Doll News

This week I'm waiting for some new parts for St. Christopher to come in, specifically a chest/abdomen piece for the Obitsu body. The character of St. Christopher in the original form is meant to have a specific physique, and is meant to be agender. I often use "she/her" as it's applicable to the character's story, but "they/them" is also correct. In particular I wanted their body to look a certain way, but that's not always easy to find. I considered modifying the RS body, but I don't really have the space or the materials needed to do that, so I'm going a slightly different route. The pieces should arrive Thursday of this week, so hopefully I'll be able to put them together and find a workable solution.

Obitsu 55cm "boy" chest piece.

Obitsu 55cm "boy" body.

I'm curious to see if I like the Obitsu Gretel head still, or if I'll want to switch back to the RS Mi head on the Obitsu body (RS and Obitsu match). I'm going to try the Obitsu first as I already have it screwed on to the mechanisms and it's a pain to put back on. Pictures will follow once the package arrives.

Project Bears

 Over the past week I decided I wanted to work on some new projects, one of which required a teddy bear. I happened to find these two fellows at thrift stores, and I set about cleaning them up and working on them.

Project Bear #1. 

I didn't end up using him for my initial plans, but I think I will work him into something else. Here he is after having his stuffing removed and being washed/air dried.

Project Bear #2

I ended up using this guy for my original plans as he fit the look I was going for much better. He is an older BaB, initially released in 2007. He began life as a Lil' Honey Cub, but I had bigger plans for him. I removed his stuffing and washed him, though he took much longer to dry because of his thick fur.

The hearts of Project Bear #1 (left) and Project Bear #2 (right). 

 Once dried he became...

 Bowie Bear!

My inspirations for Bowie Bear.

Eeveelution Outfits

For those of you familiar with my other accounts (Instagram or Tumblr), you'll know that I also do a lot of fashion and outfit of the day posts. My Tumblr is a full time fashion blog with a wide variety of styles being featured. I do like to craft outfits around themes or certain aesthetics, and when I picked up my eeveelutions it gave me an idea: Eeeveelution outfits! So far I've done a few, with more planned in the future. I want to try and focus on colors as well as the themes of each.

Sylveon for example has pink, white, and blue for its colors, and has a theme of love. So I put together this outfit with some Sailor Moon jewelry and a heart spotted shirt.

Next is Vaporeon who is my favorite (shhh, don't tell the others!). Vaporeon is blues and white, with an obvious water/sea theme. 

I also have some Gengar themed outfits coming as I hinted at in a prior post, so stay tuned for more pokefashion!

The dark rites of Eevee...

I started working on some new shelving for my apartment this weekend, in part because I wanted a place to tuck my plush when they're not being carried off somewhere. The Eeveelutions are one such group that seems like they need to be displayed, so I created them a little cubby on one of the shelves. And added a (fake) candle as I had them on all shelves. Turned off the lights and....oh...that's a little creepy.

Come play with us...

Haku arrived!

My plush Haku arrived earlier this week and I was able to pick him up yesterday. For those unfamiliar with Spirited Away, you should go watch it now. I'll wait.

He is a chibi plush version of Haku the dragon who is one of the supporting characters of the story. His real form looks like this:

His chibi form looks like this:

He is super soft and squishy, and randomly he smells really nice. He s meant to be a cross between a plush and a pillow, though I don't think I would use him as a pillow very much. He needs to "breathe" a little more as he was packaged very tightly, but otherwise he looks great!

Pardon the wet hair, but look how cute he is!

Ooky Spooky

Incoming Friend: Haku

I decided on a whim to search for Spirited Away plush, mostly out of curiosity if anything existed. I've seen some spectacular handmade plush (including some giant Haku!), but not much in the way of merchandise. I did find some very neat plush of some of the supporting characters, and then this plush of Haku.

It sort of does double duty as a plush and a neck pillow as it's made to sit around your neck. I think it would be fun for cosplay purposes, but also just because it's an adorable chibi version of Haku. He should be arriving tomorrow, though I may not be able to pick him up until later this week.