Ireland Reid
Ireland Reid
Ireland Reid was born into what people would call in the present time, a large family. [1]
Growing up
Being raised in the heart of the Midwest and on a farm, Ireland was no glamour princess. She spent many days working on the farm and shadowing her uncles to everything from feeding livestock to MIG welding small projects as she got older. When she wasn't working, she was spending time watching her father master The Legend of Zelda on the NES (teaching her the tricks along the way), swapping out components on their Packard Bell desktop and watching Star Wars and Top Gun over and over again. She knew then that a geek had been born as she loved every bit of it.[2]
Bold Step
"Since I was a young girl, I had this crazy idea after high school, I would persue high education as I loved school, that I wanted to get out of the area I grew up in and go see the world. I never fit in at school with anyone, and I always felt different then anyone in my hometown. So I was basically a loner. If you know my personal background, the desire to leave the area was an abnormality, that some would even say screamed insanity. However I was determined to get out, see the world, learn everything I could about life and just live. I knew since I was little, that my wings were too large & dreams too big for my hometown."[3]
Time for a Change
Ireland landed in the sunny state of California in the late summer of 2008. She never thought she would actually be able to move from her hometown, but it happened. It was not the easiest journey by far as it really forced her to grow up, work on herself as a person, and she finally came back to her roots of geekdom. She just so happen to in the meantime take photos here and there along the way for fun for friends to help build their portfolios.
When she is not slaving away with my designs/her company/online content or school homework (as she is forever a student it seems), she can be found checking out the latest game, learning about the latest technology, slaying some weights at the gym or best case, rolling around in glitter and sequins. [4]
Cosplay
Ireland recently decided to take her love for dressing up to a whole new level and by dumb luck, got into the cosplay world. She dresses up in her favorite characters (that she has designed & made) and otherworldly known characters. She can be found at a majority of the Comic Cons across the World as well as all her online content via YouTube & Patreon. [5]
Interests
Ireland is obsessed with plushies, Pokémon, Zelda, Disney, and mystery boxes and mystery bags. She has to know what is in them and collect them all! She is a proud mamma to 3 fur babies. She loves my puppies.
Social Media
Ireland is very active on social media as she has 262k followers on her Instagram account, 78.9k followers on Twitter, and 123k followers on Facebook.