Finding a home is a nightmare. Plus necklaces.

Ugh. Seriously a nightmare. It really feels like that the agencies have NO desire to have their properties let. =___= Da fuq? I've called so many places and they have promised to get back to me on when we could have a viewing, and then I never receive a callback! WTF? It does not make sense. And I seriously doubt that the places have gone, and if they have, it is a case of GOOD MANNERS to let the interested party to know that the property they wanted to have a look, is gone. Oh well. We'll see what we'll get. I really hope that the place I'm going to have a look on Friday is da Bomb! Cos it is in a good location and it's only £700 PCM, and it's a one bedroom with proper kitchen- no studio blah-blah about it! :3 And there is a fireplace! That I hope is actually functional!

I finally got pictures of the necklaces I made!

Weeeee! :3 Btw, that background- thaaaank you Xhanthi! She has an awesome tip for 'Quick and Easy Vibrant Backgrounds' at her blog. (That link is to the tutorial.)

Anyway, these two are available at my Etsy! Here for the green byzantine, and here for the pearl steel. The pearl one I like quite a bit as you can wear it in different styles as you can close it on any ring you want. I'm most likely going to do just a plain one with the 'Mobius balls' (I've only used three rings, so they're not very... bally) as it does look very nice on its own. But I need more rings. Again. (I used a lot of rings for my flapper headdress. Which will hopefully look okay.)

Need to do something about the layout.

Bloody wire.

Almost literally. I hate wire. I just stuck a piece of wire I was working on deep into my thumb. Hurt like a bitch for a few minutes after I did it. Nasty stuff. Wire just gets so damn sharp when you cut it, and I keep poking myself full of holes every time I use it.

I tried taking some photos of Pan in the underwear I made for her ages ago. The plan was to take a few pics of the green byzantine necklace as well, but things didn't go quite according to plan. I just had a short photo shoot around 1pm, and the light was already a bit rubbish so I only took a few photos. So I'll need to do this again at some point as I need pictures of the necklace as I will be selling it. But I almost finished another necklace today! Not the same design, a completely different one, that's why it's taken me a stupidly long time to make it. Mainly because I start just doing a necklace without any plan, and if I come up with an idea, I will follow that idea- except when I happen to come up with a better one and halfway through making it, I make the necklace into something completely different from what I originally thought it would look like. Sooo. Yup. I'm pretty much just making it up as I go along, really. But I will need to take photos of that as well and hopefully I'll have enough time and light at some point during the weekend to get decent photos.

Anyhoo! Here are the photos I took today, and tried making pretty enough to be shown...

Pan is sooo pretty... :3 I even managed to change her eyes to her human eyes today! She's been wearing her second set of eyes which she's supposed to wear when she is in her hoofed form.

Badabing, badabum!

EDIT:
FUCK. The water has risen. A lot. Getting worried now.

So I went to the dolly meet in London on Sunday! :3 Such pretty dollies! But first I'm babbling about other stuff.

So if someone in the UK has missed it, it has been raining quite a lot lately. And as I live in a town that is littered with rivers, there is some flooding action going around. Especially in our garden. There's about 10-15cm of water there. Wanna see?

Pretty eh? Our garden is the one on the left, and the right is our neighbour's garden. If it keeps rising, we will need to move all our electronics from downstairs to upstairs. And notify the agency and tell 'em we need sandbags! xS It's still alright, no need to worry, but who knows what might happen that could make it rise suddenly...

I finally got pictures of my planty things! I decided to try and grow citrus' and now I don't know which ones are lemon, and which are orange. But who cares? They are for the greenery effect. And I also decided to try and grow wild strawberries indoors! They're looking sooo pretty, but there is no strawberries yet. Might never have, but again, I don't care! Strawberry looks so pretty anyway, so not getting strawberries doesn't make me sad. :D

I have a dozen random citrus plants. xS I need to donate away some of them, luckily one of my colleagues has promised to take a few. But I still will need to donate away a few more, as I can't just throw away my babies! I raised them from a tiny little seeds! Sniff.

So one of our housemates moved away on Saturday. And he left loads of stuff here. O.o I'm a bit weirded out as he left loads of CD's, and his CD player. And lots of other random bits and bobs. That are in plain view. Very strange. And I forgot to ask if he is coming back for them when I saw him on Sunday at his leaving due. Whatever, he has well over a month to come back from Cardiff to get them. :P

Meet time, I believe! So I went to the London Pygmalion Society meet this Sunday. It was so nice, and my colleague could see why we are so into these little pretties. :3

 This is Akudem's lovely Bowie! And obviously he had to try out Pan's wig. Just because everyone should.

 JUDGE BOWIE!

 :3 This is Krowbar's beeeeautiful little girl! She is so amazing! And she has a bum to die for...

