Hello everyone!

We just want to wish you all a fresh new happy year to come in 2010! Thank you so much for those who have supported my hobby and interested this past years and for those who visit my blog and flickr.

I don’t know how long or how much my passion for dolls will be or last but I sure hope it will not end anytime soon. Everyday has been great to look forward to even if it was not all smooth sailing because I have dolls and great dolly friends around me.

Thank you once again to each and every one of you.

Hello everyone

Here is another quick update so for those of you who are waiting can get an idea where you are in the line. I have also added few more people who asked to be on the wait list.

I will spend most of this week working on commission. As for etsy shop, I will try to add few items on this week as well.

Status:
Finished:
-DollieLuvR
-KatWoods
-Nelae
-jojoling
-Charlotteofraises

Working on/going over orders:
-pickochi
-hello_rach

Waiting:
*angelcake81
*martha
*mimi_chocolate
*twindals
*jaiza
*miyukidollfie
*maya&my soul
*lasrina&a sweet kiss
*Gata Evka
*-nicole
*rainbow-dolls
*miss mawi
*troublesomegirl
*April
*nanasscrap
*jenny coutrue
*obvious zebra
*bape family
*Blythe Bunny
*KatWoods
*Lunaxtris

Hello everyone

Here is a quick update of what is happening with the commission list. The current two orders I am taking on are quite large so they may take some time.

Status:
Finished:
-DollieLuvR
-KatWoods
-Nelae
-jojoling

Working on/going over orders:
-Charlotteofraises
-pickochi

Waiting:
*hello_rach
*angelcake81
*martha
*mimi_chocolate
*twindals
*jaiza
*miyukidollfie
*maya&my soul
*lasrina&a sweet kiss
*Gata Evka
*-nicole
*rainbow-dolls
*miss mawi
*troublesomegirl
*April
*nanasscrap
*jenny coutrue
*obvious zebra
*bape family

Hello everyone

Here is a quick brief update on the commission status. If possible, please do not send me you order list items until I notify you that it is your turn otherwise I am afraid it will be hard for me to dig up your message from my inbox on flickr, thank you.

Status:
Finished:
-DollieLuvR
-KatWoods
-Nelae

Working on:


contacted:
-Charlotteofraises
-jojoling

Waiting:
*pickochi
-hello_rach
*angelcake81
*martha
*mimi_chocolate
*twindals
*jaiza
*miyukidollfie
*maya&my soul
*lasrina&a sweet kiss
*Gata Evka
*-nicole
*rainbow-dolls
*miss mawi
*troublesomegirl
*April

Hello everyone~

Just a quick update to let those who are waiting know where and how the commission is going..

**we might be crawling like the 5’o clock traffic jam but for sure we are moving**

Status:
Finished:
-DollieLuvR

Going over orders/payments:
-Nelae
-Katwoods

Next to be contacted:
-Charlotteofraises
-jojoling

Waiting:
-pickochi
-hello_rach
*angelcake81
*martha
*mimi_chocolate
*twindals
*jaiza
*miyukidollfie
*maya&my soul
*lasrina&a sweet kiss

Hello everyone

Whew! It has been a busy busy month for me and November just started~

I want to send out thanks again for those of you who are willing to stay on the list for the commission. I am trying to go through the orders as fast and as efficiently as I can with my two hands and ten fingers. For the September list that has taken me awhile to work on, I am finally done except one last person, who I have finished most of the order and just waiting on the reply regarding minor stuff.

I have already started contacting and working on the new commission list for the up coming month (and probably through December).

Below are the people who I’ve replied and confirmed to be on the commission list. I usually contact and work on two orders at a time and will try to update my work status as often as possible so those of you who are waiting will know what is happening. I will give 2-3 days for the person being contacted to get back to me. If I do not get a reply back, I will go down the list to minimize waiting time for the rest of the people.

Status:
-DollieLuvR: finished initial order, working on additional items
-Nelae: contacted waiting for reply

Next to be contacted:
-Katwoods
-Charlotteofraises

Waiting:
-jojoling
-pickochi
-hello_rach
*angelcake81
*martha
*mimi_chocolate
*twindals
*jaiza
*miyukidollfie
*maya&my soul
*lasrina&a sweet kiss

Thank you everyone who have been so supportive of my work and hobby. I am finishing the last 2 orders from September and hoping to finish those by next week so that I may start on the October/November commission list.

