Quick, late post.

My mori coordinate for a show I'm going to tomorrow.

Nothing very productive going on in my world of dolls.  I did give Uri a new face up the other day, and it's probably my most favorite one for him so far.  It's not exactly realistic, it's very pale and soft, but I love it.  It kind of makes me laugh because he's the doll that's always had such crazy face ups, and suddenly I want him in neutral colors.

What I really need to do is re-suede the poor boy, which might happen tonight.  I haven't sueded him again since I first got him, which will be two years next month.  The last of the sueding came off his head with his last face up removal, so it's time. He's also insanely kicky because I like my dolls strung very tightly, so some sueding would help calm that down a bit.

Fall has finally begun to show it's face where I live, and I can't help but be a little bit giddy.  The weather is beautiful; chilly and sunny with a little sweet smelling breeze.  I can layer to my heart's content, and I finally dragged my favorite over-sized brown sweater out from its hiding place.  I am a very happy lady.

In other news, since I always update here when I get a tattoo...I got a new tattoo! It had been a little over six months since my last one, and with bills paid off for the month I was ready.  The image has a lot of very personal meanings to me, but aside from that it is based on a song written by a friend of mine.  His song is called "Widow's Gun," and is an interesting, somewhat dark tale of a woman.  I always got a very specific image in mind of the gun when he sang, although the song itself is a bit ambiguous about whether the gun is real or metaphorical.  However I really wanted to do a little more work on my music sleeve, so this came to be.*

I'm not a gun buff by far, though that's mostly because I have never really been around them.  I have a big soft spot for the older guns, specifically engraved revolvers.  There is something poetic about a thing of beauty being so dangerous.  Plus all the time and energy that went into these works of art just blows me away.  My particular design is based on my own mental image, and an antique gun wielded by Betty Grable in a movie called "The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend."  Talk about a beautiful gun:

*Note: It's very hard to take a picture of your own arm, especially while trying to keep it straight. Hence why some of the tattoo looks funky or the lines look warped.  I can assure you that in person they're not. :)

Another mori outfit.

Another outfit I've been working on.  I have another large brown sweater to go over the whole thing, but even like this it's nice.  Pretty much the whole outfit came from Goodwill.  The sweater, dress, cameo, and boots (brown leather) are all from Goodwills around the area.  Only the leggings I'm wearing (not pictured) were bought new. I love having outfits that cost less than one shirt from a regular store. ;)

Mori Uri

Spent last night working on a new mori outfit for Uri.  The bloomers are the same from the previous outfit, the top I made from an old linen shirt I had bought years ago at Goodwill.  I *love* Uri in this style even more than I thought I would.  I can't wait to get some pictures of the two of us together.

A couple of detail shots taken with this cool old trunk my roommate has:

And my little "helper." :)  Bear assumes that any time I'm sitting on the floor I'm free game, so he kept crawling into my lap and knocking my camera out of focus.  So I had to take some pictures of him too.

 

Mori Uri

I've been working on some mori outfits for Uri as well.  They're not done, and I really need to find some shoes for him, but here are a couple of previews.

Coat by me, shirt by idon'tdosubtle, bloomers from a china doll I found at the thrift store.

Tiny sneak peek at this one. Uri is wearing this big, off-white ruffled skirt, and his fairy coat.  More to come.

Not exactly doll related but...

So lately I've become a little obsessed with mori fashion.  Mori is essentially a style that exemplifies the "forest girl" mystique.  It makes use of earthy colors, muted tones, sweet patterns, and layers.  Lots of layers.  It's a fun, comfortable style that I've wanted to dress in for a few months but didn't yet have the wardrobe.  So I did some thrifting, some sewing, and like magic here I am. :)

This isn't a great shot as it was taken while I was out shopping for more mori items, but this is one of my favorite outfits so far.  Lots of hand sewn lace....but pretty. :)  More pictures to come when I can rope someone into taking them for me.

Final Instagram post, I swear...