Haavelista vuodelle 2014

Hehe, en ole uskaltanut näitä usein listailla jonkun ihme taikauskon vuoksi, mutta menköön nyt kun hahmosuunnitelmat ovat täysin selvillä:

-Dollmore Jeemin (Usha/Freyja, Brynjan ja Geirin ottotytär)
-Withdoll Mia/Ruby (Elenna, Emèrielin ja Laurëasin tytär)
-Iplehouse Dexter (Geir, Gunvaldin veli <3)
-Soom Dia (edellisessäkin postissa mainittu Nolia)

Oho, ei paha! Vallankaan jos sattuisi töitä löytämään..

Idealian Eden WIP

No niin.

Ihan ekaksi juhlallisesti ilmoitan pyrkiväni tänä vuonna postaus per kuukausi - julkaisutahtiin (vähintään!), ihan vain pitääkseni tämän puolen harrastuksistani hengissä. Ja estääkseni kiveä sammaloitumasta. Huomasin tässä, että mullahan on tähän vallan mahtinen mahdollisuuskin joka perjantai, kun isäntä on pelaamassa lautapelejä! Kun oon laittanut lapset nukkumaan, en ikinä oikein keksi mitä tekisin siihen asti kun isäntä konkoilee takaisin peliluolasta (joo, olen sen verran nynny etten halua mennä nukkumaan ennen kuin näen, että miekkonen tulee hengissä kotiin toiselta puolen kaupunkia). En oikein käsitä, mikä ihmeen tahdottomuus mulla on tämän julkaisupuolen kanssa tullut, kun saan kyllä aikaiseksi asioita, mutten saa niitä nettiin asti. Äh. No, jospa nyt saisin tehtyä niin sanotusti hommat loppuun asti. Ehkä näistä hartsi- ja nukkekotikuvista olisi jollein muullekin jopa iloa.

Niinpä. Sisuunnuin lopulta tuohon vuoden kaapissa maanneeseen Idealian-naiseenikin ja viime viikonloppuna kasasin sen, suedasin, kiristin naruja ja meikkasinkin jopa. Täytyy kyllä sanoa, että vaikka Idealian-nainen on todella esteettisesti toimiva ja upea (ihanan kurvikas nainen!), niin posetus ei ole sitten ihan samaa luokkaa.. Ainakaan ilman kunnon annosta kuumaliimaa niveliin ja tiukkoja, jämäköitä naruja. Nyt se toimii jotenkuten - kädet itse asiassa saa ihan ilmaisurikkaisiinkin asentoihin, joten ei paha, mutta toinen polvi potkii vieläkin kovin herkästi, koska siinä on selvä valuvirhe. Seisomassa ei siis kannata pitää jos ei ole nojaa ja tukevia kenkiä. Mulla ei ole tälle kenkiäkään, koska ostin sille ihme kyllä aivan liian ISOT popot! Hartseista löysin Lutsin SSDF:lle tarkoitetut korkkarit, joissa on 1cm ilmaa kärjessä (Soomin sivulla ei ilmoiteta tarkasti miten isot jalat näillä on, joten ostin vähän summassa, oletin ettei tälle mene perus-SD:n kengät). Ei tuo seiso niillä itkemälläkään. Voih.

Meikki onnistui teknisesti ihan jees (näen jopa parannusta edellisiin!), mutta nuo silmämeikit... Kyllä huomaa, etten meikkaa itseänikään ;) Siinäpä minulle haastetta täksi vuodeksi! Muttamutta, hahmomielessähän tässä kävi nyt niin, että Nolia-barbaarinaisen sijaan tästä nassusta tulikin hänen Ninian-shamaanisiskonsa. Eihän noin lempeän kiinnostunut/utelias katse nyt mitenkään voi kuulua katu-uskottavalle räiskähtelevälle tulisielulle. En vain saanut tuosta tarpeeksi temperamentikkaan näköistä, kasvonpiirteet eivät anna myöten - eivätkä varmaan taitonikaan. Onni onnettomuudessa, Nolialla on lempeämmän luonteinen kaksossisko!

