Current Mood : Relaxed 

Current Image Notes : Hard to believe, but these are the 50c sweeties I bought yesterday !

Not much going on today - I'm still wheezing, and with yesterday's doll score, I just wasn't much in a mood to prowl. Beloved Hubby likened my reluctance to that of a fed tigress. If a tigress' tummy's full, an antelope can pass within inches safely. One thing's for sure, my ‘hunt' instinct was sated today !

Oddly, though, I didn't do much of anything else, either. There's still piles of fabric needing a cheap-serge before washing, dolls who need hair help, and I have my BIL's robe to work on, now that we've picked out the pattern and fabric. There's plenty for me to do, I just haven't gotten off my butt to do any of it !

I was thinking - oh, no, the universe is now in peril ! - that, before I start the next Barbie catalog, I'd break things up a bit with scans of those Disney Princess paper dolls I got at a flea market a couple months back. I mentioned showing ya'll what a former Mermaid chooses for underwear as a joke, but why not ? There's five dolls - Ariel, Aurora, Cinderella, Snow White, and Belle - and you could even print ‘em and cut ‘em out, design your own clothes for fun. So I'll start with Ariel tomorrow. Sound good ?

Oh, and I got an unexpected benefit from that paper doll set and similar ones from American Girls and a non-branded one. When I was a kid, paper doll clothes either stayed on via tabs or static cling. Neither was very reliable. Today, all the used sets I've bought have come with ‘glue dots' instead. These are little circles of squishy, tacky, removeable goo that work surprisingly well with paper doll clothes. They also work great to anchor tiny sewing machines and dress forms to the windowsill ! To think, I buy these things ‘cause they're cheap and have nice backdrops - but I end up with fun graphics for the site and a good substitute for museum putty !

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:28 PM CDT

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Current Mood : Happy and occupied

Current Image Notes : Well, this is the last of the brochure/catalog. I love the 'Don't Accept Imitations' dictum. Don't know about you, but I can't see m'self handing back a toy or gift, saying it's not a Genuine Barbie item. Especially in 1964 - I wasn't born yet ! I still like the page, just think it's funny.  

Beloved Hubby was home for lunch, and while we were out running errands, I found a flea market and two or three sales. Cool ! Dearest Son was ready for some prowling, so off we went !

The flea market was a wash for me, but Dearest talked me into a blue Beetle and a Speed Racer Mach 5, both about half again as big as Hot Wheels. He also found another lightsaber. I didn't find squat. The ‘car combo' Barbie seller was there, and she had some nice stuff. The 2003 Happy Family Grandma's Kitchen playset for $15. was certainly tempting...it even seemed to have most of the chairs and small pieces. Just wasn't sure where or if I'd use it. She also had larger dollhouses for around $40., along with her sorta-trademark plethora of car sets, but there just wasn't anything that really spoke to me. Another seller had several Steffie faced dolls, but they were all badly damaged, bodies and heads. After seeing those, I really wanted something Steffie. Nope.

The first yard sale was a wash. I hate it when there's a sign on the main road with an address too tiny to see - and no other signs. I had no idea where the blasted sale was. Never found it. The next one was big and legible. And, score ! Fetched home four dolls and a styling head. $2.50, total. I'm still not sure why I bought the styling head, but I had fun brushing it out. Some quick research shows that she's probably the Cool Lookz Shimmer 'N Glitz Teresa one. Her hair was mostly still in the original setting - front pieces pulled under the rest of the hair and secured under, and at the back of the head - and it brushed out beautifully. No wild tattoos, no hands to manicure, just a basic, simple styling head. And for 50c, I'm sure to find a place for her big green eyes and brown hair.

The dolls are also great finds. Nothing vintage, but I scored a My Scene Nolee, nude and with tangled hair, but otherwise nearly pristine. I found bits of blue rubber band in her hair, and from the looks of hair bends, it used to be up in side ponytails or buns. At first, I figured she was the Roller Girl one, since her outfit is blue, but this Nolee has a closed mouth - no teeth. Still haven't figured out who she is.

