First-Person Narrator

In accordance with my sort-of resolution thingy, I have been reading from my TBR collection. Go me! Also, not buying any new books. Go me some more!

I read (among other things) Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro, which I liked very much indeed, though the copy I have on my e-reader is full of copy-editing-type errors. Extra or missing words, slight misspellings, etc. Boo. But I got it via the Baen Free Library, and the "free" aspect made it less frustrating than it could have been. When I am allowing myself to buy books again, I'll see about getting my hands on the sequel(s) and hope for better editing.

Another thing I've been doing the past little while is working on a few dolls. I finished two that are clothed in comic book panels - which was really fun to do, though also really sticky - and they're up in my Etsy shop if you want to take a look. Or, y'know, buy one. Please do share links to anything there if you think a friend would get a kick out of 'em, btw. I would love to sell some dolls, not so much for the money (though money is nice) but because I enjoy making them a lot, but I enjoy it even more when someone else gets to have one that makes them smile.

So, I offered to make barbies for friends, and arkivarie requested a steampunk-style doll. She specifically wanted a Black barbie, which actually was a bit of a challenge because I have determined not to buy any new base dolls (or anything else for ooak) until I can move some of these outta here, but I have actually made so many Black dolls since I stopped actively buying that most of the ones I've got left are the My Scene style. Which seemed wrong for this project. But! Then I found one that had a good face sculpt for it, and hair with bangs, too, which I wanted after I did some research. So yay! Pictures and blithering about my process under the cut:
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That's it! I hope you like it, arkivarie. I'll see how much it'll cost to ship her to you, and then let you know so we can arrange to do that. And then she will be aaaaall yours to pose and play with.

In the interest of moving some of my lovely creations out of the apartment, I have reduced prices on the dolls in my Etsy shop.

Those of you who follow my exploits in Mary-Sue dollmaking might be interested to know that I am currently working on two dolls in particular. A female doll whose name will be Alyx Zero, and a male doll that I have painstakingly painted nipples and raven-black chest hair onto. If you can guess who he is, I shall give you a virtual cookie.

I finished another doll today, which can be viewed here. I'm pretty dang pleased with myself.

I think I'll be able to refrain from doll blathering for a few days, now, since I don't have any others that are that close to completion.

And now, to eat some dinner!

I finished two more Mary-Sue dolls today! This makes me happy. Unfortunately, by the time I put the finishing touches on them this evening, it was too dark to take good photos. This makes me sad.

But they're still pretty awesome. One of them is Andrinara Zuera Francel III (complete with violet eyes), and I did some fun stuff with a handmade dress for her. I've named the other Valentina Merlynne, and this is her bio:

Valentina was born and raised in the United States, but her astonishing magical talents have recently secured her a teaching position at a prestigious British school for wizards and witches. At the tender age of eighteen, Valentina is much younger (and trendier!) than her new colleagues – but as she shows that she’s their magical equal (or superior!) in every way, this bewitching witch becomes a favorite amongst staff and students alike. The male professors find her particularly enchanting.

I'm in the middle of working on one that will be riding on an aqua-colored horse.

Yes, it's a ridiculous hobby, but I'm sure having fun with it this week!

I thought you all might like to see a picture of my latest OoaK project-in-progress, a doll of Suravi which will be a gift for Pride High creator Tommy Roddy.
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After the Girl-Wonder.org forum thread and dryponder's meme, I wanted to try putting together a new costume for Supergirl. I can't draw, though - so I did one of my half-assed OoaK dolls, instead!
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There are pictures of my most recently completed One-of-a-Kind doll project up at hp_ooak. You can see them in this post, should you desire to do so.

Now I need to finish all the other dolls I've got in the works...

Hey, gothy_dork - How's this?
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I got a bunch of things done today, and am feeling generally fantastic. Yay!

First, I took care of a ton of laundry, which was v. necessary, and which means that I get to sleep on entirely clean sheets (even a clean pillowcase for my weird wedge-shaped pillow) and under a clean comforter tonight. This is very exciting, naturally.

I also went grocery shopping. Sweet corn was eight ears for a dollar (at Albertsons, for you Tucsonans who want to load up on corn!), and other produce was similarly cheap, so I'll get to eat lots of delicious and relatively healthy meals this week for not much cash. Yayes!

In the middle part of the day, Jimmy took me to a movie (Over the Hedge, which was hilarious), and I took him to dinner, so that was all good, too.

The other other other thing I did today was work on a doll for seeksadventure, which is coming along nicely. I was mostly picking out clothes, which meant that I was rooting through my big bin of Barbie fashions, and becoming acutely aware yet again of just how much of this stuff I've accumulated.

Now, I've got plans for many of these dolls, and some ideas about how to turn others into eBay-able items, but the fact remains that I've got a ton of fashion dolls, here. I like making them over into gifts for my friends, but that also becomes something of a money-sink, because I get pretty involved with trying to find exactly the right doll and accessories... I can't really afford to say to everyone on my flist "hey, let me make you a doll!", as much as that'd be fun and might help me siphon off some of my inventory.
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