Itse asiassa kriisini tämän nuken kanssa päättyi sillä sekunnilla kun hyväksyin sen, että tässä on nyt tavallaan kaksi hahmoa samassa kuoressa, Ninianin naama ja Nolian kroppa ;) Oi, jospa voittaisin lotossa, niin ostaisin heti Soomilta toisen kaksosen! Dian nimittäin. Hänestä jos kenestä saa tarpeeksi ärjyn, netti on täynnä mahtavia tästä moldista tehtyjä naisia (ja miehiä). Ninian puolestaan on paljon siskoaan heiveröisempi fyysisesti koska hänen terveytensä on heikko, joten Supergem-kroppa käypi hoikkuudessaan (tähän verrattuna siis!) hänelle vallan loistokkaasti. Värimätsiä en uskalla toivoakaan, koska Soomin hartsierät nyt ovat niin erivärisiä keskenään, mutta jospa sen saisi blushattua piiloon tai peitettyä vaatteilla. 

Kuten sanoin, Idealian-kroppa on kuitenkin Nolia-siskon, joten tein siihen vähän viikinkiaiheisia taistelutatuointeja :) Tämän nimi on muinaisnorjaksi aegishjalmur ja sen on tarkoitus tuoda voittamattomuus taistelussa.Olen kai jossain maininnut rakastavani viikinkejä ja muinaisnorjalaista mytologiaa sekä islantilaisia saagoja (sekä muinaissuomalaista folklorea), joten käytän niitä nyt törkeästi omassa fantasiamaailmassamme inspiraationlähteinä ;) Norjalaisneuleetkin ovat nyt minulla pinnalla neulomuksissa, ostin Juju-kirjakerhosta erilaisia norjalaismalleja esittelevän kirjan. Ihana ja monipuolinen on norjalaisneuleiden maailma! Pari mekkoa olen jo tehnyt, täytyypä esitellä niitä seuraavaksi.

Oikeassa käsivarressa (missä Nolia pitää keihästään) sitten toivotetaan rohkeutta ja onnistumista taistelussa ginfaxi- ja gapaldur- symbolien myötä. Neidon kämmenselissä on vielä pienet riimut joiden tarkoitus on herättää pelkoa vastustajissa, mutta niistä en ottanut kuvia. Niin kauan kuin Ninian lainaa siskonsa kroppaa, peitän kuvat irtohihoilla, Ninian kun ei ole soturi ;)

Oikeastaan onkin mukavaa, että pääsenkin kehittelemään tässä kahta hahmoa yhtä aikaa! Ajatustyötä tähän täytyi sitten tehdä vuoden verran, mutta mitäs tuosta, mullahan on loppuikä aikaa nukkeilla! Täytyy vain muistaa, että kun ompelen/neulon Ninianille vaatteita, niiden täytyy mennä myös Supergem-kropalle. Ylläolevissa kuvissakin näkyvä alpakkalankainen palmikkotoppi-irtohihayhdistelmä menee myös SG:lle (mullahan on se kroppa Luinithinilla, mutta valkoisena niin eipä voi lainailla tälle, höh). Hameenkin tein, mutta siitä en saanut vielä hyviä kuvia. Asu on muutenkin keskeneräinen, niin jospa kuvaan sen myöhemmin valmiina. Kaavoitin tälle Idealian-kropalle peräti housutkin, teen ne nahasta Nolialle - soturi ei pidä hameita! Shamaanihahmon teossa on myös haasteena saada siitä tarpeeksi erilainen kuin "lapinnoita-tyylisestä" Brynja-shamaanistani joka on jo kutakuinkin valmis. Ehkäpä hänestäkin esittely jossain joskus. Ideoita kyllä on, nyt vain pitäisi saada ne päästä ulos. No, työttömällä on aikaa.

Dollz.

No niin, lupasin sen nukkekotipostauksen, mutta laitetaanpas ensin näitä. Tänään oli aurinkoisin päivä ehkä sitten syyskuun, joten otin vapauden napsia muutamia nukkekuvia:

Rhylaunia en olekaan aikoihin kuvannut :) Herra on vaihtanut naamansa ja lookkinsa täysin..

Pikkuveli Veszraen otettiin kuvaan mukaan ;)

Gunvald-viikinki(tukkajumala) pelasti ainakin oman maanantaini <3

Luinithin se vain kaunistuu moldi moldilta ;) Ehkä nyt viimein pidän hänellä tämän pään. Ihana Elfdoll Emma!

Moa-pieni on niin kovin ujo :P

Moan myötä toteutui pitkäaikainen unelma lapsi-petitestä :) 

 

Nyt Domadoll-kolmikkoni on täydellinen <3 Vasemmalla Myrna, oikealla Fenna, takana Loumi.

