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She is a Soom Beryl that once belonged to MissAlly--now she is at Cat's place, and Cat commissioned Christy "Captured in Thought" to paint her . Christy isn't usually available for commissions but made space to paint "Yetta" for Cat. The results are gorgeous--the photos are by Christy. Here are two more: You should visit Christy's blog and see more of her work!

Soom has a new release in the Teeny Gem category --normally I ignore these, but Akutenshi thought this was adorable, and I agree! The outfit is so cute too! Here is the human version (you can get both for more money): And here is the full outfit, with the hat and boots added: It's hard sometimes to keep to the "no tinies" rule, but I need to save money right now for normal, non doll things!

Hello everyone!  I’m finally finished priming and Déesse version 2 is ready for her second sale! This time, I will attempt to offer her in more colors, including Cacao. The colors available this time around are: Ebony; 2. Dark tan; 3. Cacao; 4. Medium tan*; 5. Dark Grey*. *These need a minimum order, as they may not be as popular as the first three.  She is $150, including US shipping. For international, please enquire. This is a preorder, and it will be open until July 25, 2017. I will be using Haru Casting again, and estimate the heads to be ready within 2-3 months of the end of the preorder, depending on their workload.  If you would like to order, or have any questions on bodies she may fit on, please pm me here or email me at sicktress@gmail.com. Thank you for looking! Boosts are appreciated.

Yes, new Fashion Dolls from Iplehouse!! Awww, tiny Aurora! She is so pretty..and Iplehouse has been good about making clothes for this size doll. Check them out here .

I have a Tokyo Asa from 2013, and I thought it would be fun to compare it with the old YID body from around 2010 or so, before they made the switch to the New Young Iplehouse Doll in 2012 (The dates are approximate, for some reason Iplehouse pulled off the order period information on their website, argh.) Asa is on an "old EID" body with the original joints, and a Medium bust. Compared to the YID body she is SO HEAVY. The Yid is very light and while the joints are basic, she is still a nice poser and a pretty sculpt. I like that you can see that they are from the same "house" in style. I think the YID will hold my Sidonia head, but I haven't decided yet--I may put my original Gitana head on there instead. And randomly, the amaryllis I sat on last year is blooming again--I guess it forgave me :D 3 day time lapse:

I love summer. These taste excellent; I am surprised the birds haven't eaten them all, but maybe they prefer the seeds in the feeder. I found a couple more fun costume books! The first one is a look at some of the historic men's clothing at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which is beginning to have a world-class collection of Western costume. There are gorgeous photos of items in the collection, and some very good essays to go with them--it is a little annoying to read, because the clothes are grouped more by theme than by chronological order, and that bugs me--fashion is very organic, with one silhouette growing from the previous ones, so to really understand the context I think it's important to show things in the order they came--you can do insets or pairings of "historically inspired" items, but every period has it's own distinct branch on the family tree. It was nice to see some history of things like the "Aloha shirt"-- original...

It's technically a "Three Season Room" but as it was, it was a junk storage area-- that was bitterly cold in the winter and an Easy Bake Oven in summer. It was also prime real estate for spiders, because of the black walls and a ready supply of ants. So...many..ants. The first step was to remove a lot of the rubbish that was living in there, and then primering over the black paint--the wood underneath is insanely rough--it might even be redwood, since the cabinetmaker who did a lot of the additions on the house seemed to have an endless supply of the redwood. I don't like it; I'm a pine and birch and oak person; and this stuff sucks up an incredible amount of paint--the original black oil paint has now had all the oils sink in to the wood, so the black pigment mixes annoyingly with the primer. Once the primer in on, the top coat will just be white, with the soffit the same color as the exterior of the house. Here is the primer--this stuff is good: It goes...

An adorable photo of the Queen and Harry --I thought at first "Wow, she must really like horses" and then realized that they are probably Prince Philip's or Charles' polo trophies. I would have guessed ther are china corgis around somewhere but the photo is too small to tell :D All I did today was paint the porch with primer--my fingers have white specks all over them, even after a shower. That is good paint!

The first echinacea is open! I have a lot of sunflowers, too--thanks to both my brother, and the birds, but they probably won't flower until August. Meanwhile I have black raspberries from the box I planted last year from Target, when a batch got moldy in the fridge: And I have a ton of daylilies: And a cat and daylilies: It was gorgeous this morning so I went to Home Depot and bought a can of stain for the back gate, and then of course it absolutely poured all afternoon, and then it was gorgeous this evening, so we went to Naperville for dinner. They had some fun public art set up--benches made to look like favorite kid books! There were a lot of them but I just took photos of three of them: We walked up the river to the Millenium tower--it's Tuesday so the carillon was playing, like a giant music box: Then we had a really nice dinner. Summer is just way too short here, but it is also not very hot, which is great. In doll news, I sold that Granad...

Twigling, an Australian bjd artist, has a new site up--it's very arty so it may run slow for you, so here is the link to the Gallery, which shows some nice, if not entirely Safe For Work, photos of her previous creations: http://twigling.com/gallery/ There is also a video showing the assembly of the dolls, which is fun to see. Twigling girls are very tall, 67 cm in some cases, so you need to keep in mind if that will work for your character. If you go look at the shop portion of the site, you will find measurements, and blanks of the head sculpts. You can also do custom colors. I seem to remember the wait can be slow; in the past Dollshe has done the casting, though that may be different now. I have to admit I like the art as much as the dolls :D

Rajendora (Sewing Box Designs) sent me this amazing quilt!!! It's actually for Captain Aldwood, so I had it "delivered" by Camigwen, the Messenger of the Fae Court. So much detail! All hand-embroidered 0.0 Camigwen points out the peacock on one corner, for India. (Aldwood was there as a midshipman, and actually missed most of it as he came down with some kind of stomach ailment, alas). Behold the beautiful compass roses! The African plains are represented: And of course a lion. Aldwood has only seen them in the mountains of Algeria, not in the central part of the continent: There is a leopard, which delights Aldwood as it reminds him of his Boatswain, Consuelo, who is a species of Panthera fae and one of his closest friends: Ayers Rock, which Aldwood has not seen, though he has been to the north coast of Australia and admired the great number of colorful fish there.  And he has been to Stonehenge on holiday: And the Arctic, which Aldwood ...

Dear SOOM fans, Hello. We will organize 2017 Free Choice Event - Super Gem Male soon ! Please check out details below.  Order Period : Open on June 22th (Thu) 2017 A.M 11 ~ Close July 6th (Thu)  A.M 11 _Korean Standard Time * Sales for one head + one body as a set; make-up is available.   (Ex. Ordering one body with two head is not possible) * Make-up and body blushing will be same as original version; however, these will be done according to it's skin type. * Layaway payment is acceptable. * SGM heads are compatible with both SGM OLD Body and 2012 SGM Body. (OLD Body and 2012 Body parts are not compatible with each other.) * For more information for the 2012 SGM Body, please refer to The Gem Gallery page.    * SGM is abbreviation for Super Gem Male.