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

Yay!

So hello! Have to say, I'm still getting used to this place, so as a warning; the blog is a bit of a work in progress.

I'm mainly going to use this place for dolls, photography and everyday rare occurances. I do warn you, the posts might get a bit picture heavy at times.

I've been trying to be productive (for the past week or so), so I've been making patterns and clothes for my dolls. I have to say; I HATE making patterns. Whether it's making them from scratch or resizing them, it is Horrible. Unfortunately there isn't that many readymade BJD patterns, so I just have to keep making them even though it drives up the wall. It's probably due to me not actually having any idea how to make patterns easily and therefore I might be making them in a way that makes me do more work than necessary, so... Probably should look up pattern making basics next time... But I have made some stuff succesfully! Not that they're on the cutting edge of fashion or extremely well made, but at least they're wearable! Unfortunately my sewing machine is quite crap, so making small things is a nightmare at times. Therefore I haven't gotten around to making clothes for Xian from the patterns that I've almost finished, as I will have to make her clothes almost completely by hand. Especially the period costumes that I want to make for her.

So this is the top and skirt that I made:

I saw a tutorial for a human sized skirt like this and decidec to try and do a doll sized version- The pattern came out okay. There's no zips or buttons as the fabric is quite stretchy. If I wanted to make a skirt like this from an unstretchy fabric, I might need to modify the pattern a little bit. The top is very strechy as well and can be pulled over her head without any problems. The neckline is very low though, but low necklines are Pan's thing, so it's good. (Or anything that shows an inordinate amount of skin...)

This one is the 'dress that used to be a sleeve'. So I just modified a sleeve from a shirt, (that I don't use anymore) into a dress. In the photos it's riding a bit low, as it seems I wasn't paying attention to it. xP

As this is my first post, I figured I should introduce my doll family. I don’t have that many dolls, and most of them are rolling heads without face-ups, but what can you do? All of my dolls have a background story and there is three different realms that they go into. First one would be the normal world that we all live in (haven’t come up with a proper name yet), you won’t get anything supernatural happening with these guys. Second one would be the ‘Together Forever’-realm, where you can find angels, demons, magical creatures, and humans. Here humans don’t normally know that there is anything but humans in their realm. The third one would be the ‘Divine Masquerades’, where gods of all sort exist.

This little creature here is 险雨 aka Xiǎnyǔ, she is the doll that tipped the scales for me and started me on my road to being a BJD-collector. The sculpt is SOOM’s Uyoo Elf, and I bought her as the ‘Sparkling Forever’ fullset. The picture here is from about three years ago, but it shows her sculpt quite nicely. Her wig looks a bit different now than what it is in the picture, but you’ll see that at some point! If you don’t know Soom that well, I’ll just point out to you that this girl is part of their Minigem line so she’s only 30cm in height. So about the same size as your normal barbie dolls.

This ‘young lady’ belongs to the ‘Together Forever’-realm, together with Angelo, whom unfortunately doesn’t have a doll form yet. No one really knows what Xian is, or how old she is, but a good guess would be that she’s been here since the beginning. So she’s seen it all. The only ‘constant’ in her long life has been Angelo, whom she calls A. Xian and A are in a relationship, but only see each other maybe a couple of times a decade, for varying periods, as A comes and goes without a notice.

This ‘lady’ here goes into the ‘Divine Masquerades’-realm, and in reality is the god Pan. (As in the god of forests, pastures, cattle, and fertility.) Due to a series of events, he ended up in the mortal world, unable to return to Olympos. Once he’d realized that he was stuck in a female body, he took on a more feminine name; Pandora.

At the moment Pandora is the only doll that I’ve got planned for this realm, but I did entertain the thought of getting a medusa to come and play, as I saw Angelheim’s Zion ‘The Medusa’. Such a tempting thought…

I’ve already come up with a few stories…

This piece of resin comes (again) from SOOM, and is part of their monthlies- more specifically April 2008; Beryl- Never Ending Dream. She’s got her human legs and, (as SOOM calls them) succubus legs, hooves, and horns. Face-up and body blushing has been done by jesmo.

And now, meet Eili!

He’s just a normal human in a normal world. Not a lot to tell about him as I’m still sorting out the details of who’s involved with who, and how they relate to each other. Not that it matters too much yet, as he’s just a rolling head at the moment. The head is MsDoll’s #3. Face-up is by Korone. Do have to say that this is one of my all-time favourite sculpts.

Then the rest of my doll family is just heads without faces; there is Dorian, a Cerberus Project (human) Lu-Wen, whose pointy ears have been sanded off. Dorian goes into the same realm as Eili. Then the two remaining ones are without names and backgrounds. One is a Feeple Nanuri 2008, and the other one is a modded Dollzone Ying.

Need to go now. Apparently boyfriend has something for me!!!