Accio Autumn!

Autumn's playing a real game of keep-away this year. It's been cool for a beat, then up in the 80s again, humid and unpleasant. As I told my bestie, disgruntled, the only 80s welcome in my life right now are the whiffs of it coming off Taylor Swift's new album. The other night, my mom, little sister, and I decided we wanted to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows parts 1 and 2 back-to-back....

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bubble bubble bubble pop

Highlight of my October: I got a Simply Bubble Boom! (Yes, of course I hear Bubble Pop in my head.) Bubble Boom has been the one Blythe on my list of wants that I wanted to definitely get someday, but never seemed to be able to catch her on eBay at the right time, and have been like, "Maybe I can find her used, or something..."  But thanks to one of my clients really dragging out the work...

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Ripple Throw Progress Report: 5/7

Just checking in on my 2014 ripple throw's progress (and indulging my crazy color compulsions with my Blythes; nothing new here)! I'm currently estimating it'll have seven swathes of color, but that's only an estimate. I feel like I'm about 70% done. I had no particular vision for this throw's whole look besides knowing that I wanted to do larger swathes of color, but not just two alternating...

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Burgundy and blue.

I bought a few blouses from dollykiss on Etsy recently, and this is one of them. The first thing I thought when I saw it was, "Bad 90s!" Actually, it reminds me really powerfully of a bedding set I had in sixth grade, burgundy and navy florals! If you'll look closely, one sleeve and the collar (and one cuff) are in a totally different fabric with hot pink and brighter blue. The clashiness aside,...

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Cookie crumbles.

After a particularly stressful week last month I decided I wanted to get a couple of Blythe dresses; retail therapy strikes again! Seriously, my September was... woof. When I was cruising around Etsy for Blythe dresses I was caught by this one, by Kuloft. At $25 (for the dress; the headband was $15), it was over my Blythe budget. I have only a couple of times paid more than $20 for a Blythe item....

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