More stuff done that I shoulda done last year...

 

Current Mood : Cabin fever strikes - and I'm out of potato chips !

Current Image Notes : Don't own this - but ain't it cool ?!

Spent on eBay win : $13.50

 

Well, guess who didn't have to shower tonight, either ? Yup, Dearest Son is home again tomorrow, even though the roads around here are good - and we were pretty low on the list for plowing. Oh, well, safety first. We got out in it today, and it wasn't bad at all. Which is good, because we're nearly out of junk food ! I'm actually getting sick of popcorn.

 

Got my latest eBay win paid for - gosh, PayPal took forever to credit my account ! Hopefully the seller isn't too cross with me, but just in case, I paid for insurance. I rarely do that. And since the funds were in my PP account, they went to the seller's account instantly, no waiting around. At least I have that going for me. Hopefully he'll ship this week, so maybe next week, I can show you my new setup !

 

Spent a chunk of the day online. Found an interesting doll pattern loaning library, for only $15. a year. I could borrow two patterns a month (well, copies of the patterns), and most of what they have, I don't. It was intriguing - until I saw the shipping fees. Yikes. I found about 20 or so patterns I'd kinda~sorta like to have, but I'd end up shelling about $40. to get them. Facts are, for $15., or even $25., I'd be glad to participate, and I have lots I could contribute. But none of ‘em - or even all of ‘em together - were that essential. For $2. each, it's still not bad, but seriously, there's lots I'd rather have over more patterns I probably won't use for quite some time, if ever.

 

From there, I do what I always have, when I realize I don't need more - I drift through what I have. I've been sort of wanting to make a shirtwaist. You know, a full-skirted dress that has a button-front blouse and turn-down collar. I had several in my college years, and loved them, because I felt good in them. So of course, I wanna make doll versions !

 

And, of course, it turned out that I have several patterns for those. I chose Aileen's Petite Fashions # 118, a copy of Barbie Learns to Cook. I loved the styling and detail, and hope to have at least one satisfying success with an APF pattern. I still sort of resent my ongoing failures with her Modern Art copy, #135. Much as I'd love to jump right in with some of that great new fabric I bought last week, previous experience demands that I work with less important-to-me material. If the pattern works out, it'll look like a cross between two of Lucille Ball's dresses - a housedress from everyday and her Paris burlap gown ! Yup, I'm gonna use up some unbleached thin muslin - wish me luck ! It's all cut out, and as soon as this is posted, it'll get Fray-Checked. And you know how I am with half-done stuff - it bugs me ‘til it's done.

 

While in the Lab, I figured I'd be more comfy in pajama pants over jeans. Then I remembered I had a big ole split seam down one leg. Well, no time like tonight to get stuff done ! Got the split resewn and cheap-serged, and while I had ‘em up on the machine - with matching thread loaded up - I hemmed them up a bit. Sometimes my foot would get caught in the ‘bell' of the hem, while I was walking. Shortening them up a bit would prevent that. So it's done.

 

Then, I set about reclaiming the denim and elastic from the panties I cut off yesterday's  altered denim skirt project. Yeah, my insane recycling gene has manifest itself again. I'm saving the corrugated cardboard boxes as we empty them, for some obscure organization project, printed the pattern on recycled flyers from Dearest's school, saved the scale-verifying rulers printed on ‘em next to the printer, for my own scanning, in a recycled mini plastic zipper bag, using tape I'd already used to mark a seam allowance on the sewing machine, stored all the empty Kleenex ^TM boxes saved for another project in the newly-emptied eBay sales bin, and reclaimed two ‘Ice Breakers' mint containers for another doll seating project. Had leftovers for lunch. I'm nuts, I admit it.

 

Hope you're staying warm, and aren't going crazy !

Things always improve after some fun doll time !

 

Current Mood : Grateful we haven't lost power. And relaxed. 

Current Image Notes : Lacey, on your left, is wearing the 'new' infant denim skirt, Gracie is wearing the newly altered shorts set, and Casey got a 'new' Asian blouse today ! Tomorrow, they get winter clothes, but I had to take a photo of their lastest wardrobe acquisitions ! 

