Current Mood : Pleased with Self.
Actually got a bit busy today, and had some fun in the Lab ! Leia's future blouse is all cut out and Fray-Checked, waiting for me to sew it, hopefully tomorrow. It was just too edgy today to sew.
I guess being stuck inside for several days in a row is taking a bit of a toll. Dearest Son seemed determined to be as noisy as possible today, and DC was a ruckus on his own. He caught two mice and appeared to be having the time of his life hunting ‘em down. Beloved Hubby's reworking his business web site, so he was kind of insular - I kept having to remind him to eat.
Anyway, I did some minor tidying while I was in the Lab, and tried to find which shoes fit the Tiffany Taylor dolls. Some soft slippers I made for Crissy fit, but Tiff has high-heeled feet, so nothing else worked. So I'll probably need to draft an original pattern for her. I also found the blue ‘belt' bracelet I got from a 50c table at the Flea Market last month - I bought it for the rhinestone star slide charms, but the belt fits Tiff ! It just needed a couple new holes for a better fit. Luckily for me, Brody came with an eyelet awl, so it was just tap, tap, tap on the cutting board, and I had three perfect holes, exactly where I needed ‘em. I also discovered that she can fit the clothes I made for Aria, the 15-inch ‘teen Ariel' doll I bought a couple years ago. They're just a bit short on Tiffany. So I'll probably do a measurement set for her on Doll Shop Deluxe - but Aria's will work for now.
I also went through a ‘loose paper' tray I set up to contain...well, loose stuff. It came inside the craft tote that is now packed full of doll patterns, and I mean, it's full ! Too full for the tray. So. I filed some papers, re-hung some displaced stars, put some doll shoes where they belong, and set up the Angel Barbie next to the crescent moon lamp, which also used a Mattel Collectables stand I had...well, standing around. I'd managed to stuff all the other Mattel stands inside the Coca-Cola machine tin - you know, the one behind Megara, third from the bottom on this page -> https://dorriebelle.tripod.com/id20.html The MAD stands are in use always, those never get stored. I just love ‘em.
I also decided to move the ‘Room With A View' set I got shortly after Elphie moved in, and store it in the closet. Since the prop storage for Barbies has gone waaaay down, there's room for it now ! And it clears a space for Beast to sit while I'm sewing. RWV was on top of the fabric storage bin, but since it's in the closet, Beast can lounge there now. He actually looks rather happy there.
And I actually did some housework. With temperatures below freezing tonight and tomorrow night, I got all the laundry together and sorted, and split it in halves. Did half tonight, and the rest'll be done tomorrow. Since that little ‘no water' scare the day after Christmas, we've been a bit hyper, so we've left faucets dripping, and held laundry ‘til the night, so warm water and dryer heat can help keep the pipes from freezing. It's funny that we're all worried about it now, since for the past two winters, we hadn't done squat different, and had no issues at all.
