Blythe goals

My gang of Blythe dolls standing in a row atop my desk has really been a source of great joy for me the past several years. They truly make me happy when I look up at them, and it can be relaxing for me just to spend time looking at them. It's fun for me to style them and take pictures of them too, but they often reflect my aesthetics and current color passions, so I derive strange joy from just...

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knit it and quit it!

Hooray, a dishrag? This is only the second knitted item I have ever successfully completed (sans weaving in and blocking, of course). It was pretty simple, but I still feel proud because I caught myself mid-mess up a few times and was able to carefully backtrack. I followed this video. I must admit, as I was finishing it up, I wasn't really sure what to do, whether I was supposed to still be Yarning...

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not-too-lazy Sunday

I've been practicing knitting. I am eternally practicing without signs of marked improvement. I basically mess up everything I make, even just practice squares! But I just keep going and wind up with a ridgey, weird square... that I wrap into a bow and perch on the nearest, dearest Blythe! I am knitting a dishcloth and am exactly halfway in now! I just wanted to get a picture of it before I...

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ruffled feathers

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Lamb spamb

I do believe University of Love is named Lamb, for her lamby curls and also her Gwen Stefanian vibe. This morning she got a little hot water treatment and her curls stayed fairly intact. I really had no idea what would happen with them. Her bangs look better, too, and they do this funny little curl! It's actually kind of cute, so I might just leave them like that for now! Changing a new girl...

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strawberry lip balms

Every year, winter seems to get rougher and rougher on my skin. In my immediate line of sight I have seven tubes/pots of lip balm, and three more in my purse. I have to have a tube handy wherever I go, or I will literally regret it, my lips will hurt so badly! I used to favor tingly mint balms, so I have a couple of them hanging around, but my skin has become too sensitive for them. I keep medicated...

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fire and ice

Plummery makes it look practically warm outside. Nope! It's icy! Currently I'm... listening to: a playlist called "90s Pain!!!" eating: toasted peanut butter and banana sandwiches -- so Elvis working on: three short stories (only one has a good prognosis, probably...) thinking about: what my UOL Blythe's name is!! watching: everything YouTube has to offer on the Antikythera mechanism Happy...

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University of WHAT

Today I decided to get all eight of my Neo-sized Blythes down from their shelf and re-dress them all!  (Middie Bonnet just watched with her head titled.) I had just done a bunch of work and was listening to music and unwinding and having a grand ol' time. I had only a couple of them dressed when my mom asked me if I'd like to run out for coffee and a snack with her. So I left my girls on...

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