Soooooo many things I'd like to blog about. It feels like all the different subjects are crowding 'round my frontal lobe jumping up & down. "Pick me, pick me!"

Begrudgingly took down all the Easter decor today. Bye bye paper rabbits & sweet chenille bunnies! Thankfully pictures will help me to remember how to set stuff up next year. I've loved all my displays so much I want to ensure that they're each recreated the exact same way again when each holiday rolls 'round. The image above depicts a darling little Easter scene set up on green polyfil atop an antique cabinet in our dining room. This was how the mantle looked. And this is how I dolled it up for February. At Halloween it looked like this & for Christmas, like so. Haven't the foggiest what's in store for it the coming days & weeks. The only time it's ever been themeless was that tiny space of time between Halloween & Christmas. (And that looked like this) Not everyone's cup of tea, but I quite liked. :)

In desperate need of a new hairdo/style sometime SOON! I haven't had diddly done to it since before little Sadie was even conceived. I wonder if my fave hairdresser on Earth is even still around. Roxie @ Totale E-clips. Man did I ever have a girl crush on her. She was such a little slice of sexy pie. Caucasian but with Japanesey features. Cute as hell like a 50's kitschy doll come to life. I don't know that I would trust someone the way I trusted her with my slowpoke-growing hair that's taken 3 long dreary years to even grow down to my shoulders!

Made an impromptu decision to turn the spare/guest/junk room downstairs into a studio on Sunday! This mostly involved hauling boxes to & fro... but was worth it in the end as we each have our own little cubbyhole/cubicle. It's cozy as can be! The neato bonus was the walls which we didn't have to paint as they were already yellow at the time that we moved in. I feel like I am working in a little box of sunshine! No more being cramped up in the corner of my bedroom. Room to stretch my legs & fill the walls with gorgeous art! I'm thrilled to bits!

A really busy-bee-ish time ahead. Plan to have our dollies up on etsy by the time the week is through. I've thrifting finds to post about & snail mail to send away & endless goals (big & small) to slowly chip away at. Blogging late at night has proved a great way to unwind. I can totally envision now a future for this thing... it just might thrive. :)

P.S. Pea, are you out there?!? Miss you much.

Drove the next town over last Monday to hit up the two Sally Ann's. It's always worth the forty minute drive. Had a yummy lunch w/ Mum at our favorite cafe there & visited the candy store to stock up on doll supplies & props. Standout finds were the following:

- glorious vintage fabric suitcase, a steal at just a buck!
- orgasmic array of vintage floral fabrics
(Absolutely PERFECT for our 3rd batch of Boopsies!)
[2.00 for a GREAT BIG FREAKIN' BAG FULL!]
- fancy schmancy pretty pastel vintage buttons [.50)
- fabric/styrofoam dolly head triplets (.25)
- 70's-era Ernie & Bert placemat for Ash (ok, for moi!)
- sweet little vintage knit container [1.00]
- way adorable vintage family of neon orange mice - [.99]
(And sadly, not shown)
- equally as adorable vintage wooden wall plaque
(featuring a kitschy little raven haired cutie!)

And while I'm in listing mode, I want to mention some other things that made me love life this week *just that much* more!

- (Secretly) watching Sadie get a bike-riding lesson from her big brother today. He was SO careful & gentle & encouraging with her. I think my heart turned to actual mush.

- The Dalai Lama on TV this week... mere hours from here in Seattle in fact. Would have given anything to be in the crowd of 5,000 who gathered to be in his beautiful presence. His message is always so simple & pure. I just wish the whole world would get it.

- Woke up Wednesday to find that I'd sold another print. While I still had the dough in my PayPal, I quickly decided to snatch up a Betsy. What's a Betsy you ask? Something every girl needs. Visit sadielouwho's shop at etsy to become simply smitten with her MUST-HAVE creations!

- The bear very ungrumpily agreeing to help me execute a photo shoot (starring him) I'd had in my mind since last summer. One or two of my favorites will make their flickr debut sometime soon.

- Getting this blog off the ground. I must admit, it somehow feels invigorating.

Love to all. Whoever's reading. Have a splendid weekend. Smile lots!

Even though I'm blogging only to an audience of about one right now, (I wanna fatten bloggie up before the welcome mat comes out & I invite my friends & fam), here is a SNEAK PEEK at the Boopsie Daisy dolls! Don't they seriously look good enough to eat?!? The grand tally of girls is sitting at around 20 at the moment, sure to DOUBLE by month's end for sure!!! I don't know how I'm going to part with them. Each one is so unique & took her own eternity to make. They've all starred in their own extravagant photo shoot however, so the pics I've got will have to take their place. Plan to blog again tonight to keep on plumpin' this place up. Oh and if a certain cute little ho is reading, I'm ready to take your call now! Ahem!

K, I've gotta get into the swing of things with this sucker! Quite frankly I can't stand the idea of having one of those blogs that bears no fruit & for the life of me - I don't understand why I can NEVER find my rythym with things of this nature... especially when writing comes easier to me than breathing! Anyhow, here I am trying, at least. Mostly I guess it shall just serve as a means to document my thrifting finds since my memory is now like that of a 99 year old lady! And so here's a sum up of the scrumdiddly-icious stuff I scouted out last Friday, April 4th:

- decorative chalkware puppydog [.50]
- vintage dolly w/ green knit dress [bit of a splurge @ 2.00]
- vintage scarves/apron [.25 each]
- beautiful antique frame [1.50] but worth it!
- Dream Doll mag ~ not pictured~ [.100] AND a dream in & of itself!
- psychotically gorge vintage floral photo album [1.99] & made in Japan
- vintage robin egg blue sunnies straight out of my fantasies! [3.99]
- little orange sweetie of a pig(gybank) [1.99] (vintage, made in Japan)

- 2 matching pretty pastel blue teacups [.29 each]
- lovely assortment of vintage greeting cards @ [.25] a piece
- pair of vintage Fisher Price people clowns I absolutely 'secreted'!
~ Maybe only Pea will understand that term! ~ ;) [.10 each]
- robot for Ash [1.99]

- vintage summery outfit (w/ sailboat embroidery) for Sadie [.50]

Sending a big fat smooch out to the universe for all the lovely loot it bestows upon me! Yay! ♥

Entry for Tuesday, April 3rd. Up until the Conan hour AGAIN last night obsessively making dolls with Mum. So psyched about our 2nd batch of Boopsies, they are SCARY-full of character & whimsy. Sky was crazy blue & with bear off, we squeezed in some thrifting. Sweetest scores included:

- The doors Greatest Hits on vinyl [1.00]

- chalkware birdie wall plaque [.50]

- vintage fuzzy kitschy bunny on a stick [.25]

- The Beatles Yellow Submarine VHS [.50]

- 1950's porcelain girl figurine w/ lid & base [1.00]

- vintage Little Women hardcover [.50]

- 1970 Sesame Street poster w/ oldschool illustrations! [1.00]

- Nonsense Books (contains such bizarre drawings!) [.50]

- exquisite vintage black haired dolly (eyes open & close) [1.00]

- set of my 4 DREAM chairs in magical condition! [20.00]