Small knitting update

I recently finished a large-ish knitting commission for two SD-sized shirts ^^ The commissioner sent me the yarns and gave ideas for the design. She wished for "mori-styled lace collars" and so I did add them :3

These are made of thin mohair yarn and with 2mm knitting needles. My gauge is small, so these took a long while, maybe three months? Thanks gods there was no hurry ^^; I'm personally quite happy with the results, and luckily the commissioner also liked them <3 I want to do more in various sized, I'm already preparing a pattern for an Azone-sized version :D

p.s. About knitting commissions - I do take 'em, but I don't keep an official thread anywhere anymore. I have a full-time job which takes a lot of time and energy, so it's hard to keep a schedule, and I want to play with my own dolls as well xD But if you have patience, I could see what I can do, because I love to knit :D (And I am able to do it while I watch anime and other stuff, hehe.)

Hanami doll gathering 2015

Last Sunday we had a small doll gathering in Roihuvuori's Japanese park where the cherry trees were still in full bloom <3  We were me, Sarq, safir, Poarion, Spica and Luna, and we had a jolly time. The weather was pretty and sunny, even if the ground was bit cold, There was no actual theme, all dolls and collectables allowed, but most dolls were Azone's, BJDs, Dollfie Dreams, Nendoroids - and alpacas and mystery dolls as well xD Here's my share of meetup photos:

So colourful! :3 And would you believe that actually my crew was quite modest - okay except for Kiku who is riding on a LTS unicorn...:P

Safir's adorable Picconeemo girl <3 I just may need one of these as well - her tininess is adorable.

And I just may need Nina to be my Chisa's friend ^^; I don't know what it is, but I really like Azone's XS size <3 And just look at that mint-coloured outfit and bunny shoes...

My grail Azone ;3; But she is out of my reach at the moment. I really wish Azone would re-release her at one point, the aftermarket prices for her tend to be quite crazy ;_;

Poarion's gorgeous DD girl, so pink *3*

Friendsie between Railis! My Tove and Sarq's Bambi-san Raili. These photos makes me very happy that I was able to find Raili for a good price, her expression just is so heartmelting. One of my favourite Azone girls definitely!

My and Safir's Lipus admiring the huge pink blossoms :3 Thanks for Luna for helping with these shots! They look so confused xD

I also got a new Nendoroid, Nagisa Momoe from Madoka: Rebellion movie. I will take more photos of her when I get the chance! But here she is admiring the blossoms as well. I just had to switch her in her Bebe / witch face, just because xD Well, she looks happy...

Here's my crew minus Nagisa: Tove, Pip and Kiku. I would have liked to make some yukatas for them, but my job has been hectic lately and I've had some sleeping issues ;_; Luckily it will get easier soon and relaxing with dolls and lovely people helps a lot! :3

Haha, this guy brought a lot of amusement xD He's Spica's Bratz boy, a fleamarket find. I'm too old for Bratz, we just had Barbies and stuff, but his design is quite funny and we had lots of laugh making him pose for photos. Yeah, this is a serious adult hobby YEAH RITE...

We had a fun time, hope to meet again soon! The summer is coming, let's hope for lots of sunny days!

The next weekend we're driving for a BJD meetup in Turku, our BJD forum turns ten years old so it's a birthday party ^3^ I'll be packing a camera along so more photos are coming, hehe.

Mail from the fairy association

Or actually maybe from Amiami again xP But eep, I got my Lil' Fairy Lipu home <3 I went to the good old neighbourhood forest to snap a couple of arrival photos:

Gah, that little Fairy Bible <3 It's an actual book, although the pages are blank. Azone knows their stuff!

I named her Pip, just wanted something short and cute <3 Her body is so tiny *_* I will try to sew and knit for her though, although I know it will be quite a challenge xD Luckily my handsewing skills have improved a lot lately as I've been practising...

The only negative thing to say is that changing her hands is quite challenging. The hands have small wrist parts that come off, you need to attach them to the spare hands and I'm so nervous I'll just break those damn things...I'm pretty sure Pip won't change her hands very often xD

But otherwise she's just the most adorable little thing ever. And I managed to preorder her a lamb suit from Azone which will be her default gear, I think. Baa! <3

New family members - a quick introduction

Yesterday was a double package day as I picked up two parcels from Mandarake <3 With some cursing as both packages were larger than expected and didn't fit in any of my bags xD; Luckily their contents made me much happier!

The first girl is My Sweet Diary Chisa <3 She was cheap because part of her stock outfit had yellowed due to age. Such a brave little face she has! I named her Birdy (Tirppa in Finnish) because she sort of looks like a little bird. And she eats a LOT xD

She has Obitsu's 21cm body, being an older release. I originally had plans to switch it to Azone's XS, but right now, I dunno...I like Azone's own bodies, but Obitsus pose so damn well. And her Obitsu is quite sturdy. We'll see!

