Happy Late New Years?! :D?

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I'd planned on doing a nice little New Years post after I got back from my holiday... but school started the day after and thought it fit to hit me in the face with a brick made of projects and papers... so that didn't happen.

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The holidays were pretty great, not as relaxing as I might have hoped, as I am a clever bug and meticulously packed everything I would need to work on skirts... and then promptly forgot to bring it to the airport.

I got a trip to the aquarium to feed the sea otters (one of my favourite animals) as a Christmas present from my ever-amazing boyfriend. No pictures, but I can assure you it was pretty awesome.

I also got a chance to go fabric shopping at some gigantic stores (seriously, you could lose an elephant in one of them) and picked up some lace and knit I was missing, but since I'd forgotten everything else, couldn't do too much with it, so Mali got a new shirt made from some random fabric instead.

I was testing out the pattern for some sweatshirts for Subtle Memory, but I think it could be a little looser when I make the final versions to account for the bulk of the trim material and pants.

Mali generally wears shirts with shorter (3/4-ish) sleeves or with them pushed up. That's how I designed the ones for Subtle Memory, but I don't know if I should keep them 3/4 or make them long and push them up? Any recommendations?

I'm really looking forward to playing with fabric paints and such next weekend. I'm going to cut out a bunch of pattern pieces this weekend. I won't have time to sew them due to school, but they will be ready for a sewing frenzy next weekend! Woo.

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I hope everyone had an excellent holiday and start to the new year!

30 Days of BJDs - Day 30

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Have you ever been to a doll meetup? Did you enjoy it/do you plan to go to one in the future?

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I've been to a couple meet-ups before. I would say that I mostly enjoyed the ones I went to alone. The couple I brought other people to weren't as fun because I felt like I had to occupy my friend instead of enjoying myself as they didn't really seem to want to be there.

That being said of course, the local group is fairly tight knit and I find it can be difficult for new people (more so the shy I'm-afraid-to-come-near-you type of people [i.e. me]) to integrate into the group, especially if they can't go to many of the meet-ups. Some people are amazing at it and I will admit I'm always a little jealous of the people who find it very easy to make friends.

I'm going to Anime North in May and am going to attend at least some of the Doll North activities (and hopefully joining in on the cosplay contest [*fingerscrossed*] if I have enough time). I think I'll have a bit more luck with this sort of thing because if I'm having any troubles with talking to people, I can just wander away to another part of the convention, then come back and try again later.

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30 Days of BJDs - Day 29

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Post a picture of your dolls exploring the outside world!

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Tobi exploring a tree in Québec. :)

Don't worry, it wasn't too high up.

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30 Days of BJDs - Day 28

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Post a crazy/silly pose!

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I don't have an old crazy or silly pose to post and don't have much time (or light. :/) to take another... so here's another photo of Jonas in the hopes that she's cute enough to get you to forgive me.

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30 Days of BJDs - Day 27

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Do you have a favourite out of your own dolls? (Don’t worry, we won’t tell the others ;D)

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Umm... this one is sort of tough, since my 'favourite' seems to be whichever doll is inspiring me most at whatever moment in time.

However, I think if I had to pick, it would be Mali. Jonas is just too little and Tobi is still very much a work in progress (not to mention if she was a real person, I would probably want to punch her in the face...), but Mali just clicked the moment I opened her box. She always looks perfect regardless of what unspeakable things I may put her through and just makes me very happy.

Much as I adore my other dolls and could never part with them, I think if it was absolutely necessary that I sell them, Mali would stay anyway.

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