A snootly scarf needs nice long tassels, am I right?

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December doings

Making a scarf... I haven't made a scarf in years, but I just felt like making one for a friend's mom. I'm going to put tassels on it. I don't remember how to make tassels, because it's been that long! But I'll figure it out again. This colorway is really strange. Wrapped the first presents of the year today! We don't have any holiday decor out y...

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suspect this may be heaven

Something delightful arrived in the mail today! After many months, it is the cute yellow ukulele I asked for on my last birthday. Back in May, it was back-ordered, so I just got it! Right now the strings are like rubber bands, so it's not tuned yet, but it did get named: Sunny! It makes a cute little pair with my white guitar, Ghosty Boo. I'm excited because even though it's a cheap ukulele, I've...

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not a grown-up Christmas list at all

I find the older I get (and I am plenty old, thanks) the less I can think of to ask for occasions such as Christmas, or my birthday. I can always think of things I need... like underwear, which to me is just about the least fun, fulfilling, or happy-making thing to ask for. I do not like anyone else to buy me clothes or accessories or anything that goes on my body in any way. I usually wind up asking...

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granny practice

Hello, December! Still recovering from a double-whammy illness acquired sadly near Thanksgiving. But my holiday shopping is on track and I'm really in the mood to crochet... I've been wanting to make a granny square throw for what feels like years now. I find them really fun to make (even though I have to basically re-learn how to do it every time I make any!) but the least fun to actually attach...

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red

I am definitely in crafting mode (my abandoned writing looks on in despair). I just want to knit and/or stitch. I'm also in the mood for Christmas. I tend to skip right over Thanksgiving in my brain, as it's just about my least favorite holiday. I might make some Christmas ornaments! Other things I am in the mood for: This fox sweater... from Old Navy, of all places! Is that how you know a trend...

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Let's Make Cute Dolls

A few years ago my gal L, knowing my love for kawaii and plush, sent me this adorable book for Christmas. It's adorable and quirky and I love looking at it, but I've never attempted anything from it... until today! I created this wonky bunny with scrap linen left over from making Freya's embroidery. Because I am terrible, literally terrible, at following patterns and instructions, I essentially...

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plushie party

Never did I dream that I would wind up crafting during my friend K's visit here! But we happened to go to an informal Plushie Workshop with a group of friends, where someone supplied patterns, a ton of felt and fabric, scissors, thread, needles, and pre-made heads featuring an array of different colored button eyes. I saw a Deadpool plushie, an Eleventh Doctor plushie, and many more recognizable characters...

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pumpkin girls

Oh, yes. It is October. The weather here is mild and there is absolutely no color. My mom and I bought pumpkins for a little color and they are the only fall-ish things around other than my felt garland and cinnamon-scented candle habit. My best friend (since 2003!) K is arriving tonight from the San Francisco area, and she'll be visiting me for two weeks. We met online and have met up in person...

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cold snap

Happy October! October's my favorite month! I have a sneaking suspicion it's most crafty people's favorite. The weather's finally getting cool enough to have a pile of yarn on one's lap, and the season's pretty inspiring, itself. There's my lazy autumnal garland (a la Elsie's) on my desk. Right now I am trying to save money, so of course I desperately want to buy a lot of yarn. Like, a lot. And...

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like money

Ah, September, where have you gotten off to?? Side note: September is green to me. The number 7 is green, too. Here's what I've been up to lately: yearning for autumn burning cinnamon-scented votive candles, in my yearning for autumn constructing lots of antlers writing Chore Wars planning a get-together with some long-time online friends in October! I hang out with L (a fellow Blyther!) about...

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a wee bit terrifying

Mallow's new Brainworm chips arrived yesterday, so I had another go at removing her chips with the gluestick method. It did not work. I've never had this issue before; that method has always worked for me! But after the twentieth time, I just had to accept that those chips weren't coming out. So I opened up her wee fluffy head, pried out her eye mech, and disassembled it so I could soak her individual...

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sister stroll

My first girl and my newest on their way somewhere very important, I'm sure! School, perhaps? An "I Can't Wait For Autumn" party? I'd throw that party! Mallow's head is currently unscrewed, and one set of chips (her green set) is only half present. I've never had so much trouble removing a chip! Usually it takes one tug and they pop right out. I must've tried a dozen times to pop that sucker out....

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box-fresh Mallow

I always leave a girl in her stock for a few days; sometimes I am nervous to take them out of it. I know this is probably weird -- I don't even like Coco Collette's stock too well, nor did I like Prima Dolly Paris's or Simply Peppermint's -- but I just like to get to know a girl on my own time. I think it's part of my "bonding" process. But the other day I took a new family portrait (yay!) and...