 

We're snowed in ! No school for Dearest Son today or tomorrow, and smaller vehicles are having serious trouble making it up ‘our' hill. We got about two inches of snow on top of a quarter-inch of ice... and my big ole butt hasn't even been outside to take out trash. Beloved Hubby's been busily at work in the Shop, and Dearest has been out in it three or four times, coming in to warm his hands at the sink. Thanks to several fleece remnants, he hasn't been without a warm, dry scarf !

 

With everyone at home, I made a big bacon, egg, and biscuit breakfast. That felt good - I never have time and family together to do that very often ! And it got my mind off the eBay mess, which is nearly resolved. Lunch was lots of hot soup, and we had a nice hearty dinner of sausages and cheese potatoes. My kitchen is a disaster !

 

Well, as mentioned, the eBay mess has resolved itself. My seller said all the ‘Free Shipping' sales were set by accident (all twelve of ‘em ?), but they'd honor the auction page. So they just charged me handling. I kinda feel bad, like I'm taking advantage, but part of me knows that ‘Free Shipping' isn't a default, so... I'm sure someone'll take something out of my hide once I start selling all this crap at my desk ! It's gotta wait, though - eBay takes their cut out of a credit card, and ours goes to Checking. I'm not even gonna get into how little is in that account right now...

 

Anyway, I let myself wallow for a while, then got bored. While going through the Bin o' Stuff to Sell on eBay, I found a few things I ended up keeping. Two small Kaiser-type doll stands - where did they come from ? I'm clueless. Adjusted, they'll work with that vintage Skipper I found at the thrift store last year, and also the six-inch Disney Musical  Princess dolls. So I kept ‘em.

 

A Dollar General bag held several split-ring keychains. Oh, cool ! I forgot about them - they were from a bunch of keychain shoes I bought last Spring. The shoes fit Mia and Cia (Crissy family doll, and a Playmates ‘Cinderelly's Surprise' doll), so I bought several pair. Pulled down the Box o' Craft Crap to add them to the bag of split-ring keychains, and took inventory. Sweet - there's exactly 24 ! Unless I decide to make more this year, I have enough for Christmas '09 school gifts already. Yaaay !

 

Also in the Bin was a peach toddler blouse, in a clearly Asian-inspired style. I'd first reached for it at the yard sale because of the fabric, but once I held it, I hoped it'd fit the My Size Barbie girls. For a quarter, why not ? Held up to Gracie, I decided it was too big, and in the bin it went. Well, I was bored, so... I tried it on Casey - and it fits beautifully. There's a slipped snap I have to fix, but otherwise, it's perfect.

 

I'm glad I tried it ! Because to do so, I had to undress her from the 2T Spring short set I'd obtained from another yard sale - and it was held on her with hair clips. Shameful ! So I decided to fit it correctly, then change her clothes. It didn't take long to take some of the elastic out of the shorts and raise the crotch seam a bit, then fold over the blouse's button back and add Velcro for a better fit. Saved the buttons for the button jar !

 

With that done, my attention was drawn to a 12-mos. denim skirt I'd gotten from one of the last yard sales of ‘08. Like the Chinese blouse, I had hopes it'd fit the MSBs, but I knew it'd need some tailoring. I loved the pleats ! Well, it was much too big in the waist, and the built-in underwear was in the way. Tried adding elastic to the waist front - it was already elasticized in the back - but that didn't work. Taking in enough from the sides meant it was too tight to slide off and on, and it looked odd. Putting in a zipper or other back closure was nearly impossible with the skirt's pleats. So I cut the panties off, and took in some at the side seams, enough for it to slide off and on, but not very tight. She'll probably need to wear a tucked-in shirt and a belt with it ! But, heck, it'd been hanging around since November - at least now, it's hanging on a doll ! You can get good practice in alterations with an MSB or three, and a couple of good yard sales.

 

As you can see, MSBs don't really take an age-based size - they have 4T and 6mos. sizes in their closet ! I really have to keep myself from buying them used kid clothes, because they always require fittings and adjustments. And I kinda hate buying what real kids could use. So I wait ‘til I'm nearly done at a yard sale before I go through kids' clothing, or don't go near it at all. Unless it's green, nautical, or Asian. I'm a sucker for those. 

 

So, while I didn't actually make anything, I did make some stuff over ! I think that counts towards my resolution of sewing at least once a week. I just need to sew some doll clothes already ! Hmm... I wonder what I'll be doing tomorrow, with Beloved and Dearest home...

 

I find that things always look better after some fun doll time ! 

So now, even eBay is against me...

 

Current Mood : Miffed

 

Currently ‘enjoying' a small ice storm - it'll continue through tomorrow and be gone by Wednesday, but it's not that bad right now. The ice looks so pretty in the late afternoon sun...

 

For kicks today, I scanned a page from a Mattel-issued repro art book. I used to love to look at the Ad Builder books at the newspaper office when I was a kid. There was an endless array of images for everything ! Any ad or announcement ever created, there was an image perfect for it in one of those big books. So, when I saw a repro art book from Mattel on eBay, going for just a buck and shipping, dated 1984, I just had to have it. And I won ! Seventy-four pages of line art for Barbie, Poochie, Masters of the Universe, and Hot Wheels toys - just looking at it made me happy. And a bit buzzed on the remembered smell of ink and rubber cement and other chemicals. I had big plans for it on my website... then we moved. Twice. And I forgot, so it didn't take long for it to be just another no-name-on-the-spine book on the shelves.

 

Went digging for it yesterday, and decided to share the ‘Personal Appearance' layout with In The Pink and you. It's really cool, I think. The one up there is a small version - the original size is huge ! Over 1.5Mb. But if you'd like your own copy of the original scale, you can find it here - https://dorriebelle.tripod.com/dolls_of_my_life/reproart.jpg . Usual things, same as before, left click to bring it up full-sized, right to save.

 

With the weather that skiddy - numerous accidents this morning - once Beloved Hubby was home, he stayed home. Watched a few episodes of Wonderfalls and the last of his A-Team. And watched the auctions I bid on. (sigh) I should have known...

 

I won the small one, lost the big. That's fine. What's making me sigh, and think I didn't win at all and should just save my money and wait for yard sale season and start wearing shirts with ‘*&^% eBay' on ‘em is the fact that the auction page had ‘Free Shipping' splashed all over it. So did all their doll-based auctions - free Parcel Post shipping. So, when I got the invoice and saw I'd been charged for it anyway, I wrote a very nice note reminding the seller what the auction page said, and that I was aware of the $2. handling fee (*&^%), so I would like a corrected invoice with the right total, please.

 

Of course, there's been no response. And it's been three hours since I wrote, five since the auction closed. I have a feeling they've received several notes like mine, so I tried to be nice, but I'm starting to feel ripped off and led on. (sigh) You'd think they'd check their auctions, or shut down the remaining ones as soon as the first complaint came through, but there are still several ongoing auctions, all with the same ‘Free Shipping' on ‘em. I'm starting to think no one wants my money, as hard as it is for me to spend it this week...

 

I mean, shoot, by the time PayPal credits my account with the cash I transferred Friday (for some reason, it takes four or five business days), I won't have much need of it, and I'll want to transfer it back to Checking ! It's crap like this that makes people leery of eBay, but they don't seem to care about it, and the sellers just keep being jerks. Not all sellers. But I've been ripped off twice, and this may be #3, and even I learn after a while.

There's always *something* going on !

 

Current Mood : At a loss... but never for stuff to spend money on ! 

Current Image Notes : This is the image I used for Dearest Son's button the other day. Cute ! 

 

I have got to be careful what I wish for. Ok, so remember yesterday, when I found two goodies on eBay I liked, but I could only bid on one and still get the Mad doll stands ? I wished I could bid on both, but heck, ya can't have everything, right ?