The last two people I have from September list which I will be working on will be ‘lorenhuitre’ and ‘marieee!’.

Here is the most recent update for the upcoming commission list:

Hello everyone

I am updating my current commission status. I apologize again for a bit of wait as the orders I’ve finished and worked on are all rather huge.

Finished/Shipped orders:
*AngelCake81
*Saretta tatina
*Benijoker
*cute-bee
*twindals
*austrin
*Sweet Collection

Working/Finishing orders:
*Lasrina and a sweet kiss (finished)
*lorenhuitre (contacted..going over order)
*marieee! (contacted..going over order)

No reply:
*Brusymilongui
*Scargotine

Hello everyone

It sure has been a pretty busy month of sewing! I am still working on current commission orders and trying to also update some Halloween outfit ideas at the same time.

Thank you so much again for those who are still waiting and for your patience.

I am updating the current commission status so far for September (I will be making another post for October soon):

Finished orders:
*AngelCake81
*Saretta tatina
*Benijoker

Working/Finishing orders:
*cute-bee
*twindals

Contacted:
*austrin

No reply:
*Brusymilongui
*Scargotine

On the wait:
*Sweet Collection
*Lasrina and a sweet kiss
*lorenhuitre
*marieee!

Hello everyone! I am finally back from my short vacation (to me it seemed super short..well, that is what happened when you are having fun). After battling a few days with jet lags, I am more or less back on track and has started sewing again, hehe.

During my trip to Taiwan, I have brought back few items that our dolls can use as cute props and thought some of you may like them as well. I don’t have much of each item so let me know by dropping me a comment here or on flickr if you are interested!


Baseball bat set (comes with a glove and a baseball bat):
colors - black, red (brown is sold)
size: Latidoll yellow renewal size hands
quantity: one each
price: USD$5
shipping: first class mail USD$2.50; registered mail USD$13


Motorcycle helmets: (BOTH SOLD, thank you)
colors - red with black bird design; white with red and black logo design (shown above)
size: Latidoll yellow
quantity: one each
price: USD$10
shipping: first class mail USD$4; registered mail USD$15

I have an announcement to make: hubby and I are finally back to normal people hour starting a week ago (*clap hands*).

Yes, now we wake up between 7-9am and go to bed around 12am. We have not been this normal for a very long time. Our weird sleeping and working schedule rotates itself back to normal hours now so we should be rather thankful. However, what I do not get is..if I am waking up earlier and going to bed at somewhat ok hour, why is it that my sewing feels like it is slowing down rather than being more productive? Before with my weird hours of going to bed around 8-10am in the morning and going to bed around 4pm in the afternoon I was able to sew more stuff. Strange.

I am about to be finished with the commissions that are booked down for July (1-2 more people left). For those that are still waiting, I have not forgotten about you guys. I am trying to work as fast as I can between house work, sewing and sleeping. My sincere apologizes once again.

Ok, I don’t even know where to start really. Everything was normal right before I was about to enjoy my sunday home cooked dinner. After I finished preparing dinner, hubby and I were about to sit on our bed, watch some anime and enjoyed our food when the door bell rang. It was around 12am. My husband went to open the door and saw it was one of our next door neighbor who lives upstair. We don’t normally talk to our neighbors and the one we do say hi is a single middle aged man living next to us. Before tonight, I thought he was weird and freaky but I need to make apology to him. I was wrong.

So anyway, when my husband opened the door, he found our neighbor (middle age single woman) standing there mumbling about something regarding the stars. She was rather insistent on what she was saying and wanted to show my husband something out in the patio. Hubby told me she grabbed hold of his hand and that was when hubby called out to me and have me joined in on what I now called the adventure of our Sunday night.

