Ok I've been slacking again on my updates here, but now I shall make up for it!

First off, I have finally gotten to set up my Etsy store, so I'll link that before I forget.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5570686
also,
http://riomccarthy.etsy.com

So to kill two birds with one stone, here's the dolphin hat I made for Chad Concelmo from Destructoid, as well as a shirt I made for shits and giggles.







Also, I did 3 entries for Tomopop's figure contest they were holding, and here they are.







Also, the only hat I have up for sale at the moment is this one:



The Slime from Dragon Quest! =P

Hopefully I'll have time to add a lot more over the weekend/next week but you never know what will come up.

Also, Gena, you really should post pics of you wearing your birthday hat. XD

So until next time..
-Rio

Alright, so today was the most time consuming thing I've done in a while. I made cuppycakes! I got some fondant, which I'd never used before. So I started all this around 11am this morning, and 10 hours later I got these!



Here's a closer up look:





These took a hell of a long time, and all of these are hand sculpted and hand dyed as the fondant comes white. I'm pretty proud with how these all came out though so I'm excited.

-Rio

Alright, I've made a ton of hats since I last posted about them here. If I didn't post it already, my Chocobo hat that I sold on eBay went for $22.50. So that wasn't half bad! But this is what really made my day today.


The winner of my hat opening the package when he received it in the mail.



The winner of my hat spazzing out after wearing my hat! =D

These videos made me so happy, and I was laughing so hard. Glad to know I'm not the only one who gets retarded wearing these hats, but I just don't film it. But luckily for me, VoyToid does!

My newest hat that I just finished about half an hour ago tonight is this one:




Amaterasu, from Okami!

The one I did last night was of Koromaru from Persona 3, which is this one:




I think those actually might be the only two that I had missed posting. I'm sure I'll be making more again here before too long. Probably at least one more over the weekend hopefully. Not sure which I'll do next though. But I'm slowly but surely whittling down my list of 25+ hats.

So stay tuned for the next hat adventure!
-Rio

Ok, why did it have to snow another freaking 6 to 8 inches. This is retarded..

Also, I hope all my Georgians are all well down there since I heard tornadoes were headed your way. Be safe!

-Rio

Well I actually got into the doctor yesterday and within about half a second he looked at my tonsils in horror and was like "Wow yeah you have strep throat." I was just like "Huh well at least someone just didn't tell me it was tonsillitis again. Which, it is.. but.. at least something different. So I'm on all new meds now as the ones I was on before were doing nothing. My throat still hurts ridiculously bad though, so I'm trying to keep drinking stuff. He said I was real close to getting an abscess behind my tonsil with how much infection was on there. I wonder if I don't already have one since the swelling's gone down some but it hurts just as bad. Ah well, I don't care as long as the meds I'm on now get it gone. Unfortunately they're too big for me to swallow with my throat in it's current state so my mom's been having to mash them up in applesauce.. wow.. if that doesn't look real appetizing let me tell you.. Why couldn't he have just given me Amoxicillin in that awesome bubble gum tasting liquid.. it's so yummy <3

But anyways, I'm hopefully on the road to being on the mend. Still have a slight fever that I'm trying to knock as well, but hopefully I'll feel better soon.

-Rio

Ok, so.. a lot of you know that I've had a lot of issues with my tonsils swelling up and getting infected. Well, it's happened again but this time worse. My left tonsil is hugely swelled and full of infection, and it's kind of starting to infect the right one. I've been put on antibiotics, and meds to make it so I don't have drainage to irritate them more, but damn do I feel like shit. I've had a fever for the past couple of days, so don't expect to see me online much as I've been trying to sleep it off. But I am on meds, as no one's even mentioned me having them taken out yet. Even if I was suppose to I can't afford that right now, and refuse to get it done in town. I'm not going to add a staph infection along with my tonsil infection.. If anything major comes up I'll update again about it or send out text messages.

Until next time..
-Rio

Alright, I had made a Chocobo hat a few days ago, and I had a lot of demand to sell it. Well instead, I've made another one, that looks exactly the same and it is now on eBay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESEX:IT&item=250209292675&_trksid=p3984.cSELL.m315.lVI

It'll be really fun to see how much this goes for, I'm curious.

-Rio

Alright the time is here for hat number three! This time it's the Panda Hat! =D And to be specific, it's Genma from Ranma 1/2 in Panda form. a.k.a. Pissy Panda. So here is my pissy panda hat! =D









I think it turned out pretty rockin'!

You never know what I'll come up with next!

So until next time..
-Rio

Here is the second hat I made after I got home today. This is for my gramma as she told me how much she liked my hat I made yesterday. She has to come down for a doctor's appointment my mom's taking her to tomorrow/today, so hopefully she'll like it!



Yay for hat #2!

-Rio

Ok, so I got myself a Hello Kitty sewing machine with my Christmas monies, so that I can learn to sew finally. Beings as I have so many costumes I want to make for cons. So today I finally had time to sew myself my first hat. So here it is! Mostly for Gena cause I know you wanted to see it =P



I think it turned out pretty good for my first try. Especially since it's a kitty with wings hat. XD

-Rio