Had a blast this past weekend at Yulecon. It was so much fun getting to see everyone and I wish I could have talked to a few people a little bit more. The doll panel got good reviews for what anybody has told me which made me happy, though I was really surprised by lack of questions. Got to meet 2 new local doll owners this weekend and had a blast talking with them. And it's official now and I take most of the blame for this.. my lil' sis (not really related but super close friends with an age gap) is gonna be getting her first doll for Chistmas this year. We talked on and on about different things that could things of interest for convincing her mother for it being a present because she realizes it IS expensive and she knows it'd be the only thing she'd get but she really wants it. In the end the big reasonable players were thereputic and artistic.... but it's totally happening and it makes me even happier.

Also spent a little money and comissioned the awesome Ivan Flores to draw my twins (Yuuto & Yuna) and OMG the cutest pic EVAR! He was also not overly busy and I think I got a little extra detail work cause of that. He's such a friendly guy and an awesome artist, I love anytime I can catch him with an open slot. I'd really wanted to get him to draw them at afest, but I was broke and he filled up super fast too.

Oh and for the fashion show portion of the panel to my super surprise Yuuto got best boy! I was definitly shocked for sure... I had fun putting his and Yuna's outfits together and posing them with a scarf on a bench. I seriously need to make a really long scarf to do like super cute pics and stuff cause also the super cute bench became mine over the weekend apparently.... so now my dolly furniture consists of 2 chairs and a bench... w00t!

So yah I've also got a ton of pics from the weekend I need to upload so that should come soon. Thanks everyone for a wonderful weekend!

ya know I never truely get burned out on dolls, but when working for 2 hours straight on a powerpoint of info to present on them and then trying to decide where to go into detail and what to just wait and see if there's questions on it gets a little frustrating. I've got 3 years as an owner in the community and 5 years as an enthusiast (some of that owning other types of dolls) and I think I just have too much to share.... Add two more people's worth of mult years of experience and trying to put together a panel that we plan to talk 45min-1hour.... wow, hope we don't wear anyone's brains out cause mine's almost there already.... why do I know so much, oh wait I blame my husband because we both, he more than me, have plunged our way through so many threads upon threads of info all over doa and wiki and just all over....

Having fun tonight trying to put together a chunk of the doll panel for Yulecon into a powerpoint presentation. I'm really looking forward to this panel and hoping nobody decides to be an ass and flamey or something because we're aiming to talk a bit outside the box. Not just resin we're sticking other dolls in there that are doa off topic because the meet the criteria that is an Asian Ball Jointed Doll.

I think it's a little funny and am not sure that many people don't realize my start into ABJDs was through dollfie and dollfie plus...

well took a detour break gotta get back to work....

Okay so after the balls fell off Hoshi's ear I tried re-gluing them using a bit more glue and so far he's held out since Wednesday evenigng and they don't seem to be going anywhere. He went out of the house and back, I'm moved, shifted, and changed his wig around at least 4-5 times and they seem pretty well set.



it was like I had to cradle the balls in glue so to say, so really about half way up the bead there is glue around it, but you'd have to be like super close inspecting it to see. So I'm set to see how long this time lasts for...

It's official they have a doll whom has stolen my heart again. I must have a Junior Delf Terra. With all the official pics released now he's definitely perfect. I've searched for almost half a year for my big Kuroku. I decided when changing focuses of my short stories I'd been writing that with my dolls I'm going after characters for my Plastic Lips story. I decided though when scrapping my older stories that I still very much wanted to have a Kuorku and Derisa in this but for sure all the dolls are 1/3 scale so I need another Kuorku. No worries current Kuroku (dz fei) is going nowhere. I fully intend to take him to my grave. My first baby is still my favorite. Though Terusami Kuroku (plastic lips story) has a number of personality differences from Kuroku Tersel (old story). They share a first name and some artistic similarities, but they're both very different characters.