When I walked to the door, I smelled alcohol and sure enough, she had a glass of beer in her hand and her cellphone in the other. Before I knew it, she barged into our house and walked across our living room as she commented ‘Hey..I smell ramen’. Well gee, let see, I was about to enjoy my dinner until you came. I was already not feeling comfortable as we do not know her that well and the last time she came knocking at our door, she was asking for some painkillers. Those were the only times we talked. She walked straight to our backyard and insisted us to join her. When she walked past where my blythe dolls were before we reached the patio, she said she did not like them and how they were all starring at her.

Once we hit the patio, she asked us to look up into the night sky. There were tiny shinning stars and some white stripes of clouds. She was saying and asking if we can see the milky way and this triangle thing in the sky. I did not see what she was talking about but I did felt bugs or ants crawling on my legs since I was wearing shorts. She was standing to the left of my husband and I to the right. After watching the sky for about 10 minutes, she said ‘Listen. If you listen you can hear it’. To be honest, I was thinking ‘Hm..I don’t know what you are hearing but I can hear my stomach growl’. She was saying how you can hear the wind and it talks to you. The next thing I know, she wanted us all to hold hands (yes, in our back patio) and chant the following words ‘make the wind blow’. She said if we asked it, the wind will blow the clouds away. I was more hoping for the wind to blow her drunkenness away. Amazing enough, there was a slight breeze so the leaves on the tree moved. I did not joined in on the chanting but hubby did while eying me with a look of ‘ok, now what do we do?’. When she was finally done, hubby said to her that we have an early day hinting she should be going. But that did not make her go. She stood out there for another 5 minutes but what seemed like an eternity to me.

When she finally came inside our house from the patio, she began searching for her ‘imaginary purse’. I swore to god she did not carry one. All she had when she came knocking was a glass of beer, which she still hold tightly in her hand, and her cellphone. The imaginary purse took about 10 minutes and then she asked hubby if we can walk her back home. We walked her upstairs and I saw her looking back to make sure we were there and she stumbled a bit to the top. When we reached the door to her house, there was a squared feet rest sofa piece in the front. She bent down, asked hubby to hold her glass of beer, and started to search with her hands on the floor. Even in the dark, I can see spider webs and dead leaves around the sofa piece. She said she felt worms on the floor and yet couldn’t find the damn key. She then reached up her right hand and tugged at the door knob. Guess what? The door was not lock. Fabulous.

What came to greet us was a short stubby brown wiener dog named Trudy and the mysterious grey cat that I always seen around. Now I know it belongs to her and the cat’s name is Willie. Both Trudy and Willie came peeking behind the door. Trudy was wagging its tail at us. I was thinking..I bet he is happy to finally see some ‘normal’ people. You would think the night ended here. Nope. She invited for us to go in. The house was dark and reeked of urine (probably from the pets) and alcohol. Other than that, I have to say it was nicely designed. To the left after the entrance door there was a little hallway that leads up to her bathroom/bath tub where I saw her shower head hanging loose into the tub. In front of us was her living room and to the side was a dinning table with 3 big piles of paper/books. Along side the right wall was a long shelf where she put books, picture frames and posters. She asked us to go into her patio and again to look up into the night sky. I was more into petting the dog and cat at this point. They seem to be the ones with right minds in that house anyway. The neighbor told us she is a writer but things hasn’t been going well (obviously). She then blurted out that she has no boyfriend and she feels lonely. Hubby probably felt bad for her and told her maybe she can joined us to go out for lunch sometimes. I don’t think that is ever going to happen. At this time, our other neighbor had their air conditioner on and the ac box was making rather loud noise. Of course this pissed her off...she said she hated that neighbor and that she so wanted to kill her in her sleep. Okay. Nice. It sure is great to live near to someone like this ain’t it?

When she finally decided it was time for us to go home, we walked past again her living room and she asked us to take this painting on her wall home with us. She said the painting makes her evil and she did not like it. I couldn’t not believe hubby followed her instruction and took the piece off the wall and home with us. You would think the night ended right there right? Nope.

After we were finally home, our dinner were cold. We ate and watched anime for half an hour and guess what! The door bell rang again! Good thing I already closed most of the lights in our house and lowered all curtains. We ignored the bell and I guess she must have left after a while. Hubby decided to hang the painting in our living room which made me uneasy throughout the whole night. I dreamt she made her way in and was standing next to us in our bed room. Gee, what a lovely Sunday.

