Love getting mail!! Duckie & Delilah are here!!

I received this earlier in the week.

LOL. Some ghetto packaging! It came from Hong Kong...and I find it amusing, cause seriously, who uses twine to keep a package together anymore? I haven't seen it used a long long Long time!

The surprised that's inside, hidden beneath the random shopping bag and bubble wrap?

"Quack!"

 DUCKIE!!
I was wailing about this for days. Darn Volks and their Limited Items...Grr. And Curses to the person who was selling it on eBay at an obscene price!! GRR! My sister was nice enough to get it for me on eBay. THANK YOU <3 <3 <3
BUT, it's so darn cute, I don't care!

While I was typing this blog, my doorbell rang and my latest purchase had already arrived at my door! I'm very impressed with the seller, she shipped it Xpresspost! Since I've had Marketplace place access on DoA, I've been checking regularly just to see what dolls have been listed up. Since Alice has been 'subtly' hinting at me to get a Tiny BJD and I've succumbed to the cuteness of them, I found one on the site for a good price. I really liked the sculpt and the face, and when I looked her up on the official website, I was sold!...This hobby is gonna break the bank. (This will be my last BJD in a long time though..where's my job when I need it?!)

So here is her box opening! My first one! (Since my other two dolls were kits that I had to put together...I've never had a doll that I bought that was all put together before)

~Delilah~

DollnDoll Heart MO

The box.

My other dolls come to greet my new girl <3

Her box is so tiny! It's so cute!

 The certificate and I see Delilah! Her head is twisted funny..LOL

Her certificate. She was put together on Dec 29, 2010.

 Enyka was kind enough to even send me an extra! Mmm donut...:)

 I see her!

It's kind of like the mummy...she's got lots of bubble wrap protection.

Standing. LOL, Kam Kam knows something..

Her default face up is beautiful.

She came with default blue eyes!

I went away to get my other BJD boxes, cause I had the Tiny wig and outfit in them..

The picture is cute though.

Her other hands, I haven't opened them, but the shape/pose is similar to the ones my other two have.

With the princess wig. LOL Sis bought it for me intending it for Zephyria...

But Mandarake fails on packaging, cause the outside package said S/M.

Inside tag said S. So it didn't fit on my Minis. Fits on Delilah now though!

I love her hands! They're so small and dainty! <3

 The only YoSD size outfit I have. LOL The duckie!

I had to put Zephy's other wig on Delilah's head cause I don't have a short hairstyle in her size...

So it's only staying on because of the hood...^__^'

She's so adorable. Love her!

The things in life

Time to blog about the random new things I've acquired lately. My sister came back from one of her flights and gave me this!

Well, just the mushrooms, not the crown of the weird plush hat/top thing...they're salt and pepper shakers :) Probably the only mushrooms in my life that are reasonable since I have this large hatred towards mushrooms. I avoid them like the plague. LOL
They're highly amusing and cute though...they sit on my desk and just keep smiling.

Another thing my sister gave me were these green tea flavored Kit Kat bars. She got them from Japan...and I don't like eating chocolate...so this was a weird venture for me. She said it didn't taste like chocolate...so I gave it a try. It wasn't bad. It just tasted like...green tea ice cream, just not cold...and a bit harder.

I recently went to Winners with my mom for to look for cups. She's pretty picky about the type of cup she wants for her coffee and I don't bother making a fuss about it. Anyways...after standing there for an hour, I found some really cute cups, one with sheep on it and the other with dogs. Mom picked up a bunch of cups cause she wasn't sure how much coffee it would hold...so she was going to buy them, test how much water it held, if it didn't work, return them.
As we walked by...I saw this cute sugar container....

It was next to the creamer, and I was thinking, "Ooooh that's cute! It's short and fat." Somehow...ended up getting the whole set with the tea pot cause I didn't want to buy just the sugar container and abandon the creamer :( I noticed that the set was made for the Victoria and Albert Museum. I was impressed. It wasn't that expensive and it's not made of bone china, but I think it's pretty cute. Only drawback is that the tea pot doesn't have a strainer in the spout, so I won't be able to use loose tea leaves...unless I buy some gizmo for it.

