A few days ago, my husband told me, your fursuit is finished! OMG YAY! (But yet, I didn't know she was done a week before). Then 2 days later, he comes up to me and says your fursuit has been shipped! AHHH! (but yet again, I didn't know she was shipped a couple days ago). I had no idea that the day I had been waiting to long for was about to happen.
But first, let's rewind a little bit. When I first discovered fursuits, I found a maker called OneFurAll Studios, ran by ScribbleFox. The suits were amazing, I wanted one, I had to have one. But, the price, I could never afford that. But I was determined! So I went back to my room, got 5 dollars out of my wallet, and set it aside and said "Starting today, this is for my dream fursuit, Kuhori by OneFurAll Studios!". 2 and a half years pass, with many hours of hard work, also a lot of overtime, and I finally feel I have the money! So in June of 2012, I mailed into OneFurAll and asked for a quote. I got an answer back a week later, to my surprise, I had saved up more than I was quoted, so it was time! I sent in my first payment, and the waiting began. (If you're wondering about the other Kuhori's, V1 was paid for directly from checks, before I had bills, and V2 was bought through selling things). Every couple of months I would send into the studio, ask how they were doing, start little chit chat, send updated refs, and would kindly ask where my spot on the queue was.
18 long months later, I finally get the response I was waiting for. It was my turn! Ahh! I flailed and sent in all the info as well as my second payment, and the waiting game intensified! I was told I would have her for MWFF, so my excitement for the con grew as each day passed. I emailed them and asked them to have Grave in charge of communication from here on out, as I wanted her to be a surprise! They happily did this for me, and after that, I didn't hear from them again. But Grave sure did! I got nothing but vague voice updates after he would read emails, and I would get more excited each time! MWFF came, and Grave got WIP pics, but they were telling him they were not sure if she would be done on time.
The day we were to leave for MWFF, we got the email saying she would not be done, the mask still needed to be crafted and Scribble did not want to rush it. So, I sent them a kind thank you for your hard work email, and even though I was sad, I packed up my older Kuhori suit and off we went. It wasn't until a month after MWFF that my excitement returned!
I woke up on December 17th, thinking nothing of the day. Usual day right? But for some reason, I felt like something really good was gonna happen to me that day. Maybe I was just super excited because Kuhori was expected to arrive on Friday, and then the meetup Saturday. I was just excited! I saw Grave a couple times at work, he was acting, Strange, to say the least. He seemed really excited about something, I didn't think much on it, even though it was odd to see him so excited at work. I figured maybe he just had too much coffee. It ended up being a Terrible day at work, and I mean Terrible. I almost cried it was so bad. We got home and I flopped on the couch, I was exhausted. I ended up falling asleep for a couple hours, I had no idea while I was asleep on the couch that Grave had gotten Kuhori out of the car and was unboxing her in his office to prepare her for the reveal.
I woke up to my Mom calling me inviting us to dinner as her and my sister were in town. We went to a local burger place and had a great time! We got back home, and again, I had no idea what was going on. I finished building a Zoid that was half built in my fursuit room. As soon as I finished it, someone was at the door. Who could that be? It's like 8:30 at night? It was Shallic!! We hadn't seen him since his summer break! I figured he came over cause we hadn't seen him yet. A nice Tuesday surprise! I put the Zoid away and everything then chatted with Shallic some more, but again, someone was at the door. This time it was Taf! Whom we were expecting as he was giving us stuff anyway. I figured it was a nice Tuesday night with friends. We all sat and chatted a bit, then the guys said they should get their stuff out of Taf's truck. So Grave says "Hey remember what I asked you to do when Shallic got here?" (He asked me to get in my under armor, I had no idea what was happening so I was like why and ignored it), then I notice the camera. I took a minute to figure things out, but finally, my brain clicked. Oh my god, is she here? No seriously is she here? I asked that over and over until I look at Taf and I see him nod his head, then I started Freaking Out. OH MY GOD SHES HERE. SCREAM. I was so happy I felt like my stomach flopped over on me. I hurried into my fursuit room to change into my under armor, as well as get Que on Skype Video chat, I wanted her to be there for it too! I also hastily posted on Facebook: "OH MY GOD ITS HAPPENING, GRAVE TRICKED ME, SHES HERE OH MY GOD. ITS HAPPENING!!!!!" most knew what it meant and started freaking out with me.
