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Wednesday 26 February 2014
Tommie
Introducing Tommeliesl von Dorfli, my Volks Kun/F-22, fresh from a spa visit to Viridian House!
This character is one of my 'big four', so it's exciting to have her fully face-upped, with the right wig and eyes and costume! Tommie is part of the same story as Gwenllian, Deryn and Mafonwen.
Monday 24 February 2014
A chilled weekend!
Saturday and Sunday have been very nice this week!
Saturday I met up with my friend JS for our monthly lunch and mosey-around-the-shops meet up in Bangor. We went to Blue Sky, which does the most a-mazing veggie burgers - they have a different one every day, I had a mushroom, nut and caramelised onion burger - and a fabulous selection of teas and coffees, locally sourced wherever possible. I tried a Mediterranean Sun fruity brew blended by Caffi Christòbal and enjoyed it so much I bought a packet of loose-leaf tea for myself!
We had a great chat about weddings and things as JS is getting married in June, and a great mooch about the shops. I always decide before I go that I shouldn't really spend much money beyond paying for my lunch, but I cave pretty quickly. We went to H&M where I accidentally bought a cream cardigan, flamingo hair comb and actual lace shoelaces (2 pairs, because black and white and I couldn't decide.) JS was far more sensible and bought things she actually needed!
Saturday I met up with my friend JS for our monthly lunch and mosey-around-the-shops meet up in Bangor. We went to Blue Sky, which does the most a-mazing veggie burgers - they have a different one every day, I had a mushroom, nut and caramelised onion burger - and a fabulous selection of teas and coffees, locally sourced wherever possible. I tried a Mediterranean Sun fruity brew blended by Caffi Christòbal and enjoyed it so much I bought a packet of loose-leaf tea for myself!
We had a great chat about weddings and things as JS is getting married in June, and a great mooch about the shops. I always decide before I go that I shouldn't really spend much money beyond paying for my lunch, but I cave pretty quickly. We went to H&M where I accidentally bought a cream cardigan, flamingo hair comb and actual lace shoelaces (2 pairs, because black and white and I couldn't decide.) JS was far more sensible and bought things she actually needed!
Friday 21 February 2014
Ziylora Mosetian Ghosad
Anyone who follows me should have realised by now that I like my collages and mood boards!
Last year I bought a DIM Bellosse head to practice face-ups on a bigger doll without wiping the awesome face-ups on my other girls. At the time I had another doll intended to become one of my alien characters, so Bellosse was drafted into that universe and became a character called Ziylora Mosetian Ghosad, who I wrote a little about in yesterday's post. I started to do a face-up on her last year, but I lost inspiration when the weather went bad and I never went back to finish her look.
Last year I bought a DIM Bellosse head to practice face-ups on a bigger doll without wiping the awesome face-ups on my other girls. At the time I had another doll intended to become one of my alien characters, so Bellosse was drafted into that universe and became a character called Ziylora Mosetian Ghosad, who I wrote a little about in yesterday's post. I started to do a face-up on her last year, but I lost inspiration when the weather went bad and I never went back to finish her look.
Thursday 20 February 2014
Disappointment but perhaps something better?
Sadly, I got an email from Nine9Style this morning about my order. The denim roll up dress I wanted is out of stock forever because they have run out of the right material. I am so disappointed because I love that dress, but I suppose I'll just have to look out for it on the second-hand market.
I can't be down forever though, because this gives me an opportunity to pick something else from Nine9Style and treat another doll of mine that only has half a face-up and can't really be called a doll since she really is just a head, but anyway. My Doll in Mind (DIM) Bellosse, Ziylora, has had a hand-me-down wig and eyes since she got here last year, so I'm turning the lemons into lemonade and getting Ziylora a couple of wigs in the correct colour for her.
I can't be down forever though, because this gives me an opportunity to pick something else from Nine9Style and treat another doll of mine that only has half a face-up and can't really be called a doll since she really is just a head, but anyway. My Doll in Mind (DIM) Bellosse, Ziylora, has had a hand-me-down wig and eyes since she got here last year, so I'm turning the lemons into lemonade and getting Ziylora a couple of wigs in the correct colour for her.
Wednesday 19 February 2014
Bad blogger!
My poor abandoned blog! I'm sorry!
I won't even try to catch up where I left off last year because I'm bound to skip things and it's a bit too much to play catch up all in one post!
The main thing to mention is that I have retired as a moderator from Den of Angels. I wrote my reasons why on my Tumblr blog and it was a sad decision to step down so I'd rather not go over it all over again. I'm re-evaluating my participation in the BJD hobby and as much as I still love the other mods and being a mod, I want to see if I still enjoy the hobby without DoA tying me to it.
I still like and appreciate my dolls as objects (and that's not wrong,) but I've not done much with them at all, whereas when I started in this hobby I wanted to be actively doing things with my dolls and not just admiring them from a shelf. The new things I bought them were not being worn and I barely photographed them. This year I want to see how attached I am to the hobby, and so far (seeing that it's February) I seem to be doing okay.
In the last year I've sold a few dolls and changed the line-up at home, but I'm happy with my choices and pleased with the dolls I have. I've updated the Ball Jointed Dolls page (above) to reflect my current doll collection.
I won't even try to catch up where I left off last year because I'm bound to skip things and it's a bit too much to play catch up all in one post!
The main thing to mention is that I have retired as a moderator from Den of Angels. I wrote my reasons why on my Tumblr blog and it was a sad decision to step down so I'd rather not go over it all over again. I'm re-evaluating my participation in the BJD hobby and as much as I still love the other mods and being a mod, I want to see if I still enjoy the hobby without DoA tying me to it.
I still like and appreciate my dolls as objects (and that's not wrong,) but I've not done much with them at all, whereas when I started in this hobby I wanted to be actively doing things with my dolls and not just admiring them from a shelf. The new things I bought them were not being worn and I barely photographed them. This year I want to see how attached I am to the hobby, and so far (seeing that it's February) I seem to be doing okay.
In the last year I've sold a few dolls and changed the line-up at home, but I'm happy with my choices and pleased with the dolls I have. I've updated the Ball Jointed Dolls page (above) to reflect my current doll collection.
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