Ihanan pullakat tyttäret, jotka näyttävät vielä pullakammilta neuleasuissaan ;)

Semmosta! Huomenna vaellan äiteen kanssa Haaparannan Ikeaan, joten voipi olla, että nukkekotiaiheinen (1:6) postaus on tiedossa :)

Uusi look!

Joo, olisi varmaan aika kaivella tämäkin naftaliinista.. En ole kovin hyvä postaamaan asioita kovin moneen paikkaan. Ehkä olisi aika aktivoitua ;) Sen verran sain aikaiseksi, että uusin ulkomuodon! Mutta tässäpä mainio paikka kaikenlaisille harrastepostauksille, etenkin kun olen elvyttänyt yhden uusvanhan harrastuksen! Nukkekotirakentelun nimittäin! Siitä enemmän seuraavissa posteissa, laitan oikein kunnon esittelyn.

Btw, ilokseni huomaan, että aika moni alkuvuodesta asettamistani suuntaviivoista on saavutettu ;) On lähihoitajan paperit ja oli hetkisen töitä (nyt ei ole, kaupunki säästää..), on isompi akvaario ja tavaramäärä kovasti pienempi ja niin edelleen. Autoa ei ole vieläkään eikä ehkä tulekaan - lie turha kapistus kun ilmankin tullaan toimeen, toistaiseksi. No, Dexteriä tai Jeeminiä ei vielä ole, ja Idealian Eden on edelleen varikolla! Hullua, olen tässä välissä hankkinut kuitenkin neljä muuta nukkea ja Eden/Nolia on vieläkin varikolla..noh, hyvää kannattaa odottaa?

Ainakin yhdessä suhteessa kannattaa. Ollaan nimittäin saatu viimeinkin Ihan Oma Koira <3 Pieni kahdeksanvuotias rescue-havannalainen nimeltään Mohku. Olen aika onnellinen <3

Mohkukin taitaa olla aika onnellinen koira nyt, saadessaan elää täyttä koiranelämää. Toivomme tietenkin, että herra on luonamme mahdollisimman pitkään <3

Ööö...2013?

Ai, olihan mulla tämmönenkin..

Hups. Oli vissiin aika rankka loppuvuosi sitten, ja olihan se. Mutta älkäätten pelätkö, en minä ala tekemään mitään perinteistä "mein Kampf 2012" -luetteloa, olisihan se jo tylsää lukemista kun suurin osa teistä (???) lukijoista on kuullut samat jutut jo Facebookissa ja tietää tasan missä mennään. Kamalan kätevä tuo veispuukki. Sinne voipi nopeasti lisäillä juttuja ja kertoa lyhyitä pikkusia uutispätkiä, mitä tämä elo enimmäkseen onkin. Tasaista puurtamista.

Mutta jotain aattelin tännekin säästellä, veispuukkikavereissa kun on niin paljon esim. ihmisiä, jotka eivät hjummarra nukkejuttuja..niinpä taidan muuttaa tämän harrasteblogiksi. Sitä kai tämä läpätys on ollut aikaisemminkin, mutta jossain vaiheessa homma alkoi rönsyillä ninku minulla aina tuppaa tekemään, asian ku asian kanssa.. En kai osaa vetää rajoja ;) En ainakaan lopettaa ajoissa.

Mutta! Jos siis kerkeän (opiskelu alkaa syödä naista melko lahjakkaasti, vielä 5kk ja on lähihoitajan paperit kädessä!!! Kuulostaa helpolta mutta on kaikkea muuta, voin kertoa), yritän kovasti aktivoitua. Palvelisihan tämä sitäkin tarkoitusta, että saisin sitä tärkeää opiskelun vastapainoa..eh. Kuvattavan ja dokumentoitavan määrä on taas vaan kovin..infernaalinen. Olenhan minä tehnynnä kaikkea mahdollista koko ajan tässä härdellissä missä on nyt yksi kissa vähemmän, 12-9 kania (eli kolme niitä  jäi kun ensin kahdesta tuli kaksitoista..), 0 hamsteria, kohta ehkäkenties kolminkertaistuva akvaario, yksi wannabe-eskarilainen ja yksi esiteinin elkeinen kakkosluokkalainen. Niin, ja se kokiksi innokkaasti opiskeleva aviomies :)

Jotain juhlavia tavoitteita kai sitä kuitenkin voisi listata. Ei tyyliin uudenvuodenlupauksia, mutta sellaisia...muka suunnitelmia tai jotain. Elämähän ei ikinä mene niin kuin suunnitellaan, mutta ei sitä passaa ihan ilman minkäänlaisia suuntaviivojakaan elellä. Sitä kutsun "floattaamiseksi", sitä ADD:ta sairastava omaava miekkoseni harrasti paljon nuoruudessaan.

