Here's a sort of paper doll for ya !

Current Mood : happily quiet

 

So today, I cracked open the playline ‘Flight Attendant' outfit I bought Wednesday - and I love it ! The little pillbox hat has an elastic strap to hold it on, and the cute wings on the dress even have a tiny Barbie-head silhouette in the middle. The same wings are featured on the sweet pink rolling luggage, and it even opens ! Just the right size to hold the hat and the cute pink-with-blue-script ‘signature' scarf. Ya'll know I only rarely buy Mattel fashions (especially when I can make most of what I like), and I certainly don't regret this $5.99 purchase !

 

And when I took the outfit off the card, I was astonished. The card, designed as just packaging to be tossed, was adorable ! What a waste, I thought - this is a great graphic, and it'd be so much fun to color, glue, or just glitter up the white ‘dress space' with an original creation. I know how I am, left to my own devices, I'd keep the card around for a few weeks (months) until I got into a clutter-busting whirlwind groove, during which the card would be trashed, because I was tired of moving it around, or where I'd shoved it was in the way. It just seemed such a shame - I loved the airport graphics, the ‘Barbie' chairs in the background... (sigh)

 

So I called up my ‘digital packrat' tendencies and scanned it, using PostShopPro 5.3 to fill in the attachment holes and color where the bubble pulled part of the design off. It took about two hours, but I got it as best I could - then pulled it up with PSP X2 to sharpen and color-fix it. Between the two programs, I think it worked out pretty well. PSP 5.3 is easier for color replacement, at least for me right now, and X2 has some advanced image manipulation tools that really help blend those spots that still stuck out a bit. It's really great to have both ! And to have a great upgraded system that can run them both quickly and reliably...(happy sigh)

 

Feel free to ‘steal' it - copy it to your hard drive and open it in your PSP or PS or Paint, and design your own awesome outfit for this pretty model ! Or print it out, grab the markers, crayons, glue, and fabric, and have fun ! It's always great when you get to use all the Barbie you buy !

 

Tomorrow, you get to see ‘Talk of the Town' Barbie wearing the actual outfit. Or you can hit In the Pink to see it now, since it's been posted. I still wanna work on Claire's hair - it didn't quite curl the way I wanted, but I really wanted to show off that cool outfit !

 

Somehow, in the last week only, I've managed to amass 22 episodes of Clean House, including all three ‘Messiest in the Country' ones plus six Comes Clean ones. I can barely watch ‘em before I have more. Style channel must run them continuously. I'm saving my Hoarders episodes for those solo quiet hours. Show grosses Beloved Hubby and Dearest Son out, so they've become a ‘just for me' indulgence. I've learned, though, to not eat during those times. Ick.

 

Speaking of indulgences, tomorrow there's the flea market and I have a use-it-or-lose-it Kohl's card. Fun for me - I'll let ya know if I find anything good !