A few changes in Thalia's story and style

I'm so bad at sharing stories about my characters! When I have changes that I want to blog about I realize that I never shared what the story was before.

So let's start with a bit of the old story about Thalia. She used to be the lead singer in a goth rock band with all men beside her, but she grew tired it and formed an all-girl goth rock band with two of Lise's old characters. After Lise changed her characters I still had "permission" to say that Thalia was in a band with Trisha and Isabelle. Also, she was in an open relationship with Trent whom I don't own anymore. At this time Thalia's fashion style was mostly casual goth and then more dressed up for the band.

Here's a photo of the girl band, Niveous, from a little over a year ago that I also never shared on my blog.

Isi, the imaginary friend

Since I sold Hazuki and Takumi last year, Isi is now my oldest doll. Back when I used to have a little army of SOOM tinies he was a part of some sort of fantasy universe that I never developed much on. They only had a brief personality. Isi is the last one left from back then and I wasn't sure how he would fit in with my other dolls that exist in a world like our own. I was certain that I didn't want to sell him, though, since I absolutely adore him.

Introducing Tori

I received my Or-doll Sui back in March 2015 and she's just been a blank, floating head for about two years. She was originally going to be my character Olivia, but some time ago I made a few changes in my doll family and ended up dropping a couple of my characters that didn't have much relevance anymore. I didn't want to part with my Sui though since it's such a lovely head.

Then Tori came along. The other day Lise asked me how I came up with Tori, but I have to admit that I have completely forgotten. I think it had something to do with the fact I wanted to try a different type of face-up than what I usually get on my dolls? So back in April, I got a slot with Raquel Clemente and I got my girl back last week. She turned out absolutely stunning! ♥ I've always wanted a doll with matte lipstick.

Her full name is Victoria but goes by Tori. She is a transgender woman and is still in her transitioning process. She is half Filipino and half British. I don't know much about her yet, but I'm thinking that she met Shay and Charlie through the gay bar, where she told she was a big fan of Yoonie. Shay and Charlie then told that they work with Yoonie and that she could tag along with them to meet Yoonie. Maybe she even gets a chance to work with her idol. I'm not sure yet.

Photo story: Easter Chaos part IV

I'm not fully returning to the blog-world, but since it's Easter I wanted to post my little Easter Chaos photo story. I started doing the Easter Chaos stories in 2013 and only missed last year due to some personal issues. This year I got back on track even though it was quite a task. It was a warm day, so I got a bit sweaty, the dolls kept falling as I walked between the table and the camera, and the daylight kept changing. I got the photos thought and somewhat saved them the best I could with Photoshop. There are things I'm not a 100% satisfied with, but that's usual for me and at least I got the photos and posted them.

There is a red thread between the Easter Chaos stories, but you can still read them on their own. Here are links to the previous stories, if anyone might want to read those too.
Part I ⦁ Part II ⦁ Part III

Drastic decisions + Liebster Award #3

Something has been nagging me with my doll family for a while now. It has taken me some time to figure what it exactly was, but now I think I finally know what; I don't think I do well with male dolls. Before I always thought it was the number of "unfinished" dolls (even when it only was a few), the amount of dolls or a too big wishlist. I have tried to cut down by selling a doll to have fewer floating heads, but that nagging feeling never disappeared.

After talking with Nikki on the phone about what might be bothering me I came to the conclusion that it might be my boys. It's not that I don't like them, but when I looked through my photos on Flickr I realized that I rarely photograph them. They just don't inspire me as much as my girls do, whom I have tons of photos of.

Photographing is such a big part of the hobby for me (not that I take many photos lately though), so I don't see the point of having my boys just sitting on the shelf being pretty. Therefore I have decided to sell Takumi, Trent and Caleb. I'm not too sad with this decision since I will be keeping their characters. That way I don't have to change anything in the story and keep a possibility open if I ever should regret my decision.

I get easily stressed when I have too much up for sale at once therefore I'll sell them one by one to make it more manageable for myself. So there might pop a few more photos of Caleb up since I'll sell him last. :)

Raouken corset review + Liebster Award #2

When Nikki visited me back in January I had the change to try her new gorgeous corset from Raouken on my dolls. First I tried in on Shay and it fit her perfectly. Thalia tried it next, but as I already had thought it didn't fit her at all. I could also have tried it on my Classydoll body, but since it has a large bust, I didn't even bother to try.

After tying and untying the corset a few times I regretted not getting photos of Shay in the corset the first time she had it on. xD That thing takes time to tie!

