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| http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b302/naia_zifu/galaplush.jpg My first Gala-plushie, who is about a foot tall and has the proportions of a fashion doll more than a normal plushie. I had thought when I was making her she would turn out really well, but now she's finished I'm kinda lukewarm. The next one I do of her will be more plushie-like, for sure. I'll probably also use darker skin so she's less washed-out and a darker orange in her hair to improve the gradient (I was using materials on hand, and that was the only orange I had -_- ). | | |
| I couldn't sleep last night, so I got up, showered, dressed, and walked to the flea market. It's not far-- a mile, at best-- so I figured my feet could handle it. I was trying to be good and not waste money, so I just got a couple of bras which I really needed, a couple pair of socks I thought would make good sock monkeys (not needed, but cheap), and a bag of assorted treats ('cause it was cheap and I'd forgotten breakfast). I saw Leesa there and we talked. She's been helping out some friends who have a shop there, and she's been trying to talk me into selling some plushies on consignment there. I guess it couldn't hurt to try, so I'll add that to my crafts projects list.
My current crafts projects list: random New Age-y plushies to try to sell in that shop (I can also try again with the angel and faerie babies and see if anyone likes those), totally gonna finally make a Gala-plushie-- have the supplies set out and everything ^_^ , monkey those new socks (a pair of pastel yellow argyle and a pair of bright multi-stripe), and I just won an Ebay auction for a dolly I'm gonna do a custom on (not sure exactly what I'll do with her yet, but have some ideas). Hopefully that'll be enough to keep me busy for a while.
I still want a real, live Jaki fish! If I could just find one that doesn't cost a ton and have to be shipped in from Thailand. . . /random whine fest
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| I haven't been doing much this week, 'cause on Monday I went for a walk in shoes and socks that apparently were very bad for walking as far as I did. I'd walked a couple of miles in them with no probs, but this time I ended up five miles from home with shredded and blistered feet, and had to walk back that way -_- . And will someone tell me why everything male decides to hit on me when I'm hobbling down the street with messed up feet and can't speed up to get away? One of the guys followed me for like a block. I should've told him I was probably twice his age, but with my luck he would've just dug that  , so I didn't say anything. Anyway, I've been trying to stay off my feet as much as I can this week, been wearing like three pair of socks to cushion my feet, and soaking them every day in warm water with epsom salts. The blisters aren't gone, but they're a lot better than they were. I can walk almost normally now without feeling like I'm walking on a bed of sharp rocks, and today I was able to walk out to the mailbox, which I wasn't before. Hopefully I'll be all better soon.
At least being this immobile has given me a bit of a creative burst. I've been writing a bit more, and have a lot of projects I wanna work on, too. Especially plushie projects! *shall go through her fabric supply tonight and see if she has the right ones for what she wants* | | |
| http://members.fortunecity.com/naia_zifu/ZOOM.html This one is kind of on crack -_-; . It's an imaginary space adventure with Jaki and Eri!
http://members.fortunecity.com/naia_zifu/haunted.html Inspired by random events of a chat I had once, in this one Jaki thinks his tank is haunted ^^;; . | | |
| I feel very uninspired lately, and it's really been killing me! I sit down to try to write something or draw something, but nothing comes out, or at least nothing worthwhile. It's not like a real block, though-- I get ideas. It's just that when I go to make the ideas reality, I utterly fail. It's very frustrating.
From what I hear, most shades of Katie's new-formula wig dye are available now, though mostly only by special request at the moment. It's mostly a matter of trying to afford it, since I'll probably need a lot of dye even for just doing a gradient. I know for sure I want some kind of orange in there, so I'll have to get a bottle of that. I wonder whether I might be safer to get two bottles of red, considering I'll have nearly the entire contents of another wig in there as well, with all the wefts put in for thickness. Hopefully it'll turn out well enough to be worth the time and expense.
So much stuff I need and so little money to get it -_- . Probably the first concern I should take care of, before any wig stuff, is the fact I've had two bras and two pair of sandals break recently, so I really need to get new ones of those.
I found a shirt I wanna buy Doug! Usually he hates all clothing others buy him, but this shirt says, "I'd Rather Be Watching 'Law & Order'"! That man will watch any incarnation of that show any time it is on, no matter how many times he has seen it (and always acts surprised at the ending!). So that's something else I need to do as soon as I can afford it.
I have a lot of drawing I need to do, including something a friend asked of me. *prods self to do so* Well, at least I got a couple more gown designs done for the doll that will never be finished, so that's something! *wonders how many gowns she needs to make*
Right now, I'd rather be watching "Last Friends", though! I finally managed to finish DLing ep 10 and I wanna find out what the deal is with the dress O_o ! That's what I get for listening to spoilers. . .
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