 

So, while I'm waiting for my cash to clear PayPal before I can order the stands, I hop back to the Mad doll site. And, boom ! Splashed the length of the ordering page is a note that, due to family emergencies, they'll be closed at least through February 16^th. Sheesh. I finally get the money, and I'm maybe two days away from ordering, and they're closed. I hope the emergency isn't terrible, that their family will be OK, and that they come back soon, though.

 

But, it does free me up to bid on those two eBay items that I probably won't win. Maybe it's a lesson. Use what I have - goss knows I got tons of Barbie stands, I just don't like how they elevate the dolls the equivalent of six inches, and there's next to no way to hide ‘em, but perhaps it's time to learn to use them better - and start savin' the pennies again. And who knows what I'll find in this year's crop of yard sales, thrift stores, junk shops, and flea markets.

 

Anyway...

 

In other news, I'm thinking of having a theme day here on the Doll Diaries. I was reading some other blogs, and it's kind of fun to know there's Barbie Wednesday on this one and Doll Day on another. But I want mine to be uniquely ‘me', ya know ? So what I'm thinking of doing is ‘Best Buy Friday'. Every Friday, the photo is of a doll in a Best Buy outfit, complete with year and item number and the usual chatter and memories. Most doll books don't like Best Buy clothing, they seem to think it's all cheap kiddy-grade crap, and if they show any at all, it's a catalog photo or still in 40-year-old packaging, like they're afraid to contaminate their collections with it.

 

But that's not my style. I remember Best Buys, and along with their issue items, mom-made dresses and cheap knockoff gowns, that's what my dolls wore. Not ashamed of it. I'm sorry it's not 1960 limited edition high-end couture, but it's what was out there, and what most kids and families could afford, so why not celebrate it, too ? Of course, I was gonna wait until I had my doll stands to start it off, but heck, I'll probably begin this Friday.

 

Oh, and I'm not gonna limit m'self to ‘70s doll = 70s doll clothes'. If I want Dori to wear #2218, she will. Or if Bubblecut really likes the dress she came to me wearing, # 3347, she's more than welcome to model it. After it's ‘Best Buy Friday' debut here, I'll probably move the image to a new Best Buy page. No sense losing or hiding the information, after all. Mine are usually missing aprons and small things, and aren't in pristine shape, but heck, it's more easy to identify when a dress is in its natural state - fresh from being wadded up in the bottom of a doll case since 1982 !

Wall art I love...

 

Current Mood : Quiet peace.

Current Image Notes : In case you can't read it, my latest Lab wall decor reads 'Dream' on the big one, and 'and dance with the stars' on the smaller one. The pink stars were included, but the burgundy ones I made from the 'leftover' from the stickers. I'm a tightwad, fer sure ! 

 

 

Kind of a quiet, but fun day. Ran around with Beloved Hubby this morning, and we hit Dollar Tree in a neighboring town before heading home. He picked out today's image - it's a wall decal. Said he thought I'd like it. And I do ! Isn't he the sweetest ? I got a bunch out of the 'sprue' sticker stock remaining on the card. And what's funny is, there was a third sticker that I don't like much, so it's getting donated. Cool, huh ? I get a lot for Beloved's dollar !

 

I also picked up a pair of ‘big kid' Fiskars scissors. I really like those. All the sharp cutting of $20. Fiskars, but smaller, and at Dollar Tree, much cheaper ! I think it's worked out that every other teacher has sent Dearest Son's scissors home with him, and the kid versions are just as nice as the big ones. So we have about four pair around the house, including the one in the Lab, by the sewing table. At least now, I can return those to him ! 

 

And I picked m'self up a new quandary. While I think I really have put the repro doll obsession to rest, I managed to dig up another. There's two things on eBay I'd really like to have, from the same seller. They close within an hour of each other. I can bid on one, and still get the stands. (sigh) I don't know why I'm fretting over it - I have abysmal luck on eBay. That, or I'm just cheap...

 

Anyway, it was a nice day, especially since I haven't done jack all day. Except hang up the wall art ! Watched more A-Team with Beloved, and for dinner, he had leftover Thursday pizza, I had leftover Friday Chinese. We're running low on leftovers.

