Vacation + Liduse

Woop, chilly times <3 I'm still on my vacation and right now I have two weeks of glorious...doing nothing xP Okay, I've settled a few dates to meet friends, but otherwise my days are pretty empty - and I actually really like it! The husband is also away on the other side of the world, so it's just me and the mice.

And what do I do? Well, I watch anime and do doll stuff :D This spring was crazy, so I don't mind this at all, really. I've been trying to sew a lot since I have so little time for that when I'm working. Here's one finished project, a dress for my Liduse (Notdoll Ligaya):

I love her but damn her wonky little body...nothing pre-made fits xD; I've actually taken apart and re-sewn some garments just so that they fit her ^^; This dress is made of raw silk and tulle lace. I wanted to keep it girly and cute like she is - well, with a twist :D

Another one with her "new hair". It's actually two wigs cut, piled together and teased to get her a massive hairdo. (I had two spare ones in bad condition so I thought I could just play with them.)

And back to the sewing table! I'm not running out of things to do, definitely :D

Grey cardigan

Another minipost time :) I finished a commission for a grey SD-sized sweater and wanted to take couple of "official" shots before giving this to its rightful owner. It's made for Soom's new SG girl body, but I put it on Amita - it was terribly out of character on Hecate, I just couldn't take it xD; So that's why it looks bit large:

I'm quite happy how these pictures turned out, the soft morning light was really on my side this time ^^ These are taken quite early (around 7:30AM) when the whole neighbourhood was still quiet and peaceful. Hopefully you are not bored of outdoor shots yet :D I find it much easier to just grab a doll and camera and walk 20 metres from the front door into the forest than start cleaning our apartment and set up backgrounds and such...I get to do that enough when it's winter, I guess :P

Twinkle twinkle little eyes

Ah, home sweet home! Our trip went well, but it's so nice to back <3 I really missed my dolls and my computer, hehe. I have photos I took of Tove in Sweden, but editing them takes a little while.

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But here's a small update - I finally remembered to buy proper-sized eyes for Kiku from Fel Eyes. I had previously ordered her a pair of 12mm eyes, but they were too large. Now I got her a pair of 10mm ones, and they fit perfectly <3 These are probably the best-looking eyes you can get for 4 euros xD No, seriously, they may be just acrylic but the colours, patterns and themes are really to my liking. You may have noticed I like pastel colours and sparkly things for my dolls xP

I used TB Sourcing Service as the dealer, and everything went well. I especially liked their reasonable mailing options - everything from a standard bulk airmail to EMS/DHL. Their English is occasionally bit clumsy though, and their website loads forever and acts bit odd, but I'm used to it as I've been shopping Asian BJD shops for so long xD;

Hmm, I wonder if any other of my dolls would need new super sparkly eyes?

Edit: Sigh, fighting with Flickr new photo-sharing HTML...this change sucked. Luckily I got 'em to display without frames, titles and whatnot. But please bring back the old system :(

Hype that con

The last weekend I attended Hypecon in Hyvinkää accompanied by some nice doll friends <3 As I predicted, I didn't find much for me in the actual program, but it's okay! The event seemed to be targeted to younger people anyway. But everything was neatly organized, the sale tables were good and I had fun hanging with doll people, chitchatting and walking in random places xD Yeah, I've apparently become one of those dreaded con visitors that just come to cons to HANG AROUND. At least we didn't sit on the stairs blocking everyone, I think...

As expected I have tons of doll photos of course xD; The dolls in photos belong to me, Tiinyan, Safir, Sargonnas and Jaya. Lots of cute Azones ahead, again:

Alpaca stalker, oh no.

Sweet sweet Nina ;3; One day, I swear!

Tiinyan's cute Mamachapp doll. They have the sweetest faces.

It's funny - at first I didn't like Lien's face at all but right now I'm sure I'll add some version of her to my collection. Ah, why am I on a limited budget right now...

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And finally my souvenir, Ultimate Madoka Nendoroid, yay! One booth had a nice selection of Madoka stuff which I don't complain - Madoka is my favourite anime and Madoka herself my favourite magical girl ever ;3; So I can own trillion versions of her, right? xD I still want that yukata version as well.

Let's say all the Nendoroids were priced for an expensive side compared to what they cost online, but this one is a wanted one. I paid 50 euros for her which is an okay price. I would have had to pay about the same had I got her online for a regular Nendoroid price + shipping and customs ^^ So you can sometimes make good deals as of course the shopkeepers can't follow what's the actual market price for each and every figure out there xD Well, that's collecting for you!

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Things will be bit more quiet here as we're leaving for a small trip soon. I will be traveling in Sweden with my hubby and his family and then go to visit my own family in my old hometown :) So see you after that o7 I will take a doll and my camera along of course!

A midsummer rose

Happy Midsummer! We're spending it home relaxing and chilling - hubby is playing his games, I'm knitting and watching anime. That's just how wild we are, apparently :P I've been having hectic times at work, so this is just fine <3

Today we did take a walk along the seashore in Eastern Helsinki, enjoying the sea and the nature. I stopped by a quiet beach to snap some photos of Malva (Pipos Ringo) that I had brought along :3

She finally got her own eyes from Souldoll.You may not see it very well, but there's a picture of a rose in them <3 Souldoll acrylics are really nice, it's just a hassle to get them because you'll need to either pay for EMS or arrange a group order which I'm so lazy to do xP And it's hard to make those orders because almost everything small is always sold out there...Luckily Sarqq came to the rescue so we both got some eyes, yay!

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The next weekend it's Hypecon which I'm planning to attend. I haven't been in anime conventions since ages, so it's quite exciting! Hopefully there is something for an old granny like me who loves mostly magical girls and other lighthearted silly stuff xD;

#bjdtag

I got tagged couple of times in Instagram for this xD Memes are fun but I don't like typing with my mobile phone, so I thought to post my answers here :3

1) http://fairchildren.blogspot.fi/p/profiles.html

2) Im, Doll-Chateau Zora.

3) Aegis, Angelregion Ami. He's been with me since 2006, yay!

4) If you look at my doll shelf, it's Bluefairy and Soom.

5) Ehm, I dunno. Some cheaper companies make rather derpy dolls, but if they make their owner happy, who am I to judge?

6) Bluefairy PF Didi in tan skin and YES ;3;

7) Ehm, in what? I really like how Bluefairy makes and styles their dolls, so I guess that's it.

8) Everything and anything! Japanese street fashions, cute stuff, anime, video games, fantasy, Internet...hehe.

9) I really like the crafty stuff and photography. And the really nice and warm spirit which we have amongst doll blogs and Instagram these days, THANKS! <3

10) When people try to justify recasts with really bad arguments, aaargh. Fickle people. And the fact that you need to restring your dolls :B

I tag everyone who hasn't done this yet!

A small wandarer

Whew, so tired x_x I went for a hike in Nuuksio National Park with my husband. I'm no big fan of sports, but I've always loved walking in the nature. Actually most of my doll and other stories are composed while walking outdoors :P Today was sunny, not too many mosquitos and not even very crowded - so it was a perfect day to spend outside!

I took my camera and Lila (Himeno) with me. Lila is finally complete as she got new shoes and stockings from QMagicdoll <3 Her knitted sweater and bowtie are made by me, and the skirt is from Coolcat. As her character is an odd and eccentric forest girl, she fit very well in the forest:

We ended up walking about nine kilometres, climbing up and down hills with tons of tree roots and stones. I think I've deserved my falafels and ice cream xD But it was very fun and luckily there's still plenty of summer left, so I hope I can have more outdoor adventures and doll photoshoots!