Current Mood : Feelin' wealthy
Spent on dolls : $8.99
Spent on Machine Embroidery Designs : $8.00
(giggle) Isn't that image great ? I just love it ! Ariel as Sailor Moon, her daughter Melody as Sailor Chibi Moon, Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) as Sailor Venus, Pocahontas as Sailor Pluto, Mulan as Sailor Mercury, Belle as Sailor Jupiter, Esmerelda as Sailor Neptune, Madellaine (Hunchback of Notre Dame 2) as Sailor Uranus, and Jasmine as Sailor Mars. Awesome. I first thought that Uranus was a cut-hair Cinderella, but the artist says otherwise. I love it - it's two things I love brought together ! And it's singularly awesome !!
If you like, visit the artist's website - this'll take you right to the DP stuff, but just take the address down to ‘manonyapari.com' for the rest ! It's all just as innocent as the original source material, so you can share with the younger set... this is a fantastic artist !
http://disneyfanart.manonyapari.com/gallery.php
Today was super-nice. We went to a military surplus shop that Beloved's been meaning to visit, and got the last uniform pieces he needed. It smelled like my old poncho - or my Basic Training protective (gas) mask - in there. We also found the most adorable blue NASA jumpsuit on sale for Dearest Son - it has a mission patch, a flag patch, and a NASA logo one on it, and I can make him some more. Hope he likes it. Personally, I'd have loved it as a kid. We can always show him Space Camp again - yes, we own that on DVD. It was a two-pack with War Games.
Afterwards, we skipped by Hastings, where they had no machine embroidery books at all. Just like Barnes & Noble. (sigh) I may have to order ‘em off Amazon.com. I probably would have anyway, they're always cheaper there, but I kinda wanted to leaf through ‘em first. Got to flip through a used copy of The Art of Barbie, which was nice but not something I really wanted.
I did snag the latest Haute Doll, for the Barbie and Gene/Tyler patterns inside. Also a very neat article about dyeing Barbie clothes for new looks. I may have to try that. I was all set to dye a duplicate larger-size Cinderella doll's dress last year, ‘til I heard that nylon doesn't take dye. Now I may try anyway. Most of Barbie's wardrobe is nylon...
We also got to hit Sam's Club, and stocked up on some goodies. I also had a slice of orange, part of a Lime Tequila chicken wing, a cream puff mini, a mini-muffin, a prune, some sort of peanut bar, and a shrimp. Free sample day. By the time we left - and I didn't even go to all the sample stations - I was stuffed !
Then we came home, and there was a mega-sale at ‘Designs by SiCK', a machine embroidery site I hang out in. Whew! I bagged my limit, and I think I've finally had enough to last for a while. Wow.
Such a nice day. Hope yours was !