Flower Friday ?

 

Current Mood : Funked

Current image notes :  A coloring page for you. Just 'cause. 

 

Sorry, guys - I'm in a funk of a mood. Working some stuff out. I guess I'm spoiled, because I finally have the funds to order the Mad doll stands I've wanted, but it'll be Wednesday before I can order them, and it'll be a week past that before I get ‘em. For me, that's very delayed gratification, and I don't think I'm handling it well.

 

What's making it worse is the Anniversary dolls. I don't really care for the Robert Best designed ‘glamour Barbie' commemorative - to me, it's just another Big Dress Blonde. Sure, it's a nice dress, but when have I ever paid $60. for a tulle-spangled gown ? And the doll is yet another Model Muse, head and body, and now that I have one (a nude "Go Red" was part of the Box o' Wonder from Joanne), I'm colored even less impressed with the body style, something I'll have to get deeper into on another entry.

 

No, I'm talking about the repros - there's six of ‘em, each representing an ‘era' of Barbie. Ponytail, Bubblecut, Twist ‘n Turn (TNT), Malibu, Superstar, and Rocker. Right now, Ponytail, Bubblecut, Malibu and SuperStar are on shelves, with TNT and Rocker due out in February. When I first heard of these, I thought it was neat, if the reproductions were done well - it was nice to see something beyond Vintage being done. But I figured I'd be immune from the dread Want, since I already have a Bubblecut, a TNT, and multiple Malibus and Superstars. And I didn't much want a blonde Ponytail, or a wild-eye-makeup Rocker, although I loved the 80s vibe of her clothes. In short, a nice idea of Mattel's, but nothing I'd want. Just like most years...

 

Soon, though, I finally got to see what the doll boards were erupting over. (sigh) For perhaps the first time ever, the dolls actually look better in the harsh light of retail. What ranks is that part of me wants all of ‘em. There's just something so... clean about them. Mine are scratched and worn - heck, most of ‘em only cost a buck from a flea market - and are clearly played with, and let's not get into flaws, or we'll be here all day.

 

But these repros are bright and pretty and new, and come with booklets I want to look at and clothes that call to me. I want dolls I already have, and part of that ticks me off, ‘cause these dolls ain't exactly cheap ! They're not Silkstone pricey, either, and you get a lot, but $40. each for two or three dolls is a bit rich for us, especially now... yet I know that if I wait, they'll sell out and I'll be haunting eBay... or in three months, I'll have forgotten all about them. Could easily go either way.

 

So, as you can guess, I don't exactly enjoy this challenge to my frugal nature. I hate wanting what I already have, just because the New Improved version is shiny. But I still want to look at them again, and I say it's because I want to find the flaws, talk myself down, even though I know if I do see them, I'll just Want all the more. I was actually mad that the high-side Mal-Wart didn't have them Tuesday, I was almost in withdrawal. This sort of behavior is very odd for me.

 

What makes it worse in many ways is that the two I'd mostly likely buy, if I can't throw this weird obsession, are the two that are easiest and cheapest to find - the Malibu and the Superstar. If they'd done the Sweet 16 instead of the TNT, you'd be adding her to the top of my list. Yup, I don't want the hard-to-find-even-as-a-repro dolls, I like the most produced dolls Mattel ever made. Sphew.

 

And that's where I am now. I think now that I've hashed it out in public, it'll be easier to throw this over. Heck, I'm half-tempted to take one of my Malibus to Mal-Wart and compare my original to their repro. Goss knows my new purse is big enough to contain a few out-of-box dolls. If it's that much of an improvement, then fine, we start savin' our pennies. If not, then the spell should be broken.

 

That said, I still wanna look at the repro catalog booklets...