(miksi en osaa kirjoittaa lyhyesti?)

No niin. Thö Tavoitteita vuodelle 2013:

-Lähihoitajan paperit + kiitos mielellään edes hetkeksi töitä
-Isompi akvaario (on jo vahvasti tulossa, kaupantekoneuvottelut menossa)
-Auto (joo, jos meinaan työllistyä kotihoitoon niin tämä on aika essential)
-Iplehouse EID Dexter (tästä tulee Geir, Gunvaldin veli!)
-Joku uusi Idealian-nainen tai Supergem-kroppa + kaksi samaa päätä (=Ninian, toinen barbaarikaksoseni)
-Kid Dollmore Jeemin (tästä tulee Brynjan ja Geirin ottotytär <3)
-Se helekkarin päiväpeitto (ikuisuusprojekti, tilkkutäkki..)
-Erinäiset maalaushommat joille on jo materiaalitkin ostettuna
-Keskeneräiset nuket valmiiksi (ei niitä onneksi monta olekaan, phew..)
-Nukkein ulkokuvaukset (mää sain joulupukilta hienon jalustankin! Pakko jo alkaa käyttää enempi järkkäriä. Ja oppia kuvaamaankin sillä kunnolla.)
-Tavaramäärän vähentäminen (tämä alkaa jo ahistaa, en jaksa olla enää hamsteri. En vaan ehdi käyttää kaikkea matskua mitä mulla on! En vaan ehdi.)
-Ompeluhuoneen uudelleensisustus (äärettömän epäkäytännöllinen tällä hetkellä)

No just. Tulihan niitä vähän turhankin paljon.. ja ei-harrastuksellisiakin (kuten sanoin, linjanveto ei ole vahvin lajini ;)), mutta sovitaan että se kuulostaa vain listana pitkältä.

Eäh. Ihan ekaksi pitäisi ottaa kuvia Noliasta (Idealian Eden), joka on nyt tuossa hyllynreunalla istunut joulusta asti meikittömänä. Oon minä sille sentään vaatteitakin saanut tehtyä! Onneksi meillä ei paljoa käy vieraita.. Osa ihmisistä ei välttis sulattaisi nakua nukkea hyllyllä.. Räikeimmin keskeneräinen, Brynja, on sentään jo siinä pisteessä että odottaa tilaustyöperuukkia. Vaatteet tein hänelle pelkästään kierrätysmateriaaleista! MITÄÄN materiaalia en hänen asuunsa ostanut uutena! Olen aika ylpeä tässä suhteessa. Ja aika hienokin siitä tuli. Kun nyt joskus olisin a) kotona päivänvalon aikaan ja b)kaikki viikonloput ei menis kouluhommien teossa.

Niin kuin tämäkin. Tänään tutkimme erilaisten kuvantamistutkimusten ominaisuuksia. No, ei kukaan sanonut että työvoimakoulutuksessa pääsee helpolla. mutta nyt laitan aivot offille ja kattelen kun ADD-kokkini pelaa Resident Evil kakkosta! Ihana klassikko <3

Things in color

Hewwoo ^^

This time I'd like to share with you this little project I made today. My job practice period is nearing its end and I suddenly have some time for life again! I also had a birthday last week, I turned 25 (not ;)) My dad was soooo nice to give me a present so that I could pay my Eden already! I'm thrilled! :D

But the project! I got this side table from my grandma who moved to an elderly home lately, and I thought I could spruce it up a little. It does have all the four drawers, I just almost forgot to take the "before" picture again so in the pic it's already WIP ;)

So, before. Or WIP.

And after! :) Patches of retro fabrics, glue and water <3 Like it to pieces! Guess I could try this technique into another cabinet of mine >:)

Moar dolly plans.