 Zephyria says "Hi!", Ventus is day dreaming again...

Still continuing with "The list", and the clothes I'll be making for my BJDs. :) I still haven't thought about what kind of cosplays I want to do this year. Oh well..I still need to get together with my friend to have some photoshoots.
 I went to Michael's a couple days ago and found these super cute chairs for my dolls! They weren't too expensive and think they look really nice. I have 3 chairs now...and only 2 dolls...Oh well, I guess stock up the extra chair for a rainy day for whenever I get my next BJD. Finding a chair to the right scale is so difficult.

Finally have access to the marketplace on DoA. This might be my doom..

What's with the Kumas?

Been sewing too many kuma bears...I can't say I don't mind though. I like staring at my BJDs in their funny bear suits. :)
I realized while I was sewing them why I hate velvet...cause the stuff is so annoying to cut! The stuff is so messy and I swear I inhaled a bunch of it into my lungs. Not. Cool.
Sewing it isn't too bad though, especially since I've hijacked my friend's serger and have it set up right next to me while I sew in the basement. I figured out her serger doesn't actually baby-serge, but offers a function that creates a smaller serge. Better than nothing, that's what I think! Cause my heavy duty one upstairs is one setting, I don't even get an option!

"Hello there!"

I've learned that adding KIPS to my BJDs does actually help. The pack I ordered from Volks has pretty much been used up. I put a bunch into Zephyria's limbs so that she could actually pose a bit better. She's become quite loose lately...I suppose her stringing had become looser throughout the years. So I re-strung her a couple days ago and she poses better now. :) I figure, at least they can actually keep their arms up and what not, considering Zephy was just a floppy mess. Ventus is a curious case though, perhaps because he's newer that he poses much easier. Maybe I'll look into hot glue sueding someday...

Enough of the BJD talk!

So I finished a funny looking plush for my friend today. She called me up specifically and asked if I could make her a teddybear for her nephew. I thought the request was rather strange, but hey, it's not like I'm busy. The only things she wanted me to do was to use natural materials, preferably cotton and also to stuff the insides with cotton. Now...I haven't seen cotton stuffing in a long time, unless I use cotton balls. LOL She told me to use the left over fabric to stuff it...

I had the great challenge of hoping that it didn't look lumpy bumpy.

So after finding some nice 100% cotton Terrycloth fabric, I went sewing away. Mom thought I was going to make a 'pancake' bear. Basically cut out the 2 pieces in the shape of a bear, and sew them together. So when I showed her it had limbs, her reaction was, "EHH? That's the bear?! Why is is so cute?!"

Mom obviously has no faith in my abilities <_<; I didn't really think too complicatedly for this little project anyways...I figured, baby plushes shouldn't be too crazy looking.

 

I think it's very amusing to look at. Plus, since it's made out of terrycloth...it will absorb drool very well? LOL

Testing out the waters

So, I'm still trying to get the hang of this system, but it seems much easier than LiveJournal. I completely brain freezed when it came to LJ...*Fail*

What to post about...my friend Alice, has managed to convince me to start blogging again. Considering I barely log much on DevArt anymore...we'll see how this goes. I'm still wondering how I should adjust my settings considering, I've had my fair share or too many random people leaving comments or messages for me that I do not appreciate. Bleh.

Latest BJD fun would be my Kuma outfits, based on the Rilakkuma series. I'm hoping that Alice and I will have a super cute PJ party once I get my Tiny. Whenever that will be...funds are lacking!

They are super cute! My dolls are just sitting on their chair on my desk right now in their bear suits...it's so amusing!

Now, it's time to eat lunch and continue sewing a teddybear for my old colleague. Hopefully it turns out well :)