Joyful Thursday

 

Current Mood : Happy and hopeful

Spent on doll and hobby stuff : $9.94

 

Back when I was a single girl - waaaay back, when I had a paper route, even ! - Thursday was my favorite day of the week. As a newspaper delivery route person (i.e., papergirl), Thursday was all the excitement of Friday, but no papers to deliver. The one I delivered only came out twice weekly, and Friday was a big delivery day. By the time I pulled my bike back into the driveway on Fridays, I was too tired to want to do anything ! The ‘big day Friday' trend continued into my working life, plus the skating rinks had less teen-oriented sessions on Thursdays. So Thursday remained my favorite.

 

Today was one of those Thursdays that reminded me of why I loved ‘em so. Beloved Hubby was home this afternoon, and it was Fun Time ! I had some cash to spend, and I spent it ! I may just order those Mad stands next week - I'm still doing some research, and I'll have to wait anyway, for my deposit to clear the bank, then clear PayPal.

 

Beloved dropped me off at Hobby Lobby while he ran other errands, and I beelined it for the Christmas Final Markdown and Clearance aisles. Found a package of six glittery black star small-tree ornaments for 50c, and two yards of ‘Twisted Princess' elastic - purple with black lettering and crowns, for 64c a yard. From there, I picked up a half yard of gorgeous colored starbursts on a black background cotton fabric - 30% off ! The only two things I paid full price for were the package of four reusable pin-back buttons ($1.99) and the often-picked-up but never-bought set of three dollhouse windows ($2.99). So, I went in there with $10. - and spent $9.94 !

 

The fabric's been cheap-serged, and I played with the buttons - I'm getting more of those ! You can make your own pin-back buttons, and reuse them, the pieces snap together and apart easily. With the frequent 40% off coupon, I can get the twelve-pack for $2.99, which brings the price down to less than a quarter each. Back in the day, I had one of those Badge-A-Minit badge makers - and it cost about 25c each for supplies. And those, once they were crimped together, that was that. You couldn't reuse any of the parts, and frequently either the protective plastic or the pin pieces didn't seal all the way around. I was toying with getting another press when I remembered the reusable ones. They're often found in the kids' crafts sections.

 

I also found packs of 80 split-ring and other keychain rings. $3.99, but again, there's that 40% off coupon. So by the time I get the Wristlet Key Fob directions typed up, it'll be almost the cost of the felt stars to make ‘em ! Well, maybe a bit more...so far, it's about 25c each, which is funny considering the ones I saw two weeks ago were at least $1.50 for project-specific supplies alone.

 

We also visited Hastings, our favorite video store, for its vast stock of used DVDs. We got Batman :The Animated Series episodes for Dearest Son, two seasons of A-Team for Beloved, and I selected a dirt-cheap volume of Clerks : The Animated Series. I've seen a couple of them, but now I've got ‘em all ! And the ‘buy one used, get the next for $1.' sale was ongoing, so we got a lot of entertainment for a little cash.

 

Looked at doll magazines, caught the new issue of Haute Doll. Feh. Patterns for BJDs, nice 50^th anniversary Barbie pictures, but not much of anything I wanted. It just seems kind of obscene, really, in this day of failing banks, business closings, and home foreclosures, to assume everyone enjoys splashing out $79. for a doll dress - not a dressed doll, just a doll's dress ! And of course, they're still all up the skirts of ‘exclusive' dolls that retail for over $400. - which also seems a bit oblivious, if not downright pretentious. Yeah, I know, that's their audience, and I'm not it. Sometimes I am sooo glad of that, I could sing !

 

Also slipped through Doll Collector, Doll Reader, and even Soft Dolls and Animals, but nothing interested. Most of the patterns in Soft Dolls were so simple, I could have drafted them from the photos. And I think I have to reluctantly come to the conclusion that, between all the patterns I own and the software I have, I pretty much have every doll clothes pattern there is - I just need to tweak what I have if I see something new I want. And I have thousands of soft doll patterns in various back issues of National Doll World.  

 

For kicks, I even leafed through Disney Princess magazine, and I almost bought that one. For $5., there were at least some pretty graphics !

 

On the way home, we snagged lunch and planned our viewing for the day. Beloved's still watching A-Team, and as predicted, Dearest loves it. He's not even much interested in his Batman yet, because Daddy's show is fun ! I poked around online, and tried to hand-wash the tape marks out of the Swingy doll dress I bought Saturday. They originally held the pleats down. Nope. Nothing worked. I may have to remove the original skirt, make a new one, and sew it on instead.

