totally change a whole life, and a lack of that can do the same.

Adrien Brody (via thequotejournals)

Have you ever been in the situation where you’ve been hiding the fact that you’re sad from everyone for a really long time and you’re out in public one day and a complete stranger asks if you’re okay? It’s kind of sad in a way because secretly you’ve wanted someone to notice you’re unhappy for a really long time… but when a complete stranger asks, you realize just how clearly it’s written on your face and you wonder why the people closest to you never seem to see it.

Ranata Suzuki (via wnq-writers)

Still wearing your pyjama till 2 o'clock PM is definitely my way of life.

-INFP

the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” is actually not the full phrase it actually is “curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back” so don’t let anyone tell you not to be a curious little baby okay go and be interested in the world uwu

Sometime I feel like I don’t know who I am. Like I can’t understand my own emotions. Who could love me like this? With seawalls against parts of me so thick even I can’t understand why the waves are breaking. But I stand here, wind whipping around me, wind whipping through me, and I remember my power. I am the storm. I am difficult to handle, perhaps impossible to entirely comprehend. But it is my nature. I will embrace it. Beginning to break down the walls, letting my power flow.

J.H.

(via verisimilines)

I don’t quite know, how to say, how I feel.

Snow Patrol, “Chasing Cars”  (via wordsnquotes)

Hating requires caring. In which case, I couldn’t possibly hate you.

Alyson Noel, Blue Moon (via thequotejournals)

This user has trouble telling people how they feel 

For Calming a Distracted Mind

You will need:

A children’s spinning top, as small as you like.

A pink or green scarf.

Timing:

When you get home and can’t relax

The spell:

Start the top spinning faster and faster, saying, “Whirling and spinning, I am not winning in clearing my mind; it is unkind. Thoughts haunt and taunt me with matters unfinished and tasks undiminished.”

Slow down the top with you hand, saying, “Slowing your spinning, at least I am winning. Slowing my mind and soon i will find the whirling will stop and i can get off.”

When the top has stopped spinning, wrap it in the scarf, knot the scarf ends three times, and say, “Out of sight, out of mind, life unwinds and softly binds me into stillness, calm, and peace, the day has ceased.”

Put the top away in a cupboard until you need to do the spell again.

“1001 Spells: The Complete Book of Spells For Every Purpose,” by Casandra Eason

@sophia-the-weird

ADVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HAVING A GOOD DAY:

wait until it gets dark and make tea or coffee or hot chocolate, or if it’s too hot outside make yourself a healthy smoothie with your favorite things in it at any point during the day

put on your favorite underwear, it helps, trust me, it’s an old family secret (i’m not kidding)

if you have a pet, play the “how many things can i stick on you until you move or get mad” game (bonus points if they fall asleep, extra bonus points if a family member sees you and tells you to quit it, extra double ultra points if they join in)

rip a peice of paper into as many little pieces as you can

go to animeseason.com and click “random anime” until you see one that looks completely ridiculous (or actually good) and watch the first episode. repeat if it sucked or if you get bored halfway through

spend at least an hour making a music playlist for how you feel right now and save it for now or when you feel a bad mood rise again

curl up in bed and cover yourself with blankets and pillows and put in music and just lay there for a while (sleeping is also good)

eat everything

drink lots of water

it’s okay bad moods don’t last forever!!!!!! i promise!!! you will be yourself soon and there are people who love you very much, don’t be afraid to reach out to them

you are lovely

eat lots of bananas

I can be social, but I like being social on my own terms. I don’t like being prodded into unwanted interactions.

Unknown (via tamaresc)

Signs of an Unhealthy INFP

By a previously unhealthy INFP 

This could be an INFP in the loop, the grip, just underdeveloped, with a mental illness, any of the above. Unfortunately, INFPs are prone to a lot of these things, so many INFPs may relate.  

Highly antisocial 

On that note, a lack of security in relationships

Extreme procrastination 

Procrastination is normal for INFPs (even if it’s not the best habit)

But if it gets to the point where it’s super overwhelming, it’s probably unhealthy 

Extreme self-doubt 

Lack of interest/passion in anything 

Deadened emotions

Catering to others, inability to stand up for self (even when you want to) 

Stuck in the past 

Dislike of/disinterest in creative outlets

Extreme negativity- truly happy, healthy INFPs are idealists at heart. While it’s easy to get sucked into all the horrible things about the world, healthy INFPs can draw themselves out of it 

Idealizing people to extremes 

Analytical/argumentative disposition

(particularly if it’s not well done/supported)

Feel free to add on! 

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Tutorials and Costume Notes

“THE BIG ONES”

The following are our most popular tutorials, so they get a place of honour up top so that they are easier found :)

Custom thigh highs

Spandex boots

Basic capes

Cupcake “Madoka” skirts 

GENERAL SEWING:

What is broadcloth for, anyway?

How do I avoid burning polyester with my iron?

Where do I go to learn to line things?

What is bias tape?

Where do I go to learn to sew?

Why should I use shoulder pads?

