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some pictures of winter. :D can you spot something new?

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myth dark as night

my heliot arrived on the 11th! :D six months after ordering and now he's home. i've had plenty of time to worry about if i'll like him or not, if i made a mistake ordering him with a faceup on the r. head only or at all...in the end, it's all worth it.

right now he still has no name, his oe head is probably going to end up as another doll but i'm not sure yet, and i've not had time to work on him beyond wig and eyes...but he's still lovely! getting used to the soom jointing system is happening slowly as i realize that i've been a bit spoiled with the wonderful poseability of all my cp dolls. he's wonderful though! i'm completely in love with him. :) *pets heliot in her lap* hopefully i'll have more time to work on him in a few weeks...

anyway! enjoy! :D

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slowly trucking along

so i've been remiss in catching up this past month or so...i've been very busy though. lessee...busy with work as usual (yay for soul eating drudgery!!...kinda...), been traveling about. uh...hmm...went and spent a weekend in bremerton with a friend doing dollie things. did faceups on all 3 flora plates as well as my juri and dreaming vamp moon. then spent a lot of time being just plain busy. then went to vancouver, bc, for the first time in something like 15 years the last weekend of may. yes! 15 years!!! it was even my first time out of state in nearly 6 years. T_T yes, i r lame. but then i got home, ended up with a very last minute cosplay for anime evolution!

i ended up as the 4th member of a group cosplay with my friends. :) it was my second anime convention and my first ever cosplay. i thought i'd end up being the lamest version of the character i did, but i actually ended up as the most complete (not entirely accurate...but hey, i managed to gather shit together in a week, make a jacket, and my friend found a chainsaw and wig!!) out of everyone doing the character. which character did i do? grell sutcliffe from kuroshitsuji! i'll have photos soon...as i said: still playing catch up. -_- also watched most of the anime, still need to take some time and finish that up. but i had tons of fun and hammed it up immensely with my friends. :)

ugh...anyway...i've had about 7 weeks straight of stuff every weekend - this past i had a doll meet - and am looking at the next 3 being full as well. i may just vegetate this weekend though...dunno...i really need to do a thorough cleaning as everyone will be coming down at the start of august and staying over during inno sera. *wonders how she will ever fit anyone else into the tiiiiiiny studio she calls home* okay...time to run off and work through pictures!!!

the void

so i read back over what i posted last night to try and see what was bugging me when i wrote about the void the dolls fill. now that i'm more awake, i think i can better describe this void.

i wasn't really into dolls as a child. my mom has mentioned this several times since i introduced her to the fact that i own dolls now as an adult and am a collector. i've never understood how people play with dolls. i mean, i guess i played with dolls as a child...but i don't really remember playing with them with other kids that much. i remember not being able to grasp how to interact via the dolls - mostly barbies of course - and create a story with other kids. things had to be more involved, i wanted the dolls to pose better and to be able to do more with them. frustration with non-bendable legs or barbie's famous won't-stay-bent-enough legs is something i remember a lot of. also the fact that most dolls were poorly made or you couldn't get clothing for. i still have all of my dolls. even the barbies with the early neck pieces that allowed them to look any direction but tended to break the necks. nearly all of them were gifts from family and have sentimental value to the point that i can't bring myself to part with them. store bought toys were always a result of holidays or birthdays. always something of great circumstance. these were moments you planned for weeks in advance - unlike most of my friends who's parents would simply buy them what they wanted most times.

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year one

i really should have put this up a few months ago, but i've been busy and majorly slacking. i've got tons of photos to get processed and up. *sigh* hopefully soon!!!

anyway. february 21st was the one year anniversary of winter's arrival (along with azerian's head) here. i must say, looking back it still surprises me how into this hobby i am. :) one year in and i've already gotten one of each size and obtained two of my dream dolls. i've been having such a great time and have even gained new friends within the hobby. these dolls really do fill a void that i'd been searching to fill for years. repeated tries with barbies and their ilk did not yield the results i wanted and now...now i am so happy!

ugh...anyway...gonna ramble all night if i'm not careful. ;) on to the pictures from the anniversary!!!

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