Bear with me, please ;)

So I sold Elenna's current mold, which was Planetdoll Riz. Something began to bug me with that model, and I guess it was not just the poor posing abilities. It was something with the look on her face, something wasn't quite right with that sad/bored/hopeless look of hers. I need more character on her! And I kinda needed the munnies for Eden, so off she went. I'm slowly beginning to think about a new mold for her, since I'm definetely not going to dump the whole character though she's not a rpg character. At least I'm certain that the body will be that of Dollmore's, because I just looove those thighs and that child-like appearance. She's supposed to be 10-12 years old, and that counts most of the msd bodies out. I addition, she should be tall, to remain in scale with her momma. But the head..oh. None of the Dollmore heads appeal to me right now, so it's just the body I'm going to order there. I'm kinda fond of Dollstown models, maybe Elysia or Hannah. But there are others, so we'll see.

And oh, Geir - Angelsdoll Shakan - needs a body. Guess I'll need to order one whole doll from Angelsdoll (they don't sell bodies separately) and then sell the head. But not any time soon.

Doll plans.

So now for something more interesting ;) Guess I already hollered this in the Hartsilapset forum and everywhere else, but anyway. I fell for the new Idealian lady, Eden! I've already paid two layaway parts and sooo excited! I ordered her in normal skin, and I actually almost missed her because of this..  Soom screwed something with the skintones as they published Eden and there was only the ws available at first, so I cursed and screamed because I had been waiting for another Idealian lady for...well, since the last one that I also missed. But then Soom gave the other skintone options and there I was pressing the order button!

Gorgeous!!! Too bad there are no ns pics on the Soom sites.

So now I'm finally getting my Nolia the barbarian, the most important character of mine <3 In other words the Grail of my doll hobby ^^ Her head will move onto her twin sister, though, which I'll order next year. She'll be Iplehouse EID Carina, whose head will fly onto Nolia :) Sounds like a perfect plan to me! Not sure of the color matches etc, but the heads are enough alike to be twins and the same size so the rest is cosmetic. Nolia will get her muscular body and Ninian (the other twin) a tad skinnier but big enough body to fit into the barbarian frames the characters have. Yay!

Laurëas' head from Dollclans hasn't arrived yet...sigh. It says on the Dollclans website that the heads take 45-60 days to manufacture, and the day 45 was in the end of July, approx. Maybe I'll get him in November...eh. Sure hope he'll slip past the customs. His body, a drastically modded (not by me!) and then restored (by me! ;)) Granado guy, is waiting eagerly for a head on its shoulders. And I can't wait to start making an armor for him! I've already started an armor project for Emèriel..oh, I'll need yet another post ;)

As for Brynja and Geir the werewolves...uh. They're in progress ;)

And thus I became a crazy cat lady!

Hiya!

Oh, the summer came and went..geez, time runs so fast there's no tomorrow. Well, it was fun the time it lasted. I'm back at school work again, on a work practice to be exact. Henna turned eight last Friday and she started 2nd class in school. We did let Walle and Martta become parents after all, they got seven little babies a 11 days ago ;) Needless to say we're all quite dazzled!

 This little girl's my favorite :) I just might keep her, but I'm not sure yet.

 A nestful of cuteness <3

Oh, and... We got a fifth cat ;) Just couldn't make up my mind to have it or not so here it came, when I stumbled upon a perfect little individual! His name is Oskari, named by Henna.

 Liisa loves him and he loves kids!

Oskari the funny little critter ^^

Oh yeah. Doll plans. I'll make another post for them!

Martta

I seem to do my updates in batches ;) Well, here's another! We've been thinking that our rabbit Walle needs a friend of his own kind, and a perfect little lady friend he got:

So here's Martta! (And Aukusti...he's everywhere!) She's a mix of a lionhair and a floppy-eared rabbit just like Walle, but oh no, we're not going to have their children so they're kept in different cages/rooms until Walle gets a little operation. That will be done in a couple of weeks, when our trusty vet ends her holiday. Martta is a very friendly little fellow, even tamer than Walle, and she likes our kids a lot :) A perfect little family rabbit that is :)

Summer!

Ah, finally.

This year it went way past the Midsummer up here for the summer to really arrive. Well, now it's here and the best of all things, by short little summer holiday began <3 Thank goodness for that, the spring was so very busy at school. But now I've reached halfway of my education! Next summer at this time I'll graduate :D How cool is that..

This summer consists of lots of fun things with and without the kids :) I've started my quilting project again, I've got a funky old doll restoration commission and I'm going to do various of other stuff during these 4 weeks. My mom promised that we would visit a couple of little antique heavens and finally, we're going to see the polar bear cub in Ranua zoo! And of course the other animals too ;) I so deeply love zoos! No wonder why ;) We already attended this "Day at the countryside" -happening nearby and saw some cows and other farm animals.

