taking time to breathe...

I'm glad to say that everyone really seemed to like the shorts that I decided, basically on a whim, to make; and I managed to save up enough money to buy my first dslr, a Nikon D3100 ;3;

I mean I'd already saved up quite a bit before my fujifilm point and shoot started to crap out on me, but I never thought that I'd manage to save up the rest of what I needed as quickly as I did; so I'm very grateful to anyone who purchased anything at all from my shop the past several weeks 'cause I wouldn't have been able to do it without them.

I've had several requests from people for SD size dyed shorts, and I most definitely want to work out a pattern so I can include them in the next batch. But for right now I'm going to be taking a bit of a break to work on some personal projects 'cause I feel like I've just been so busy the past several weeks trying to make things to sell so I could afford a new camera that I just keep shoving stuff that I want/need to do for my own dolls off into the "I'll get to it later" pile.

So for the next couple weeks or so I'm going to put new things for the shop on the back burner and give myself a little time to just take a break and get to work on some things that I've been putting off for far too long, like clothes for poor Egg 'cause she's seriously lacking in that department even though I already bought a whole bunch of fabric awhile back to make her stuff.

I mean I may still make some things to list here and there, and commissions will still be open as always; there just won't be any big updates like there had been with the legwarmers and the shorts.

but yeah...

list of the things I'm planning to try and get done.

various clothes for egg (she kind of needs a little bit of everything)

bathing suit for lena

printed and solid color jersey shorts for lena (and probably some to sell)

various clothes for livi (she needs some more summery tops)

extended list that only applies if I can get some msc ordered, and the humidity goes down.

new faceups for pan

new faceups for avery

repaint ava (stupid testors is getting sticky :/)

paint ava's twin (base doll is skull shores frankie) that I'm going to sell/auction

maybe open up egg and start working on her, but idk 'cause I didn't want to open her until I can start her reroot too.

I'm also going to have to spend some time learning how to use my new camera when it gets here probably sometime next week.

I'm very new to the whole dslr thing, and frankly have no idea what I'm doing.

the only times I've used a dslr in the past I basically just had it handed to me and I did nothing but push the shutter button, so it was kind of just like a really expensive point and shoot xD

so it may take me awhile to get the hang of it and figure everything out, but I'm really excited to learn; and it'll be nice to have more control over the photos that I take 'cause that was why I'd always been planning to upgrade to a dslr when I had the money to spare anyway, the upgrade just happened a little sooner than I thought it would.

park adventures!

so on sunday I organized a mini-meet at a local park with a few other bjd people.

the weather has been really gross and rainy lately, but sunday was actually really nice and sunny but not too hot; kind of the perfect day to be out and about taking pictures.

I suck and didn't get any shots of anyone else's dolls, just my own; but I was really happy to have a good handful out of the 200-ish shots (lots of repeats of the same pose and angle, to make sure I got at least one that was clear) that I took that I actually liked enough to bother editing xD

the park is only 20 minutes or so away from my house, but since I don't drive I don't get to go out that way particularly often; so I always really enjoy what time I do get to spend there.

aaaaanyway.

on with the pictures.

Avery : PAN! NONONOSTOPIIIIIIIIIIT! -grabs foot-

Pan : but... -tries to wiggle away- I jus wanna see what's down there!

there's also an extra shot of some pretty pansies, but I want to do a whole 'nother post with flower pictures later 'cause I've been having lots of fun with those lately; so I'll just post that one later...

andandandtodaymightbeblytheday!!!

-spazzy fits of glee-

well today has been interesting...

so I was getting ready to go to hobby lobby earlier to pick up some stuff for a project that I'm trying to get done with before my birthday, and was going to put some different clothes on Lena to bring her with me to compare size of things.

one of her feet was backwards, and as I was turning it around I noticed a hairline crack in her calf piece where her ankle ball sits ;;

I'm not sure if this is a new development, or if it was there all along and I'm only just noticing it now.

I'll have to take pictures of it tomorrow and contact DDE (since I purchased her on layaway through DDE rather than direct from FL) about it to see if it's something that FL will fix or if I'll have to pay for a new part 'cause I'm pretty positive that it's a stress crack from the resin in that spot being rather thin in combination with tight stringing, but I did get her in December so it may be a little late for them to replace the part without me paying for it.

and I mean I'm not opposed to paying for the part if I need to,  I just can't really afford it right now 'cause I already have pretty clothes for Livi from Airee on order.

why do things always have to break when you can't afford to fix them >.<;;

on a happier note, I did find things for the project.

I also got some cute crochet lace trim (which I found in the scrapbooking section xD) for use on clothes for livi when I have some more free time to sew things that aren't for commissions, and some more charms/chain for necklaces for livi.

after hobby lobby I headed over to target since it's in the same shopping center.

unfortunately they didn't have the clawdeen/howleen monster high two pack that I'm looking for, but they did have a whole bunch of mini lalas and as far as I could tell all of the singles were on sale for $4.99

they had the hatter/alice set that I want really bad, but I just couldn't convince myself to get it since the double packs were full price; I did get Marina Anchors though.

apparently she's one of the brand new characters, but she was one of the ones that was $2 off so yay.

finally, today is Pan's birthday.

one year ago today this little bundle of happy showed up on my doorstep. ;3;