Returning again + Leibster Award #1

First off I want to explain my silence for the last one and a half month. When the Liebster Award tag started going around I was tagged three times, then I found a fourth tag and in the end I was tagged six times (over about a week or so). Don't misunderstand me here, I really appreciate every last one of those tags and will do my best to do them, but I was overwhelmed. In stead of doing the tags one by one I completely shut down and just slowly disappeared without trying to answer any of the tags. Now I have started to miss blogging and actually have a few things I want to share with you lovely people. Therefore I have decided that I will include one Liebster Award tag in the next six posts I'm doing.

As the first post in a while I just want to share a bit of the photos I've taken lately. I have a few other old shots that I haven't uploaded anywhere yet, but some are still unedited and one comes with a small review. ;D

Trent (Luts SDF Abadon) and Thalia (Iplehouse SID Stella)

Doll plans for 2016

I hope you all have arrived safely in the new year!

I've had this post ready for over a week, but I've been so exhausted after celebrating New Years with my sister, brother and sister-in-law, so I didn't have the energy to finish it up before now. I do have a few more hopes/plans for 2016, like more heels from Taobao, but these are the plans I want to focus most on!

1. Get face-up on at least two heads
I have two blank heads at the moment, Olivia, my Or-doll Sui and my nameless Switch Uhui. These are the two I will prioritize in 2016, but I do hope I can get a new face-up one some of my other dolls too, especially Trent.

2. Buy at least two pairs of urethane eyes
Only Trent and Olivia are missing urethane eyes. I want light brown for Olivia, probably from either Enchanted Dolls or Doll Bakery. For Trent I'm still not sure. Originally I wanted a greyish blue colour for him, but I've fallen a bit in love with the colour of his temporary eyes which are more of a light golden brown. Maybe I'll buy both colours and see which I like best.

3. Buy at least one bodies, hopefully two
It might change which bodies I end up buying, but at this moment I'm most interested in buying a Withdoll SWD female body and a Popodoll 68cm male body. My intentional plans was to start the year with a layaway on a Withdoll SWD girl and then sell the head, but I remembered something else I wanted to buy first..

Photos © Withdoll & Popodoll

4. Buy more clothes for Thalia, Caleb and/or Trent
.. which is two outfits for Thalia from Iplehouse (plus another outfit I hope some of my other girls can fit)! I'm so much in love with these outfits and would really hate for them to be sold out before I would be able to get them. I currently don't have any specific plans for clothes for the Caleb and Trent, but I don't doubt I will be able to find something.

Photos © Iplehouse

5. Look out for the perfect wig for Trent
Trent has not been easy regarding wigs. I've only ever bought one for him, so luckily he hasn't been expensive yet. I know that is has to be dark red, short in one side and longer in the other, but he hasn't really been satisfied with the few I have found online so far. I've been thinking about trying to cut a mohair wig myself, but I'm not sure. Maybe I should just commission one of the excellent wig makers out there. 

6. Practice sewing 
I really want to be able to sew some simple things like skirts, so in 2016 I hope I will dig out my sewing machine and start practising!! 

I just noticed that my plans are more focused on what I want to buy. After reading a few other 2016 goals/plans post I was reminded that I also want to try making wigs, making props, take more photos and blog more often. I could add all these to my list now, but I'm afraid it will be too long and get more impossible for me to accomplish. I will try to do these things in 2016 and otherwise I might put them on my plans next year, as I feel like my dolls are getting closer to being as complete as they can be this year.

Review of 2015 plans

It's that time of the year to see how well I did with my 2015 plans. Seems like everyone else already has done it - I'm late to the party as usual. xD Apparently I didn't post my plans on my blog so I took them from the Danish BJD forum and translated them.

Let's see how well I did!

Buy Keegan - BNBdoll Back-ro head.
No Keegan this year and for now it seems like I'm cutting this character off from my wishlist, so maybe it was a good thing I didn't buy him. Btw, if you don't know BNBdoll you should go check them out! They have some handsome boys!

Buy Thalia - Iplehouse EID Stella.
This one happened and at a really great deal even. Nikki over at Resin Romance found her for me on eBay. It was really nerve wrecking as she only was for sale in The United Kingdom at first, but I cut a deal with the seller that I could buy her if no one else had when the auction ended. In the end I saved about $200 + the custom fees that could've been about $250 on her! ♥

My beautiful Thalia together with Trent.

Buy at least one body for my floating heads.
I didn't get to buy any bodies this year sadly. Hope I can make up for that next year!

