Anyway, I’ve been slaving away making some. It’s taken me about a month and I gotta say that they are severely labor intensive….but I think they look pretty damned good.

I made 1 set so far for my dolls and two sets to put on etsy in case anyone else out there wants some for their dolls. So if you want to check em out (they ain’t cheap) you can find them here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ckworkshop
What do you think?

Have I gotten much done this week?

Eh, not overwhelmingly so….but a few little things have been moving forward.  All of it is Etsy related at the moment.  Quilts, clothes & other fun stuff!!   No pics yet, but soon, I promise!

(I’m still doing some further organizing here & trying to get boxes for stuff)

Later this week I’ll be updating with some new books for the shop too, and maybe, just maybe some 1:6 clothes!

I’m a member and a general lurker of the Doll Divas board. I’ve hung out there a lot the last 5 years and although I don’t post a lot I generally take part in the contests & games that they schedule a few times a year. I like winning treats & prizes –who doesn’t?

On Saturday the 30th of October the Doll Divas board is having what they call a Monster Mash.

You don’t have to be a regular board member to join in (although i guess it would be nice if you were or well, at least visit it occasionally! Like my blog! LOL)

This year I’ve donated some goodies from my Etsy Shop  to add to the fun.  Couple of books, some pillows–the little things that do help dioramas & roomsets feel a little more complete.

Here are the previews (LOL)

I thought it would be good to give back and spread some of the prop-love. And yea, if you win something (or even if you don’t!) feel free to check out my etsy shop…

Hope to see you there having fun!

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I’ll be updating with more stuff over the weekend! Candles & books & things!

Now that I finally managed to finish the first batch of pillows & cushions for etsy, I am now trying to photograph them. I wasn’t happy with my first batch of photos *not to mention I didn’t have any dolls in those photos*.  I’m trying to do them a few each day (last night I got one set done but today I expect to get more than that done).

Part of this week/next week I want to spend sewing for my blythes & possibly finishing up my customizing of Emily (natasha moore blythe).  I’m getting frustrated when I want to dress her only to find that less than 10% of my clothing will work for her body. So! I’d done some sketches a few weeks ago & I’ll dig them out and have a go.  I’m also toying with the idea of making some steampunky  clothes for blythes as well. I figure I might as well since I like them, I have most of the materials on hand, and heck, maybe someone else would like one too! (I love etsy, really!) Not to mention I need to find the funding to pay for my domain renewal & hosting since that’s due next month. *ugh*

Things here are a little on edge for me since Electra seems to be a bit sick. She’s got diarrhea. I called the vet about it but they said not to worry at this point.  She has an appt on the 16th so if she gets worse in anyway before then we’ll take her. She still has a good appetite but I worry. :S

Mark is also in the process of inserting the stairway bannisters & railing etc. Me & the furry kittens are trying to stay out of the way. I’m very glad I am not doing it.

I’ll update again soon. Promise!

I’ve been trying to build up the energy to add some more books to my “library” and have been working on those. They’re a real pain in the ass to do which is why I only work on making new ones every couple of months or so. They’re labor intensive and just really hard on the eyes.

I’m working on some of the fictional books too and might have them done in a few weeks, since they aren’t first up on my priority. Things here are sort of up in the air (the house, the space scenario etc)

But hopefully I’ll have more photos of stuff to share soon.

Other projects that I’m working on this week:

• I’m working on the Cafe again and am painting the walls for it this week. I’m going to see about adding the detailing to the furnishings *and oh, yea painting the tables and chairs LOL)*. It’s a slow going project but at least when it’s done it’ll look good.
• I also need to make a base for the front of it (sidewalk) and the awning area (and some door handles & locks for the front door).

FYI I’ll be working on my regular website this week so if you happen to stumble across it and it doesn’t look right/work or is not there you’ll know why (but feel free to ping me an email anyway–it might be a mistake! LOL)
I’m still learning when it comes to that stuff too. It’s been a while since I did anything with it and since y’all were nice enough to comment on the fact you’d like to see a diorama section I’ll be sure to add one.  It’s kind of funny but looking at the analytics for the main website vs. the blog it’s almost 2 different sets of visitors. Go figure?

But this week I managed to photograph a bunch of them — partly due to Carmen’s encouragement & general “go girl” attitude! Thanks C!   If you’re interested in seeing more photos of them you can check out my Etsy (where they’re all listed!)

I’ll start with the baked goods then follow up with the furniture!

Pink frosted Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate Peanut-butter Fudge Bars

Small Moonpies

Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes

And here are the couches I’ve made!

