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AHHHHH! First of all, I feel like such a flake. There are tons of people/comments on LJ that I need to reply to, or should have, and now it's been so long I feel like it's pointless. So this is a big public "Sorry about that" from me :/ My life has been one topsy-turvy episode after another and I've been traveling hither and tither and yon with barely a break in between, have met a bunch of new friends that keep me going when I am home....it's been a bit much.
First things first, most of this entry will just be photos of my recent travels, life updates, etc. but I feel this has more widespread appeal(WARNING! Cuteness of nauseating proportions)
My mom surprised me by letting me know she'd picked up a new puppy for me. I'm not sure I'm really ready for another one, but the breeders are friends of ours and really strapped for cash....and she's freakin' adorable. My family just happened to find a kitten on the side of the road the same day they picked up the puppy, and the two are best buddies now. (that's one of our older dogs being attacked by the pup in this video). They're back in NC right now but will be bringing me the pup this weekend :D
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(FYI, BPAL= Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, and these are all crazy-good, crazy-addictive perfume oils)
I've got a bunch of LE bottles and tons of imps under the cut ^^
( To the smellies )
But anyway, during all this, seeing as I had nothing to do for once this afternoon, I decided to drag Vinny out of his box to go play in the sun! Because he’s definitely the sunny sort, you know….
I can’t wait to give him a new face-up T_T Gotta wait till I’m back in NC though….it’s humid again in Savannah, and it ruins the pastels I use. I might try it anyway, but SCAD gives me no free time for such lengthy processes.
And I am going back to NC next week, but the new boyfriend-type-thing will be joining me, so probably no time for dolly face-ups! Even though he thinks they’re cool and tried to paint Aravin with me when I attempted it in Savannah :D
And these all ended up portrait shots because his legs have gotten SO kicky....and I need to find that extra part Leeke sent to put in his neck that, um, actually makes his head posable. Right now he can't look up or down at all really XP
Oh....and in more angry I-wanna-demolish-SCAD news.....the end of the quarter (finals week) just HAPPENs to coincide with Animazement >:O!!!!!! I'm SO frickin' disappointed to have to miss another convention. Grr. *cries*
I was thinking, it has been way too long since I shared a bit of the daily hilarity Weebie provides me with! XD Yes, Weebie is living with me in Savannah now. We figured he wouldn't like being cooped up in the small space, so we just tried it for two weeks, and it turns out he really seems to love it here! All my neighbors moved out and I live all alone back here in the carriage house, so it's nice to have him around.
Last night my friend Ian tied his catnip toy to a riding crop I had lying around and after getting good and 'nipped up, Weebie decided to perform some acrobatics:
( More gravity defying action under the cut! )And a cute one, for the heck of it, even though he's still pulling a lolcat face:
...well, kind of, anyway. I saw that notice about Leeke World having a one day $50 head sale at about 2 AM this morning....and so I jumped on it! I ordered a Leeke L Hero head and a Dollga Noella head. Now I'm wondering if I might have been happier with a Dollga Arien.....I really have no clue what I'm going to do with the Noella! ;_; She's too young looking to be the SD female I had planned. But I've always thought Noella was super-super cute, so I guess I'll just figure it out.
If I have time, too, I'm going to try to make some needle-felted clothing for my dolls....they are being so neglected. And all three of my French Resin dolls are still back in NC because the weather down here was doing such a number on excellerating their yellowing. Anyway, little felted clothes! I think it will look good on the tinies. I also switched my major to Fiber Arts, and seeing as I NEVER have time to do personal projects anymore, maybe I can pass it off as a class project ^^
I feel like I've reached a new level of BJD hobby obsession-dom. I am now the proud owner of two floating heads! Or I will be whenever they get here XD
For now, a few pictures from this Saturday's meet-up at The Whimsical Teacup :D I'm glad I finally got to meet some of the Savannah BJD crowd. My photos turned out pretty crappy though, what few I took. I'm still struggling with finaggling the settings on my new camera to look good with indoor lighting and stuff >_< I had a great time though!
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These gorgeous flowers are growing all over town! It's so strange...January in Savannah, Spring has already come, and Winter never really even rolled in.
Anyway, I was totally enamored by these flowers the first time I saw them. And my upstairs neighbor is all flower-arrangement crazy and brings me new arrangements every week or so. He brought me these and two days later the bud opened up into a beautiful flower. I took these photos a few weeks ago though, now I have a boquet of daffodils sitting in the kitchen window!
Lichen likes to hang out in the window sill...it was the only cat-proof place in the apartment until my cat figured out how to get up there just this week *sigh*
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Well, actually, he's not just how I want him by a long shot, but I was pretty happy with how he turned out so I couldn't resist finally "formally" introducing him!
