Waiting for Arrietty....

     So I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of "The Secret World of Arrietty" in the US. It's been out in Japan for two years now and I've been waiting all that time. I was going to go see it in theaters when it came out here in the US.
     Well things got away from me and when I finally checked to see what the last date was, it was that very same day I checked and I had missed the last showing by fifteen minutes. Ugh! Today I was looking to see when it will come out on dvd. The date online said June 14th 2012, sigh, guess I have to wait a little longer...

Little Knit Doll.....

     I made this doll for the baby I take care of. I used a pattern for the doll herself, but custom designed the outfit and hair myself. Had lots of fun putting her together!

 Lots of curly hair!

African Dress For Doll

     Finally got around to taking some photos of the African dress for Tenagne. I based it off of a real African dress. Was so excited to finally have an African dress for my girl!
    I had lots of fun putting the pattern together and making the dress. I've been planning for years to make her an African dress, because that is her heritage. So when I saw the authentic dress, I just had to make one for Tenagne!

 Love the look on her face in this one!

    

 Up close on the details.

Back view of the dress.

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.



Noticed I haven't been here in awhile......

     So I thought I'd put up an update. I now have a job as a nanny and get to watch a couple of little girls. Very thankful for my job, was getting tired of being unemployed.
     I had a wonderful Thanksgiving, went to St. Lous and visited family. Was nice to spend Thanksgiving surrounded by family. Went to the zoo there, I have to say that was the most awesome penquin exibit I've ever seen!
     My doll finally has a name...
            Satomi Erina Ohayashi         So glad she finally has a name. During Thanksgiving I took some photos of her with some Japanese items (One of my cousins is part Japanese). Had lots of fun doing that, I'll try to get some photos up soon. But will see how things go.
     Right now I'm working on an African dress for my African American doll. Found some pretty fabric at JoAnn and now need to work on the pattern. Been awhile since I've made my own pattern, so that should be fun!

Job hunting and other such things....

     So I went to take an assessment test for the GED preparation classes and found out that the October classes were already full. So now I have to wait for January. In the mean time I'm job hunting.
     I've finished painting my doll all up, am working on naming her, and making her some wings. Some day I'll take photos and post them. At the moment I only have access to a computer that is difficult to load photos to. Will still try to keep things updated as well as possible with out photos for now!