So yes Junior Delf Terra is my final decision for big Kuroku. I wanted a short boy, I looked around at heads I might could hybrid on a jdelf, but the fact that they created something so perfect made me squeal. Honestly I spazzed this morning, all squealing and giggling and stuff. My husband can verify if you don't believe me. But yes I definitely think if I will allow myself to buy one doll this year it will probably be him. I still really wanna bring Shurra home for Hoshi, but Hoshi wouldn't mind one of his best friends being around either.

I called it, as soon as I started redressing and rewiging Hoshi (mind you i take his head off when redressing), the balls on his industrial would come off. I got him all changed and lookin hot little stuff and then started to put his stage wig on and one of them is coming unglued... poke the other one and there it goes too.... oh well got a ton of the beads so I'm just putting two more on and but about 2x the glue, so hopefully that will help a bit and not look bad. the glue dries clear but we'll see. I just can't help but laugh though. I was just saying in a comment a little earlier I'd totally offer it as something I could do in the aesthetics shop, but I totally don't trust one to make it through shipping if it wasn't being done for someone local. Wish there was a better glue to use than Aileens that wasn't permanent....

Yay I got my order of no hole beads I'd ordered for glue on piercings and yay I already had some fun!


Hoshi got his industrial. Left ear, just like the one I want.

I finally got to make use of my little tiny tweezers today....

I love and hate Luts winter times. First off have to say event head... good it didn't scream at me that it's someone yet. But he's still awfully handsome and it did take about a month last year for the event head to tell me it was Kaoru, so dunno. BUT I'm super excited within the next week to see more pics of the new Junior Delf Terra. I know that sometimes their first shopped pics can be deceiving but I know Rigel was definitely Hoshi, and I'm soooo secretly hoping to see a full frontal head shot soon cause from the angel I'm seeing, I'm thinkin' big Kuru-chan! (kuroku). From the angel it looks like the eye sockets are the right shape and it would be like 20x more helpful if he were already a junior delf because my other plans had been finding a head to hybrid on a jdelf body. *is getting excited*

Seriously I've honestly got to stop the doll lusting! I needs monies for xmas presents and next years trip.

So someone tell me why right now I'm wanting a damn CP Miyu. I've always really liked the sculpt since the first time I saw one in person (cause the site always makes her look so blah), but I never had reason for her. And right now I hate her more than ever because she finally told me who she's supposed to be. And she's supposed to be a character I'd already picked out a mold for, so apparently she's changing. I know longer need a Zaoll Luv, Lady J just demanded to be taller and bustier, so Miyu's demanding to be her shell. So okay that totally helps her image as huge pop star record label owner all around super sweet cool chick, but yah.... And then there's the fact that I can't decide whether I wanna do her faceup or not. The Luts default Miyu faceup is very J-casual whereas my original faceup ideas for the character are very J-glam style.... it's really frustrating cause I'm lusting so hard after her knowing I can't buy her now and even if I get the lahoo sold really shouldn't spend the money from that on her either, but grrrrr.....oh and did I mention Luts has a perfect wig for her too? booooo to dollie lusts booooo.

I said the only other doll I'd get before trip would be Wataru a girlfriend, who I'm still determined is a msd mika (but darn she's so spending for a mini)..... I've already failed that with Tsukasa and mr. nameless beyla boy (still waiting on).... but everyone knows i'll probably shop luts for that event in winter when it reveals itself so will i end up with a body or a girl? guess we'll wait and find out.

Had a fun Sunday with a small outing with kyrenea. We traveled down to the park and took some piccies, I'll get mine posted later. Got her back her boy Drake who I'd had for a faceup and got her her coolcat order stuff (which btw dark_skada I went ahead and gave her yours too since I know you'll see her before me). And we also perused through a handful of my visual kei magazines for her to get an idea about what she wanted for her next boys faceup. I sort of had a dazed and confused day but the outing woke me up. She got to play wit Tsuka-chan for a bit and wanted to strip him since she's getting a cp boy soon. Sadly when we stripped him I found out somehow his torso knot found it's way into his hip and now he needs restringing before next weekend.... he was such a bitch cause I swear he's really strung with just too little elastic and I don't have a neck donut for the body which makes stringing him a tad of a bitch, but I guess I can go steal someone elses again. But yah that was my day...

sadly now it's monday which means the start to another work week.... ugh...