 

Oh, and earlier today, I ‘gave' In The Pink a small gift - a brick wall. It should print out big enough to completely fill a sheet of standard copy paper. I knew I'd be asking for a product review later, namely the Mad doll stands, so I wanted to give something first, no matter how small. Link's below - Left click on it to make sure it's at full size, then Right click and choose ‘save image as'. Put it where ya want it, and you'll always have a super-simple background to use with your dolls.Think of it as a near-freebie Room With A View...

 

You can also use your image altering software to change the brick colors - or just tell your printer to go ‘grayscale' for castle walls ! - or use magic markers for graffiti. And while it's pretty much Barbie scale, it'll still look good with dolls Elphie's size. And you never know when someone you love or work with could use their own personal brick wall to smack their heads against !

 

https://dorriebelle.tripod.com/dolls_of_my_life/brickwall.jpg

Slow Wednesday ahead...

 

Current Mood : Kinda bored... just not bored enough to get off my butt !

 

Not much going on today. Got the dishes washed up and the trash out. Got tired of tripping over the box of ancient computer paper - so old, it has sprocket holes and green and white bars across it - I got free from a yard sale, so I cleaned out the bottom drawer of the file cabinet and transferred it into there. Now Dearest Son can access it whenever he wants, and it's out of the way.

 

I also tripped over the TV tray that was supposedly temporarily hosting Dearest's new printer this morning, so I made sure to move it to his desk today. He wanted it positioned differently after school. Our guy's growing so fast...

 

I'm thinking of working on another craft project for the site I submitted the Advair Chair to - no, they haven't used it, but maybe one day they'll get bored enough to. Let's just say it involves a Barbie, an empty Pringles potato chip can, some scrapbook paper, and a piece of string.

 

I just get so silly sometimes...

 

"Somewhere That's Crafty !" goes live !

 

Current Mood : Happy. Still sleepy, though.

 

Busy day with Beloved Hubby today. Went with him on errands, picked up a few Priority Mail boxes. I bought these Peek-A-Boo Cuties from Mal-Wart shortly after Halloween. Since there were seasonal versions, they were marked down to 50c each, but they weren't in with the rest of the holiday stuff. I bought two ‘cat' themed ones, and one each of the other three.

 

Believe it or not, the set of four is going for $46. on eBay. Wow. Since I never opened mine, I'll probably put mine up. And keep the one ‘cat' one. I liked that one.

 

We did groceries at the cross-town Mal-Wart, and while their toy section is about twice the size of the one a few blocks down, they didn't have any of the Barbie Anniversary stuff. Not one bit. Darn. I was hoping to snag the travel mug this week. No big deal. Beloved said I could snag the doll of my choice at month's end, and that's something to ponder... do I go for a repro, or the dress-form doll ? Hmmmm....

 

Worked on Somewhere That's Crafty ! this evening, and posted the tote bag to purse directions. Cross-posted the doll directions, too, including the Advair Chair ones. I've sent the Advair craft directions to a website that pays a small amount for ‘em, but they may not use it. It's so simple, it may be too easy for them to bother with. But then again, this is the same site that posted five different hand-shape turkey craft directions...

 

Anyway, here's the link to the Crafty! Home page - haven't gotten to the Wristlet Key Fob or Leia Hat-Wig directions yet, though. Decided to take it live anyway, since there's at least a few projects and links working already.

https://dorriebelle.tripod.com/somewherethatscrafty/

 

Other than that, it's been a quiet day. Hope yours was good !

 

Sleepy MLK day...

 

Current mood : Yawning

 

Dearest Son was off from school today - it's a holiday, Martin Luther King day ! - so I didn't get much of anything done. Took Molly-chan to the grocery down the street, but that was about it. I mostly sat around and read online, and tried to stay awake. I'm so tired today, for some reason.

 

Hope your Monday was restful, too !