Current Mood : Content
Spent on dolls today : $1.05
Spent on frames for embroidered stuff : $1.25
Spent on just plain fun stuff : 75c
Spent on a piece of junk : $1.50
The original plan for the day was to stay in, take it easy, do some cleaning up in the Lab, find places for the stuff I've dragged home in the last three weeks. Last night, we met with the first of Dearest Son's potential summer tutors, so things got shuffled around fast. I thought we were going out, but Beloved Hubby reversed and said that she was coming here. Yikes. Lots of stuff got shoved into the Lab fast, including my KJ sewing machine, and all the goodies I got yesterday. This morning, I honestly couldn't get in there.
But that was before Beloved called - on his way to work, he saw a flea market in a nearby parking lot. Looked interesting, so he thought I'd like to go. I was dressed and on my way fifteen minutes later. They got $4. of the $5. in my wallet in short order. I got a Crayola "Cutter" device that operates but doesn't work for skit (it's already been reboxed for donation - maybe someone can use the stencils and supplies), but at least I didn't pay much for it, four frames, the Barbie Swan Lake movie on VHS, the Cinderella ‘Royal Wedding' doll (missing shoes), and another Little Mermaid kid suitcase, this one is square and dates to the Saturday morning cartoon series. I am such a sucker for those.
The ‘Royal Wedding' doll was an amazing find. I've owned two of the ‘Cinderelly's Surprise' version - she's from Playmates, and is about 14 inches tall. I kept the one I had from the thrift store, and redressed and donated the yard sale one. I was just thinking a couple weeks ago that it would be nice to have found the ‘Wedding' one, since her dress design seems to be a challenge to replicate in doll scale, and I'd like to see how Playmates did it. And there she was. For fifty cents. Wow.
Came home, and cleared out space in the Office cabinet for KJ and his few supplies. That way, he's off the dining room table, but close by. Was starting to work on the Lab when Beloved asked me to run an errand for him. While I was out, I stopped by Big Lots. Ours never has dolls. But I found a "Lots of Bots" Wall-E book for Dearest for just $5., so I snagged it. It's a bit below his reading level, but I know he'll enjoy it just the same. Decided to go ahead and snag the tiny Tommy shoes card while they had ‘em for 50c. They also had Kelly sets, but I already have tons of shoes for the girls in that line.
Came home again, and bundled up all the fabric from the thrift store that's been washed and sitting around. I like doing that with a Mystery Science Theater 3000 tape on ! Found spaces for most stuff, and my Lab's walkable again. But I really need to start a serious clean in there. I can't put the new kaleidoscope away because there's dolls and boxes of fabric between me and the ‘visual toys' basket !
Hooped up one fabric scrap while I was sorting - I wanted to stitch out at least my initial before I left feedback for the eBay seller. And I needed to test out the new hoop screws. The Disney font stitches out great, and was laid out well. Brody, and I'm assuming other embroidery machines, doesn't like stitching on top of stitches. The classic Disney ‘D' I did cleverly avoids that, but all the while, it looks ribbon-smooth. As though the stitches were done by a fountain pen loaded with thread. I had to fix it a bit - I had a slight error that was my fault, not the design's - and it shows, but I have complete confidence in this font. I can nit-pick the bare-bones shipping method and the odd organization on the disc, but the designs themselves are fantastic !
The hoop did just fine, but I think I had it a bit tight. I have a bit of ‘hoop burn'. That's when the hoop leaves marks on the fabric. Sometimes, it's just something ya gotta deal with, it's an aspect of the fabric - other times, you put the thing on too tight. I'm still learning my balance.
Right now, though, my balance is calling for sleep ! Busy day again tomorrow. I love my life...