Just one shot but thought I'd share. I took Tsu-chan out with us ysterday for a Halloween lolita photoshoot but he was super non photogenic. This was the best pic I got of him and guess what, he's a full doll now too. His body just arrived yesterday morning and I got him all strung up and ready to go. He badly needs to have some over-globbed hot glue sueding picked out of him (hey dark_skada I got a job for you next workday), but otherwise I was really happy to find a perfect match for such a good price.

Okay so in my current doll sales post I have a list of things I would like to trade for and one of them being a "sleeping Yder - preferably normal skin".... I get a message asking to trade a white skin Yder, no link so I go look through their posts and find a MP thread for a WS Yder. He's just a normal Yder so I send back a polite comment that sorry I'm looking for a sleeping, I had just sold a ws yder elf so he didn't exactly fit anywhere for me at this time. I get messaged back that the one she has was a sleeping Yder with an eye mod, but the one she had the thread for wasn't so I'm to guess this is one she has that's not posted? I send back another message saying sorry but I have to still decline because I'm looking for a still completely closed eyed Yder.... shortly after I get a message back again saying "sokay I swapped him already".... Okay why? I declined, I don't care what you do with it! Were you telling me because you swapped him before I even sent you a decline? What if I'd changed my mind? Wouldn't that have given me reason to post you as a flake because you made me an offer and then you're not able to come through....

I guess this can sort of be a meme if people wanna do it....

Straight up, where do your dolls names come from? Are they something you made up? Are they named for someone you know or some idol of yours? Do tell!

- Kuroku Tersel - completely made up, one of my older original characters

- Wataru Takunozo - Wataru for Vocalist Miywaki Wataru of 12012 and Takunozo just random

- Ryutaro Arumi - mis-arrangement and slight letter/character change from Ryutarou Arimura vocals and guitar for Plastic Tree

- Yuuto - last name still undecided but named Yuuto after ex. bassist of Screw

- Yuna - just kinda random cause I wanted her to have a Y name like her twin brother

- Waka Takunozo - Waka for vocalist of Danger*Gang and Takunozo just random

- Kazuhiko Saitou - Kazuhiko after an original mis romanization of the given name of ex. AnCafe guitarist which ended up being Kazuhiro but I'd already decided his name so he kept Saitou after his name's sake

- Kaoru Miyawaki - Kaoru not named after anyone particular (though everyone knows Kaoru is my fave of dir en grey's guitars), Miywaki after Wataru of 12012

- Hoshi Miywaki - Named for part of my favorite Megamasso song (Hoshi Furi Nite) and Miyawaki after wataru again (yah i really do love that man's names)

- Jun Takanaba - Jun for ex. Phantasmagoria's Jun!~ Takanaba is random

- Reito - Named for Reito bassist of Alsdead. I got him at akon and had wanted to name my catboy with an R name and I really enjoyed watching the guy perform

- Komishika Fujiwara - Komishika after, well me. I use it as a screen name, I used it as my radio name, and I use it for my codename/screen name for things relating to japanese music and lolita. And for the record there is a Komishika in every story... like final fantasy's Cid. Fujiwara is used after a character from one of my favorite yaoi novels.

- Tsukasa Minase - Originally supposed to be named Tsubasa, but at the time of writing up the character I was watching Hana Yori Dango and I kept saying/thinking Tsukasa, so it stuck. Minase for one of my favorite manga-ka Masara Minase.

Lols I was so gonna do this anyway after onnas_baka_gaki did it but apparently now thanks to wolves_d3n it's totally a meme now!

A lot of us are yaoi fans, but how much do our doll collections really reflect that? List your dolls in whatever order you like, and state their preference and current object of affection, if applicable.

Kuroku - Not particularly gay, but his soulmate is a man (one day I'll get him his Derisa again)
Wataru - straight young teen, very intersted in girls (my someday msd mika)
Ryutaro - not particularly intersted in anyone till Kaoru came along, loves Kaoru
Yuuto - straight as far as I know...
Waka - little girl, like everyone particularly onnas_baka_gaki's Nigel and Talis
Kazuhiko - straight though too busy to think about getting involved with anyone
Kaoru - thought he liked girls till he was 15, completely gay from there on, absolutely in love with Ryutaro
Jun - straight no current interests
Reito - he's a cat! he just likes all humans who pet him
Hoshi - born gay
Yuna - very straight, interested in a classmate (my someday sd kanata)
Komishika - bi through and through. sleeps around with a lot of women though secretly loves his best friend who is a guy
Tsukasa - straight kid, in absolute love with a girl (my someday souldoll gisele)

straight -7 bi-2 gay-3 unknown (because he's not human)-1

So apparently a majority of my crew are pretty straight little arrows.... hmmm interesting, didn't even realize that myself.

Took Kuroku out for a photoshoot on his birthday and here are the results!

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So I said I bought some pearls and string to make Yuna a pink pearl necklace and here it is...

So simple, but so cute... Just stung on eleastic cord so I can just stretch it over her head to put off and on....I have to mention though I was rather annoyed when making this becuase I sliced my thumb with a staple edge at work yesterday and every time I apply some sort of pressure like holding a bead it burns so bad....

<.< Sooo... I got a good chunk of pink pearls left. They're 6mm so they're really only suitable for SD size... Anyone intersted in a pearl necklace? $4 sound fair?

Today is October 24th. On this day in 2006 at approx 11am a postal worker came to the door of my parents house and my father beat me to the door. I got scolded for buying something that due to the size of package was "obviously expensive". I rushed down the hall and to my room tore away all the tape and bubblewrap......Kuroku my first little boy came home that day. Today marks the 3rd anniversary of my boy and my 3rd anniversary in the abjd hobby... And I wouldn't take any of it back for the world....

And in other news my reistance still fails and I should NOT be allowed to go to hobby stores alone. I went to Hobby Lobby to pick up more selanat and then while waiting for someone to come unlock the case I walked over to the bead isle and remembered how I'd wanted pearls for Yuna. Right now she's in pink so I though "oh a pink pearl necklace would be sooo cute!" then I sort of frowned at the price of the pearls I liked and decided against it... but something in the back of my head said go check Michael's up the street and for $3 less I bought 4x the amount of pink pearls I could have gotten at Hobby Lobby.... so Yuna's gonna get some pearls... any other SD girls in DFW need a cute strand of pink pearls? Will take pics later after I get it all made.

So I was an awefully busy bee last weekend. I still don't have my official pics for show for the two faceup comissions I completed, so there will proably be more pics of them later on in a more official capacity so to say...

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Yah no clue how I'm gonna manage Japan next year when I do this thing where I fall so in love with a head that it just has to have a body immediatly! Like before my other floating head even gets the chance to get one.... I just caved and for a decent price got Tsukasa a body and am ordering him his own wig in my leeke order...-_-; dreamy shiwoo was just to sexy for my own good... I'm SOOO HAPPY!

Yggdrasil is sold. I'm getting money + glati human body + dreaming shiwoo head....

Downpayment = some money + dreaming shiwoo!

So he's going to be a head for a while.... unless someone posts a decent insanely great priced white skin delf boy body... for now he swiped Ygg's

Meet Tsukasa Minase (水名瀬 司)

How does he fit into the family? Well he's the bassist for the band Itsuki and Jun play in, Lips. He's also pretty good friends with Hoshi. He's got a really outgoing personality. Very hyper and friendly all the time. One of his fave past times would include practicing his "sexy look" in the bathroom mirror. Eventually when resiniverous gets his souldoll Giselle, Momo, he will have a girlfriend.

That's all really just wanted to show off new pretty...