Sewing!

I bought a mini sewing machine off Trademe a couple of weeks ago! I've been busy making some clothes for my Blybe doll who is still without a name. I've already got names ready for the next two Blybes I get...Lily is coming in the post as we speak and Natia will be bought later on when I find the wig I want for her. Lily originally has pink hair, but she's getting a really cute blondey browny wig from Ebay. Originally my first Blybe was going to have a wig and probably get called Natia or Lily but then I really liked her with black hair so i'm keeping her like that.
Lily is named after Lily from "Lily and the vacuum cleaner" which is a book Natalie loves. She's so cute when she try to get her tounge around the word Lily! Anyway, when I saw that wig I thought it was so cute on its model Blythe and looked like Natalie.
Natia's wig is proving harder to find. There are not a lot of redhead wigs, and none in the right style. Natia is a character I had on Dragon Age, she was so cool and I love her name. It's Polish for Hope. Here she is:



So I need a short red haired wig with a side part. I might have to end up making my own one. Or getting another cute redhead wig.

While we are on the subject of Dragon Age (which is a really good game and pretty much almost as good as Oblivion maybe better...)I made a Morrigan outfit for the yet to be named Blybe. Here she is modelling it...




The Real Morrigan.


Clothes bought off Ebay


My first attempt at sewing a Blythe Dress.

Buy Buy Buy!

Well lately I've been having fun spending up on Trademe and ebay....now I just have to wait for all my goods to arrive!
Some of the sellers (in Asia) are on holiday for a bit because it's Chinese New Year (year of the rabbit) and therefore posting the items will be a bit delayed. Theres a Lantern festival in Albert Park coming up that is there every year and which is supposed to be quite good. I might go along to it for a look.

This weeks spend ups include: Clothes for Blybe (tights, dress, top, hat), a Blybe sized camera, a mini sewing machine (I cant wait to start sewing again, I haven't done it for years!) and a Lonely Planet book on all the best places/experiences in the world. It's a really good book, I got it out from the library once and decided I really had to own a copy.

Blybie still doesn't have a name....I just cant think of one that suits her. I decided that I definitely have to get some more Blybes/Blythes...a red head one called Natia because I love that name since Natia was my cute little red head dwarf girl on Dragon Age. The other one would be called Lilly and I would buy it this wig I found on ebay which is blondey-brown. It reminds me of Natalie, my niece. Natalie loves a book called 'Lilly and the vacuum cleaner' and always wanders around saying Lilly!

Yet to be named Blybe had a bit of a makeover the other day. I found some fake human eyelashes at the $2 shop and add those onto her for longer lashes. I added black eyeshadow around her eyes and got rid of the lipstick and blusher the previous owner had put on her. The new lipstick is dark pink and is nail polish! I may redo it though, as its a bit lumpy. I'm not sure yet if she's going to have blusher.

I discovered a really good online craft shop with all sorts of neat things for sale made by different people. There are a lot of home made Blythe clothes there which are quite unique, as well as lots of other cool things.
www.etsy.com
I think i'll be spending up large there....

Blybe and Lomo!

It was an exciting and non-boring day for me today! Filled with lots of interesting things....
First of all, I was stepping out the front door to take some photo restorations I'd done, over to a neighbours house, and found a package addressed to me on the door step that looked suspiciously like the shape of a Blybe doll. So I took the photos over and when I came back I opened the package and there she was!


She's in a tatty old white dress at the moment so will find some new clothes and possibly new hair soon!

After that Lisa rang up about bridesmaid dresses and then Denise and I went up to the Library. After the Library it was just on 12 midday which was the time my Lomographs were ready to be picked up. Well the negatives anyway as I was going to scan them onto the computer. So that took up the rest of the afternoon.
Here are a few photos from my first roll of film taken with my Holga.

Yay!

Today I bought my Blythe...well actually Blythe clone 'Blybe' (which is a cheaper version). So hopefully it should be arriving in a couple of days.
Most owners have names for them and like dressing them up and taking photos. Also creating their own clothes etc. Mine doesn't have a name yet, I don't think Blybes come pre-named either.
I've already found some cool clothes and wigs on ebay for it. There are also some cheap Blybes on there so I might be tempted to get another one...have one retro and one goth. But no...maybe I'll just wait until I have enough money to get a real Blythe. Although not one thats more than $200 (as they can get to $1000's, especially for the older ones).

