The best stress relief

Whew, real life has been quite tiring recently - I've been sick, there has been lots of other stress as well and the news are filled with sad things. Let's say I used to work with refugees when I was younger, and I still remember some of their very sad stories :(

But luckily there is always a way to cheer up a doll hobbyist - a big package from Asia :D

She's Alter's 1:7 Minami Kotori, my favourite of the Love Live girls because of her sweet appearance and personality <3 (And she does a heck of a job by sewing ALL their fancy costumes all alone, haha, yeah right...) I immedentially fell in love with this figure when I saw it, the design is just so...so me, I guess xD Frills, bright colours, birds, lolita influence and hey, turquoise and gold! So even though she was tad expensive, I just had to preorder her from Amiami.

She's full of detail, and her expression makes me so happy <3 Go go Kotori!

Yay, Kotori!

Uh oh. It isn't easy, this hobby, I tell you. Once you follow fellow doll hobbyists, they start posting even more cute stuff. Like Azones. And I got four. And Nendoroids. I may have bought some :D And then lots of other cute anime figures. And uh oh, then I kinda lost it when I visited Amiami's blog xD;

(Photo from Amiami's blog)

Love Live is a popular series amongst Finnish Azone people right away - I watched the first season from Crunchyroll during the Easter holidays and I must admit I really liked it. Yep, I know, it's a light-hearted anime about idols, but it's very well-made one. The characters were good (okay, I found some girls bit annoying but nobody was TOO much), the animation was pretty and the plot was well-thought too. The music was happy, and I liked the girls' costumes. So what else do you really need? Not everything needs to be so damn serious all the time xD

So as I came across this in Amiami's blog, I just...I dunno. It clicked. It didn't matter if it's bit on the expensive side, it's my favourite of the girls (I like Kotori, Nozomi and Eli the most ^^) and her appearance is awesome. I love the combination of turquoise and gold, her single striped sock, that crown, heck, I don't care, where's that preorder option...

So I got her to start off a small figure collection <3 Luckily I am quite picky, but I thought I could get a few of my favourite characters. I'm sure I'm already a lost case with my resin crew, so little bit of pretty sparkly plastic surely does no further harm, right? :P

But isn't she just pretty? *3* And her style is very much something my dolls would wear!