Get face-up on at least two heads.
Only my Immortality of Soul Sezz ended up getting a face-up this year. I'm still waiting for him to return from Pearls of Danube though.  

Buy new wig for Takumi, Caleb and/or Ayla.
All three of them ended up getting new wigs and luckily I'm satisfied with all three.

Buy clothes for Caleb and/or Ayla.
I bought a small amount of clothes for both of them. Like a vest for Caleb and a shirt for Ayla. Both of them need more, but at least I got them something. xD

Buy at least two pairs of urethane eyes.
I had to check a bit up on this one. I'm currently waiting for three pairs of Enchanted Doll eyes with Nikki's Peak's Woods order and one pair of Mako eyes, but I couldn't remember if I had bought any eyes earlier this year - I hadn't.

Buy hands for my Volks YoSD and/or SDGr body.
I bought two pair of hands for Ayla. She got the peace and pointing hands. I still want more for her, but I should focus on getting some hands for Shay in stead. ^^'

Try to avoid buying more than two heads. 
Another success! The heads I bought this year was an Or-doll Sui and a SNG Uhui.

Practice cutting wigs. 
I was surprised that I actually got this one done as well. I'm still not good at cutting wigs, but I cut at least three wigs this year. At least I'm not as afraid of cutting wigs now as I was before.

One of the wigs I cut. It's not perfect, but I still need practice. Original wig.

So in the end it's two missed and one half done. That's not too bad! I had imagined I did much worse. I hope I can keep it up next year. ;D

#ProBJDArtists 2015

I started brainstorming for the #ProBJDArtists day already a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to do something other than 'dolls standing with paper with text', but I've been completely empty for ideas. So in the end I went with the dolls with paper, but as a little photo story with my tinies with a bit of humour thrown in to it.

It was a mess taking these photos. Just as I had gathered the energy to start the sun disappeared behind some clouds. I decided to take the photos anyway. Then halfway through the sun decided to come back. *sighs* Furthermore I've been away from home for almost half of the day both yesterday and today so I didn't have too much time to perfect the editing.

I would have loved to write a more in-depth post about recasts and my opinion, but truth is that I'm exhausted and tired, so this will have to do. Maybe next year?

Even thought Ayla screwed a bit up, I hope hers and Isi's message is clear. ^^

Late Halloween post

The other day I felt like making a new design for my blog, but there's not much meaning in making a new design if I don't really use my blog, is there? So here I am, trying to get a bit back to blogging once again.

Last month Lise was visiting and we went to a Halloween meet together. For the occasion I wanted to put my dolls in costumes. I had a few great ideas, one of them as simple as a ghost, but as always I procrastinated to the last moment and didn't get anything done. So in the end the only one with a proper costume was Ayla as a cute little mummy. I tried putting some outfits together for the others with what I had. Takumi went as a 'gangster' (cause he's so hardcore... xD), Shay as a mori-girl and Yoonie as a witch. I also brought Isi and Thalia, but they didn't have any costumes. Sadly I didn't take many photos from the meet and apparently the only photos I did take were of Ayla, and some of Anne and Avi's dolls, haha. xD

All photos in this post are btw edited with VSCO on my phone. My laptop can't be calibrated properly and has an annoying blue tint. I have a monitor to use when I edit photos, but I was too lazy to set it up for these photos, so I thought I would try using my phone and I guess the editing turned out okay. 

Inspiration from unexpected places

Long time no see! I miss blogging, but my motivation and energy is lacking. I will try my best to just be blogging once in a while, hopefully I can get up to posting at least once a month. ^^

I follow Nine9 Style on Twitter and a few weeks ago they started teasing for a scouts outfit, which has been released since then. At first I didn't think much about it, but they kept posting more photos of the outfit and at one point it just hit me: Ayla is a scout. With her energy and love for being outdoors it's almost obvious that she would be a scout. :D

 

Image © Nine9 Style

Sadly the outfit is both limited and for Nine9 Style's own Bunny Nine size which is 35cm, so it wouldn't fit a YoSD.

You can even buy a backpack and a sleeping bag as extras. So cute! ♥

Have you ever tried something similar? Finding inspiration for your characters (or something else) in places you didn't expect to?

Photo story: Easter chaos part III

Two years ago I started on an Easter photo story with Isi and I've been doing my best to continue what now has become a tradition for me. I posted the first part here on my blog, but for some reason I didn't post the second one anywhere but Flickr!? Oo You can read the new one without having read the others, but they're more fun if you read all of them. ^^

This one was made in a bit of a rush. Lack of ideas, quick weird idea, too lazy to edit the photos properly.... So not the most perfect photos, but the story is there. xD

Happy Easter to all of you!!

