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. :)