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Meh?

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:46:06 GMT

Is anybody else having issues with Photobucket images showing up, or is it just me?

3 years with August-tan.

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:56:45 GMT

August's 3-year homeiversary came hard on the heels of Lucy's...it was yesterday! And it feels like only yesterday that my first SD-size doll (the first of many XD) came home. *sniffle* I remember putting him & Lucy together on the office mantel & just staring for hours, transfixed.

This picture came later, once Aubrey had arrived, but it's still my very favourite image of August. I think it captures him perfectly.

Geez, I feel the urge to go open some wine...better follow my instincts! *squeezes August*

Oh, hell, I'll post them anyway.

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:33:08 GMT

Ever since last year, when I sent my great big light table to live in the basement (where it belonged), I've been in a major funk about where to take dollpictures...thus have hardly taken any. This must cease! So I took these on my front porch in absolutely rotten light...ah, well, at least the background was plain. Not what I'd call great artistic heights by any stretch, but a few shots of Lucy & Simone swanning around in their Tanya Style duds. ^^ Tanya Style is nifty--lovely quality & very reasonable prices--go forth & shop!

Lucy's the Sharmin, Simone's the Lusis.

My minis don't get near the photo-love they deserve. Lucy's 3-year homeiversary was on the 3rd of May...but it feels like she's always been here. She's about to get a long-overdue major overhaul, if I can wriggle my way around the humidity issue.

Simone's wearing the Mermaid Skirt, which is so adorable in person. I don't think I caught the sparkle of the trail-y bits very well...

Next: Three years with August. :D

As I'm doing a little faceup work...

Sat, 24 May 2008 20:26:15 GMT

Does anybody have a favourite source for BJD lashes?

weep weep weep

Sat, 24 May 2008 19:15:20 GMT

I missed the Baby shoes! D: I was out & didn't get home until 5 minutes after the sale started. Gah! If anybody happens to need to sell theirs, do drop me a line, yes? Mingxia NEEDS them.

Secret River.

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:38:32 GMT

Posting about Simone's homeiversary got me thinking about this photoshoot, which I figure a lot of you haven't seen, or have only seen snippets of. They were for a sweater sale--2 Mini-size sleeveless Chaos Lace sweaters, Secret Path & Secret River. Secret Path had a big cowlneck/hood thing & Secret River had a 28-inch train. I took the girls out to the local rock quarry & found the perfect spot! I think these are some of the best pictures I've taken of Simone (and Lucy--the Sharmin wearing S. Path--although these pics were for S. River's auction, so they focus on Simone). I made the raggedy little outfits, too. Hope you enjoy the pics!

(Simone's necklace is by Orangebabydolly)

Big Hair.

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:16:40 GMT

The nice folks at SOOM sent me a free wig with my cream white Sabik! Possibly the most inexplicable wig choice ever.

A headful of natural-style African-American hair.

Timonie, time to whip off those braids & step right up.

Properly managed, a bit of sun does some amazing things for her skintone. You've got to be pretty vigilant about direct light, though, or she washes out like crazy.

Haughty, distant, sleekly-braided Timonie suddenly seems much more...relaxed, doesn't she? I thought she would freak out about her hair being so big & au naturel, but I think she kind of likes it! It took me a few days to get used to it, myself, but now I'm having a hard time changing her back to her braids. XD

I lost my nice indirect sun on this one, but it looked so open & friendly that I couldn't help but include it:

Virgil, now might be your chance to coax her into your lap! :D Usually he just gets smacked for being so forward...it's like courting a lioness.

Starz.

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:26:36 GMT

moar funny pictures

This looks so much like my saucer-eyed Miss Kitty that I got kind of sniffly...even though she's sitting on my feet right now. XD She's 18 & I keep getting these moments of "OMG 18! What will I do without her on my lap!?" It's also poignant because I know that this is the last housecat I'll probably ever be able to have. My twitchy stomach just can't deal with catboxes (my dear stepfather comes over every day to take care of it for me! BLESS HIS HEART) & my back is so lousy that the vacuum cleaner is a real enemy.