The next doll, I recognized right away as a Diva-mold Midge. A bit more research and her green button earrings show she's probably Florida, one of the swimsuit lines. I've always loved that swimsuit (have two of ‘em), so it's great to have the doll ! She really is gorgeous, but she has that cotton-candy-like hair. Oh, well ! Tell the truth (and shame the Devil !), I was thinking of using her as a body-swap for Cali (California Dreams Midge). Like many of her time, Cali has white spotted legs, so I figured, for 50c, I'd gamble that the body tone would match. Well, I gambled all right - and there's no way I can behead this beauty ! Another Midge enters Chez Insanity...just have to come up with a non-Midge name for her...

Third doll was a generic blonde Lucky girl I only bought for her dress...because it went to the fourth doll, Erika. She's from the Princess and Pauper line from 2004, and again, her hair was nearly factory-perfect. Once I took it out of the ponytail ! All the braids and twists were still intact inside it. She still sings, still has her necklace, and I love her open, happy face. There's only a slight tear to the tulle in the gown, and the usual props and shoes are missing. Imagine my surprise to learn that someone on Amazon.com is trying to sell this same doll for $239. - with ‘new and used' listing at over $80. !

After such a score, I was ready to come home and play ! Y'know, once I've made what to me is a great find, I'm not much interested in hunting any longer. Wish I could have an early success every time I go out  - it'd sure save on gas !

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:28 PM CDT

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Current Mood : tired of being sick

Current image notes : My favorite, after the Midge ones ! Only the back cover remains to be posted !

Another ‘not much' day. I'll be sooo glad when the cottonwood spores stop blowing and the pollen counts go down. I kinda feel confined to the house on days like today. The pressure of the last several days has given way to endless nose-blowing and coughing. (sigh)

Looked for yard sales, but with storms predicted for the weekend, I didn't see any. Plus there's always fewer sales after a ‘free' weekend. Tomorrow, I'm going with my cool Brother-In-Law to get pattern and material to make him a robe. I'm a bit nervous about it, but hey, I'm not askin' for payment or anything. I'm being nice. Once I get it right and it looks good, then he'll need to pony up for the next one ! (evil grin)

Dearest Son looks forward to Summer School every morning. We're really proud of him. He brings home works he's done, and it looks like he's doing well. If there's any sales tomorrow, he'll have to go with me - he's home this weekend. But with the Indiana Jones Lego game in his hot little hands, I doubt he'd want to do much else either day.

During the regular school year, his bus went right past the Fairgrounds, where the flea markets are held. You can best believe he saw the promoter's banners, and came home asking to go. Definitely my boy !

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:27 PM CDT

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Current Mood - Hangin' in there, if weakly. 

I should probably skip today's entry, ‘cause it's more of the same from yesterday. We got the Lego Indiana Jones game for Dearest, and he and Beloved are happily playing. It seems much harder - and more violent - than the Star Wars Lego game we've about played out.  I haven't done much of anything - and I still have to cheap-serge all that fabric I scored ! But this weather has my lungs (and breathing) so tight, it's a strain to even do that, believe it or not.

One funny thing. For the longest time, I've stored a slightly damaged Malibu PJ head on a #2 pencil. One of those odd rubbery ones, the kind that look like wood until you sharpen one. It's been in the pencil holder on my sewing machine table for months. Today, I needed it for something, and discovered that the head had melted the pencil ! No kidding - the yellow paint was sloughed off right where the neck made contact, and it went all the way to the bare rubbery ‘wood'. There's still yellow paint on the doll head. Ick. Now I know what those vintage doll/plastic meet melts must look like ! I only have one other spare head, it's from a more modern doll. Hasn't melted the bright pink drinking straw it's resting on, but I'll keep an eye on it.

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:27 PM CDT

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Current Mood : tired of Spring allergies and wheezing

So, what did I do while Dearest Son enjoyed his first day of Summer School ? did I sew or create or even tidy up the Lab or clean house ?

Nope. Sat on my big butt and dug through a big box of mid-70s to late 80s National Doll World magazines I got off eBay. Ate cheese balls by the handful, and drank three Dr. Pepper sodas. Fell asleep twice, moderated three kitten free-for-all fights. Sometimes I really disappoint myself - but once I realize that it was a fun day after all, it fades a bit !