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Mallow Sweet

My cute pink-haired girl arrived and I am pretty pleased with her! Her hair is a light and cool pink, but still pinkier than it looks in most pictures I've seen of her (including these). It just really reflects light! Her complexion is very pinky and happy. When she is standing next to my Vinter Arden, Klara, she really makes Klara look super-pale! I hear many Coco Collettes have come from the...

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like we did last summer

Right now my hair is really long. It's quite layered, but the longest bits in back reach to the back of my waist. It's too heavy for a ponytail, and too hot to be left down -- it's a nuisance, too. Eventually I'll get a haircut, but until then, I've adopted maiden twists as my hairdo of choice. I like braids and used to do maiden/Heidi braids a lot last year, but my hair is often so long that...

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deer hat giveaway winner!

This is how we do~o it! Without the aplomb and showmanship of some people who do giveaways, I suspect. But I was very excited when I realized it was time to see who I'd be shipping to so I scurried to do it. The 10th comment on the giveaway post was left by Di2Quilt! Congrats, Diana, and a big thank you to everyone who left a comment! I didn't expect more than a couple of comments, so it was my...

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just peachy!

I haven't raided the Sundries section on Blythe Kingdom in almost a year, how wack. I snagged all these (and also a set of Prairie Posie stock, sans boots -- yay!) and I think I must be in a peach mood. Petaline and Beatrix are really excited about this stock Phoebe Maybe blouse! I'm on edge waiting for my Coco Collette to be shipped already!! I'm kind of nervo...

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gooses! geeses! giveaways!

I've had a tough and busy couple of weeks, but it's all shaken out okay... and the most delightful, random, and delightfully random thing happened: I won a giveaway on BlytheLife.com! I didn't sign up or anything like that. It was totally random! So that was a definite perk to my mood, and when the cardigan Michelle made arrived in my mailbox I was perked up all over again. Plummery has been wearing...

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"You go, Glen Coco."

So, Takara's posted pictures of their newest pink-haired girl, Coco Collette! I was really looking forward to seeing what her hair looked like! While I don't know if there's any stock pink-haired girl that's the pink-haired girl of my dreams, I have to say, Coco Collette looks so close and so up my particular alley that I'm pretty sure I'm going to snap her up! I love pink, peach, and brown, so I'm excited that she has brown eyeshadow, a set of brown eyes, and pale pinky-peach hair -- and I'm glad she has bangs, because I think I prefer be-fringed Blythes. Her hair looks pretty pink in these pictures, I must say! I don't expect it's quite definitively pink, but it's a pink I personally like. Sometimes official Takara photos are underwhelming. Vinter Arden's didn't even come close to capturing her magical hair color, which defies naming and can look very, very different depending on what she's wearing and the quality of the light.

I'm indifferent towards Coco's Lolita stock, except her cutie socks and shoes (I always love Mary Janes), but she looks very sweet and it's easy to imagine her fitting right in with my girls!

I haven't bought a Neo Blythe in a year and a half (just my adorable Middie, Bonnet) and I've wanted a pink-haired girl ever since I got into Blythe. I love Rachel's Ribbon, too, but her hair looks so similar to Vinter Arden's that I think Coco Collette is a better choice for me.

Luckily for me, a little webdesign job has fallen into my lap to give me a little bump of cash. As Ace of Base would say, I saw the sign!

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lazy hazy crazy days of summer

Miss Petaline spent too much time with her foot bent in her boot, unbeknownst to me, so now my poor Miss has a jaunty-looking bendyfoot condition! I hope it will settle down again, but if not, I may well do a little [stage whisper] PLASTIC SURGERY. Don't worry, Petaline. All the best TV shows do body-swap episodes. You will join a grand tradition. Anyway, here's Miss P in one of my favorite...

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mandatory Glo Worm Gang wear

Hey, I finished a knitting project for the first time ever -- this slouchy hat, pattern from blythetoday! I finished it with much jubilation and help from a friend, I, who can actually read patterns and deduce their meaning. I cannot, let me tell you. Every time I was like, "What does this mean? I'm lost and confused!" my friend I would make me a video and upload it to YouTube and show me...

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Knitting!

Knitting! It's not my forte. But I am trying to make a little Blythe hat and my knitter friend I told me she would help me through the pattern, so I got some janky baby yarn to do a test run with, since the pattern required 3/"light"-weight. So far I've restarted three times, but I seem to be on a roll right now, knock on wood. I need to YouTube how to "undo" a stitch when I do it wrong (Friend...

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