Anyway, here is one cute cardigan I've found on ebay which I might get....it has a little pod hat!!



I also like this hat found on ebay....



Along with heaps of cool goth boots. And various retro clothes....I'm not sure what clothes it will be coming with so I'll have to wait and see!

Bands Bands Bands

On Friday I went to my 2nd 'Big Day Out' music festival. I went along with Steve this time (last time it was with Angela) and we got rather sunburnt and rather wet from the rain that came later on in the day. It turned into a big poncho fest, everyone streaming for the stalls which sold them. Luckily when I got to one of the stalls I was there in time to get the last poncho.
Anyway, after that it got me thinking about this this T shirt I have that I used to write on (with fabric paint) all the bands and concerts I've ever been too. I think that there may be no more room to write on it so decided I shall write a list on here.

SO....

All the concerts I have ever been to! (so far)

Blindspott My first ever gig! 2003
8 Foot Sativa + Deja Voodoo 2004
Muse + Pluto 2004
D4 + The Bleeders 2005
Shihad Awesome concert in the rain 2005
Foo Fighters 2005 and 2008
The Feelers + Thirsty Merc 2006
The Datsuns + D4 2006
Bass in the grass festival Darwin 2006
Living End
28 Days
Something for Kate
Pete Murray
Hilltop Hoods
The Herd
etc..
U2 At the Olympic stadium Sydney 2006
Eskimo Joe 2007
Blindside 2007
Pluto 2007
Muse again, 2007
Linkin Park 2007
Airbourne 2008
Def Leppard 2008
The Big Day Out 2009
Fantomas
Bullet for my valentine
Headless Chickens
Weta
My Morning Jacket
Pendulum
The Living End
Dropkick Murpheys
Serj Tankian
Karnivool + Battle Circus + These four walls 2009
Faith No More! 2010
30 Seconds to Mars 2010
Black River Drive + Shotgun Ally + Autozamm 2010
The Big Day Out 2011
Rammstein
Tool
The Deftones
Birds of Tokyo
Shihad
Iggy Pop
Airbourne
Stone Temple Pilots Will be in March 2011

I'm sure I've missed some...hmmm....
aha I have! adds in Airbourne...

2011

Well its 2011! What will come in this year ahead?

Maybe I will find a job, or maybe (from July) I'll do a web development course.
Steve has a few months more to go of Uni, and when he finishes he will find work until I finish my course (if I do that) and then he hopes to find a job within Geology, probably in Australia.

In March it will be our 7th year Anniversary (of being together)and in April Lisa is getting married! I'm going to be her bridesmaid. So at the moment were trying to sort out our dresses. Mines going to probably be a dark (midnight) blue.

I've finally discovered a cheap (replica) Blythe doll on trade me so I may be buying that in the next day or so! I was going to custom make one from parts off ebay but it may be cheaper to get this one (which is also custom made). There are lots of amazing clothes to buy for them on ebay, as well as custom made wigs and eyes.

Too much time, too much to do...

Took me 7 months but I finally remembered to write in my blog again, even though I was supposed to be writing something interesting each week.
So it's now November and even though I haven't been working or able to find work in this day and age called the recession, I've had a lot to do.
Apart from job searching which takes up a huge amount of time and effort, I have discovered a few new obsessive pastimes, the big one being genealogy.
My sister Mel started it all when she told me that she had bought a book to record the family history. Turns out it was the same book I had bought from a second hand shop a couple of years earlier but had never got around to filling in. Anyway this got us onto wondering who great grandparents were and the obsession stemmed from there...
I love researching and doing detective work. Once you are onto a hot clue its so exciting and you keep digging to find more! You have to be able to think and rethink clues to fit the pieces of the puzzle together and know where to look for tip-offs.
One thing I've learnt is that there are a lot of other obsessives out there (who have obviously finished their family research) who love to help others. I now have others here and overseas who are no way related to me that are emailing me with big chunks of information on my ancestors! It's amazing that they're taking their time to do it and a lot of the time it's unexpected and I'll just get an email saying bla bla bla...etc etc etc...
Some members of the family are hard to find much on and have created dead-ends (for now anyway!) and some of them are easily found...the longest chain I've made so far is 2 lines of great,great,great,great,great grandparents! Both stem from my Dads mothers side. So thats dating back to the 1700's. But it's too fun not to stop there!