The weather has been super hot these days. I seriously felt like melting as soon as I closed the door to my house and took a step out into the sun. I can feel hot hair rising from the cement road below, hot air hovering around me and the blazing hot sun shinning brightly above my head. Hm..is this how food in microwaves felt like when they are being heated up? Even as I breath in and out I felt hot air going through my two nostrils.

Don’t get me wrong. I love sunny days but not sunny hot days. I want to go to the beach soon...hopefully I can find some time and energy to go.

I know it is a bad habit to judge a book by its cover (the same probably goes for people too) but sometimes I just can’t help it, especially when it comes to comic/manga books. I tried to go to my local Chinese bookstore that carries varieties of comic books translated into Chinese at least once a month. I used to go almost every other day before I got married and when I used to live closer to that bookstore.

I can’t even recall the times I’ve purchased comic books based on the illustrations on the covers and later regretting for doing so because the content is just so...different. You would think if the cover art is awesome and cool, the style and drawing inside should be the same. Nope, not always. Yet I still find myself doing the same mistakes over and over. I guess part of me want to buy comic covers that attract me because I like to own/collect pretty things...even if the contents are bad.

You can argue that ‘hey, you always have the option of not buying any’ but come on, if I can really have that option in mind, I would not end up with so many dolls. Somehow when it comes to purchasing comics or dolls, the option of ‘I don’t have to buy or spend the money’ does not enter into the head. For this particular comic bookstore, I have to purchase at least $20 and up in order to swipe my credit card. I am not the type to carry cash around..at least not anymore. So, in order to get the comic books I do want, I need to purchase something else so that my sum adds up to $20. Yes, I am a sucker. Yes, I am a dork.

Well anyways, one of the latest comic books I’ve bought was due to the facts that 1) I needed to add my sum up to that $20 and 2) I judge the book by its cover. As soon as I bought it and opened it in the car outside the parking lot of the bookstore (yes, I couldn’t even wait until I got home to open it), I quickly flipped through the pages to see if the inside is as good as the outside. Hmm. It wasn’t what I had expected...but I guess it was not the worse. I had other comic books where I questioned whether the cover art was done by another artist because the inside illustrations were just plain ...bad. Oh well, on the positive side this comic book can help me pass some time as I do my natural doings in the bathroom.

Yup...here are a few girls of mine looking for new places to go and travel. It has been hard for me to decide who to let go so I’ve debating for the past few weeks. The same information can also be found on Plastic Paradise.

Doll: Gentle River (nude) - SOLD (already arrived at her new home)

Condition: The doll is in good clean condition with no visible stains or marks that I can see. Her make up and eyes are completely stock as I did not change or alter in any way. I do not recall if I washed her hair or not but I do know I did not trim or cut her hair. Her fringe is longer in the center. Her new owner may choose to trim it if he or she desires. Her eyes change without any problem though to me the sound when you pull to change her eye colors sounds loud but I am not sure if this is common or not. I will packed her safely with bubble wraps inside a cardboard box. No trade this time for the doll as I am selling her to fund for a new doll.

Price: USD$295

Shipping: USD$15 priority mail with delivery confirmation within the US; USD$35 EMS worldwide



Doll: Misaki Anti-Social (nude) - SOLD

Condition: Overall the doll is in good clean condition with no visible marks or stains that I can see. The doll has been stored in my closet most of the time and was out only for few photo shoot. I have never washed her hair so her fringe is still stiff from the glue they used on the doll from the manufacturer. Her fingernails and toenails are painted by stock. The only one I see with a tiny wear/paint not as full is the second finger on her left hand. She has not customizations done whatsoever. I will packed her safely with bubble wraps inside a cardboard box.

Price: USD$150 shipped within US with delivery confirmation; USD$165 shipped outside of US with EMS.

Okay...it is never easy to clear out personal belongings because of certain attachments or memories you have with those items. But as hard as it is for me to do this, I need to clear out a few dolly and dolly related items since new residences have moved in. For now, I have a customized VM up for adoption along with some Blythe clothes. Detailed info can be found on Plastic Paradise: http://plasticparadise.forumotion.com/index.htm under my id name ‘pei78’.