Maroon Couch

Sage green Couch

Thanks for looking!

These heads are seriously over-rooted with hair. I had to try to thin it out and event hen still decided to give them boil perms to get the hair to lie down flat.

#1 Brown eyes

#2 Blue eyes

Over all I’m happy with how they turned out. They’ll be going up for sale on Etsy this weekend since even though I like them I don’t have a use for them.

Later this week I’ll be adding some new cupcake sets too! and 2 couches!!

They’ve definitely taken a lot of work & time to make and I can’t pretend to be sad to have finished! IMO they’re very nice to look at (I made all the chocolate / candy pieces to be removable) but I’m not sure that I’ll be making any more this year. Or next.  I dunno.

Anyway, here’s what a couple of them look like: (there are more pics on my etsy)

Check out Balthazar doing the Valentine’s Day thing below! :happy:  I’m so glad I got that Hot Toys sniper  headsculpt when I could! (I do really need to repaint those hands though. And de-shine his body…maybe this weekend!

Each box of chocolates has a different combination & selection of candies  and each bouquet is slightly different as well. It’s pretty much a case of WYSIWYG.

Anyway feel free to check them out—and as always, comment!

I’ve also decided that tomorrow is probably the day I’ll finally finish off my top-10 list of 2009 (I know I procrastinate too much)! So stay tuned & see what shows up in the blog!

I’m not sure how good the things are but I’m trying.  I’m making cupcakes & sweets & some smaller props to use.  Valentines has never been a holiday I paid a lot of attention to–but this year I think my dolls may demand a set of  goodies for themselves to keep. (that’s fair, isn’t it? I can keep some of the stuff I make….right?)

I’m being treated to a trip to Birmingham today! I’m going to the quilt shop there to pick up some more fabric for my in process 1:6 quilt. I started it with some various pieces I had lying around but am running out quickly & know there won’t be enough for all the additional blocks I have yet to make.

So here’s to a morning getting lost in Birmingham!

I’ll  check in later & update the Top 10 list with number 3 (and maybe number 2 also)

Feel free to check em out!

Wow, stuff is selling way better than I expected!!

(I’ve only gotten 4 things up so far but I have more to follow later this weekend) Check it out if you get the chance and please add me to your favorites

It looks like by tomorrow afternoon I should have some goodies listed in my etsy shop. I’m excited about this (very much so!) and hope that the photos I took today will come out well enough to use. Tomorrow I’ll post food goodies, and then if I can manage it, some of the other props I have made & ready to go (books, plants etc).

Keep an eye out! I’ll post as soon as I have stuff!!

But along with Etsy goodness to come, this is the National Novel Writing Month!! (The premise, just in case you don’t know about it is that you write a book in 30 days of at least 50K words)

I’ve taken part in this for 2 years (last year didn’t really happen) and while I am going to participate this year I am not going to follow the format exactly. What I am going to do is write a collection of pieces that will provide me (hopefully) with back-stories, scripts & the like to use in future episodes of the Quinlan Chronicles, as well as giving me scripts that I can use for the “shorts” I plan on doing as a tide-me-over with regard to the chronicles.

When I have some time later today I’ll also post a few doll related things (I know I said that last time, but I’ve finally got some photography space in the room) :p

Tonight, migraine permitting (it’s building now and I’m hoping a few aleve and some dark will help) I’ll try to prep another few batches of cupcakes & cookies. It saddens me to admit that it really does take me hours to make them between prepping & making & cooking.     Still, I am finding it pretty enjoyable (except for the constant battle against cat hairs in the clay)

Last night I also began to plan out a second couch/sofa to make. It’s different than my previous ones, so it’ll be a case of trial and error.  To begin with, I don’t think I have enough supplies here on hand to make the base form. I’ll have to see if there’s another way around that…

On my list of things to do tomorrow:

Kitchen/Food roomset for Etsy: spray prime one of the barbie table & chair sets. I plan on using it for some settings with the food as part of the display.  I also plan on using the counters from the Sindy kitchen (aka the avacado green kitchen) .

For the Etsy 1:6 furniture & accessories roomset

I am planning on cutting down this older wall and using it as part of a smaller roomset base (the same base the kitchen fits on). I argued with Mark about this over the weekend–as it is now, I don’t use that set, and I don’t like the way the windows (2) weren’t really balanced. This way, I have it someplace I can use it (frequently) and get rid of the oversized wall set. I’m thinking I’ll use it as an accent wall with 2 white walls.