So it's xmas eve, and I'm pretty much ready for xmas except for a few things:

- Coat truffles and wrap
- Make shortbread and wrap
- Dye hair

Alice should hopefully arrive today finally, so I should also take pics when I have some time.

I'm in that mood where I want it to be Christmas already, which means today will go sooo slow. XD

Haven't been in much of a photo taking mood of late.


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- Christmas cooking went well last night. Brendon and I made a heap of gifts (and hardly any mess! :D), all I need to do is roll up the truffles when I get home from work tonight. Feeling much less stressed about xmas now.

- Pavel's jointed hands arrived on Saturday. Took me two hours to blush and put together just one. And cause Soom didn't send S hooks to go with them, he shall only have one hand for the moment until I can get another S hook that fits (why I had this mystery one in the first place I do not know). They weren't hard to string afterall, just a bit fiddly. Also the matter of keeping all the parts in order so that you don't mix everything up.

- Souldoll outfit should arrive today. Alice's head might arrive, tracking for it hasn't updated since it left China on Thursday, so I'll be anxious till I see it's been scanned in at customs.

- I like writing everything in bullet points. :D

- Ari's hanging out with me today. I took his hooves off over a month ago to repaint, and it took me that long to get the blushing off them. Seems some bits will chip and flake off with ease, but the second you want to actually get the pastel off it sticks like a motherfucker. This time after blushing I coated the whole area in a matte waterbased varnish (previously I'd only just done the hoof part, not the fur), and sueded the inside of the joint. It has an ever so slight sheen to them, but he was handled heaps at the meet and nothing seems to have chipped. Sueding the inside alone makes a huge difference (with suede/pliver of course, not hot glue). Why Soom thought putting locking grooves inside the hooves was a great idea is beyond me.

- New couch arriving this morning! For those that don't know, our old couch was very dead - the back of it was coming off it at an extreme angle. When we took it out to the garage last night, we found that the only thing holding the back on was the fabric, the wood had broken away from the frame completely XDDD And I found some things under the couch I thought I'd never find, like Charlie's Bearibbean Pirate! :D
It's gonna be weird coming home to a nice new couch this afternoon.


- I want work to be over alreadyyyyyyyyyyy

I'm going to be good and bring in my sewing machine tomorrow and actually get some work done instead of sitting here and thinking about it but not having the means to do it. I need to finish commissions, I need to make a doll bra as part of Morgana and mine's monthly doll project, and I need to get things done asap so that it doesn't make me feel like shit for not doing it.

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Doll meet was good, despite my coke exploding on Jess and myself (I'm so sorry Jess! T_______T). Met some lovely people I haven't met before, some I've talked to on DA and finally put a face to the name, and of course those I know already. :) Made me feel good about going to meets again, I'd kinda psyched myself out of them for a year and a half.

But now I am soo tired and my feet hurt. So much walking this afternoon (which is good for me, but still x.x), and I only got 3 hours sleep. I might fall asleep soon. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I realised I need to write down a list of what I'm waiting on, cause I keep forgetting. XD

- Alice's head SHIPPED
- Souldoll outfit SHIPPED
- Soom jointed hands SHIPPED
- Dollshe eyes
- xmas presents for people SHIPPED?
- Wig from sunny's SHIPPED
- Buttons SHIPPED
- Pavel's gloves

I think that's everything >.>

So although I worked on things the past two days, I did them whilst sitting on the couch all day watching dvds, and as a result I actually feel rather refreshed coming in to work today. Clearly I need to spend more of my days off not stressing out and working on a million things.

Charlie, Lucy and Ari are hanging out with me at work today. I swear I love tinies, they're handfuls of happiness. X3

- I am not going to get this dress done in time for Friday. I beaded all afternoon and night and got three and a half petals done (I'm up to the big ones, they're varied sizes), and I still have about 5-10 left (need to start piecing it together and see how many more I need). Ah well, I'll still finish it, I just wanted something pretty and new for Tatiana to wear.

- Today I have to do a lot of xmas cooking. Need to go and buy turkish delight and some other ingredients for things, and get cooking!


-Liulfir's body is going to have to wait a bit. DD-Anne has released the last ever edition of Lotus Nears. I thought I had no chance in getting one (just like every other time she puts them up for sale) because she usually only sells 4 in each edition. But this time she is taking a pre-order. And she's also accepting layaway, so I can't say no. She's also rereleased the zombie versions, but there's only four of them, so I won't have the money ready in time. This version really suits what I want it for better anyway, I just like the look of the grey skin.
This doll has been on my wish list for ages, and it wasn't until I got Kostya that I had a reason to get one. He's going to be a little deity that Kostya meets on the astral plane whilst meditating. Only he can see him, and they chill out together. :) So yes, saving up for the deposit over the next couple of weeks. X3

- Feeling oddly lucky at the moment. Each time I think I've lost out on something I go back to check and find that I have a chance of getting it. Besides the Lotus Near thing, yesterday I did my daily check of Souldoll, as they had said a few weeks ago that they were going to sell one of the outfits their dolls was wearing separately. I'd had the money sitting there in my account waiting for the chance to get it, and then I forgot to check the night before yesterday, when it seems they'd released it. By the time I'd checked, they were sold out T_T But, something made me go back and check again (hope? a need to angst over what I couldn't get?), and they were back in stock! :D I bought one, and they went sold out again. Seems I got a canceled order! :DDD

Now if Brendon could get this job, I'd be extra happy. It's about time everything came up Milhouse.

Liulfir arrived yesterday! This is all you'll see of her because I'm waiting on a number of things for her, and she won't be put together till next month at least.


Behold my orange kitchen bench! It's been awhile since I've had a blank doll in the house that's this expressive without a faceup. The last one I think was Zeus.
( woo, blank dolls! )

- Both Liulfir's head and her pauldron of awesomeness will arrive today! :D Now she just needs... everything else XD

- Went and saw my brother's kitten yesterday. OMG SO CUTE ;0; The lol thing is that he called me up the other day asking for names, and I thought to myself "Well I can't pick a name that my dolls have" and then he called her Lulu! XDDD I loled even more when I worked out that he with her makes Lilu, as I call him Li for short XDDDD I made sure Jonesy got hugs and pats too though, so he doesn't feel ignored. It's so weird picking up a giant cat after playing with a widdle kitten. X33333333

- It's gonna be 39 degrees on Wed (I cbf converting that to farenheit for you kiddies).. I had planned on doing some xmas cooking and sewing, but I think I won't be moving from the couch in front of the aircon now. :S

- Bought myself a dress yesterday that I actually feel pretty in! :D It's long and white and floaty, and with my current blue and black hair it's all a bit Tatiana. XDD It's gonna be my xmas lunch dress. :3

- Avel's hanging out with me at work, and each time I look over at him I smile. Dolls make me happy like that (You'd hope so after how much time and money I've invested in them XD)

- Liulfir's head has shipped! It should arrive next week. X333 I still need to get the rest of the materials to make her wig, and she needs a body, and her eyes haven't arrived, but still. I bought her some Dollshe Urethanes during the promo (cause I couldnt' say no to effectively $22 for a pair of urethane eyes), and they're meant to be shipped at the end of next week, so hopefully I'll start getting her together by the end of the month.

- Alice has been in China for the past couple of weeks getting a new faceup by the lovely Bread. She's finished that and Alice should be on her way home next week! :D

- Brendon's not working tonight so I get to spend time with him X3

- My brother got a new kitten, so I'm gonna go and see it tomorrow. Aww kittens. <3