Yaya Han

#EverybodyLovesJOANN - and I do too! For as long as I have been sewing and cosplaying (25 years+), I have shopped at @joann_stores. I guarantee that every single one of my hundreds of costumes uses some product procured at JOANN. It’s the one store I’m the most familiar with in the world, where I have roamed every aisle and dug through every section, and where I have bought something from every category, be it fabrics, beads, paint or googly eyes. I love JOANN, it’s my favorite store. But what makes my love for JOANN unique is that aside from being a loyal longtime customer, I also get to work on the product development side, behind the scenes. Since 2016, products with my name and logo have been available for sale in JOANN stores and on JOANN’s website. Working closely with @cosplayfabrics, we created entire collections of cosplay-focused products such as fabrics, trims, accessories and EVA foam. I devoted years of my life developing these products because I KNEW cosplayers would need and want them. And for 9 years, they have bought and used these products to make countless costumes and crafting projects. Every week, I see costumes that use Cosplay by Yaya Han products whenever I’m at conventions, judging contests, or on social media. I talk to so many people who are thankful to have easy access to these items through JOANN. They in turn motivate and invigorate me to be more creative, giving me ideas for what items to bring to JOANN next. It’s been one of the most fulfilling jobs I’ve ever had. The best version of creativity is to dream something up and having access to the materials to turn it into a real thing! JOANN made countless creative dreams come true and that’s why, as a customer, brand partner, and fan, I KNOW that #everybodylovesJOANN

I’m excited to be a part of the inaugural sailing of Comic-Con: The Cruise! Join me next February on 4-days of all things Comic-Con in the beautiful Caribbean! I’ve been going to SDCC since 2007 (only missed a handful of edition since!) and the energy there has always been maximum hype! It’s so cool they are doing a @comicconthecruise edition and that I’ll be able to experience it! Thanks so much for having me and see you on the ship! #ComicConCruise comicconthecruise.com Empyrean Empress photo by @downenphotography

Unveiling… The bernette b79 Yaya Han SEWING MACHINE!! Today I can finally present one of the biggest and most fulfilling project I have ever worked on… my own branded sewing and embroidery machine! 🤯 Last year, I teamed up with @bernetteschweiz and @berninaschweiz to create the ultimate machine for costume enthusiasts and garment makers, and after many months we are proud to offer the bernette b79 Yaya Han Edition which includes these features (and more): 🧵 A work horse motor and intuitive “Bernina brain” computer 🧵Full sewing and embroidery functions with multiple hoops to stitch up to 10x6” designs 🧵 276 pre-loaded embroidery designs, 68 exclusive designs with garment making in mind 🧵The powerful embroider digitizing software Creator 9 (usually costs over $1K but WE INCLUDED IT FOR FREE NBD) 🧵8 additional presser feet picked out by me for costuming (total of 18 presser feet in the package!) 🧵Large touch screen, stylus and Creative Assistant function 🧵Dual Feed function which helps you sew slippery fabrics 🧵Custom stitch designer function (make your own fancy stitch patterns!) 🧵Hello this machine is purple and pretty!! The bernette b79 Yaya Han edition is available worldwide through the Bernina dealer network! Everything you need to know is on the dedicated website ➡️linked in my profile! ⬅️ For my US friends, @bernetteusa and @berninausa are your resource for more information and how to buy this machine! Over the next few weeks, I will share much more information on this machine and all the cool things it can do! I have already sewn 4 full costumes on the b79 and tested the functions with a wide array of materials because y’all know I can’t put my name on a product that I didn’t use-test to heck! For now I recommend you to check out the website in my bio and find out where your nearest bernette and Bernina dealer is! Once machines arrive in their stores, you can go look at it in person and even test it out right then! 2023 is the year of dream projects for me and I am forever grateful to @bernetteschweiz and @berninaschweiz for this incredible opportunity!

Galaxy Fairy Sheryl Nome! IG ate my long caption 😭 The gist was: ✨I made a new Sheryl gallery on my website with a bunch more photos from this shoot, please check it out! ✨Macross Frontier is finally streaming in the USA! Hulu & Disney+! Y’all have no more excuses to not watch it 👀 Come on Frontier cosplay resurgence! ✨Costume made by me! 3D models of gold accessories by @mimicrycosplay! ✨First 2 photos by @_bild_er_leben_, the rest are phone pics! #macross #macrossfrontier #macrossfrontiercosplay #sherylnome #sherylnomecosplay #macrosscosplay

❗️Announcement❗️I’m happy to join the @wondercon guest roster for the 2025 event at the end of March! It’s been over a decade since I have visited #WonderCon, and I’m happy to return this time to do panels and meet & greets! Please stay tuned for more info like programming, costume plans etc. Thank you so much for having me, @wondercon, and I’ll see you in Anaheim!

Run, don’t walk, to the @sonicthehedgehogspeedcafe opening TOMORROW right here in Chamblee, Georgia! I got to check out their chili dog + a Sonic slushie + Shadow’s milkshake yesterday during Media Day and it was simply the cutest visit! The timing is perfect, everyone I know is on a Sonic hype right now, so if you have a need for speed (and yummy food), head over to the #SonictheHedgehogSpeedCafe at 5460 Peachtree Blvd b - 5460 Peachtree Blvd b, Chamblee, GA 30341 Grand opening January 18th, 2025! Open for only 60 days! Zoom zoom!

