Small Update

Hello Everyone!

It has been some time since my last post, hasn't it? I am very sorry for this! I have started another semester at college, it will be my last, (unless I decide to return later on!) so I am finishing in December!

I have added a few more items to my collection, mostly some newer merchandise from GE Animation. I recently placed an order to get a few more things, including the new star locket! So I will try to get some photos taken once they arrive.

I also started to make my own Sailor Moon inspired blanket/comforter! (See left) It is taking longer than I would like since I don't have much time between classes, work, and homework, but it is coming along.

I'm also working on a new "Weekly Review" post, though I know they have not been weekly for some time, and I likely won't be able to keep it weekly, as much as I would like to! I will try, though. If nothing else I will try to make at least one a month and hopefully once classes are out I can get back to weekly ones.

I hope all of you are doing well. I'll remind you once again that I am a bit more active at my Tumblr page, but it is mostly an occasional reblog of something I like. Although I have had a queue of some collection photos over there (I'm sorry I didn't set one up here).

Hello Everyone!

I have good news, and I have bad news...

The good news is: In just a few more days my special visitor from Germany will arrive!!!!
I'm so excited! They will be here about a month and I'm going crazy running around trying to clean, get things, and organize.

Which leads to the bad news: Between the many work hours I have been putting in, and all the cleaning, etc, I have no new review post for today. I'm terribly sorry!

In fact, I'm not sure if I'll be doing them this whole month. We plan on going a lot of places, but I still will have to work a little while they are here, and I just feel that there will be little to no time to take care of the weekly review posts. Believe it or not, these do take quite some time to prepare!

In any case, I guess you could see this as a sort of "hiatus" for the blog... I know I have not been updating much recently anyway and I'm sorry. I'm a bit more active at my Tumblr but it is mostly re-blogs. However, I do have a queue set up there, a 30 day Sailor Moon challenge. If you want to know a bit more about my past with Sailor Moon, favorite characters, etc please check it out!

Thanks for viewing my blog! Feel free to check out my previous posts!

Oh, and did I ever mention that I added another page for my collection to go along with my RP Items page?

There are plenty more items and photos to add, I'll try to remember to let you know when I update next!

Again, I'm sorry for the lack of updates here, even just catching up with everything online takes some time! I hope you are all having a pleasant spring so far!

I know I have been promising this for awhile, but I will try my best to get back into my usual weekly review posts! Since classes ended last week (I got all A's this semester I'm so excited!) I thought I would have a bit more time, but instead I'm just working more at my job.

On top of that, a lot of things are coming up as far as spring/summer events that I am trying to go to, currently most of it has been sort of "traditional" things I do with my family. I feel I have kind of been neglecting spending time with family lately so when my mom or anyone else asks me to spend time with them I really feel compelled to do so, the only problem with that is it's usually my day off and we spend almost the entire day together!! But I really do have a lot of fun.

However, at the same time I have a lot of work to do around my apartment cleaning up, organizing, and so on to get ready for my friend coming to visit. I have hardly started with that so I have a lot of work ahead of me. I also need to really update my last of places I'd love to go while they are here. It's exciting for me because I will get to go to places I've always wanted to see, but didn't want to go by myself!

I suppose this post is mostly a way for me to say that I really have not forgotten about my blog! I try to check my Tumblr one every day but that is mostly because I really enjoy some of the posts I see there and there's a lot more activity going on, but besides the occasional re-blog and/or comment I'm not creating any new/original content there so you're not missing out on anything!

In any case, tomorrow I have a full day off and I'm hoping I will stop being lazy while I'm home enough to get the Friday post ready for this week and do some cleaning. I have a few posts I started editing/setting up awhile back but it really does take a lot of time to find photos and information about various items, especially when I run into things I know very little about.

I hope people will stick around a bit! As I'm cleaning/organizing I'm hoping to do some more "documentation" of my collection, so hopefully I will have some more collection updates soon.

Weekly Review - Starry Sky Orgel (Sakky's Version)

OK, so again I've been very busy with work and college so I have not made a Weekly Review post (yet). In fact, I woke up this morning and suddenly realized "Wait, it's Friday?!?"

Also, I'm proud to say that my second nephew may be born today! As of 3:30am my oldest brother and his wife were headed to the hospital! No news on the name yet, they have kept it a secret until the baby's birth. I have materials to make a blanket for him to match his brother's, but I have not gotten that done yet, either!

So, please forgive me, I will try to get back on track soon, but in the meantime I'd like to highlight this awesome collector's blog post about the "Starry Sky Orgel" AKA "Star Locket" it is incredibly well researched and has lovely photos. She even features a photo of my Korean Star Locket!

Starry Sky Locket Comparison Guide


Also, if anyone knows anything about the Spanish version of this locket, we'd love to get more information/photos of it.

As a final note, GE Animation is set to release a Star Locket Necklace this year!

Weekly Review- Collecting

Sorry, I don't have a item review this week, rather, I wanted to share a bit of my story on how I started collecting and what collecting means to me. I tried to make it as short as possible but it's still rather long so please bear with me. 

I have been collecting Sailor Moon items for over 10 years.
I started watching Sailor Moon in Middle School and started collecting by High School. Back then I only got $15 a week in allowance for working hard on a farm and doing chores around the house. I was in a few clubs at school so I didn't work a "regular" job outside of school.

At first I bought the manga and DVDs, and anything cheap I could get my hands on! I would sometimes beg my dad to let me use his eBay account. The star locket I own now is the same one I bought in high school, I saved up for weeks and finally dropped $50 to buy it on eBay, and I thought that was expensive!

It has taken a lot of searching, saving, and yes, maybe even some luck to get my collection to where it is today. I am by no means rich. I am a full time student who works part time, and I now live on my own paying rent, bills, etc myself. It's harder to save up for buying items for my collection now, but it is not impossible.

Maybe I'm just fortunate that I'm a very frugal person, I've always been a saver. I saved up twice to pay my own way to go to Germany, it might have taken me two years(+) each time, but I did it.

Maybe some people think "you must have credit card debt". Well, you're wrong. I don't even own a credit card and never plan to, the only debt I have now is student loans. Some say that it's stupid to spend so much on "toys" look around you, chances are you have a collection, too. Be it books, coins, shoes, purses, clothes, etc... I do a lot of things to save up for what I have. I save money where I can, and it's my money to spend how I want.

Ask yourself: Why do you buy things? Why do you keep them?
Because they most likely make you happy in some way (or you really need it).

So, my collection is not “big” because I am rich, and by sharing it, I am not trying to rub it in anyone’s face... I’m trying to say “I’ve worked hard on this and I’m proud of it, so I want to share it with you” and I hope that you will enjoy seeing it, too.

Of course I get a little jealous of items in other people’s collections, but I’m jealous in a way that I think “wow, their collection is neat, I hope people think the same of mine”. I look to anyone who has a collection for advice, I’ve seen very small, focused collections have an item I never knew existed, and asked them to tell me about it.

A collector is not defined by the size of their collection, I don’t think there are good or bad collectors, you’re all sharing the same love for something, be it Sailor Moon, or whatever. It takes a lot of love, time, and devotion to be a collector. Big or small, your collection is something for you, and that’s what matters most.