Finally finished this Nuka Cola Girl YCH which will be turned into a badge as well!
Had a load of fun doing this piece and will be amazing to finally be able to offer this as part of my Fallout YCH series as well
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Super fun getting to do Skullies again! Not a species I get to do very often so is always pleasure to do when I can ๐ฉต
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Wow long time no see!
Didnโt realise how long its been since I posted properly to social media, I just wanted to make a quick life update post in regards to not only my art, but life as well so everyone sorta knows where I am and everything is at the moment
Where have I been?
Good news first, then followed by sad news, but itโs not all bad I promise
This is just a very brief run down of stuff cause if I mentioned everything Iโd be here forever haha
Good News
As many of you will probably be aware, I have been struggling with my physical health for the last 3+ years.
I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, POTS and essentially โSuper Pentdad Syndromeโ, which has been a very long, difficult battle over the years, many of you knowing I was wheelchair bound for over a year due to it
Thankfully I havenโt needed to use that wheelchair in over a year now and hoping it will be the same continuing forward! Itโs been a very mentally taxing time having to fight for my health alone, but for the first time in years I have felt more like myself physically and mentally than I have done since 2022-2023
I was on effectively x3 different types of Chemotherapy last year or so which really fucked my body up a lot so I was really touch and go for a while, but I have finally now started to see the benefits from all of the last few years of struggles, still got a little way to go, but havenโt felt more like me in years which is great news!
Bad News
This has been under wraps for a good while, so I havenโt spoken about this publicly until now, only a very very small number of people are aware of this until now while things have been going on behind the scenes, hence another reason why I have been so distant and quiet the last year or so.
I am unfortunately in the middle of going though a divorce with my now ex husband, we were together for nearly 13 years, married last year, but sadly the last few years have been really rough for us both and it just wasnโt working out anymore.
We are still in the process of sorting all of this out and it will still be a good few months before it is finalised, but hence why I havenโt been as present as I used to be.
Whatโs next?
So with this part itโs hard to judge 100% where I will be next, the future etc, but I have some plans and goals that I am aiming towards in regards to both life and my art/ studio
Commissions
For now, I will be aiming to take on DIGITAL ONLY commissions while I am working through all of this. Sadly for the past year since we moved home, I havenโt had any support in sorting out the studio room upstairs, so the entire craft room is still inboxes so I havenโt been able to access any of my equipment and stock, so this is why I havenโt been able to work on any physical items, badges etc for a good while. This is likely going to continue for a good while as well so I canโt guarantee how long physical items will be to produce other than the exception of acrylic badges and other items similar which I currently am able to get produced externally.
I am also hoping to work on some more YCH badge types and things in regards to this area to help me ease back into art again as I just havenโt had the time to work on art as much as I would have loved to the last 2 years due to everything going on at home in my life.
So in regards to next steps for everything else going on, it will be
UPCOMING CONS & PLANS
Cons and Dealers Den
Iโve had a fair few people ask me recently if I will be attending cons such as Confuzzled and the sad answer is, no.
For the foreseeable future, I likely wonโt be attending any cons within the UK anymore.
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I just havenโt enjoyed them for a good while, the last few years I had some very negative experiences at them, but also the rising costs of attending cons within the UK is just absolutely insane and not worth it in my opinion.
But also another reason I will mention further down.
I would love to still attend, but unless I am able to secure a table at a con, sadly for the foreseeable future UK cons will no longer be something I will be attending.
For example, Confuzzled on average costs me nearly ยฃ2k to attend due to travel, hotel costs, taxis and more, for a week in Birmingham
Where I am now mainly attending cons within the USA for a fraction of this price, LVFC costs me half of that for 2 weeks in the USA, so this is why you now see me attending cons over there more than I do in the UK which is baffling.
Which cons can you see me attending coming up then?
At the moment, I will be at or looking at attending:
Everything else
So with the bottom part, this is something that I have planned to do my entire life since I was a child, I have wanted nothing more than to leave the UK and move abroad, Iโve never truly felt like the UK was my home, so I am announcing that within the next few years I will hopefully have left the UK for my new home in the USA.
I am aiming to be moving out to Nevada within the next 1-3 years tops, this is also another reason you will likely not see me at any UK cons in the future.
As sad as it is to leave the UK, the USA has been my goal for the majority of my life and I finally have the opportunity to do this now, so I am going to aim to do this while I have the chance to do that.
Before I go I will be having a massive stock clearance on my website of my current items such as collars, keyrings and more to help with this move, I have had a couple of people suggest posting a โGo Fund Meโ to help support this but itโs not really something I am too bothered about doing as I donโt wanna do stuff like this as it isnโt an emergency sorta thing :)
But regardless itโs gonna be about $10,000 max to get the visa situation sorted so gonna a lil while before thatโs sorted unless I can snag the other visa options I have been looking into which are a fraction of the price
Ask me anything etc
So if you have made it this far, thank you so much for taking the time to read all of this for one! Youโre a star for sticking around for so long and through everything
I want to say a huge thank you to everyone here and especially those who have stuck by me irl through everything thatโs been going on.
But I want to also offer this space as somewhere you can leave a message, ask me anything etc if you have anything you wanna ask as I havenโt spoke to a lot of yโall in a very long time.
Hope everyone is doing okay themselves and hereโs to the rest of 2026 and the future
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