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So I have this poor, earless Amphibel (actually she does have her "wing ears" but not her human ears). I have a Want To Buy post up at Den of Angels which has run for a while, but no takers. So it looks like if I want human ears, I will have to make them myself. :p

Now I knew when I moved here that Chicago was reputed to have bad weather, but really. It's April 29th and we have had rain, snain, apocalyptic rain, rain with hail the size of peas, and lightning. Today. I was going to take a walk this afternoon. I do have plenty of work to do, and I got the foot pedal from the sewing supply company for the Kenmore! Looks legit. :D It plugged in perfectly, the light came on, and IT RUNS. Two speeds, too! I will wind a couple of bobbins this afternoon and read how to thread it. I also found another picture from Sunday's photo session, with Belle the Amphibel and Artemisia. It looks like Belle should be holding a plastic cup with a jello shot or something.

I decided this week, between working, that I would try to fix a myriad of small things that needed to be done on the dolls. (The weather is supposed to be cold and wet all week, so no more gardening..also, the pond has sprung a leak. Next weekend we may go look for a hard-sided liner.) Anyway, last night I fixed Coppersmith's wobbly ankles with sueding, put in the Candy Kitten's Emporium eyes, and fixed his eyelashes and wired his right hand. I reglued the magnet on Jack, the Granado Terra, and put in his Ersa Flora eyes, and took of his eyelashes entirely. Then I tried more eyes in Belle and finally swapped wigs with her and Artemisia. Artemisia still needs to have the hook fixed in her arm, but maybe later. Aelfric could use another coat of msc but it is too cold to spray. :p

I'm making progress on some doll projects--Belle now has her human ears installed, though it took two bamboo skewers, a sharpie (to mark which side went down) and some blue tape to get the magnets inside her ears. Here she is without ears: Here is the magnets being put in, nervously: The human ears installed: The wing ears I have not yet put magnets into (they are fragile, so I might just wrap them up and store them) Random Belle pic: I also got in a pair of shoes that I bought from Fa Tiao, on ebay. They are very nicely made, and huge: It's true that Coppersmith has Delf sized feet, and it's quite possible that I had a derp moment and ordered the 70 cm version of these shoes, but I was pretty sure I clicked the SD size. In any case, the shoes fit my Dollzone/ Doll in Mind Elf hybrid fine, as he is 70+ cm and has big feet.