Ladies on a Valmet tractor :)

Henna on a little older version :P

Hope this won't start...

And, uh.. Some new dollies of course ;) More of those guys in the next posts! In addition to a new pet, too ;) Yeah, I'm hopeless ;) But hey, there are even more dubious ways to spend your munnies, eh?

Doll meme

Stolen from fairchildren ;)

Who was your first doll? Do you still own him, her, or it?


Hmm..it was a DIM Cordelia, who at first was a non-rpg character. But then I got this major idea of dollifying my characters so she became Emériel vol.1. Nowadays she's Azamoah the druid, but I'm going to turn her into another character again...yes, she's constantly changing but she's still here ;)

Who is your favorite doll?


Can't really pick a favorite. I seem to prefer some dolls over others time to time, but so far all of them have got enough attention, judging by the fact that they're all finished and funky :)

Which doll do you hope or plan to buy next?

Speaking of whole dolls, I'd like to buy two EID ladies because my most dear characters are still without doll form.. Yeah, I know, it's a veeery long shot, but one must have dreams, no?

Quick! You've instantly got $800 and must choose a doll to spend it on right now or it's gone forever! Who do you pick?

Well, the EID lady #1 ;)

Quick! You've instantly got enough money for any one and must choose a doll to spend it on right now or it's gone forever, but this time you have to buy the doll for someone else! Who gets the dolly, and what do you get them?

Hmm, I guess my wannabe- doll hobbyist -hubby Ari would get the doll, and it would be Iplehouse Dexter with his limited western gear :) OR Ender the Idealian.

Are you currently waiting on any dolls, heads, or bodies?

Of course.. A beautiful Domadoll body for Loumi the halfling <3

Do any of your dolls seem to like you to the point that they are infatuated with you?


Uh...hell no, they're pieces of very expensive plastic, not living beings.

Do any of your dolls seem to dislike or even hate you?



They better not ;) Sometimes their joints bite, though ;)


Who's your most expensive doll at the time you purchased them, not counting items you bought separately for them?

Must be Gunvald. He's a Soom Idealian/Iplehouse EID hybrid. Not terribly pricey in the doll market in general, but for my wallet he was.

Who's the least expensive doll you own?



 This one has to be Rhona (Lati Yellow Lea), she cost me some $120.

Is there a limit to what you'd spend on a doll?

Definetely. Something round $700-$800 is my limit.

Which doll did you wait for the longest so far?

I've waited for one doll from Customhouse (yeah, the bittersweet event they had..) for 7 months. More than the waiting, she was totally wrong size for my scale. So I didn't keep her..

Which doll had the shortest wait so far?

Hmm. Maybe Aldous the cat (who I don't own anymore) or Brynja and Geir the two new characters. They were almost thrown to me ;) And Gunvald. I got his body almost the same instant we agreed on his sale :)

Who's the biggest doll you own?

Gunvald ;) Some 74cm <3

Who's the smallest doll you own?

Rhona, being 12cm tall.

Got any floating heads? If yes, how likely are they to receive bodies anytime soon?

Yep, two of them actually. They're very likely to receive bodies, in fact one of them is already having one - as soon as I wipe the paints off  of Azamoah. Her character will be completely renewed (again ;)) and Brynja will get her body. Geir the other floating head is currently on the look for a body.

Got any floating bodies?

Nooo. I wish I had.

Do you have any extra, unclaimed pairs of eyes? How many if so?

Oh yes. I dunno how many really.

Do you have any extra, unclaimed wigs? How many if so?
 

Have to admit that I've half a dozen of these too.. Should sell them.

Anything you've said "never" to in the hobby that you later gave in to?


Haha, don't get me started ;) No guys, no msd:s, no 70cm dolls, not more than 5 etc... Broken all of them ;)

Do you own dolls that aren't BJDs?





Yup, a Blythe and a Basaak/Blybe fake, some self-made creatures, one self-made porcelain doll, some vintage dolls, a collection of matryoshkas. I think I collect dolls in general O___o

What was your last doll-related purchase?

I bought the body for Loumi.

What do you expect your next doll-related purchase to be?
 


Wigs for Brynja and Geir or shoes for Loumi, I reckon.

What was the last doll-related thing to arrive to you by mail?



Geez. Other than Blythe, it must have been Emériel's head or her shoes...it has been a while.

What was the last doll-related thing you purchased in person?