Link for VM: http://plasticparadise.forumotion.com/castaways-f6/fs-nude-custom-vm-t1313.htm?sid=f0e8dc74b008900e737c719dd835de7d

Link for blythe clothes: http://plasticparadise.forumotion.com/sundries-f10/fs-tiny-closet-sale-hoody-skirt-and-dresses-t1312.htm?sid=f0e8dc74b008900e737c719dd835de7d

I know this is probably a wishful thinking but...why can’t delicious nutrition-less junk food be healthy and not so high in calories?

I was doing my daily errand of running to the post office, shopping for fabrics and picking up dry cleaning clothes when an evil thought flashed across my mind. The day was warm, not so hot, yet I was craving for a McDonalds ice cream cone. I even had the image of the perfectly milky swirled cone imbedded in my head as I walked across the parking lot of Joann fabric store heading in the direction of my car. I kept telling myself that for such little cone, I will need to walk on the walking machine for god knows how long and how it contained nothing but sugar..lots and lots of sugar. Deep down inside though, I know it was pointless to come up with anymore logical reasoning because 90% of me already gave in. So, off I drove to a nearby McDonalds restaurant. The good thing about McDonalds is that they are almost at every corner. They make it so convenient and affordable that it is almost no effort to give in. Thank god I am not much of a coffee fan because as I drive through their pick up window, I saw at least three signs advertising their new McCafe. I gotta say..those iced coffee sure look good, even if they are printed on a 2D cardboard paper.

Anyway, I successfully picked up a cone from the drive thru and held it in my left hand as my right trying to get a good grip of the driving wheel to continue my journey home. Since it is not everyday that I get to treat myself this way, I’ve decided to eat and lick it as slow as I can before I hit home so that I can take a picture of this precious moment in time. Good thing my house is not too far from the McDonalds otherwise I think there will be only the paper wrap of the cone left when I hit home.

Ah~ Such a wonderful little delight in life I have in my hand.

Finally the second batch of helmets are here! Thank you everyone for waiting patiently with me. Now that I have the new batch of helmets in hand, there are some information I will need to correct from the previous post (before I received the helmets).

First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone because there was a miscommunication between the supplier and I. Yes it was true that the price of this second batch was higher because the company who made them increased the cost. However, the style is still the same as the previous batch. There wasn’t any new style. The miscommunication was caused by the price increased and since my supplier doesn’t speak English well, that is also why. Although I did pay more for these second batch of helmets, I do not feel it is fair to ask those of you who are waiting to pay USD$15 when the first one was USD$11. Therefore, the price of these second batch will be USD$12 and not USD$15 that was previously mentioned. Shipping fee is still the same: first class mail for US buyer is USD$3; first class for international buyer is USD$4 for 1 helmet and USD$6 for more than one; registered mail outside of US is USD$15.

Size: Latidoll yellow normal ears (may fit some with smaller elf ears).

Colors: baby blue, pink and black.

Quantity: 10 of each color.

*From the first batch, I still have orange left for those of you who are interested.

For those of you who left me comment on my blog on April 11th post, please send me your contact info here or you can flickr message me. My flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pei78/

Thank you and I apologize again for the confusion.

There are so many evilness and temptations waiting for us in our daily life. I find it so hard to not give in so everyday is pretty much a battle. To be able to resist them is heroism in itself.

Just the other day, I spotted evil disguised itself in the form of chocolates. I was window shopping with my sister at a local mall and we walked by a small innocent looking chocolate store. I had to stop myself from taking another step forward because right there smacked in the middle of the display window, I saw puppies, cats, beetles and ducks in the forms of chocolates. This called for a serious oh my god moment. I couldn’t believe how such high calorie, pimple inviting sweets can be so darn cute! Goodness! It is as if chocolate itself is not tempting enough. I gave my sister a look of ‘is it ok if I just walk in to check how much those things are’ and to my surprise, she nodded her head. I so wished she hadn’t though.