Meme: Interview with Ayla

Another interview is done! Just two more to go. xD

Btw! I'm sorry if I'm a bit slow at replying messages and commenting on your blog posts lately. Things are going a bit better, but my energy and motivation is still pretty much non-existing. >_<

1) What is your name?
Hiiiiiiiii! *waves* My name is Ayla.

2) What is your nationality/ethnicity?
Eeeeh.. *looks at father* My daddy is from Japan and my mummy is British and French. *scratches head*

3) When were you born/how old are you?
This I know!!! I'm 4. *smiles* My birthday issssss... TODAY!!! You have presents for me? 

4) What is your race (human/angel/demon/etc)?
I'm just human, but you know what? My imaginary friend, Isi, can be whatever he wants. *jumps* He can be a girl, a boy, even a deer. Isn't that coooool?

5) Are you single or taken? Who is your lover/crush?
Whaaaat is this? Daddyyyy?
(Takumi: Eeeh, just skip this one, Ayla!!)

6) Are you straight/bi/trans/etc?
These questions are weird... *pouts* Can I go play?
(Takumi: Why are you asking these questions to a child? *kicks interviewee*)

7) Favorite hobby?
PLAYING! I love playing. Have you ever tried jumping in the rain? *looks seriously at interviewee* It's so much fun!! *throws arms in the air*

8) Favorite food & drink?
I love chocolate milk, but my mummy never lets me drink it. Juice is good too. And pizza!

9) Do you have a job?
Nooooooooo! *laughs* Only chores and they're boring!

10) What is your favorite animal?
Oooh, dinosaurs! They're cool.

11) What is your bad habit?
Bad habit? My daddy says I don't know how to sit still. *winks*

12) What is your favorite hangout? 
Anywhere outside! Outsides are the most fun!

13) Do you have a favourite holiday?
Christmaaaas! I like presents!

14) Dolls (from other families) you'd like to meet?
Anyone who wants to play! *smiles* But no boring play, I don't like boring! I will kick your butt.
(Takumi: Ayla! Language!)

15) Would you briefly tell us your background?
Not much to say. Mummy and daddy divorced before I was 2 years. Daddy got a boyfriend, Hayden, my second daddy. He is so much fun. He is a writer and he helps me write stories about Isi. Mummy is still alone. I hope she finds a boyfriend, then I would have three daddies! So cool! Are we done? *runs off to play*

Meme: Interview with Yoonie

I was tagged by Lise to do an interview with Yoonie. I'm tagged to do like three more interviews and it might take me some time to do them all, but they will all get done eventually.

Oh, and no re-tagging from me since I'm lazy like that. xD

1) What is your name?
My name is Ga-Yoon Dixon, but please just call me Yoonie.

2) What is your nationality/ethnicity?
I'm Korean, but was adopted and raised in England.

3) When were you born/how old are you?
I'm 29 and was born on June 16.

4) What is your race (human/angel/demon/etc)?
Just a human.What else would I be, silly? *smiles*

5) Are you single or taken? Who is your lover/crush?
I'm taken by two lovelies! Gabby and Donna.

6) Are you straight/bi/trans/etc?
*ahem* You do know that trans isn't a sexuality, right? We need better education about transgender people and sexuality in general. To answer the question I'm lesbian and a trans woman. This means I was assigned male at birth, but identify as female and I've been through a transition so both my mind and body are female.

7) Favorite hobby?
Who has time for hobbies? *laughs* I barely have any spare time, but I do enjoy the rare moments I get to do yoga.

8) Favorite food & drink?
My mother make the best lasagne ever! And you can never go wrong with a good wine.

9) Do you have a job?
Actually I have many jobs. I own a model agency, write books and give lectures about transgender- and woman rights.

10) What is your favorite animal?
I've always loved dolphins, but seahorses are cool too. I generally like sea creatures. 

11) What is your bad habit?
I'm told that I have a bad tendency to help people and push my own problems aside. I guess they're right. Maybe I need someone helping me? *laughs* I might be drinking a bit too much coffee as well.

12) What is your favorite hangout? 
There's this lovely little café in the centre of London. I love those rare moments I get to spend there with a good friend. *big smile*

13) Do you have a favourite holiday?
Hmm, that's a tough decision between Christmas and New Year. I think I'll go with New Year, it's always exciting to start a new year.

