the pumpkin king with the skeleton grin

Carved pumpkins with my friend J today. He said he hadn't carved a pumpkin in 15 years, and then admitted that even when he was little, his dad was the primary pumpkin carver. This just would not stand -- I am a total pumpkin carver. I don't do anything that requires a kit or a pattern. I just want a jack-o'-lantern with a face, whether it's glowering or the happiest creature on the earth... Like...

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Gavin spam

I got my love-and-rainbows dress from little dear in the mail today. Gavin got to wear it first, but I think all of my girls could wear it. :) I took these pictures in the lightbox I made, but I found that Gavin's semi-matte skin looked super yellow in many of the pics I took. It's strange because her skin isn't yellow at all. I need some better lights for my box!! ...

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a witchy read and a haunting song

My mother recently tracked down a book that she often rented from the library when she was little: The Witch Family by Eleanor Estes She remembers it with a different cover, of course -- this is clearly an updated version for a different era of children. The cover's kind of repulsive if you ask me, but I am not a seven-year-old, so I'm not exactly the target audience. My mom remembers the cover...

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i've come to read your caring meter

Bought this dress from little dear today. My girls don't have Licca bodies so I don't think they can even use the pockets, but I'm so susceptible to pink. And rainbows and hearts. :( Off to watch Halloween fave Care Bears II, which features one of the scariest villains in all of moviedom. Sue Sylvester stole her entire schtick from him...

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beautiful things

This girl! This girl. I haven't responded to the concept art on any girl since Dear Lele Girl -- but will she live up to the loveliness? I can't wait to see proper pictures of her. Her stock is absolutely precious, she's got pink hair (it seems like maybe it'll be in the Veronica Lace/Heart of Montmartre vein), and she's FBL!! I have come to love those little FBLs. Having PDPa in person has really...

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Eureka! (Part II)

I got to spend a lot of time taking pics of my girls in the woods over my weekend! E was my assistant, holding my girls between shots and sometimes for shots. She also dressed one of them up for picture-taking. I've never had anyone playing with my girls with me -- it was fun!! We sat up in the loft and her mom came up and said we were just like the girls from the Little House books, up in the loft...

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Eureka! (Part I)

My trip to Eureka Springs was awesome! It started off super cool because E and I saw a hot air balloon as we were driving along the highway. I haven't seen a hot air balloon since I was about six or seven, so although I couldn't get a great picture of it, it lent an air of floaty magic and freedom to the whole trip. E's parents have a crazy beautiful, airy house sitting in the forest outside...

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heavy is the big ol' Blythe head?

My new hobby, at least while I'm still getting a kick out of them - flower crowns! Here are Plummery and Beatrix's. Along with the fake flowers, they both feature acorns, quite remarkably small ones, that I picked up out of my yard. The process of making these is still in flux, but ideally I'd like to offer flower crowns for Blythe in my shop eventually. Right now I'm just experimenting...

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no regrets, just love

Today I've spent entirely too much money on things with which to make flower crowns for my girls! Fae wreaths? Woodland circlets? Floral laurels? Hahaha. I made this one for Aury out of peachy-pink and gold flowers (fake, obviously) and little indescribable wheat-colored berry-ish baubles. What the heck are they?? I don't know. I just liked the color! I attached a bit of ribbon at the back...

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October and organization

Yay, it's October! It's the time of year when I want to watch the Addams Family movies, Sleepy Hollow, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It's getting cool outside. Soon it will be cowl weather...!! Today is the first in a while I haven't been doing something with my hands. My wrists are a bit sore, so I'm resting them up. I undressed my girls to change their clothes, then I decided to take some...

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