Once inside, I asked the cashier how much those puppy looking chocolates were. He told me they were around USD$4.50 each due to the weight (since they were all solid inside). I almost fainted at the price so I stared real hard at the three rows of dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate puppies hoping somehow I can find reasons to not want them. Of course the darn cashier guy just had to take out more of those puppy chocolates from behind the counter and lined them up one by one for me to see. The different color puppies wobbled left and right trying to line up. I felt the temptation wobbling with them as well. So after what seemed like a forever two minutes, I decided to buy one white chocolate puppy and one milk chocolate one. Yes, I failed. Yes, I surrendered. And yes, I paid USD$9 for two tiny chunks of chocolate. Sigh.

Hello everyone~

Thank you to those who have been patiently waiting for this new batch of motorcycle helmets. Like I have said and mentioned before on my previous post, I was waiting to have enough people for this second batch so that I can submit the order in one go.

I have submitted the order last week for 10 baby pink, 10 baby blue and 10 black helmets. My supplier has informed me of a few changes in these helmets so please do take notice.

The first being the star style is no longer available as it has been retired. The new helmets will have new design on them. I do not have picture of the new design yet so as soon as they arrive, I will take pictures to show. The helmets have been shipped today and will probably take a week or two before I have them on hand.

The second change is the price. The price for these new helmets will be slightly higher than the previous ones. This is due to the new design and the price inflation of the helmet making company so please do understand this. The price of the new helmet will be USD$15. Shipping fee is the same.

For those who have left me comment on the previous post asking for these certain colors of baby pink, baby blue and black, I will let you guys decide first if you still want them or not once they are here. Thank you for bearing with me on the waiting time.

Today was one of those lazy sundays where I don’t feel motivated to work, sew, cook or do much stuff. Actually come to think of it, sometimes my weekdays are also lazy too. Hm..but that’s another topic for another day.

We have neighbor living above us and they have a little girl about 5 or 6 years old who LOVES to run and thump around their house. I don’t know how or where little kids get all their energies from. That little kid can run straight non-stop for 3 hours! It’s madness I say! Imaging hearing thumping sounds to and fro above your head for 3 straight hours. I know it is wrong to have evil thoughts or ill wishes against a little girl but sometimes I can’t help myself! At times like this, hubby and I just want to go out and enjoy ourselves. Even though today the little girl did not run or thump so long, we still decided to go out and enjoy the sunny weather.

We picked a ramen restaurant that opened up just few months ago for lunch. Usually I would order a nice hot bowl of ramen but since I had upset tummy two days before, I wanted to play safe and ordered something with rice instead. I looked at the menu quickly and picked out the eel rice bento box set. I love eel rice although I did not know how eel looks like in real life until few years ago and let’s just say I prefer the cooked version. When the set arrived on our table, it consisted of a box of eel laid on top of white rice, a little side dish of sauteed cucumbers and a bowl of miso soup. At that point I was starving already so I munched right down. Yum-o-yum! The eel is just right and soft with a hint of sweetness from the sauce. With a few bites of the eel rice, I also ate the cucumber in between. Having a delicious meal like this on a sunny day sure can bring a big happy smile to my face (and heart!). Ahh......what a lovely way to spend my Sunday afternoon~

Hello everyone~

Thank you to those who have purchased the Latidoll yellow helmets. Some colors such as baby pink and baby blue ran out super fast and few have asked me for these colors. I will need a head count to see how many pink helmets I need to reorder so if you missed out the last time, post a comment here to let me know. I will see if I can manage to get more.

Thank you n______n

UPDATE 5/5/09: I have submitted my requests for 10 pink helmets, 5 blacks and 5 baby blues as of today. My supplier will need to go and check to see if there are enough in stock. As soon as I hear back from her, I will post update here. Sorry for the long wait as I tried to gathered enough people first to submit the second order.

Recently, I’ve found myself redressing and playing with the dolls I have rather than kept on buying new ones in. A friend of hubby’s told us today that the desire of getting what you want and yet still yearning for more is human nature; it is a mean of survival instinct. If this is the case, then I guess I have found a good reason to back me up on all these years of mad dolly purchases (hooray!).

