roserouge lane

…is another’s treasure. Some results of recent thrifting expeditions…

The books were awesome finds: nearly-new condition and only $1 each. Oh, soapmaking? That’s for a probable-future hobby.

An unknown piece of houseware + fabric: $0.75. Hmm..shall these be reincarnated into a sumptious 1/6th ottoman or a low table?

Vintage patterns: $0.25 each. Given that these are uncut, nearly 40 years old, and the styles can still be integrated into today’s wardrobe…hot deal! Got the Simplicity one just for the little red number. Think it would look cute with some modifications..perhaps a round collar and shorter sleeves. But I will pass on what Miss Matronly-Kerchief-head is modeling!

Things have been hectic but are slowing down…which is good and bad. These creative muscles have been dormant for too long. *flexflex* So, self-prescribed exercises as follows:

• Practice painting more male dolls
• Dioramas! (began collecting materials, but haven’t outgrown procrastination)
• Sew more. Seriously. 2009 will be the year to tackle the fabric stash. Reduce, and bring forth pretties!

In the works:

• dolls from previous post
• various 1/6th heads
• dress for SD
• a new bag in anticipation of spring
• learning to use Nikon D70S (finally replaced the Fuji S2 Pro. Can now take pics with less grumbling/swearing. Well, once I get the controls down cuz my fingers haven’t adjusted to the fact this isn’t the S2. ^^;;)

Ok, construction on the mini garden is postponed for the time being. Good thing no live plants are involved or they’d be dead by now. The weather’s just been awful (read: wet and cold) so I can’t go outside to hack at the dry foam as planned. Boooo, I wanted to make walls and structures. :/

Instead I’m making dolly jewelry. My fingers hurt from working with wire and puny jump rings. I dunno how many of those things I dropped and lost on the carpet. =_=;; But I enjoy making stuff, so the pain is worth it in this case. ^^ I even enjoy hunting down supplies, although it’s not easy finding the smaller beads I need. But methinks it’d be an even more serious affliction if I were the jewelry-wearing type…

Made these little plants a while ago. They’re supposed to be for the doll garden but I kinda like them where they are right now, atop the monitor.

So yeah, am still alive. Been feeling unwell in the last while so I’ve had major catching up to do with coursework. But am trying to squeeze in time whenever possible for dollies…

In other news, we have a new macro lens on the way. W00t! Hope it’ll be an improvement over the current crappy lens.