Brynja and Geir's heads :)

Not counting floating heads, floating bodies, and anything on layaway (paid off dolls count), how many complete dolls do you own?

A round, sweet figure of ten. Next week eleven or twelve - depending on myself cleaning up Brynja's body and/or getting the body for Loumi.

Kaisa

So the promised Blythe post then ^^ Here's my new addition, Kaisa the Blybe (Blythe fake, but so precious!):

Kaisa is a shy little one ^^ She's actually a custom made by a dolly friend of mine :) Just HAD to adopt her when I saw she was for sale.

Kaisa likes turquoise, which is nice! She also seems to like all other bright colors together with black and white, so she will have a little more alternatives in colors than Reetta. Not everything suits her red hair but Kaisa is a whole different story ;)

Hectism.

Wah.

Sometimes I wonder whether it really was reasonable for both me and Ari to start school.. Have to admit that arranging these timetables and trying to find time for everything is sometimes nearly impossible. But people seem to survive.. I personally just can't cope with the "should" -thinking.. Too many things have piled up in the "should do" -section. Well, have to try to think positively and remember that this is just a short period of time. It'll be over in about a year. Let us hope I'll get a job and I'll start complaining again ;)

So I started this job practice period again (I work in a home care unit), and have tons of work to do in addition to it. Before that we had a serious set of exams with wiiiiide range of Finnish folk diseases and the medical care of them. I occasionally thought that we were studying to be proper nurses! Well, learning new is never bad.

Maisa the grandma cat who had her operation is doing otherwise nice, but she has lost weight and is having some incontinence problems.. Dunno whether we should put her down, since I'm really getting tired of cleaning pools of urine EVERY morning and most times after we're gone from the house  >___< Dunno if she's protesting something (Aukusti keeps picking on her) or if she's in pain or what.. The mind of a cat is truly a mystery.

Spring is late up here and it's sleet is still pouring from the sky. The snow has mostly thawn away but this is already the third "post-winter" we've had. Somewhat saddening and utmost weird to hear the finches sing in the trees along the snowfall. The finches and thrushes' singing has always been a sure sign of spring here. Last week we had a couple of very sunny and springy days, but again the weather is gloomy and white. Gah. Almost looks like Silent Hill now, since after the morning sleetfall a heavy fog rose ;)

But, I wanted to cheer myself up big time and I had a haircut ;)  I kinda like the ultra short hair, not missing the long tail I used to have. Luckily it grows very quickly so if I want to grow it back, it's an option.

Yeah, it went SHORT. And it seems I have to clean up my eyebrows ;) Nice morning swelling in this pic x) I really cannot be casual in photos, the best shots of me are taken so that I don't realize it ;)

And I'm going to buy myself a pair of Converses. Just because I'm worth it <3 (only that I can't afford the real ones, so I'll settle for fakes ;)) Already got myself a pair of yellow Hai boots, LOVE them!

A blooming shoe freak in me??? NEVER would have imagined that I would be chatting about shoes in my blog!! It's a weird world, mama.

I also have a couple of new floating resin heads on my shelf, as a result of a dolly business ;) The heads are from Angelsdoll, models Yuri and Shakan. We're quite excited of those two, me and Ari, since we both have been looking for some all new characters to our rpg (which has been "under construction" for four years now...sigh).

These guys will be living in a wolf-rider tribe, and finally I'm able to use my favorite Old Norse name, Brynja :) And her fiancé here is Geir, Gunvald's big brother ^__^ Currently we're looking for bodies for them, maybe a Dollzone 70cm (preferably the old one) for Geir and some 57-60cm tiny SD for Brynja. Emèriel took her own body, it suits her better ;) And ah, I'm probably getting the Domadoll body finally paid, so there's even more addition to my doll shelf as Loumi will be back in business :) The count goes in 13 now, if the heads are counted in. Whoa. But I love every single one to pieces ^^

And I also got an addition on the Blythe front, but I think I'm going to make her an own post :) Now for some school work since I'm having a day-off...