 And this is Jatzu's gorgeous Mito! I WANT HIM. NOWZ.

 And I think that's Jatzu guarding her pretty. She must've known I wanted to run away with him. My plan of dollybduction was foiled!

 Krowbar's Mr. Abs

 Star's little Mika

One of Krowbar's amazing collabs with... eh. Izzy? 

 And Krowbar strikes again with the hunk-action!

 And with this picture I actually made a Firefly reference in DoA. Dunno if anyone will get it! xD 

(Two by two, feet of blue.)

 This girl is so beautiful! But I can't remember who she belongs to, or what her name is! xC

 Jatzu's pretty Drayton boy with Pan and Aku's Bowie. Getting played with by mean owners. :P

 He so ISN'T sleeping at the moment. xD

 Bowie having a conversation with... Uh. Who's was she? And what was her name?

 Pan is getting some action! Which is in reality happening several centimeters away from her chest. I bet she ain't happy about that...

 Crab-lady! Aku accidentally called him a crab-lady at one point, while he had a lady dolly in his lap. xD

Bowie coming in for some love as well. And I'm sure Pan is up to something. (Or she's gone to lala-land.)

I think I need to have a photoshoot with Pan in her undersexywear that she was wearing to the meet. Cos I still haven't actually shown what it looks like. I made the top black and white, but then the panties are white as I don't have black lace that would be good for panties. :7 And I should take some photos of the green byzantine necklace, as I will be selling it.

Need to take some time and decide on a nice layout. This one is just until I decide what I want.

Good hearing WTF?

It's a bit annoying when you are the only one hearing sounds that ARE there, isn't it? When you ask 'Can you hear that?' and they say they can't, and look at you like you've gone mad. Frustrating. Thing happens to me all the time, and it was happening in our bedroom some time ago for a few days- my boyfriend couldn't hear ANYTHING, whereas I heard this high pitched really annoying and headache inducing 'iiiiiiiiiiiing....!' It was driving me crazy especially at night when trying to sleep. In the end, I figured out what was making the noise- and it wasn't my imagination, but our battery charger. It was making the noise if it was plugged into the socket. The only way to stop the noise was to make sure to unplug it from the socket, or take the power cord out of the charger. Eurgh. You have no idea how frustrated I was for a few days...

I am going to the London Pygmalion Society Meet on the 25th! Yay! I have this girl at work who I accidentally mentioned to that I'm into dolls, and she got intrigued. So intrigued in fact, that she is the reason I am going to the meet! She wants to see different sized dollies, as she is interested in crocheting/knitting for them, but obviously she's never seen one live yet, so I'm taking her to a meet to see a wider range of dollies than what I can offer. :D Scheewt! Can't wait! Also I'll most likely get to meet all the Oxford dolly ppl! Double-scheewt!

I tried taking some quick pics of my little things I made recently. For some reason, I feel like I shouldn't continue the matching bracelet that I already started, as I feel a bit funny today. To be honest, I've been feeling a bit weird all week. Not a nice feeling, especially because I would want to finish the bracelet. But tomorrow maybe I can finish it. Anyway, pictures of my exploits!

This choker- I have no idea what to do with it. It looks pretty okay when it is not on the doll, but then on the doll it's just... blaaah. Should I take the middle chain off? Should I lower it? Is it all wrong? I don't know what to do! xC

 

This is the necklace I made and I reeeeally like how it looks! I made the hook and the bit it attaches to all by myself, and I'm pretty proud about that! First time I did that! This is made with byzantine weave, with Czech glass beads and rings between each strand of weave. The whole thing is stainless steel and I quite like the colour of it- I might do quite a bit with stainless steel from now on and skip silver altogether.

 

I took these pictures in bit of a haste, and I don't really think they do the necklace justice, it looks so much better in person. :3

I need to get some better quality pliers if I keep making jewellery, as the ones I have are cheap and small, which were okay to try out if I liked this, but now that I want to do this more and I'm sure I will keep doing it relatively regularly, I need to get better tools. I had a damn blister on my ring finger from making the gold and silver necklace...

Anyhoo. I'm off to do something... unproductive now. I think. Adios!

EDIT.
I seriously want to do something nice for my boys birthday. Bake a cake maybe? Make some sort of starter with mushrooms? (I hate mushrooms.) Make awesome main course? Luckily I'm off tomorrow after all, so I can go shopping for ingredients. If I am to do something with mushrooms, I need to scour the Cornmarket to see if they have ACTUAL mushrooms and not just the shit white mushrooms you get in all the normal shops. I would want actual proper awesome forest mushrooms. (How the hell can I be picky if I don't even like the damn things?!!?!?)

Jazz me up.