14) Dolls (from other families) you'd like to meet?
Oooh! I always love meeting new people! *claps hands together* Doing collaborations is one of the best things I know, anyone up for it? 

15) Would you briefly tell us your background?
As said earlier I'm adopted and I have the best parents. They've been there for me the entire time through my transition and supported me in any way they could. School was really tough for me though. I was teased and bullied in every school I went to up until my last years of secondary school. At this point I was getting closer to my transition, I finally found some great and supportive friends, and I found a goal with my life. After this I've been working hard to get to the point I'm at. The most difficult part being starting a new kind of model agency. Finding clients that want models outside the 'normal' ideals isn't easy, but now it's up and running. Things are going really great.

Sell a head... and buy a new one

A month ago I sold my Switch Milhwa head to a friend and just a week or so later I bought a new head. Yeah, there it is again! The buying heads are so much easier problem.. -.- The fun thing is that in the end it's not easier at all. You have to look for a body, it has to have the right proportions for the head and then there's the resin match. I just can't help myself. I think I need help! xD

The head I ended up buying is an OR-doll Sui. I fell in love with this head back when it was released, but I couldn't figure out how it would fit in. Since the head is limited I kept returning and finally it hit me that I maybe could use it for Nathalie, Ayla's mother. I'm not a 100% sure, but I took the change. Later stupid Lise planted the idea in my head that I also could use it for a gay male model.. >o< I don't need more new characters! Not before I've bought some of the other characters on my 'want to buy' list.. but now I just can't seem to shake the idea off me. I will do my best to resist the idea and think of the head as Nathalie though. Hopefully I won't fail.*fingers crossed* She's already in the customs, I'm just waiting for them to release her. I'll be putting her on a semi-hiatus to focus more on the dolls that are closer to be 'finished'. :D

 

Photo © OR-doll

Photos: Vivid matter

Saturday Lise, Maria, Michelle and I ventured out in the cold, and went to this abandoned building by the port to photograph our dolls. I usually don't freeze easy, plus I have this very thick and lovely winter jacket, but it was friggin cold that day. Other than the cold, inspiration had left me, but I did manage to get a few decent shots nonetheless. I love the contrast between Shay being all cute and the decayed, grungy surroundings. 

Life, bodies and dress obsession

Hallo peeps, you remember me? I'm still alive!!

I always meant to get back into blogging, since I love it here with all you wonderful people. Life got in the way around September though when I started suffering from depression. I started seeing the doctor, went on sick leave from school and got into the psychiatry in December. So I'm in treatment which is good, but sadly I'm not seeing much effect yet. This means that some times I can barely function and the interest for my hobbies are sometimes non existing. But don't worry, I won't leave the hobby. I've made too many lovely friends, I still love my dolls and it's just a period of time I have to get through. So even though it seems impossible for me at some times, I'm doing my best to keep my hope up. It was also a big step for me to write this, but I just wanted to be open about it. My hope is to keep blogging and write at least one or two entries a month. Better start out easy, right? I also made a new layout for my blog by the way. I just needed something new and for once I'm satisfied with how it turned out.

I'm even surprised to say this myself, but in all the time I've been away from blogging I actually haven't bought any new dolls! Woohoo, that's almost a miracle, haha. To be honest I'm a little proud of myself. Usually I have a big weakness for buying heads, but I kept it to just two heads last year. Hoping to do the same this year.

So, no new dolls, but a lot of new bodies which is just great because of my problem with buying heads. I think I've gotten three new bodies since last time. First of all I received the Classy Doll 61cm body from April Story. I was unsure about who would get the body, but in the end I stuck to my plans and Yoonie got it. Then I got my hands on an Akagidoll 66cm body for Caleb and it's perfect. Just as lanky and slender as I wanted him. Last, but not least, I got a grail body of mine, a Volks SDGr body for Shay. Can I just say how much I love this body!? It's the best girl body I've ever owned. So beautiful and I love the posing. Words can't describe how happy I was when I friend of my agreed to sell it to me. ♥

Now to my dress obsession. In just a month I've bough four beautiful dresses. I was close to buying more than that, but my wallet didn't agree. First of is a knitted sweater dress from Kaleido for Shay or Yoonie. Kaleido have been releasing lots of beautiful clothes, but I usually discover this way too late when everything is sold out, so this one I just grabbed as fast as possible. Next is a dress from Odd Aristocratic for a future character. I probably won't be able to use this dress for other dolls as it's in EID size, but it's just perfect for the character. Maybe I'll do a post about her sometime. Then is my very first Volks dress. I'm so excited about this one. It'll probably go to Shay as well, maybe Olivia if she can fit it with her big boobs. Last is a dress from Dollheart. I've been in love with the dress for a long time, but it was sold out, so when it was re-released for pre-order I instantly had to get it. Another one that might go to Shay. Yeah, I have a problem with buying stuff for Shay, I know.