I tried working on his face-up down here in Savannah, but the humidity just ruined everything I did. Which is why I was amazed the face-up went as well as it did while I was back home in North Carolina :D This isn't technically the first time I've done a face-up, but until now I'd only done one on a 1/6 plastic dollfie, and it was years ago, and I didn't really have the materials I needed. That said, his first face-up isn't really what I wanted, and I messed up a LOT, but I decided to just treat it as a learning experience and I'll re-do it whenever I get another chance. It's kind of funny how the left side of his face-up turned out IMMENSELY better than the right side...and that's why his hair is covering the right side of his face XD
So anyway, here he is! Aravin Cousteau, my villainous little boy with an angelic face and a heart black as tar <3 You may call him "Vinny," if you dare ;)
FINALLY. I could say "finally" to a ton of things right now . . . but the most relevant would be FINALLY my internet is working here in Savannah, and FINALLY my big ole' box from Leeke World made it here . . .
:DDDDD
So getting him "together" is going to be a long process, and I think I'll reserve saying anything more about what/who he is until he's done, but I was so excited by how gorgeous this mold is in person . . .
(oh, and btw, please do excuse my craptastic photos, courtesy of the craptastic camera I have with me here! :D )
After going through 87 tons of bubble wrap, we finally made it to this box . . .
(Warning: box opening nudity under the cut)
( More box opening glee )
Well, I found myself alone today with no one to bother me, so here we go . . .
This is probably the last time you'll be seeing my kiddos for a while, too. I guess they are all moving with me because I'm afraid of people messing with them if I leave them behind . . . but I'm sure I won't have time for photos for a while. So, I hope you enjoy this last bit of spam!
I feel like this is a big end to a chapter in my life, and the beginning of a new one. I came across an old song that was once very special to me the other day, and realized it is the song I connect with my best memories of living here. So, Aurora and Lucien get Lacuna Coil's "Stars" connected to this photoshoot <3
( Is it asking too much to be given time... )
And if you've never bought Mio stuff, I highly encourage you to try it :D It really is all its hyped up to be.
I've been thinking for a while that I might change his face-up, but I wanted to try new eyes with him first and see if it made any difference. He got his Ruddy Peach Violet with Purple Pupil eyes yesterday, and I think they look fabulous! Because his eyewells are so deep, it's kind of difficult to capture them, but to me they made a big difference- I feel like I've fallen in love with Ajeet all over again <3
I left him on my bed after putting his eyes in and my sister said he scared the crap out of her when she walked into my room XD hehehe! I hardly ever leave my dolls out so I think people forget about them. She must have thought a little gremlin was sitting on my bed.
No dolls again, but this is a place I'd really like to take a doll! Yesterday my family went up to the fields behind Cones Manor (where I did this photoshoot of Lucy last October). We took Biscuit, too, and it was quite an adventure for her. For me it was just great to be outside in a comfortable temperature, running around through this beautiful place . . .
Hopefully I will have a urethane doll (one able to better endure the sunlight) before I move, and I'll get to take him there. This is probably the place I'm going to miss the most when I leave.
Madame Biscuit also had a grand ole' time hunting cows:
Lichen and Aestra send their love to my friends who aren't having such a great time right now <3
I was in need of some tiny-time myself.
All politeness aside, my mother has been a dumbass and got a PO Box because she's having "relationship problems" and "didn't know where we'd be living." It's a bunch of bull, really, and it was over-the-top absurd for her to do this. She told me she only had her mail forwarded to the PO Box, but mine hasn't been showing up here either. And it's not in the PO Box, I checked. Mom is only getting junk mail in it, too. Only mail for my recently-moved-back-in stepdad is showing up.
So, not only do I have a few packages with very expensive doll clothing missing, I also have a VERY important package from SCAD missing that I need ASAP. I haven't tried to do anything about it yet because I thought my mom was looking into it . . . but I seem to be the only truly concerned party. It's too late to go today, but what should I do? Are they holding my mail at the post office???
Obviously it's about all my dolls though ^^ Not especially interesting I guess, but you might get to know more about my dolls' personalities, which I don't really get into much.
. . . isn't it ridiculously cute???
I spent the week in Savannah, GA, which is where I'll be living once this fall runs around.
So what does this have to do with BJDS?? (not much, really) I just happened to see this tea room from pictures of a Savannah BJD meet-up and HAD to go there. Oh man it was cute! All of these photos are just from my cell phone- I took some of the actual restaurant with my camera but am too wiped out to upload them right now. @.@
I popped these eyes in her today to try them out. I didn't really want them positioned dead-center like this, but because they are 8mm's, the gap at the edges shows too much if I position them any other way -_- Oh well, the manic "wtf'sgoin'onhere" look suits Rory's personality quite well (unfortunately). XP
For some reason these photos have made the Muse song "Hysteria" stick in my head something awful . . .
So, I made whole bunch of cupcakes. Don't worry though, Weebie himself didn't eat any- he chose to merely supervise his loyal subjects feasting in his honor.
So here is the one year old Weeb! He already weighs about 15 pounds, and supposedly won't reach full size until he's 3 years old.
