diy will never die🖤
just kind of a ramble since i’m really proud of what i’ve made, and i’m missing the tour so bad🙁
i started making my own hail the sun pieces when i went to see them in chico 3/26/25, my 3rd time seeing them. i’m a massive pow! fan (if you couldn’t tell) and i started with the shirt. it took me way too long to make but it ended up so cool. i got to talk to and show shane after the show, it was so surreal because man his work on that album and just overall is astonishing.
then 10/10/25 i saw them in sf, when cut.turn.fade.back was coming out. so i made a drooling class hoodie and wore the pow shirt again underneath 😭 i ran into john at the merch booth after their set. he was so sweet and amazed by what id made, it was such a sweet moment.
and here we are now. second to last show of the US leg of cut.turn.fade.back tour, at ace of spades sacramento, 5/6/26. the place i’d seen them for the first time and then again for the wake anniversary so it felt special to me. i got vip for the first time for this show. i decided this time i wanted to go big. i started late so there’s not nearly all the ideas i had, but i was set on making something out of hail the sun patches. so i started painting like crazy, found a good black skirt base and went to town. so many hours and nitpicking at little details but you know what. i’m really happy with what i accomplished. it’s not perfect and i had bigger plans i just didn’t have time for. but diy is not perfect and the fact i love this band enough to put all this time in to make something unique and mine is what makes it special to me. they loved my skirt and i got them to sign my original pow! shirt. made the instagram too:,) a band i’ve loved for what feels like forever now.
i am so incredibly grateful for the feelings, inspiration, and memories this band continues to give me. i love making things and i love music and im so lucky im able to express it in so many ways. i don’t know if i could live in a world where creativity isn’t all around me.
thanks for coming to my ted talk so sorry☠️