I'm in the process of making a nice byzantine weave necklace in dolly size. Weee! I got my stainless steel rings from Beadsisters yesterday, so I was able to start doing stuff! But that meant that I put aside my choker experiments. Which was a good thing as I don't have any pink thread to do the next choker... I hardly ever have the need for pink thread, so I have none. Blargh. Need to go into town on Tuesday I think, as I should be off then, and the little sewing shop should be open. 

Pan says hi, with the first experimental choker (that you can't really see fully):

And this is the one that has been put away for the time being:

And what I am working on at the moment: 

You can see the short strands of byzantine, which will be the chain, but between the strands there will be the larger rings with the red glass beads inside the ring. I hope it looks as good as I think it will! xD

I didn't want to just make this a non piccy post, that's why the random in-progress pictures- I didn't manage to take presentable pictures of Pan with the finished choker, so that has to be for some other time.

RANT TIME.
Gooood looord how incompetent do you have to be to leave the front door open to the house that you are showing around, if your main duties in your job involve opening doors, showing people around houses and CLOSING DOORS?!?!?! AAAARGH! So, yeah, uh. We had a viewing for the house we are living in a couple of days ago, and this woman from our agency came to show this random family the house, right? Well, she came, she showed, and she DID NOT CLOSE THE FRONT DOOR! WTF!??!!? If me and my house mate wouldn't have been home, we could have been robbed blind! Seriously! How incompetent do you really need to be to not close ONE frikkin door!? But at least the next day when I called them to shout at their incompetence, they FINALLY, after about three months, called the landlord and got him to come in the next day, to have a look at the washing machine. WOW. All it took was them to fuck up and then we get the landlord to come over? Great. I hate agencies. Complete shite. I wish we could afford our own home. All we need is to win the lottery for that to happen... Sigh.

Damn. I'm annoyed again. I think I'll put some NCIS on and continue with my necklace. Aloha!

Will I ever learn?

I don't think so. Around 3, maybe 4 o'clock, I decided that I wanted to take some pictures of my big girl. The light was going away, but I figured I still had enough light from the window and the normal lamps to have somewhat okay pictures. Well, I started taking photos and I checked what they looked like on the camera- not too bad, so I continued. I took maybe 40 pictures, which isn't that much for me as I delete the blurry ones etc. later on on the computer. Hmmm. When I get to the computer- ohmigaaaawd the bloody horror! They looked absolutely crap (in my opinion) on the computer and trying to make them even a weeenie bit more presentable just made them grainy as hell. Will I ever learn to not take photos when there isn't proper daylight? Probably not. The only picture that I actually feel okay with is one that I ended up making even grainier and blurrier than it was originally.

Lo and behold! (The stupidity thy name is me!)

Maybe I should take up a photo challenge or something to make me pick up the camera more often when there actually is light...

I've been searching for pictures of Jessica Rabbit again. you know what I came across? Cosplayers. Cosplaying Jessica Rabbit. With NO BOOBS. Can I just say; ''WTF is WRONG with you?!!?!?'' Jessica Rabbit is ALL about the boobs, waist line and hips. And yeah, legs. But to not have massive boobs? That is just sacrilegious. If you don't have 'em, you stuff your dress with several pairs of bras, and massive amount of socks. You don't just go around without a massive rack if you are Jessica Rabbit! I'd love to cosplay Mrs. Rabbit, but I haven't got the dress for it, but most importantly, I don't have a waist cinching corset- 'cos my waist isn't small enough and I can't make my boobs look disproportionate to my waist by just using socks. (I have tried, just to see if I could do the cosplay without a corset. <_<;;)

 Buuuut anyhoo. On my quest for Mrs. Rabbit pics I came across this gem;

Oh my gaaawd I love Star Wars! xD This is 'Dirty old Yoda strikes again! colour'  by Hackman23 on DeviantArt

And that's all folks!

Back? Again?

Long time no see bloggy.

I've been working waaaaay too much in the past months- last three months I have been working 6-7 days a week, with 7 being the norm. Doesn't really leave much room for anything especially if you have to commute for about 4 hours a day... But oh well. My choice- need to money as we will be moving to London at the end of the year. Or to the vicinity. Depends what sorta place we find and at what price. We have quite a bit of stuff so we can't just take the tiniest, cheapest box that we can find. Need some bloody space maaan!

I managed to make a BJD necklace a day ago- I'll most likely be putting it up for sale as it isn't quite Pan's style.

It's made with silver plated and gold plated rings if I remember correctly- I ordered them quite a while ago, so I'm not 100% sure about that. And here it is on Pan:

Can't quite see the gold in that picture can you? :/ Pan is also wearing the experimental wig that I made a little while back and that still needs a trim. I'm not that pleased with it as you can see the weave a bit too much, but it's okay for some pictures every now and then.