Of course, the redressing and replaying part falls more on my Blythe dolls than BJDs (ball jointed dolls). I still feel the need of wanting new tiny BJDs but at least not for Blythe. I do love my Blythe so not wanting to buy any more new ones doesn’t mean I don’t love them anymore. The ‘prettier’ or shall I say the more ‘rational’ way of explaining my behavior of redressing my old dolls is simply appreciation; to appreciate what I already have and own. The more ‘true’ way of looking at it is, well, I lack the funds. Yup...it is as simple as that.

After enjoying the dolls I have and playing with them again, the love I have for them in the first place came right back. I am happy and feel lucky to have these dolls with me even though at times I am so busy sewing that I don’t have any spare time to set aside for my dolls. I am trying to change that slowly. Right now, I divide my days into three parts. I would sew, exercise and set time aside to play with dolls. I use the daytime to sew until 11pm and then I will try to exercise at least 30 minutes. I know 30 minutes isn’t much but it is better than zero exercise I did in the past. The last hour or so of my day I will pick a doll up from my dolly shelf and just enjoy her. This arrangement is working for me so far and hopefully it will continue being so.

Marks can be physical or emotional. Some they can last forever while others just few short minutes. Pillow marks on your face or on the pillow you make when you just woke up from your sleep will disappear eventually. Extra coffee that dripped out from the cup can also left stain/mark on the tablecloth or the cup holder. These are some of the physical marks in our daily life. Emotional marks are harder to get rid of or disappear.

The marks I am talking about today is from wedding rings.

How many of you wear your wedding rings on your finger 24 hours a day 365 days a year? The rings I have are titanium and are quite heavy. I don’t wear mine all the time but not because they are not special or important but when sewing and handling dolls, I try to be as careful as I can. I have two rings; one is for engagement and one for wedding. The wedding ring I have is quite thick and heavy (due to the material) that it creates spaces between my other fingers. That is how thick it is. Since I sew a lot and handle my dolls to model quite often, I am just afraid if I am not careful enough, I might make little scratches or marks here and there. I have them on when I am not handling dolls or when I go out. Sometimes I like to stare at the markings left by the rings on my fingers when I am not wearing them.

So...are you marked or not?

Ugh. What a week...I somehow managed to twist my lower back around Friday morning so have been resting in bed for the past few days. Today I am finally getting better so hopefully by tomorrow I can sit and move about.

For those who have left a comment here and on my flickr picture regarding Latidoll yellow helmets, they have arrived. Thank you for your patience. I will be going down the list to those who are interested. The ones I do not know the contact info but have left me comment on the blog please do let me know either your flickr id or email so I can get in touch. These are the ones I need contact info on, please check to see if you name is here:

-Atomic
-mei
-kathy
-Samantha Potter

The rest I know from flickr so you will be hearing from me soon. Thanks again for waiting guys!

UPDATE: Pink, Baby Blue and Black are all sold out (unless someone cancel their orders). I will need to see if I can order more for the next shipment.
CHANGES: There is a slight change in shipping price as the price for international first class. The price before of USD$3 for an estimate but it is actually around $4. I apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

If there is something that makes me fear and love it at the same time, it will be my friend’s German Shepard - Baloo. Baloo belongs to my best friend Jennifer from elementary school. I still remembered the first time when Jennifer called me over the phone rather excited and asked me to go over and check out her new puppy. Well, let’s just say our definitions of puppy weren’t exactly the same. A puppy to me is something small and no taller than above your ankles. Imagined my surprise when I opened the door to her house and what came dashing to the door was a rather big and heavy puppy. I thought it was the father or mother of the puppy she wanted me to see! That was my first encounter with Baloo.

