A couple of photos of the lovely Luna from her day outside π She’s not too comfortable in dresses, but she looks so amazing in it π
Category: News
The lovely Luna, and new eyes :D
A couple of photos of my beautiful Luna
More photos, yaaay!
Thats all for now π
More goodies :D
Indeed, I got even more goodies! Yesterday a pair of socks for LTF arrived, and today Lusis got some dark purple eyes!
I'm home :3
And its sooo good to relax! And I did get a ton of awesome dolly things, here are some of them! (a couple of wigs aren’t pictured, I’ll show them later!
I told you guys that I have the best mom ever ;D I’m thrilled with everything, and there is still a couple more eyes on the way! I’ll show the two other wigs when the eyes arrive π
My Muse Magazine, short review of first impression
After getting serious about BJD’s, I’ve been looking around at magazines and books as well. Unfortunately many of the magazines are expensive and hard to get hold of. Thats why I was thrilled with hearing about My Muse Magazine!
They offer to purchase digital version of the magazine, and at a very reasonable price. I bought both issues, and waited for them to pop into my e-mail inbox! I was a bit disappointed that purchasing didn’t take me to a download page, or at least automatic sending to e-mail upon paying, waiting for a real life person to see that I have paid and then send them to me is a bit annoying, but I never was a patient person so that might not be a big issue for everyone π
Here is my biggest problem with the magazine.. It’s not a PDF file.. I get a zipped folder, unzip it and inside is a HTML document (and a folder), and upon opening I get this fancy flash flipping book, which would have been well enough, but the image is TINY on my screen. Of course there is a zoom button, but that button only zooms the page inside the tiny window, so I have to drag my mouse around to see. Here is a photo of what I’m talking about:
This makes it hard to really enjoy the stunning photos in the book.
Also, the links provided in the book aren’t clickable. When using flash, there is no problem adding links to a file, you can even do this in PDF documents, and you can’t mark any text to copy and paste either, I’m not very impressed with that.
Next issue… You can’t PRINT! Well, you sort of can, but the print will include the lovely gray frame with the arrows and stuff on it, and only show the part that you have showing in the window.This is especially an issue when they provide patterns. In the second issue, they have provided a pattern for Dal dolls, and of course I can take a screen shot of the pattern pieces, but they haven’t provided a “this square should be 1 inch tall and wide” thing or “this line should measure soso much” or anything, so how am I supposed to know that I’m printing the right size?
Wow, this was a lot of complaining, time to get to the good parts!
The price. Considering how much time and effort went in to making this magazine, you just can’t beat the price. The first volume is cheaper than the second, as it usually is with these things.
The photos. Absolutely beautiful photos throughout both issues.
I haven’t read through everything yet, thats why this review is called first impression π But it seems to be filled with lovely content, I’m a huge fan of reading interviews with amazingly talented people, and I can’t wait to sit down and read through.
As a graphic designer, I do cringe a bit over a couple of things, but it’s not ugly or anything (someΒ columnsΒ are a bit too tight for my taste, and some fonts that are used make me cry). That being said, most of the magazine is designed in a playful way, and I love that they use big photos π
I’ll post another review after reading both issues! But so far what I hate the most is the format the digital version is presented, give us PDF please, and my favorite thing is the photos (and the fact that they cover more dolls than just BJDs, its fun to see other kinds even if you don’t collect them!)
The kitty and the sock
I swear if she doesn’t tell me her name soon, I’m going to name her something stupid like Buttercup or something.
Going HOME :D
Tomorrow I’m going home to visit mom π I can’t wait! It’s really hard to leave some dolls behind though, but I just can’t bring them all. Lusis will have to come, since mom hasn’t seen her, and Luna too since she hasn’t seen her yet either, and where Luna goes, Story goes, so she’s coming too! I’m also going to bring little miss Sweety, because I really need to take more photos of her π
The rest will be staying behind, guarding my room π I’m actually really going to miss all of them! But it will be fun to miss them too, because it means we get to have a lovely reunion when I get back, teehee π
Like I mentioned earlier, mom has been shopping lately, and tomorrow I’ll get some presents π Mom will get a couple too, because it’s her birthday tomorrow, but since I’m just out of school and out of a job, I’m so broke its not even funny, I’ll have to give her something extra nice when I get my first paycheck (if I ever find a job that is)
I can’t wait to see what she has gotten for me and my dolls, but I’m most looking forwards to seing her of course, I haven’t been home since Christmas!
Baha and awesomehead has left the building too! The owner came and got them both today π I swear I’ll have nightmare of stripes for a while, but I have to admit it was pretty awesome seing Baha put together! I had some issues with the paint chipping while stringing him, which I don’t get since he had been coated several times… But next time I’m going to get some matte gloss to put on those parts, for extra protection. I have photos to show, I just haven’t transferred them to my computer yet π
That’s all for now I think π
Face-ups!
I really think I’m improving, Baha is nearing completion, the dollzone head is just a couple of steps from being finished, and I finished the extra Lishe face-plate I had laying around! The first two are a friend of mine’s, the Lishe plate I’m planning on selling.
She's almost too much!
My lovely girl.. She is just so beautiful I don’t know what to do with myself!
I feel like I’m close to finding out her name, it’s kind of like when you remember a piece of a song but can’t quite remember what song it was.. I sound obsessed, don’t I? Lol.. I swear in a year or so I’ll be living in a box with Lusis, talking to her and stuff π
I have photos! The first two are linked to flickr, the rest are here on my blog ^^ (see me trying to lure you to my flickr account, mohaha)