2015 Ripple Kick-Off

It's the (torturously slowly) changing weather, I think, but I've been gagging to crochet. To make my annual ripple, more accurately. I've been planning the colors for this year's ripple for a while, and they are not the ones I am blogging about in this post! I was talking to the cute boy I am hanging out with these days about my rippling mood and suddenly asked, "Do you need a blanket??" He replied...

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video: Get Holland Ready With Me!

This weekend's project: I've been ill this past week and I absolutely hate touching my dolls when I'm sick or dirty. My hands gotta be CLEAN to grace their plastic. I also had a hard time doing the voice over because my voice would give out mid-sentence, so I just left it a little spare. That's okay. I actually tried on three different outfits, which I cut from the video; I really wasn't feeling...

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September styles

Right now, a bunch of my girls are wearing a particular combination: sweaters + shorts. I'm so ready for fall, but acknowledge that it's still summer out, so I wind up compromising with a little of each. Beatrix's vintage Ken doll sweater is actually too big... the sleeves come down over her hands, and I have a bobby pin cinching the sweater in back. But it's such a gnarly retro look! I love it!...

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hustlin'

So much on my plate lately. I feel really behind in almost every area of my life. I wish there was a defragging process for my brain. For the past couple of months, I've had a YouTube channel trailer in the works. I finally finished it up and posted it last week. For a 30-second affair, this took me an unreasonable amount of time to finish. I didn't save any of the footage from my videos prior...

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