Thankfully, I love birds, too. A cuddly parrot is kind of like a feathery cat.

But the house will feel so much colder when she's gone. ;___;

......

I'm still rather plague-ridden, but then so is everybody else in the county. My ears have started this bizarre thing where I hear everything double, no idea what that means. It's eerie, but kind of funny, too.

It's 70 degrees here & supremely windy. Which is utterly unnatural. I'm assuming it's going to blow in some nasty weather...hopefully not the tornados of the Midwest.

Bleh. I feel so flat. Even my WRITING is flat! XD

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:32:11 GMT

Happy New Year!

Toni, Lou & Toni's new German minion celebrate responsibly. Yeah, right.

Also, Ho-Ho-Horus made a visit & I forgot to share!

First he crashed the Minis' party:

And then he helped me in the kitchen. XD

I feel like I chopped down a bonsai. ;;

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:07:40 GMT

Even the Catsytwins had a tree this year! This is a very very tiny cedar.

(Lighting here is awful, I know. It's SO hard to get proper lighting up there to their bookshelf-top lair. -___-)

Hope everybody is having a Happy Holiday! <3 I have a few more late-to-the-party Christmas-y pics...all in good time, I guess. I seemed to be putting the weirdest things in Santa hats this year.

I totally have a cold...I kept trying to pretend that it was just sinus trouble, but no. Cold. *ack augh kak* Dreadful croaky sore throat. All night I dreamed that I'd been accidentally eating glass or sand. lol Laryngitis seems imminent...the one bonus to this being that I can imitate late Billie Holiday when I'm singing in the shower! <3

Christmas Caravan.

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:15:31 GMT

Lucy, Horace, Clarence & (half of) the black tree wish you & your resinfolks a Happy Holiday! ♥

Damn, it's hard to use a DSLR when you're down on the floor. I never could get the whole tree in my sights & keep it all focused. ;__;

go here.

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:55:52 GMT

The fantabulous saintsavin has gotten her little dress shop off the ground:

Go visit to see her first wa-loli offerings in sweet & pretty prints! <3

front porch oasis.

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:51:47 GMT

I took the camels out on my front porch for pictures...

Here's August (Isao) with Horace:

And B-chan (B-el) riding Clarence:

Both of them are a "younger camel" size, but certainly of ride-able age. XD Horace needs tack, though...tack with lots of tassels.

look out, they spit.

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:52:32 GMT

I have just bought MSD- & SD-size camels. The kind made of leather? The MSD-size one has tack. Really I was just there to buy a dining-room table, but the camels were on SALE!!!! :O

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SD-SIZE CAMEL. <3 He's so huge that I have no idea where I'll be able to take pictures of him.

confetti

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:26:24 GMT

purelytaintedkt is turning 18! Happy Birthday hon! ♥

2 years of Sylvian.

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:33:32 GMT

It's Sylvian's 2 year homeiversary! :D

I have so many buckets of love for my crabby little Shiro. ♥

computer glitch.

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:51:05 GMT

So yesterday afternoon I had a little nap, in order to escape the dreadful achey-breaky pain that is my much-abused post-ralph ribcage. And I dreamed that my computer had gotten some kind of crazy virus, & it DELETED MY BERMANN. XDDD Some crayon-bright warning screen came up & taunted me about it, & then he was just gone from his chair in the doll case! And when I looked at some pictures I'd taken of him with other dolls, he was missing from the photos! Man, I was glad to wake up & hurt some more.

Maybe I OD'd on Tylenol.

*cuddles Jin*
Jin: *makes desperate bid to escape from bosom-glomp*

Dammit, I wanted a zombie-proof room. :/

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:39:56 GMT

Snitched from a whole handful of folks...