After battling with Skype a little Grave blindfolded me and took me to his office where Kuhori was waiting. He helped me get suited up and while I was blindfolded he kept raving about how crazy awesome the suit was built, it was making me shake with excitement to see! After I was completely suited up he just starred at me and said "...oh my goodness..." then grabbed the camera. He had me test out the jaw and then he left to put the camera out with the guys and get the mirror. I walked out and when I came out of the hallway I was hearing my friends comment with "oh my god" "wow" "so awesome" I was going crazy to see her. I stood around showing the guys the suit and preparing myself to see her while Grave got everything ready. Once he said it was time, I shut my eyes, and I had myself a thinking moment. Shes here, you're wearing the fursuit you have been waiting for, you worked for. You're about to finally see her for the first time!
But first, let's rewind a little bit. When I first discovered fursuits, I found a maker called OneFurAll Studios, ran by ScribbleFox. The suits were amazing, I wanted one, I had to have one. But, the price, I could never afford that. But I was determined! So I went back to my room, got 5 dollars out of my wallet, and set it aside and said "Starting today, this is for my dream fursuit, Kuhori by OneFurAll Studios!". 2 and a half years pass, with many hours of hard work, also a lot of overtime, and I finally feel I have the money! So in June of 2012, I mailed into OneFurAll and asked for a quote. I got an answer back a week later, to my surprise, I had saved up more than I was quoted, so it was time! I sent in my first payment, and the waiting began. (If you're wondering about the other Kuhori's, V1 was paid for directly from checks, before I had bills, and V2 was bought through selling things). Every couple of months I would send into the studio, ask how they were doing, start little chit chat, send updated refs, and would kindly ask where my spot on the queue was.
18 long months later, I finally get the response I was waiting for. It was my turn! Ahh! I flailed and sent in all the info as well as my second payment, and the waiting game intensified! I was told I would have her for MWFF, so my excitement for the con grew as each day passed. I emailed them and asked them to have Grave in charge of communication from here on out, as I wanted her to be a surprise! They happily did this for me, and after that, I didn't hear from them again. But Grave sure did! I got nothing but vague voice updates after he would read emails, and I would get more excited each time! MWFF came, and Grave got WIP pics, but they were telling him they were not sure if she would be done on time.
The day we were to leave for MWFF, we got the email saying she would not be done, the mask still needed to be crafted and Scribble did not want to rush it. So, I sent them a kind thank you for your hard work email, and even though I was sad, I packed up my older Kuhori suit and off we went. It wasn't until a month after MWFF that my excitement returned!
I woke up on December 17th, thinking nothing of the day. Usual day right? But for some reason, I felt like something really good was gonna happen to me that day. Maybe I was just super excited because Kuhori was expected to arrive on Friday, and then the meetup Saturday. I was just excited! I saw Grave a couple times at work, he was acting, Strange, to say the least. He seemed really excited about something, I didn't think much on it, even though it was odd to see him so excited at work. I figured maybe he just had too much coffee. It ended up being a Terrible day at work, and I mean Terrible. I almost cried it was so bad. We got home and I flopped on the couch, I was exhausted. I ended up falling asleep for a couple hours, I had no idea while I was asleep on the couch that Grave had gotten Kuhori out of the car and was unboxing her in his office to prepare her for the reveal.
I woke up to my Mom calling me inviting us to dinner as her and my sister were in town. We went to a local burger place and had a great time! We got back home, and again, I had no idea what was going on. I finished building a Zoid that was half built in my fursuit room. As soon as I finished it, someone was at the door. Who could that be? It's like 8:30 at night? It was Shallic!! We hadn't seen him since his summer break! I figured he came over cause we hadn't seen him yet. A nice Tuesday surprise! I put the Zoid away and everything then chatted with Shallic some more, but again, someone was at the door. This time it was Taf! Whom we were expecting as he was giving us stuff anyway. I figured it was a nice Tuesday night with friends. We all sat and chatted a bit, then the guys said they should get their stuff out of Taf's truck. So Grave says "Hey remember what I asked you to do when Shallic got here?" (He asked me to get in my under armor, I had no idea what was happening so I was like why and ignored it), then I notice the camera. I took a minute to figure things out, but finally, my brain clicked. Oh my god, is she here? No seriously is she here? I asked that over and over until I look at Taf and I see him nod his head, then I started Freaking Out. OH MY GOD SHES HERE. SCREAM. I was so happy I felt like my stomach flopped over on me. I hurried into my fursuit room to change into my under armor, as well as get Que on Skype Video chat, I wanted her to be there for it too! I also hastily posted on Facebook: "OH MY GOD ITS HAPPENING, GRAVE TRICKED ME, SHES HERE OH MY GOD. ITS HAPPENING!!!!!" most knew what it meant and started freaking out with me.