Dearest really did like school. He got to see three of his old friends from his previous school, and one from his current class, so he's happy. I just need to use the solo time better ! At least I got the lace off that yard-sale blouse while waiting for the afternoon bus. Every year, they tell me Dearest will be home by, say a quarter after. Also every year, he's not normally home until half-past, or even a quarter till ! At least the wait doesn't seem so long when I have something to do.

Not really much going on, truthfully. Very few of the doll magazines have had patterns I want to scan - I figured, with a box this huge, I'd be scanning for most of the summer ! Hmm. Maybe my pattern obsession is fading because I haven't sewn many of what I already have...

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Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:27 PM CDT

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Current Mood : Snitty

Leafed through FDQ a bit more. Man, I doubt I'll ever buy another, unless there's a great pattern or a six page Midge article next time. Too many $600. ‘low-end' dolls in there for me ! I guess part of me is still stuck in 1976 - the year every girl in the neighborhood got a Ballerina Barbie for Christmas. It was such fun to play with our identical dolls ! It was like we kind of bonded over having the same one. And the afternoon ballets were beautiful !

So I guess I have trouble understanding why you'd pay more for a doll company to make fewer dolls !  Seems like it would breed envy, frustration, anger, and arrogance, not to mention fostering class issues as well as financial (and family) problems that very few of us have an immunity to experiencing from time to time. Why a toy/doll company would want those things attached to them is beyond me. But several seem to thrive on it.

Reading the new Tonner "Tyler Wentworth Ultra Basic" ad was like a draught of water to my increasingly irritated spirit. Here's the exact text, capitals and bizarre hyphens intact :

"She's just a doll - but not just ANY doll ! Tonner's NEW ULTRA BASIC ^TM dolls are ready-to-wear the most stylish wardrobe styled by you."

"Exclusively at the Tonner Company Store, Tyler Wentworth ® ULTRA BASIC ^TM comes in 3 hair colors. Featuring hand-painted faces, rooted saran hair, and 13 points of articulation, she's the ultimate in basic dolls !"

"$49.99 each"

Wow. I was rather surprised - since many Tonner dolls are easily in the triple digits, but it's mostly due to their clothing. His Tyler clothes are pricey. But admitting that a good basic doll is important, and that people often create their own doll clothes and such...it's surprising. With the cost of everything going up, and the exclusive doll market getting more restrictive and selective by the day, it's nice to see a basic high-quality Tonner doll remain around $50. Heck, Elphie had an MSRP of $60. several years ago, I just got her on a good sale.

UB Tyler comes in a very simple white bodysuit, and from the looks of things, doesn't have shoes. Or a stand. Like I've ever used Elphie's stand - and I got creative on her shoes ! Shoot, I still have to take photos of those geta sandals I made for her kimono... I think I'm impressed by Tonner acknowledging that not all doll fans are ATMs for them  - that many of us are doll hobbyists who create and repurpose on our own, choosing to have very little to do with the manufacturer once the doll is in hand. I get the feeling most Sybarites and Fashion Royalty dolls would sneer at wearing most of my efforts ! If he made a brunette UB Tyler, I'd probably buy her as a new friend for Elphie. Maybe next year...

I guess that's what I miss the most about Barbie. She was a doll anyone could have and enjoy - and it didn't matter if she came from a yard sale or a Mal-Wart shelf. Anyone could play, for just a couple bucks, even less at a good second-hand venue. Sure, some of the vintage ones are pricey, but there are still amazing discoveries waiting out there, found with a bit of luck and patience and hope. You're not gonna find a Sybarite in a junk shop, though. I just wonder sometimes if the whole doll industry is going in the right direction. I see hopeful glimpses from time to time - like UB Tyler - but then I read another ‘my hubby's gonna divorce me if he finds out...' story on a message board.

There are times I seriously consider activating a ‘Yard Sale Barbie' message board of my own...then I realize that I'm simply too lazy and scattered to moderate the thing !