Another new girl is Majokko Raili (Little Witch of the Snow). Bad things first, I was disappointed that part of her stock outfit doesn't fit and her body has terribly weak knees which makes it next to impossible to stand without a stand ^^; Luckily her pretty little face makes it up! <3 I love her gentle expression and pale skin.

I named her Tove because of her Scandinavian look (I think Raili's supposed to be Finnish xD) and because I think she looks like a Moomin character somehow.

Well, a solution to her body problems was to switch her in my Obitsu 23cm :P Not as cute as Pureneemo, but she's able to stand on her own and pose so much better now! I also like how slender she suddenly became - more variety amongst the girls, not bad <3

I still have one little Neemo on the way, hopefully this will be it for a while :D I want to sew them stuff and play with them too, too bad that IRL stuff is keeping me busy :(

A girl with her unicorn

Happy Walpurgis Day! Here in Finland it's usually spent with drinking mead, eating doughnuts and playing with balloons, paper streamers and costumes. Today's photos have none though, but I did snap some photos of Shua and her new friend:

He's a Little Twin Star bag charm I bought through Blippo :) You may already have noticed that I'm a huge LTS fan :D I think I'll make some accessories for myself from those "extra" parts. I'm sure that text charm will make an adorable necklace!

I can honestly say I'm very happy and proud that she's my doll <3 Well, it would be sad if I couldn't think that way - she's a limited white-skinned Bluefairy and bit on the expensive side...worth every cent though :3

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Speaking of Bluefairies, I noticed they have been recasted as well, boo :< Damn, I know there are a ton of honest, good Chinese doll sellers, but all these recasts...you really need to do your research these days :/

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Azone's summer releases! Cute, isn't it? *3* Unfortunately I cannot preorder stuff because my doll budget is tighter than usual, thanks to various IRL expenses :< Oh well, such is life. If I could, I'd be all over that adorable swimwear and that pink S-sized yukata <3

The bravest girl in the universe

Whoops. I'll never say "I'll stick to doll type X" again because those promises will be forgotten, let's be honest xP I think I thought "damn Nendoroids and figures are cute but I don't really need another collection" and look what we have here now...

Frankly speaking I ordered her mostly because I fumbled with Amiami's ordering system and made two orders which couldn't be combined >_> So in order to make my first order more reasonable, I had to add more stuff in it - and luckily they had in stock exactly the Nendo I wanted <3

Madoka from Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, one of my favourite animes of all time, and my favourite character <3 I didn't understand her at all first, but after completing the anime...woah. She's the bravest and the kindest little girl in the whole universe ;3;

She of course came with her loyal sidekick / mascot Kyubey. I cannot talk much about him as it would be a major spoiler, but let's just say I like him too a lot ;3

She came with two extra faceplates. This one breaks my heart because SPOILERS xD; But yeah. She also has another set of arms and extra body for Kyubey so he can hang in her arm. This is also ridiculously hard to do because her huge head gets in the way all the time :D (And of course her stand is slippery and all those tiny parts just fly to places...aaargh.)

And a determined Madoka. Beware, witches!

Finally a cake party! Re-ments and Nendoroids work very well together :-3

She's a fun little one to play with <3 From Madoka series I think I want Nagisa as well at one point ^3^ She may not be the deepest character out there but I love her design in all her various forms. And I love those huge Nendoroid heads even if they're bit challenging at times :D

Critters of all kinds (Pet Expo 2015)

Whew, finally had some time to upload these :-3 I visited Pet Expo with safir, sarg and Tiinyan some time ago to look at cute animals - and we surely saw them <3

My camera equipment is not the best at capturing moving things in dim lightning, but I did get some shots:

I'm not a great fan of reptiles (I'm bit scared of some of them :<) but these guys are easy to photograph xD Unlike our mice which stay still only when they're eating or sleeping...

Ferrets were such cute and playful creatures <3

Bawww rats! I'm a huge fan of rodents, and we currently have a pack of six fancy mice. I've been eying rats with a certain eye, but first we need a bigger apartment to fit in a proper large cage for them. But one day, I swear! And I want a rat with curly fur ;3;

Yeah, it's boring in there. I know.

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And because everyone is an Azone addict, we also brought some Pureneemos along :D Most of them followed the animal theme. I had Shiri with me (wearing Himeno's stock outfit) and my Tamdoll bunny.

The first shots are taken in a cafe inside - the lightning was terrible ^^; I did what I could, but mehhh...

Safir's super cute Lil' Fairy! Can't wait for mine, luckily Amiami already shipped her :3

Group shot! Look at the all the cute animal ears <3 (And one Minami-Sensei :P)

Lien is bit challenging Azone face for me, but this version, ohhhh nooo...I don't really need any more. I don't!

I had a fun time - thank you, ladies! I must admit that there are also good sides to the fact that Finnish Azone collectors are so few. I can't imagine attending an event with 20-30 BJD people xD;