Sewing fever

Hellohello :)

It seems that this spring also consists of a lot of sewing in this house.. I began adding things up and it seems that during the last couple of months I've sewn curtains in two rooms plus a cover for a shelf, various doll clothes (pics will follow) and now I even got inspired of sewing new clothes to them girlies, too. Liisa has got a pair of velour trousers, and I found a nice tricot piece in Eurokangas which I'll turn into two tunics/shirts. Also a few pairs of leggings are in order. And spring hats. Oh, and here's a quick hat for the little son of my cousin:

I've made a ton of those owl reflectors and have been adding them here and there :) Also, certainly, some knits have been done during the loooong school hours:

 

Finally a green pair of gloves for myself <3 Should make a hat to get a set.. I'm already crocheting a yellow-green scarf ;)

 

Reetta also got her share of green cable knits <3 Judging by these works it really isn't too difficult to figure out my favorite color ;) Darn, my Blythe fever is ever rising.. I actually got another petite *whistles*, and soonishly we'll make an order to Hobbylink Japan and I'll get a Nicky Lad <3 Yaaay!

 

Signs of spring?

Whohoo, the temperature has raised and the snow is thawing.. Yeah, muddy season is nearly here, complete with hunting any suitable spring clothing for the kids x___x Don't like that part of the spring too much, but the amount of sunlight! <3 Should take pics of my dolls anew, since I've bought meself a new toy: Canon EOS 1100D IS <3  It only has the kit lens for now, but I'll learn to use it properly before I'll maybe invest into a nifty macro and/or a zoomy lens :) And one sure sign of spring is that Liisa had her birthday <3

 Miss Grinny :D One of the first pics taken with the new cam <3

I'm teh lady?

The party was on weekend so she got a little cake on her real day :P

 Five candles!!! Jeez, my baby is five?

Cake and yummies with friends and sis

*insert here the ever-going pondering of the time going fast and kids growing up even faster ;)*

I've been doing a lot of small decorating and organizing here and there, surely no signs of any spring fatigue here. Yet ;) Nah, more likely it's been a nice counterbalance for studying. We had a hell of a tough period right after Christmas till now, ALL the common Finnish folk deceases and their treatments complete with the medical care of them..jeez. At some point we thought we're studying to be proper nurses more than practical nurses.. Heh, that title is quite funny in English imo ;)  And the next work practice is just around the corner.. This time I'll go to an elderly people's home care unit, that'll surely be fun :) I've done that before and I liked it a lot. But the amount of school work we have in addition to that..not fun at all -.-

I've made a half a dozen pairs of these lately ;) Commissions and for my own dollies too, these were for Emèriel.

Maisa got her operation and after a few mishaps on the way (the wound got infected, of bloody course!) she's fine for now. Although the vet told us that she only has a couple of years of her lifespan left, since the tumor was aggressive. So now it's only trying not to worry too much and letting her live the rest of her life as happy as possible. But we made a decision that if she develops another lump, we'll simply put her down. There's no point in prolonging her life and/or suffering, since every surgery itself is a risk and she is a senior cat anyway. Even now she's living on an "overtime". But until her last day we'll continue taking a super good care of her and cuddling her as much as we can and she accepts ;)

This was taken a couple of weeks ago. Hehe, I managed to capture Maisa's base expression ;) She always looks like that, like she was saying "wut?"

But now for the laundry business.. till the next time!

Angsty catsy

Oh darn!

During the weekend we found this peanut-sized, hard lump on our Maisa's belly. Today I took her to a vet and she told me it's a tumor of some sort :( Maisa will have a surgery on Friday at 12am to have it snipped off, and then the tumor is sent to a pathologist. Of course, cancer of some sort is the worst case scenario :/ But we have our hopes high, though, elderly animals do tend to have all sorts of non-lethal tumors. Our late dog had many when he aged, and he even had a surgery to remove one when he was 15 years old! After that, he still lived for more than two years of his senior days.

 

Maisa the grandma last summer <3

The flesh is weak.

Umm, heh. I guess I have to admit I'm a bit impulsive ;)

Cute girl with bangs and ladybug socks, now who can resist one? ;)

 

My, it's always a turmoil to open toy packages these days -___- And I found out that she has staining due to that black top of her dress.. And she had boobs! O___O Quite impossible to sew clothes on her, but one shall try..

Together with Reetta who has a new dress :) I think she'll be sort of doll of a doll -solution, she's too small to be her little sister or something. Oh yes, speaking of Blythes, I haven't shown the new eye chips I gave Reetta during the Christmas holidays:

 

Whoa, that stare IS intense! Light green glittery ones, anyway ^^

 

Lime green ones to the right.

 

And aqua blue ones to the front (the only stock pair I saved is the dark blue ones to the left). 

I know, the colors aren't too brave, but let's see if I'll get wilder with more

intense colors with the next doll. Reetta also has a new wig on its way,

she'll finally get rig of that fugly stock one.