After battling with Skype a little Grave blindfolded me and took me to his office where Kuhori was waiting. He helped me get suited up and while I was blindfolded he kept raving about how crazy awesome the suit was built, it was making me shake with excitement to see! After I was completely suited up he just starred at me and said "...oh my goodness..." then grabbed the camera. He had me test out the jaw and then he left to put the camera out with the guys and get the mirror. I walked out and when I came out of the hallway I was hearing my friends comment with "oh my god" "wow" "so awesome" I was going crazy to see her. I stood around showing the guys the suit and preparing myself to see her while Grave got everything ready. Once he said it was time, I shut my eyes, and I had myself a thinking moment. Shes here, you're wearing the fursuit you have been waiting for, you worked for. You're about to finally see her for the first time!
I opened my eyes, and the tears started instantly, I couldn't hold it back. She was beautiful, I couldn't believe it, she was here, and she was perfect. All I could say was oh my god over and over again. Everything about my suit was perfect. Her hair was done wonderfully, the earrings were fantastic, the eyes, oh man the eyes. Her expression, just, everything. I just looked at everything in the mirror and just kept spazzing at everything I saw. I kept starring at her, admiring her, and then went to find my husband and gave him a huge hug. He made this so special for me.
Soon Taf helped me be able to see her hair on the back of her head and goodness, it was wonderful, it was perfect! After dancing around and being super happy Grave got our "fancy" plastic cups and poured Coca Cola for everyone, when everyone said Congratulations I just about started crying again. I soon took the mask off to look at her, I just, couldn't believe it.
After more chatting and dancing around, my friends had to go, it was a weeknight after all. I gave everyone hugs and thanked them for being there and making it special. If any of you read this, thank you again, so so much. After they left, I looked at myself in the mirror some more than asked Grave to take more photos and video of me. I really didn't want to take it off, but I had too. I took it off and hung everything up as well as brush it out. I looked at her, she was just smiling at me. And I smiled back at her. After like 45 minutes of just admiring my suit, I finally went to sleep, with a big smile on my face.
The next morning I woke up thinking it was a dream. I got dressed quickly and ran to my fursuit room, and oh the smile on my face when I saw her beautiful face smiling back at me. <3
Soon Taf helped me be able to see her hair on the back of her head and goodness, it was wonderful, it was perfect! After dancing around and being super happy Grave got our "fancy" plastic cups and poured Coca Cola for everyone, when everyone said Congratulations I just about started crying again. I soon took the mask off to look at her, I just, couldn't believe it.
After more chatting and dancing around, my friends had to go, it was a weeknight after all. I gave everyone hugs and thanked them for being there and making it special. If any of you read this, thank you again, so so much. After they left, I looked at myself in the mirror some more than asked Grave to take more photos and video of me. I really didn't want to take it off, but I had too. I took it off and hung everything up as well as brush it out. I looked at her, she was just smiling at me. And I smiled back at her. After like 45 minutes of just admiring my suit, I finally went to sleep, with a big smile on my face.
The next morning I woke up thinking it was a dream. I got dressed quickly and ran to my fursuit room, and oh the smile on my face when I saw her beautiful face smiling back at me. <3
The next day after work, Grave continued to spoil me by putting up a backdrop and doing a photoshoot for me! The photos still make me smile!!
Unfortunately, this video is no longer online due to Vimeo removing my account. I however cannot thank everyone enough for the out pour of love the unboxing video got! I love you all!
If you'd like to see us talk about the video on our web show (Which was done on the suit's 5th birthday) go here!
OFA Kuhori's 5th Birthday Episode
If you'd like to see us talk about the video on our web show (Which was done on the suit's 5th birthday) go here!
OFA Kuhori's 5th Birthday Episode