Raise a glass to the return of Castlevania! Nocture season 2 is on @netflix now and I can’t wait to binge it! Here are some celebratory photos of my Carmilla cosplay from the first series! I made the costume AND build the photo set! Unlike the last time, I’m actually rooting for the good guys in Nocture lmao! Photography by @brian_b_boling Wig is from @ardawigs I also made a pattern for this dress, which is available through @mccallpatterncompany! #castlevanianetflix #castlevania #castlevanianocturne #castlevaniacosplay #carmillacosplay #vampire #vampirecosplay

❗️Announcement❗️ I’ll be a guest at @nakakonanime in Overland Park, KS on March 14 - 16 2025! This is their 20th anniversary show and I’m happy to participate in programming on all three days! We have a lot planned and I’ll share my schedule close to the event dates! Thanks so much and see you at @nakakonanime! #nakakon #cosplayguest

So excited for Apothecary Diaries season 2! To celebrate, I’m sharing this gorgeous photoshoot with @calssara and @downpourin.pht, which I have never posted before!!! We went to a Chinese Garden in Germany and frolicked for a whole afternoon! I love the relationship between Lady Lihua and Mao Mao, and @calssara made such a gorgeous Lihua costume from scratch and looked absolutely perfect as her! @downpourin.pht was such a kind, patient and intuitive photographer and I absolutely loooooved working with them! The photos are so dreamy and whimsical and I literally saved them for months to be able to post them for the season 2 occasion! What started as a very underated, under-appreciated anime (that’s NOT a shoujo), Apothecary Diaries seemed to pick up steam throughout the year as more and more of us dragged our friends into watching it, and I hope it will get a whole new slew of audiences with the new season!! I’m doing a watch party with my friends tomorrow and will be following the episodes along eagerly! And I have plans to cosplay another character from the show this year! Photography - @downpourin.pht Lady Lihua costume made/worn by @calssara Mao Mao costume made/worn by @yayahan #apothecarydiaries #apothecarydiariescosplay #maomaocosplay #lihuacosplay #maomao #lihua #kusuriyanohitorigoto #kusuriyanohitorigotocosplay #animecosplay

[ FRIEREN ] With @yayahan as Frieren from Frieren: Beyond’s Journey End. I am definitely thinking about those warm spring days right about now. It looks like we may get snow though, which would be very rad. The logistics of trying to a snow shoot however… are questionable 😂 #frieren #frierenbeyondjourneysend #frierencosplay #animecosplay #animecosplayer #cosplayphotography #cosplayphoto #cosplayphotoshoot #cosplayphotographer #cosplay #cosplayer #mangacosplay #mangacosplayer #fantasyphotography

Macross Frontier photoshoot with @kukkiicos! One of my last big shoots from last year, and my latest self-made cosplay! Ringleader Sheryl Nome - made & worn by me Grace O’Connor (Manager-san) - made & worn by @kukkiicos Photos by @_bild_er_leben_ I can’t believe @kukkiicos made a whole suit then dyed and styled a wig in like a week while working full time. We both love Macross Frontier and busted butt to do this shoot together! We drove to a cosplay studio in Germany for these pictures! This Sheryl costume was really fun to make but I had to rush it a bit so I don’t have a lot of progress documentation. I commissioned @mimicrycosplay for 3D models of the gold accessories, then @_bild_er_leben_ printed them for me. This was also my first photoshoot with @_bild_er_leben_ (multi-talented!) and I really adore his photos and how easy it was to work with him! Hoping more people will watch Macross Frontier now that it has an English license and get to know our queen Sheryl! #macrossfrontier #sherylnome #graceoconnor #macrosscosplay #sherylcosplay #sherylnomecosplay #animecosplay #macross

New year, new cosplay of Void Hunter Hoshimi Miyabi from Zenless Zone Zero! Have you pulled her in the current 1.4 banner event yet? The game looked really interesting before, especially with the monster-infested setting of New Eridu and cool tactical character designs, but I really like this update with Miyabi and Haramusa! You can learn more about ZZZ by clicking the link in my profile, and for players, I got a bonus code - MIYABIRELEASE - for Polychrome × 60 and Denny × 6666! This costume had to come together very quickly because I was very busy in December, but I’m really happy for the chance to cosplay Miyabi not only because I’m drawn to her as a character, but also because we share the same name! Miyabi’s name in kanji is 雅 which is also my name in Chinese - 雅雅! Both mean Elegance which certainly applies to her but to me only sometimes lol. The 雅 factor is also why I used a real steel katana for the photoshoot - the sword in the photos was custom made for me with my name engraved in the blade! And since Miyabi has a huge sword collection, it only made sense to use the Yaya sword for my cosplay! I really love the photo results and am properly sore from brandishing a steel sword for hours! Thanks again @zzz.official.en for the collab, y’all better go check out the game for me! Photography/Videography by Brian Boling Costume bought and altered by me (especially replacing the armor with EVA foam parts lol) Wig styled by me with help from @tinechan #ZZZad #zzzero #zenlesszonezero #Miyabi #hoyoverse #miyabicosplay