Your home is a

Daylight Magnate's Manor

Your kitchen is someplace you never go, because you "have people for that." There's a Chocolatessen, which is rapidly becoming your favorite room of the house. Having one is also becoming a trend among your wealthy neighbors. Your master bedroom is the size of a small barn, with carpet thick enough to reach your ankles. Your study has hardback editions of every classic ever written, plus a special edition of Rich Dad, Poor Dad with the parts you ghost-authored highlighted. One of your garages holds your collection of ferraris, and is measured in acreage.

Your home also includes a guest wing and private quarters for your servants. Your guests enjoy your home theater with hi-def plasma screen TV, and the thrones you watch it from. Outside is your hedge maze and gardens, meticulously tended by a team of world-class botanists.

And, you have a pet -- a doberman pincer named "Warren".

Below is a snippet of the blueprints:

Find YOUR Dream Home!

Nope, not a shocker.

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:08:33 GMT

Your Score: Androgynous

You scored 50 masculinity and 53 femininity!

You scored high on both masculinity and femininity. You have a strong personality exhibiting characteristics of both traditional sex roles.

Link: The Bem Sex Role Inventory Test written by weirdscience on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Teh Intarweb is laden with 2 more cat pictures. =^^=

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:01:56 GMT

Miss Kitty visited me in the office to supervise my typing.

Can you believe she's 18? Old enough to vote. XD

Sohiru gets screen time!

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:05:38 GMT

Well, that seems to be a novelty for ALL my dolls recently. :/ A few months ago I moved my giant light table (for stained glass) downstairs to the glass studio, & it was my regular "platform" for picture-taking. The loss of it stymied me!

But now I have jury-rigged a little photo niche upstairs in the art studio so's I can take HD pics! Perhaps I can finally get a little photospamming done in the meantime.

Here's a few of Sohiru (WS Gomidoll Igon SS head/CP boy hybrid) wearing a teal Chaos Lace sweater. I'm fiddling with lighting & metering, which is always a trial for me, so these pics are nowhere near the final cut...but I'm gonna spam you with them anyway! ♥

Zach.

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:35:12 GMT

Besides her ((hennaed L-Bi)), saintsavin was also kind enough to turn me loose with her MSD Ken head. She wanted him smoky-eyed & wicked-looking...here he is all assembled at home:

nooooooo!

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:23:14 GMT

After I'd already done my soul/wallet-searching & decision-making & everything:

hi ~,

We are sorry to let you know that cream white sabik will not be available for this September's FFD period.

We will try to do our best to bring the better service for you.

Thank you for your attention,

clover

Oh, SOOM, how can you be so cruel to me? T__T

You know, when the time comes, Sparky would make a GREAT hatstand.

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:21:37 GMT

Snitched from fairemma:

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top ten results

My Top Ten

1. Taxidermist

2. Tailor / Dressmaker

3. Industrial Designer

4. Historian

5. Dental Assistant

6. Animator

7. Fashion Designer

8. Desktop Publisher

9. Gunsmith

10. Interior Designer

Taxidermist? Gunsmith? WTF? Possibly I over-emphasized how little I like to work with people. XD Artist was #14. Apparently I should be a Dental Assistant instead? Aww yeah, I've found my new calling. "While you're helplessly open-mouthed in the dentist's chair, let me tell you about the taxidermy services I offer. I'm having a special on cats this month..." *scrape scrape*

slobber slobber

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:29:59 GMT

Sweet Jeebus, I haven't been thrashing around with this much dolldesire since...I don't know when. *fans self*

http://www.dollsoom.com/shop/step1.php?number=2692

Want! WANT! I want to pair him up with a white Roda in flapper-style outfit & a black Cleopatra bob.

Am seriously considering. I have no idea where I would PUT him, being that he's 3 feet tall or whatever, but I still want. Anybody have any idea on pricing yet? Does it really MATTER?