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:26 PM CDT

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Current Mood : Lazy, yet still critical

As it turned out, I didn't have to go anywhere for new curtain hardware. Beloved Hubby had a discarded dowel from a closet redo he worked on, and it took him maybe 15 minutes in his Shop to fashion wooden hooks for it. Still had some silver spray paint from the star box and star pegs I made for the Lab back when it was the Studio, so we painted ‘em to match. Poof ! Great new curtains and hardware, with a matching chair cover, and a blanket and dust ruffle, all for $5. I really like it !

While you don't see it in the photo, these go nearly to the floor, and the 'planets' print is bordered top and bottom by the same 'stars' fabric you see at the top. It even hides the ironing board hooks. Sweeet !

We sort of took the rest of the day off. Sorted and stored all the stuff I bought yesterday - it took me nearly an hour to wind the bag of lace up. Had no idea some of those strips were so long, because they were wadded up in a bunch ! It twisted like a cyclone, too. But there's plenty of it, and it's not in a tangled wad anymore, so it'll be easier to use. Still have to cheap-serge the new fabric, though. I didn't even fill up the stuff-a-sacks, but I certainly got a lot of it all. Scored a blouse I have no use for, but the lace on it was gorgeous. So I'll pick that off while waiting for Dearest Son's bus this week. I like to have little projects like that, so the wait doesn't seem so long.

We'd promised to get Dearest a certain movie, so we headed out to the book/video/music store. And I got a copy of Fashion Doll Quarterly, Summer 2008. It has a couple patterns - fake fur coat for Tyler, slinky-tight dress for Sybarites (how big are they, anyway ?), and a room divider ‘screen' for FR/Barbie size décor. It also features multi-page ‘articles' (coughCatalogs) about companies and events that have amazingly taken out full-page color ads ! What are the odds ?

I was really underwhelmed at that screen. Here's the directions : ‘Paste (design) onto foamcore and tape together for an instant budoir (sic) delight'. Guess I shouldn't expect much from an editor that lets misspellings like that go by -  especially when the ‘article' is only three sentences long. It further advises using a scanner to enlarge it for the bigger dolls. Of course, the one in the magazine looks great. The white edges of the foamcore don't show at all ! Even if you buy black foamcore (at roughly $6. vs. the white stuff at Dollar Tree), the inside is white, but somehow, gluing paper to it dyes the inside. Ingenious ! And every time I've cut foamcore, I've sort of bent the posterboard edges in a bit, even when I used a knife or rotary. Amazing again how that doesn't happen here, especially when you're using three pieces...and it also balances perfectly.

That's one reason I haven't bought a room divider screen thing. I love ‘em, and love to have one, but ready-made ones are too expensive, the wrong scale, or not really the kind I'd like. I had a pattern for one that involved covering foam core with a fabric sort of slipcover, and joining the pieces with ribbon, but I haven't done it yet, because I didn't see how it'd work. Kind of like here...

The Elphie-size fur coat is interesting, but rather bulky. It actually looks better on a 19-inch doll ! I may try it with some simple broadcloth, maybe it'll look better if it doesn't overwhelm the doll so much. And I doubt any of my dolls would fit the Sybarite pattern. Mine kind of enjoy being able to sit down.

So why did I shell out $10. for a magazine I can barely use ? Well, I was kind of desperate for something new to read, and the new ‘Ultimate Basic Tyler' ad intrigued me. Sadly, the only multi-page Tonner articles were about the new Company Store opening and a pretend doll ‘feud' between Tyler and Voss, another imaginary designer. I so love it when a doll company creates a play situation for me, so I don't have to use my own imagination. Heck, I might play with their product wrong ! There was also a rather hack BJD photo-story and pages of artfully-lit Sybarite photos. I don't know which repelled me more.

What sold it was a three page article with a sort of hidden pattern, under the heading ‘Midge Can Be Glamorous, Too !'. Well, I'd cross out ‘can be' and write ‘IS', but you know I have a soft spot for Midge the size of my whale heart. And even though the pattern is very simple, the photos are pretty and gave me ideas. Maybe I'll have time this week to sew a bit - summer school starts Tuesday !

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:26 PM CDT

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Current Mood : LAB REVAMP !  