Notes on sewing vinyl/pleather

What do you do with retired costumes?

Learning at an advanced level

Why line a petticoat?

Why should I do mock-ups?

What is a knit?

What is horsehair braid?

Painting denim/heavyweights

How do I make my costumes look clean and professional?

Tips for sewing gloves

Washing your costumes

Finishing seams

WHAT FABRIC FOR… 

What fabric should I line with?

What fabric for mock-ups?

What fabric for a character who lives in the desert?

What fabric for sailor shirts?

What fabric do I use for a flowy tunic?

What fabric for a schoolgirl jacket?

What fabric for an Assassin novice/period character?

PATTERNING:

How important are pattern blocks?

How do measurements on your tutorials work?

How do different patterns effect the shape of a hood?

What do we draft patterns on?

Keeping patterns clean and organized

Tools for marking patterns/fabric

SEWING MACHINES: 

What To Look For 

What To Look For 2 

What machines do we have? 

Stop-And-Start Buttons 

Sergers 

Vintage Machines 

Embroidery Machines

Recommendations

FOOTWEAR:

Painting Boots 

Custom Printed Tights 

Making Custom Thigh Highs  

Stenciled Designs on Tights

High Heel Tips 

First Time in High Heels? 

Painting Rubber Boots 

Making Shoes From Scratch

Paint Colours for Vanellope Tights

NOTES ON PARTICULAR COSTUMES:

Poison Ivy 

Captain America 

Fire Emblem: Awakening: Lissa’s hoopskirts, Henry/Say’ri’s loincloths, Chrom’s trim, Panne overview

Satsuki and Nonon’s pleated dresses without waist seams

Serah Farron’s belt (Final Fantasy 13)

Ledo’s catsuit (Suisui no Gargantia)

Josephine’s shirt (Dragon Age)

Ruby’s petticoat (RWBY)

STRETCH FABRICS:

Attaching Applique to Spandex 

Embroidery and Satin-Stitching on Spandex 

Ironing Spandex 

Recommendations for Attaching Logos 

Fabrics For Catsuits 

Crisp Necklines With Knit 

Can I alter a one-piece catsuit to be two pieces? 

Shortcuts to make bodysuits

CAPES:

Basic Single-Layer Capes 

Tips for Safe Capes 

Collared Capes 

Channeling for Articulated Capes 

Cape Closures 

Fabric Options

Preventing lined capes from “drifting”

BATGIRLS:

StephBatgirl Cowl 

Batgirl Bracers 

Easy Belt Pouches 

More Notes on Pouches 

“Black Bat” Cape 

Steph’s “Robin” Leggings 

Zentai Suit Sellers 

Non-Wholesale Bodysuit Sellers

SUPERGIRLS:

General Tag 

Spandex Boots 

General Tips 

Making the Emblem 

Turner Skirt 

Turner Cape Pattern 

PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA:

Tomoe Mami | Boots | Shirt Pattern | Mami’s Rifle Tag  | Rifle Pattern | Installing Horsehair | Links

Akemi Homura | Tights

Kyoko Sakura | Hoodie Source | Prep List | Order of Assembly

Miki Sayaka | Sword Pattern

Madoka Kaname | Petticoat Tutorial | Two-Part Skirts | Cupcake Skirt

 Other: Simple Bows | Soul Gem Commission Interest | Attaching Soul Gems

FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING:

This section would honestly be massive on its own, so it can be found over on its own masterlist. Even if you’re not cosplaying from FEA, it has some interesting stuff.

SAILOR SCOUTS:

Lining

Material choices

AESTHETICS:

Make-Up Products

Body Wizardry

Faking Large Breasts + Binding Resources

Tips for Defined Waistlines 

Hiding Leg Cellulite

Slimming Pants

Tall Cosplayers

Face/Body Paint Brands

Two-Coloured Lips

Breast support for costumes with open fronts

Keeping cool in costume

ARMOR:

What They Don’t Tell You About Worbla

PROPS AND ACCESSORIES:

Wearing Helmets 

Wing-Making Resources 

How do I prime a plastic?

What are our moulds made of?

WIGS:

Anchoring Ponytail Wigs 

Maintaining Long Wigs 

Wig Sources with Fast Shipping 

Where to Get Inexpensive but Good Wigs

Tips for Curly Wigs

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Flight Illusions

SHOPPING:

Where did you get your pale dance tights?

On Milanoo and wholesale

More on Milanoo and wholesale

COMMUNITY:

Talking To Your Parents

Cosplay Group Etiquette 

Financial Tips 

Being Body Positive 

On Criticizing Concept Artists

Staying Motivated

How to Get Started

Why Don’t We Do Commissions?

Our Approach to Group Cosplay

Do We Work Out?

RECIPES:

Banana Bread

Every time I break someone’s heart I know My time will come My heart will be revenged So please know I’m not happy either

hella-james  (via wordsnquotes)

There are some things you don’t tell, because if you would no one would understand or people would call you crazy.

July 2017 (via s0liloquy)