video: Get Aury Ready With Me

Man, I have a lot of requested videos to finagle for my YouTube channel. I'm not even sure I can do most of them! There are also videos that are my own ideas that I want to do... and I'm not sure I can do those, either. Videos where there are demonstrations are often way harder to shoot than you'd think, especially without a second party to be camera-person and make sure things are in frame/in focus... and without any natural lighting... and without much room...

So, while I am trying to finagle the projects that are larger in scope, I wanted to do a shorter video in the meantime -- one that isn't a big production taking multiple days of shooting and whatnot. I decided to just re-dress Aury and have the camera on while I was deciding what to put her in and changing her and everything.

It's also an experiment, of sorts, to see if I can tackle a request having to do with Blythe styling tips (like I am a person who should be giving styling tips).


I am at 399 subscribers as I write this, and I'm surprised! I wonder if I should do something special if I reach 500 subscribers? That's totally a lot of subscribers.

Yes, I still have my little white Christmas tree up.

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sweet hearts

I was rendering a video yesterday (which is hours of "hurry up and wait" time) so of course I played about ten levels of Dr. Mario, but I also wanted to craft. Recently I strained my right wrist -- I have very weak wrists but do so much by hand that this happens about once a year to me -- so I knew it couldn't take any concentrated knitting efforts, so instead I learned how to make these little crochet hearts.

I learned from this video tutorial -- I've never done a magic ring or whatever before, but it was easy enough to learn. These literally take two minutes each, so I ended up with a bunch of them by the end of the afternoon. (The sizes vary because I used three different sized hooks.) And you know what? I'm going to make more today.

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just plum darling

I'm loving Petaline in this dress from sleepforever. Even though it's very vintagey, she manages to look like a very prim schoolgirl with the headband, and prim is perfectly Petaline.

I paired it with Simply Peppermint's black headband, these purple tights I've had for a while (Petaline is not the type to flash her plastic, so if she's going to be showing leg, it's got to have tights or high boots!!), and Leopard Sass's super-adorable heeled oxfords. Love these shoes!

This past week I've mainly been asking the cosmos at large every day for my best friend to receive some news she's been waiting on for what seems like ages now. I feel like most corners of my brain are cobwebbed with thoughts and hopes for her, so even though I'm doing other stuff and working, I'm preoccupied and anchored. I know that what she's going through right now won't last forever, but it's been long enough already! We usually chat regularly but I haven't seen much of her since September, and even though we emoji at each other on iMessage, I really miss easier, faster, deeper real-time conversations with her... But mostly, I just want her to hear some good news and be able to rest at ease.

I've been practicing my knitting (still... always... I will always be practicing my knitting since I find it difficult, even just making squares) and thinking about trying hexipuffs again. I'm very intimidated. I did a few a while back, but DPNs, oh my lord.

Other stuff:

• watching: Just about every episode of Dateline, 48 Hours Mystery, and other true crime shows on YouTube.
• listening to: Florrie's Too Young To Remember
• obsessed with: Sam/Rachel on Glee. Don't judge me. I've shipped them since season two -- it's my time to shine. A couple I like hasn't happened since Dan/Blair was too gold to stay on Gossip Girl. (I don't expect Samchel to be around for very long, either, so I gotta enjoy it while I can!!)

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