In Pieces....

Pulled apart Satomi again. She's been in dire need of a new paint job.

Left side of the photo has the pieces that still need cleaned and the

right side has the pieces I worked on cleaning today. :)

I'll be working on taking off all the old paint for awhile. Then I'll get to work on 

repainting her again. I don't plan on doing a full body blush this time as it wore 

off quickly on her joints last time. I'll be giving her mid body a blush job, repaint 

her face, and give her back her arm tattoo, as well as adding a few new ones. ^_^

 She is also going to be restrung. Her old elastic is worn and not as stretchy as it
once was. So I'll be finding somewhere to order some new strung to fix her up. I'd
also like to try and find some silicone sheets to try sueding her that way. I've
didn't like how quickly the hot glue sueding wore off and the moleskin sueding is
a mess to clean off after it wears out. So, I'm excited about working on my girl
 and getting her all freshly put together!                                                               

Satomi's Photo Shoot in Flowers

Got some flowers from a friend today and decided to take a little photo shoot. :)

Fish Fingers and Custard....

     Being the Whovian I am, I decided it was time to try fish fingers and custard. :) It tasted much better than I thought it would and was an interesting mix of flavors. I do think this will be on my future menu, it made a good lunch!

     I completely forgot about this photo I took of Satomi when I went Kansas City to visit some friends. While we were there we made trip to a cemetery and this is a result from that trip.

And a random photo of Satomi!

Sleepy Gal....

     Some sleepy photos of Satomi. Just 'cause it was fun. :)

Snow Photos!!!!

     So I went just a little crazy with the photos, but I don't think anyone will mind. And I had a blast taking them! Was quite fun walking through the deep snow and deciding where to put her next.

First was snow angels!



Peace, just 'cause I thought it'd be fun.

Enjoying the flakes as they fall. :)



Snow Day!!!

     So I got the day off work 'cause we have about a foot off snow piled here on the ground. And it's still falling! I thought the snow banked on the window looked lovely and took a couple of photos. But it looked bland on it's own, so I got Satomi and used her to add a pop of color. I love the way they turned out. And I think I just might go take a snow shoot outside later!

Clothes for Satomi

So I finally am getting around to updating this blog! Here are some photos of Satomi's casual outfit I made awhile ago. Just took her out one morning and decided to have a little photo shoot. :)

Laid back in the plants.

Just to prove that she really can do it, ONE FOOT!!!

I love how this one turned out! The lighting was perfect and the flowers were the perfect touch!

This is a new outfit I'm working on. It is more what I originally planned for her to wear. Still has a long way to go though! I plan to make a belt of some sort to go with the dress, I'm going to try making her some black leather heels and fingerless gloves. :D

New Hair and Other Such Things.....

     So I've been busy and haven't gotten around to posting lately. Sorry for taking so long to get stuff up. I've started school and am looking forward to having my GED. But to get there means lots of homework, so I'm quite busy of late.
     I made a new wig for Satomi. The pink one was really fading, it was almost white, which is not what I wanted. So here are some photos of her in her gorgeous red hair! I really like this new wig better. I think it brings out her facial features better than the pink one did.

She looks so cute relaxing in her chair!

     I made an African dress for my African- American doll. I am planning to take some photos and put them on here, but at the moment I'm working on styling her hair. Which takes several hours. So perhaps in a few days. :)

Finally.... Some Photos

     So I finally figured out how to get photos on the computer. It's a little tedious to get them on, but I was able to work it out.
     Here's the photos I promised from my trip to St. Louis...

Had fun making her mimick the statues!

This little waterfall looked so peaceful.



Fun pretending to sword fight!

This one is my favorite!

Went to a Christmas doll meet today and took some photos.

Lots of cute tinies!



Satomi with a SD size doll to show a friend the difference in size.



Hands and Feet

     Here are the photos of the hands and feet, still haven't taken a photo of the wig yet. I'm still working on the faces, I need to put on lips and eyelashes. Then that will be complete!