Current Image Notes : This is what the Lab doorway looks like now. Kinda underwhelming, but I liked it. The small white squares at the top of the door are the hangers for the ironing board stored on the other side. There's the spray-painted star pegs, and some nice fabric...and it'll all be gone tomorrow ! Can't wait !

Dearest Son was a bit bored this morning - we're trying to keep him on school hours, since Summer School starts Tuesday - so we ended up going yard saling  According to the local paper, there were over 120 sales today. He found tons of Star Wars toys and a Toy Story Mousetrap-like game. I found a lot, too !

The first sale yielded a few fluffy Barbie dresses - they'll go to the dolls I'm donating - and a pair of pink Barbie flats that I'm keeping. I got lotsa dolls who can wear those. And some random Fashion Plates pieces in bright pink. No frame or anything, just the plates. I sort of collect those, so they got scooped up. Also a stair-like cabinet shelf, it's designed to elevate canned goods in the back of pantries. Once it's cleaned well, it'll be a doll staircase, and you knew that was coming ! I was looking at the finger-skateboard stair sets, but I think they're too small for Barbie - so this'll work, and it was just a quarter !

The next sale soon had me staggering under the load. A bag advertised curtains and a duvet (like a featherbed) cover for $5. In a lovely ‘space' theme ! Mine ! When I got it home it was even more ! In addition to the duvet and curtains, there was a dust ruffle and a small lap blanket in the same fabrics. Dearest claimed the blanket for his Star Wars toys, and I draped the duvet cover over the chair in the Lab. I'll be hanging up the new curtains, soon as I get hardware for ‘em. These are tab-tops, and what I have up now - pictured above - doesn't include a dowel or curtain rod. So I'm hoping to score a set tomorrow. Much as I hate to spend $10. to hang up a $5. find, I really like these. Dearest has a new bed (we found it by a Dumpster, and it's nearly new !) that can use the dust ruffle, too ! We just have to hash through the wreckage his room is in again ! Quite a lot for $5. - I can't wait to get the new curtains up !

And I didn't neglect finding more fabric ! Found a ‘stuff a sack for a buck' sale, and proceeded to cram a bag fulla lace ! Next time I wanna try another overlay, I am beyond well-stocked ! The other was bits and pieces, but I got several brand-new thread spools, a lovely silver satin length and some fun blue stripe that looks like old mattress ticking. Figured it'd make a cute ‘Suburban Shopper' clone sometime.

At the last sale of the day - I wore Dearest out ! - he found a VHS of The Love Bug to replace our scratched DVD, and I scored another stuffed animal for 25c. A bit of research reveals that she's ‘Lila', from the Barbie Swan Lake movie. She has a battery compartment, and luckily an on/off switch, but I had to figure out how she worked from eBay ! She's about the right size for a photo or three, and I love her Brietta/Pegasus-like lashes !

All told, we spent about $10. in finds, $2. in soda and bathroom breaks, and probably $5. in gas. It was a great morning, even if I didn't find any dolls. Well, actually, the sale with the Fashion Plates had several tired SuperStar blonde Barbies, but I'm already well-populated with those !

Beloved came home early, and we've just been goofin' around. I'm hoping he goes in late tomorrow, so I can nip out for curtain hardware early !  (selfish, plotting laugh)

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:26 PM CDT

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Current Mood - A bit frustrated 

The yard sale thing kinda got nixed. Grandparents brought Dearest Son home waaaay early, and he was a bit fitful, so we just stayed home. I did get out for one sale down the street - what a rip ! They advertised dolls on Cragislist.org, but even though I was there for the opening, they had maybe three that were by no means exceptional. Oh, well.

I did find a ‘Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede' stuffed camel for pocket change. It's about the right size for a Barbie - or for Jasmine to play with ! The camel's deep wine colored embroidered saddle-blanket (where the Dixie Stampede thing was embroidered) reversed to a blank one, so I soon had that snapped and flipped. Nothin' against Dolly, just like the blank better ! My university's mascot was a camel, too, and I always kinda wanted one from the campus bookstore, but I just couldn't shell $30. for a toy back in '91. Heck, that was a monthly interest payment on one of my student loans back then !