Doll family updates

Quite a few things has happened in my doll family while I was absent from my blog. Let's see if I can remember everything.

Some months ago I was talking with Lise and both of us felt overwhelmed by incomplete dolls and a way too big wish list. That led to downsizing, but just a bit for me. I'm just too attached to most of my characters. I was already thinking about selling Eli (SOOM Beyla) and Beatrix (SOOM Bygg) since I was seeing $$ every time I looked at them. So the only one who followed them was Ethan (Napidoll Pekato) as his character weren't that well developed. It's not the biggest downsizing, but I'm hoping to buy bodies to my floating heads for the money I get from the sales. My wish list decreased from nine to three which also felt great. For the time being I've decided to try my best to stay under 15 dolls. That could change in the future when my dolls are more finished. I still feel a bit overwhelmed since most of them still are incomplete, but I just can't downsize any more. A few has been put on 'hiatus' and then I'll just take it one step at a time to get them more complete. 


I was lucky to buy a Volks YoSD Kanon from one of my very good friends, Anne. Kanon is my favourite Volks YoSD and I'm so happy that I could get her. Even better was it when I figured she could make a great Ayla, Takumi's daughter. She's just too lovely. ♥ Since I'm selling Eli and Beatrix I've decided that Isi now is Ayla's imaginary friend. He doesn't really fit in otherwise and it would be too sad if he just were all by himself.

Then there's the two new floating heads to the collection. I seriously have a floating heads problem! First is Caleb (Immortality of Soul Sezz), who also is a band member, but in another band than Shay, Hazuki and Trent. He and Trent are best buddies, and he smokes way too much weed, hahah. Last but not least is Yoonie (Elfdoll Eun-a), who is a male to female transgender. I'm still not fully sure how she fits in other than being Olivia's ex-girlfriend and now good friend. I want her to have a better connection to the rest of my dolls since I already love her to bits. Hopefully I can figure something out.

On the body-front I bought a SQ Lab 61cm girl body via a dealer back in February. This whole thing went quite chaotic. For a long time I couldn't get in contact with the dealer (got better later) and then SQ Lab apparently disappeared. No one seem to able to get in contact with them. A few weeks ago I asked the dealer about a refund. She told me she would try to get the money back from SQ Lab else she would refund me otherwise. This whole situation was been so tiring and saddened me a lot as there was a time I thought I had been scammed.

After a lot of doubt I went ahead and put an April Story 61cm toned type body on layaway last Friday. The doubt was caused by uncertainty that Yoonie's head will fit and match the body. The April Story body's neck size is just 0.2cm smaller than the Elfdoll body. So it should fit, but Yoonie's head is so small that I still have my doubts. If the body doesn't fit I'm thinking that the body will go to either Charlie or Olivia.

Wishlist for the rest of 2014

Long time no blogging - four months to be exact. I've missed blogging, but I've had some difficulties getting back into it. Let's see if I'll keep posting, I sure hope so!

I've made one of these collages with things I hoped to buy about halfway through the year back in 2012 and I thought it would be fun to make one again. Last time I only bought one thing on the list though, so hopefully I can do better this time.

Let's start with the resin. First of all I hope to buy an April Story girl body for Yoonie. How can I say no to a pretty girl body to a lovely discounted price? Then there's the Volks logo representing the SDGr girl body I want for Shay and YoSD hands for Ayla. These items are limited and not something Volks sell through their website, so their logo had to do.

Then there's the clothing. Cute simple tops and sexy pants from Tree Design. After I got a free top from Elfdoll I just have to get more and Tree Design has a lot of them. They're just perfect for casual sets. Three pair of urethane eyes from Vings. I wanted to buy these earlier, but Taobaotrends said that Vings are doing some renewal/updates and that I should wait a bit. Then there this really gorgeous dress and awesome cardigan from Nine9 Style. I want both in all colours, but as a start I want the dress in mint and the cardigan in yellow. Last we have a cute set for Ayla from Asano on Taobao and a blue shirt for Hayden from Freedom Teller.

I'm sure there'll be some of these things I won't be getting. I change my opinion all the time about what I want and then there's the companies releasing new awesome items that destroys my plans, but at least it's a start.