Regularly updating a blog is like one of those hopeless New Year's resolutions. It's one of the top 5 which follows after the about losing weight and exercising. I keep telling myself that I don't have time when the reality of it is I don't make time. One thing I certainly had time for was to open up an etsy shop and sell Blythe clothes I started making all 7 Thanksgiving themed dresses last week's Monday and had them all done and in my etsy shop by Sunday. I was quite proud of that feat and astounded that I was able to do the thing I set out to do and finished it. I guess things are easier said than done that when you actually get it done, it can still prove surprising.
Flickr has proven to be a really great refuge for me. I don't have any friends in real life who are into what I am into but in flickr...they're all there. A collective whom I've never met but have so much in common. I have established friendships with people over there. I regularly email them and I sorta know the little nuances of their lives and vice versa. One of my first flickr friends and fellow Blythite, SherriD, who is 1/5th of the band Eisley took a little moment from her busy schedule to write to me about how her fiance proposed to her in New York in between gushings of new Blythe acquisitions. My friend Lisa who emails me about the joys of motherhood allowing me to live vicariously though her... A common love for certain things binds us all. There is a familiar camaraderie that I don't even have with people I know in real life. I used to not have anbody to share my collections with. I would just sit in my home office, gaze at my little treasures in quiet contentment. Thad, bless his soul goes about his way and tries to appear interested about a latest find or purchase as I also try to appear interested when he speaks in binary. Heh. Ever since flickr, I have taken them off my shelf to create dioramas and take photos. It's something else to get some feedback about your little treasures as I marvel at other people's wondrous treasures as well. Some friendships have extended well beyond the flickr site. I have gotten mail and artwork from different people there like Chris Wurth whose pop artwork puts him in the same circles as Yanok who he happens to be really good friends with. It really warms my heart that there are people out there whom I have never met who actually gets me.
I had a wish-want for a red Kenmore-like kitchen set for 11.5 fashion dolls that was only sold in France and in other Europ ean countries and surprisingly, in the Philippines, too.
A year ago this set was everywhere on ebay but since I am always late for everything, I missed it. They're hard to find now. I had lost a bid on it with only 13 seconds left. I posted a photo of it and several people offered to help me find it..people like Dorothyalice who even contacted someone who had the set named Farkletush who is steadily becoming a regular emailee. I asked a flickr friend Maria if she could find it for me since she lives in France. I wasn't really betting a whole lot on her finding it. The same set went up on ebay and sold for $177...I mean damn! That is already a REAL kitchen in the Philippines! I vainly hoped to one day chance upon it and not have to borrow against my retirement for it. Lo and behold! Maria found it after searching long and hard for it! I almost couldn't sleep that night. I couldn't believe I will be owning one at such a bargain! I am still reeling from the sheer joy of this acquisition and relishing in quiet gratitude for people who go do things for people who are really quasi-strangers. To date, Maria has sent my package and I'll be praying to God every day that it gets here in pristine condition.
Another Holy Grail has been stricken off my list and it is the vintage Koedachan Animal Hospital. I couldn't complete the newer Koedachan sets because I am always seduced by the vintage ones. The Koedachan Animal Hospital is a rare play set. The only picture I've seen of it is on the Koedachan catalogue that I have. I have never seen it as someone else's possession in any of the Japanese websites I have uselessly tried to understand. I have pretty much gotten all my Koedachan holy grails (photos) but there is still one more play set that I will have to track down and snag. My friend Maria has it. It's the Planet Surprise or in broken Japanese...Country of Capsule. I'll just stare and drool at hers till I get my own. It came up on yahoo japan auctions and went for $277.00. So uhmm...yeah, no deal.
I had talked myself into just getting on 3 Blythes but it looks like I am going to endup with 4. I am getting a Save the Animals and CanCan Cat Blythe. Both will undergo customization. It is a "skill" like to delve into. I like to challenge myself creatively so let's see what I can do.
So many artsy things to do! I still have 8 Re-ment sets to set up. I wish my days are longer. My job as a corporate designer takes up most of my hours week that I have very little time to do the things that I love. Still, I can't be ungrateful. I'm able to do and buy the stuffs I love because of that job. Thad and I have a joint account but we still have our own money to afford ourselves little whimsies. But at the rate I'm going, I'm probably gonna have to start charging him to do his laundry. Hah!
I am still planning and buying materials and furniture for my massive Blythe dollhouse. I have acquired a Barbie garden wedding set for my Blythe garden. The lavender and pink has got to go.
I bought over 100 filigree Barbie hangers because I intend to make 100 dresses for my girls and have them all in a walk-in closet in the dollhouse.
I can't do all of them in one full sweep or else the elves in my shop will stage a revolt. Thad just looked at me in disbelieving nonchalance. I know that look. It's that kind of look that makes me want to prove him wrong..or maybe he was just hungry.
It will be a very short November with so many things to occupy me. Gotham is starting to feel left out. He demands my attention by nibbling my hand, maneuvering his head in a way to which myhand eventually rests on his head. The dog thinks he's smart. So that's it in a nutshell...a very huge nutshell. The fun never ends when you're a kidult.
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