Muriel Kickstarter Is A Go!

Posted with permission but Logan is sharing some of his wips for a plus size body he is working on for his dolls and I love it 💖 I have a very similar body type so it is nice to see it in a doll, too!

Just like his first doll body, Logan is working on a masculine version, as well — I know a lot of people out there have been wanting a plus sized boy body since there isn’t many out there, so that may be something to keep an eye out for!

I really love my dolls that are made by Logan and I’m excited to see where this project goes!

Since I had everyone off of their shelves, I decided to think over updating their displays. I'd been contemplating getting some risers for the minis so I could make more use of the vertical space in the bookcase, but then (after hours of looking at different display risers online lmao) I remembered I own a pile of manga I very rarely reread or look through! Plenty of room for the dolls to sit on top of, as well as in front. :)

I tried to primarily use series that my doll characters exist within (either as canon characters or my own creations), but since I don't own a lot of media physically, I had to use a few fillers haha (such as Paradise Kiss, Saiyuki, Dragon Knights, and Kamui).

Also made use of one of the shelves I had to take out of the bookcase to riser some of the big dolls up that are above the roombox (as well as plopped my Devil May Cry books behind Vergil and Qianna). There's this chair I've seen on Taobao that I'm thinking of getting two of for Jonathan and Rhonwen to sit on (since I think she'll likely be kicked out of the bookshelf eventually when my Black Cherry Doll girls arrive). Mixed up the Tokyo Ghoul gang a bit too just because (as well as plopped some of my Halloween decor down with them to fill up the extra shelf space).

Glad I thought to use my manga as risers, because that ended up freeing up several spots in my two cube shelves. Hooray for storage space!

Really happy with how the minis look now. They look less shoved away in a corner and like they're actually on display now. Plus, manga spines are always visually appealing.

a custom commission for @honeykiwis! they wanted a supportive, positive adventuring buddy that's mostly humanoid but not quite human, and the design beyond that was left up to me. i came up with this jackalope boy, and i'm super happy with him. every time i'm commissioned to make a fullset, i look at the finished project like. goddamn. i really should make more clothes & accessories.

[and then i proceed to make zero clothes & accessories until someone again pays me to, because sculpting new dolls distracts me from styling old ones.]

also, as a fun little extra thing, his backpack closes with a magnet -> can hold small trinkets.

hey folks if you have an android phone: google shadow installed a "security app".

play.google.com

Android System SafetyCore - Apps on Google Play

Provides safety features for Android devices.

I had to go and delete it myself this morning.

Uh.. Be Goths are doing a kickstarter to bring back those freaky lil goth dolls, but they are also now offering "blank" dolls for customs! I am also happy to see they will have enhanced articulation.

(its one of the things thats kept me from searching ebay for old ones)

Sunny Side Up

Seed Arts Smol Birb Giveaway

Blue Skies and Sunny Side Up are looking for homes.  Maybe yours!

Rules:

You do NOT have to be following me. 

You may reblog up to 3 times (no more than once per day), for one birb or the other. Likes don’t count.

When you reblog, please keep the entirety of the contest text and then write which bird you’re entering for. If you don’t say which one you want, you can’t win it!

You need to either be 18, or you need to clear it with your parents before you send me your address to ship. If you win, they’re welcome to email me directly if they wish.

Make sure that you have asks or messaging enabled on Halloween.  I will give you three days to reply to my notification that you’ve won, then I pick someone else. 

Winners will be chosen at random on Halloween (2016).  Birbs will be shipped at my convenience, most likely via airmail.  (Yes, this is open internationally.)

Good luck! :D

Everytime you feel too old to wear frilly styles, remember there is Candy Milky who runs the Candy Candy museum in Tokyo and still slays wearing lolita and girly fashion with age 71 (at the time of this post in 2023).

Not sure about other socials, but Candy is mainly active on Facebook if you are interested in following.

Last day for Harold! (That sounds ominous. Don't worry; Harold died a long time ago)

I close the form tonight at this time! Here is the info page.

I'll be around today to answer questions! i love to talk about Harold and dolls and customizing and making stuff so, don't be shy!

Remember, you can request a hybrid color in addition to the regular four color options (see my previous post here)!

man I wish people understood how much it sucks ass to be neurodivergent and trying to find the middle ground where people like/tolerate you. like, I'm either "boring" (trying to wait my turn in conversations, holding space for other people, taking a back seat to let others get some spotlight) or "too much" (too loud/talking too much, getting excited to share, trying to participate in group conversations/activities). No one really talks about how much of being neurodivergent is just sort of trying to make yourself palatable.

I feel like so much of my life has been spent trying to find this effortless sort of middle ground everyone else seems to automatically already know, and I'm always swinging too far one way or the other. I'm lucky to have neurodivergent friends who grok me, but goddamn I wish that I could just like, exist without the constant background script in my brain that's like "you're being too loud. You're not talking enough. you're being self-centered. you're being boring. you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong." I feel like I'm back in high school trying to make friends but stuck as the eternal "weird kid"

it's just... lonely and sucks bad.