I went over to Jennifer’s house a few times after that and played with the dog. During one of those play times, I guess it wasn’t such a good idea to play ‘the ball is mine’ with a German Shepard. At first, Baloo carried in his mouth a soft round plastic ball toward me and gestured for me to throw it so he can play catch. We did that for a few rounds until on the last round I held onto the ball as he was trying to pull it away with his teeth/mouth. He got upset that the ball wasn’t freed so he started to growl and within few seconds, before I realized what had happened, bit me hard on my thumb. I was so shocked that I did not feel the pain at first. The wound on my thumb goes from the middle to where the nail grew. I can see a bit of my bone and yet with a rather calm voice, I called out to Jennifer at the time saying ‘Um, hey Jen..do you have a bandage of some sort?’ It was so calm that Jennifer thought I just had a paper cut. She was horrified to find out what had happened the next minute and grabbed my injured hand straight to the sink to rinse with cold water. I saw Baloo looked so sad as he was getting scolded by Jennifer so after my thumb was bandaged, I went over to pat Baloo and told him it’s ok. Jennifer of course thought I was nuts to do so. She said she will never want to get near that dog if it were her. What can I say? I still love him.

Last week Jennifer and her family had to go on an urgent leave out of the country and told my sister and I to help take care of Baloo. The first three days were not so bad but somehow he managed to lock himself in one of the small bedrooms overnight on the fourth day. Yes, he left a mess of pees and poo for me to clean. When my sister and I had to leave after making sure everything was ok in the morning, Baloo looked upset and depressed. The same day we returned at night to give him fresh water and food, he threw a fit on us. When we tried to open the door, he laid right next to the entrance door, blocking us from opening it. He is so heavy that I can’t budge it open wider. When my sister and I tried to talk to him and asked him to please be kind and let us in, he laid down his head as well to block the door even further while letting out two big sighs. After trying to negotiate with him for about 10 minutes outside the door (yes I felt silly doing so but I didn’t want him to be hungry and want to make sure he is ok), my sister and I pretended we gave up and told him we are leaving. We closed the door and walked away, waiting outside in their lawn. After about a minute, Baloo started to bark so we walked back and called out his name. This time when we opened the door, he was wagging his tail and happy to see us. Gesh..talk about hard to please. Even with all these, my sister and I still love Baloo. Go figure. For this dog, I have been waking up before 10am which is NOT something I do on daily basis.

Well, below is the famous dog. A dog that I fear and love.

This week the mail has been rather...boring. I would say 90% were junk or ads and 10% were bills (yet these 10% took 90% of the money that I make). But not today! Today there was a lovely package from a dolly friend. Hooray for mail day!

I did a partial swap last week with a dolly friend/customer of mine. I’ve mentioned before that I love to do swap with other talented dolly people. It is amazing to see what other people can make and to have that piece or pieces of work from them. To me, it is almost like collecting art.

Anyhow, I was just expecting one dress from this person and yet I received three! Talk about bonus! Holy cow...all three were beautifully made too! One of the dresses has an apron with hand stitched squirrel design. Both hubby and my sister (who happened to drop by today) thought it was made by a machine..that’s how perfect the piece is. I am just so happy to meet so many wonderful and amazing people through dolls.

Ok, I do apologize for the lack of update and post on my own blog. Most of the time I have silly little things going on with my daily life that I would want to share here but between commissions and etsy, I barely have time to sleep let alone update blog.

I have been super busy with ongoing commissions since last year and finally had some time now to do update. It wasn’t my intention to have the first post of this year related to sales but it ended up being one anyways.

I was fortunate enough to find pictures of Latidoll yellow wearing motorcycle helmets and even more fortunate to have family and relatives from oversea to help me get them. I had to ask my mom to help me get a few first to try out and see how well the helmets fit on my dolls before ordering for more.

I am expecting a shipment of these helmets to arrive in a week or so. I was told there will be 7 colors so once they arrive, I will have more detail pictures and info posted here. I will try to set up a shopping cart with colors and quantity of each colors here as well.

For those who are interested in getting one, I will post all info here once the helmets arrive so just leave me a comment on my blog.

Here are the basic info for now:

Size the helmets are for: Latidoll yellow with normal ears.
Number of helmets available: 70 helmets
Price of each helmet: USD$11
Shipping: first class mail for US buyer is USD$3; first class for international buyer is USD$4 for 1 helmet and USD$6 for more than one; registered mail outside of US is USD$15.
Colors: I was told there are 7 colors..right now I only have pictures for red orange, baby pink and baby blue.