I ordered more jewellery stuff, so I will be making more jewellery and learning different sorts of stuff! I spent part of my evening today getting rid of this wire that I have by practicing how to make wire bead chains, wire cages, etc. Obviously it turns out that practice is a great idea, as I have not done this shit before. I think I might need to get a better set of pliers though, if I am to make lots of jewellery, as I already have a blister on my finger from making the necklace and some other bits and bobs. Uuups.

My citrus plants are looking quite okay! (Can't remember if I have mentioned them before, but I started growing lemon and orange from seeds that I got from store bought fruit. I think all of the seeds sprung up which was a shock...) The three biggest ones are about 10-15cm, and the smallest is only about 2cm, which is a bit funny, as the smallest one sprung up maybe a week or two after the first ones. And all of them have been growing for... 4-5 months now? Weird. But they are looking quite nice, but I have no idea which ones are lemon, and which ones are orange. Not that it really matters, as I am growing them more for the fun of it, and to have something to look at.

Anyboo, time to go! Nighty-night, good morning, or wonderful day to all!

I be happy!

I love meeting dolly people! It's so nice to get to talk about dolly stuff face-to-face with people who are into the hobby! We had another Oxford dolly meet on Saturday, and it was so much fun~ I even asked the guys if they would mind helping me with this photo idea I've got- as I'd need several SD Soom dolls for that. :3 They didn't mind, so once we do a meet with lotsa Soom dollies and I've got my red ribbon, I can make my idea come true!!! *Squee* [Side note; my winamp is playing Buffy Musical- Walk Through The Fire. Awesomeness!!!] I'm just not quite sure how I'll shoot it- the dollies are huge and I'm tiny. I might need something to stand on... xD

My boy bought two new desks for our bedroom! The idea was to get me a desk so that I can sew and do stuff out of the living room (which I completely take over if I wanna do anything), but we ended up choosing a corner desk for the computer and a matching desk for my adventures. It looks AWESOME. And the even better thing? I don't have to crane my neck to look at the screen anymore! And I don't have to sit on the bed in order to use the computer! My body sends it's thank you's to the gods of comfort! (Or whatever.)

I need to translate my chocolate mousse cake recipe into english so that I can share the goodness~ The cake is absolutely delicious, but making it is a slight hassle. Not because it's hard to make, but because there is so much dishes to wash! You need to make three different chocolate layers for it, so there's a lot to do. But it tastes better than any chocolate mousse cake you'll get in a cafe or a restaurant. (Maybe the Michelin star restaurant might top this one, but any 'normal' restaurant; doesn't have a chance! x3) But what measurements should I use? Ounces, or would desilitres be fine? O.o (Why can't UK and USA just go metric? It would make things a lot easier.)

Funny thing. I made Pan a full length dress the other day, and I measured the strap to death, to make sure it's the right length. I also tried it on to make sure it's right and it was perfect. Well. Next day when I get up and put the dress on... The strap is too long!!! What the- I swear it's Pan. She decided it's not revealing enough and she did something to it. Now I have to fix it somehow so that she won't be flashing her boobs every time I move her. Bloody exhibitionist.

I've also now made an important decision regarding my dolly family- the random floating Nanuri head WILL become the 'sexy twins'. (That's what Dorian would dub them as...) It's not going to happen for a long long time, but it will happen. So I will have to hunt for a Nanuri 08 head at some point in the future. (I dread that day... xD) But yay! I think I'll make them to be mirror twins. :3 I'll give them birthmarks around their torso and maybe feet, so they'll be on the opposite sides. That's also gonna help me recognize which is which. xD

Just to not make this a text only post, here be some shots of Pan in her new dress:

Harry Potter and sewing.

I've been listening to Harry Potter audiobooks for the last two days- I don't have them in book form, and it's awesome to listen to them while you're sewing or doing stuff. At the moment I'm listening to Chamber of Secrets, chapter 11. :3 I can't wait for Pottermore to open for everyone~ I absolutely adore the Potterverse, and Pottermore is one of the best ideas ever! x3 I'd so want to marry Rowling's brains...

I wanna play something, but I don't know what... Not feeling like Assassin's Creed even though I should get some hours on that. In a way I feel like playing Sims... But I haven't got it installed atm. Or maybe the old Ceasar III. Hmmmmmm. I would want to make a fur hat though, but I don't want to make a mess in the living room with fur bits just now.

I really want to get good at sewing dolly clothes cos I would want to, at some point, start selling them. :3 I would need to buy a new sewing machine before that though. Mine is a really cheap one that has some serious issues... I also need to make some more patterns~

 I've been sewing quite a bit in the last two days, but unfortunately the pictures I took turned out a bit blurry. And I forgot to take a picture of the muff I made. :C

For some reason, I kinda like her pose. xD

So shirt and skirt #2

I had to take a picture of this pose...

I do really like this waist 'corset'.

And the fabric makes you want to pet it constantly. xD

Top and skirt #1