Beloved knew I was kind of upset about missing the yard sales, so he stopped off and got the dress form I liked so much at Hancock's ! How sweet he is ! He said he wanted to look at the vinyl for his project again, and he was on his way home anyway...I still think he's the best ! And the newest dress form is standing proudly in the center of my window display/collection. Gleee !

I have kittens stalking my feet as I type. It's cute as anything until one of ‘em goes for the claws. I'll be sad when they leave for new homes, but right now, my ankles look like a sharpening post for cheap pocket-knives. They really dig in when they climb - or start to slip while climbing ! Dearest has gotten better with playing and petting them. They're still timid around him, though.

We're getting near the end of this Barbie catalog. Never fear - I have a set from the 70s that just needs scanning ! Man, much as I love most of the ‘Best Buy' era, even I have to admit that even Barbie had some butt-ugly clothes during the waning Age of Aquarius years.

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:25 PM CDT

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Current Mood : Chortling over new acquisitions... 

Well, that didn't take long ! Beloved Hubby's contemplating a car-based project, so we ended up at Hancock Fabrics tonight. It helped that Dearest Son's grandparents wanted him over today, instead of tomorrow. So we made a night of it - dinner out, two thrift stores, and the fabric store. While it doesn't sound like much of a fun night for Beloved, he occasionally indulges in a second-hand hunt now and again.

Only problem was, I was the only one who really found anything ! The little lavender Barbie ‘Seabutterfly' fairy doll I got in a grab-bag last week intrigued me when I realized her head, torso, legs, and wings came apart for switching with other pieces. No other parts were in the bag, though, but I did find the slightly larger ‘Ladybug Mix and Switch Fairy' set - out of box, but only missing the black antenna piece. Ladybug's body fit Seabutterfly's head well enough, although parts between the two weren't interchangeable. Oh, well. It's still kind of fun to play with - and Ladybug can even go bald ! Seriously, her hair's held on by Velcro. I kind of like a bald fairy, for kicks. I now understand the appeal of ‘Popi' - a 1963 American Character doll who also popped apart, to facilitate pose swaps and tuck-and-fold fashion creation. 

And, believe this or not, I found another Barbie case. This one looks more like a backpack, without shoulder straps. Inside, there's elastic and pockets to hold dolls and things, otherwise, I'd have thought it a school accessory. It's from the '12 Dancing Princesses' line, and I am a sucker for ballet stuff lately. I love the dancer's poses silhouettes on the sides. On the front, a green butterfly triggers tiny red lights in Barbie's skirt. The pirouette stand inside seems to be damaged, but since it's gonna go up on the Great Wall of Cases, it doesn't much matter. I shuffled the smaller cases around a bit last week, so they're more evenly spaced. Guess I need to retake photos !

Beloved found the fabric he's considering using, but since we'll need about six yards, he's waiting for the 40% off coupon in the mailer to become valid next month. The Velcro ^TM he needs goes on half-off at the same time. However, the Fashion runway fabric I wanted was already 30% off, so I quickly snagged a yard each of the two I liked best - a rather busy dress form print and an equally frantic ‘seamstress' themed piece, with fashion sketches, pattern pieces, and (I'm assuming) show catch-phrases, on a nice chocolate brown background. Whoever designed the fabric really likes brown and turquoise. Not sure how I'm gonna use either yet, but they were just irresistible !

I mentioned the expensive ‘beginners' Runway-branded sewing machine to the nice young lady who cut my fabric. To her, yes, $400. is entry-level. Hers was $1200., but she has no idea how to use the computerized functions on hers either. Is this where I sigh, or feel envy ? I'm leaning towards the ironic sigh... I probably sew more, even with my continuing slackitude, with my $89. Kenmore.

I also have my eye on a dress-form pincushion, nearly Elphie's size. It doesn't have her svelte measurements, but it would be about the right size for her to pose with. I always hate to spend $10. on my decorating collections, but it really is cute. The print is white dress forms on a black background ! Still, I have a pattern for a Gene dress form, I really should get off my lazy butt and make one.

Tomorrow - maybe some yard sales ! The local newspaper's payin' the yard sale fee our township charges this weekend, so there should be tons ! The town's annual ‘free sale' week, right before back-to-school, also really brings ‘em out.

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:25 PM CDT

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