     The palms of her hands got a little orange, but I decided I liked it anyhow. I didn't realize just how many hands I have until I had them all together.

     I loved putting on her finger nails, they turned out so pretty.

     Decided to color the bottom of her feet and gave her toe nails. Such cute little feet! I'm happy with how it all turned out.

   

Been gone to long

     I am horrified, I told myself I would post at least once a week and realized I haven't done anything for a month. I have finished blushing the hands and feet, they turned out really nice. I've finished dying the white furr pink and making it into a wig. The wig is the perfect color for my girl. I still haven't picked out a name for her, need to get busy on that.
      I'm working on her faces right now. I tried a tricked I read about on DoA to take a piece of tape draw the shape you want your eyebrow to be cut it out and use it as a template. It was sooo much easier that way, didn't take near as long to draw them all on and have them match.
     I have photos of the hands and feet, but right now I don't have a computer to upload them to. As soon as I do I'll post them. I also plan to take some photos of her new wig. And maybe by then she'll have a face also!

Working on My Girl Again

     I am finally able to work on my girl again, it's been to humid to spray paint. I started her hands and feet today! Feels good to be working on her again. Since I wasn't able to paint her I've been working on some clothing designs. I'm hoping to get her hands and feet done in the next couple of days, then start on my face-plates.

Body Blush

     I've been working on getting my doll together, a couple of days ago I finished her body blushing. I did a light blushing, didn't want the really pink blushing.  I made her shoulders a little too tan. Oh well, she's a fairy, so she's just been in the sun. :) It's already chipping a little on the shoulders, but that area gets rubbed a lot.

     Decided to give her a tattoo, was fun designing it. It's there to hide a rough spot, decided I'd rather put on a tattoo than take of all the paint.

     Also after painting her all up, she can arch her back with no sueding at all! Very excited about that. I've started looking at names, always takes me awhile to pick a name. I like to look at several different languages before I decide. Next thing I plan to do is blush her hands and feet. And give her finger and toe nails. Saving her face for last, the face is going to be the hardest to make look right. And I think I'm going to get some eyelashes.
     Decided (with Grams' help) that she will have several different wings to go with all her different outfits. Been working on some different designs. I also bought another piece of fur that is longer fur to make another wig with. It's a piece of white fur, I'm going to dye it pink and probably stick two ponytails in it!

A Little Longer Than I Thought

     I've been spraying my doll with clear paint for the last few days. Yesterday I ran out of spray. :(  I live an hour and a half away from the nearest place that has testors dullcote(the paint I use). So now I have to wait 'till Saturday (when we go into town anyways) to get more. I'm taking all my supplies with me so I can work on her at Grams and Grandoug's.
     Hoping to get her put back together over the weekend. It makes me nervous having her in pieces. Can't wait to get her back together again!

Took a leap...

  
    ...And pulled apart my doll, very nerve wrecking. I was just going to spray paint her all in one piece, then as I was removing the layer of paint I had put on to protect her,(the one layer got dirt under it) I got water on her elastic. I remembered reading somewhere that you don't want to leave your doll together if the elastic is wet, something about it stretching out faster. So I've taken her apart, she'll dry over night and tomorrow I'll start spraying her all up. Since I was brave enough to take her apart I'll be paint her in pieces and put her together when she is painted. It will make the clear paint more even. I'm not worried about getting her back together, I think that will be the easy part. :) Looking forward to making her look pretty tomorrow!

Clothes for my Girl

     I finally got around to taking some photos of her in her dress and underpants. I had to adjust the dress when she got here, it was just a little bit to big on the sides. The underpants I made when she got here, used a tutorial on DoA that showed you how to make custom for your doll underpants.
    Her hair is a bit messy in the photo of the back of the dress, she kept falling over. I was getting tired of fixing her hair, only to have her fall on her face again!