I've been pining for, like, six years for one of these babies. I missed the original releases, and they're very rare on the aftermarket. BOOYAH! She actually came from Berkeley!
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I love this style of "pose doll"... I finally got one last year. Couldn't resist the bright orange hair!
A little peek into my "Pose Dolls of Color" collection ^_^
I love the Island Girls... and the Tanuki's are harder to come by than the Kappa!
I love the Island Girls... and the Tanuki's are harder to come by than the Kappa!
I was in the garden this morning pruning flowers and snipped off a few flowers and realized they happened to be blue and red in a white pitcher. Cute! I put them on the mantel above the fireplace and realized that half my dolls/ornaments were red and blue.
So here it is, a collection of my red, white and blue toys from around the house. Mew!!!
Best houseguests EVAR. Junk shopping, Kaiju popping, Okonomiyaki flipping happy goodness. Paul & Melissa.
Sunday was super hot so we had an impromptu Film Fest, with banana shakes and sundry other boozes. Once the sun went down Paul got to work in the kitchen and made a series of Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake-like griddled dish) of ever increasing complexity and awesomeness. The Grande Finale was Octopus & Hamhock— or, HAMHOCKTOPUS—that bloo my mind. For real, it was superb! Whoddathunkit???
Sunday was super hot so we had an impromptu Film Fest, with banana shakes and sundry other boozes. Once the sun went down Paul got to work in the kitchen and made a series of Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake-like griddled dish) of ever increasing complexity and awesomeness. The Grande Finale was Octopus & Hamhock— or, HAMHOCKTOPUS—that bloo my mind. For real, it was superb! Whoddathunkit???
Pose Doll by Melissa! She is so dreamy, I will name her and play dress-up for DAYS. More, better pictures to come!
And last but not least, Mr. Kallisti has spent the last few months dissecting vintage Kappa, analyzing how they were made, and recreating the art of Kappa Kraft!
Film Fest for the Aging Hipsters:
Who knew?
So ya'll know I ain't slackin'...
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What does one do when one is not well? One drafts a pattern and sews an 18th century bodice by hand while watching 6 hours of The Duchess of Duke Street. And then one makes a pair of hoops (not sewn by hand, but much engineering ensued).
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I like progress pictures, so here's mine. I've been meaning to make a set of hoops for... oh, since before I brought Fifi home :p and here they are, finally. With much help from the images on this site, and the rest of the internet. The ultimate in underpinnings. Mr. Kallisti says: "Oh, what, those go under the clothes?!?!?!"
The bodice is made out of the vintage bo peep fabric I got recently. Adapted from a 1770 polonaise. Mmmm. The stomacher is next!
Not our intention to have a big shopping weekend, but it was!
Continue reading Shopping, shopping, shopping.
or Christinadoll??? Looks like Oriettacat/Christina is having a reeeeally good month. Blythedoll.com revealed Gina's new doll that she recently hinted at. And 10 to 1 Christina is the collaborative effort behind it. Squeeeeeeee!
Quote from Gina on TIB:
the cat is finally out of the bag! this is the gorgeous new girl that i`m introducing this week. she is indeed a collaboration with christina/jam fancy. i`m previewing the prototypes at an event in tokyo tomorrow and will be able to offer the first girl for sale in *hopefully* a few months. thanks for looking!!
I'm serious. Just sign me up. I'm such the huge JamFancy fangirl. And no one deserves it more than Christina. I'd buy everything she sells except half the time I don't get there in time to put my dibs in!
My bad fairy. Rawr.
Also, we'll be at the Super7 show for Paul Kaiju tonight in the city. BE THERE OR BE... not there.
Here, kitty-kitty!
Hot damn, I'm moving to Reno just avoid California sales tax on these things. OUCH.
And just to demonstrate that I'm not the only nutter in this household:
