PixxieHobbits

Well, once I lost my job, I somehow found it again a week later. Yeah... So I've been working through to the end of the seasonal I signed on for which means approximately three more weeks to go. That's okay, though, because I made an expensive doll purchase that I'd like to make the money back for and so I'll charge the mountain until the very end. In the meantime I did, in fact, re-open our Etsy store: Mirage River Creations. It took a couple days to do a little adjusting to listings and things and now we're up and running. Better still, we already got our first customer! So, if you find our blog interesting and you'd like to see some of the doll things we've got up for sale, along with others, please come check it out, we'd love to have you. Here's the link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MirageRiverCreations?ref=search_shop_redirect I'll post the link in the "About Us" page too, just to make it easier to find. And Merry Christmas ...

So with the resolve to work harder on doing things around here, came the resolve to get doll stuff done. The list for the dolls is a mile long and we often push it off in favor of other things. Well, I'm going to try harder not to do that, so this morning I gave Midas a hair cut. He came into the barber shop apprehensive. "You won't make me look like a dork, will you?" he asked me as I told him to take off everything except his pants. I told him I'd try my best to do a good job, after all I have several dolls right behind him needing hair cuts so I have to learn to do well in order to do all of them. That seemed to work to reassure him, so he let me drape the towel around him and get him situated in the chair.  Cutting BJD hair is probably not that much different from cutting people hair, except I didn't wet Midas's hair down. Maybe I should have, because that might've made it easier to do. Either way, I was very careful and went pre...

Hi! I'm so sorry it's been so long since either of us last posted. Between the job I got and Christmas, it was really busy around here, but, worse, the internet was not connecting to our laptop. It still isn't, in fact. However, I lost my job when the company decided to let go of all its temporary seasonal help except maybe two or three people, and so I have a lot more free time. With all that free time, I gave up trying to wait until the laptop came come back online. It might be next year before that happens, so I opened Blogger on the family computer and here we go. Just so you know, I've been wanting to post--so has my sister--and I've been thinking about it, planning ideas, and waiting impatiently. But the laptop's internet connection is ridiculous, so we'll just have to make due with what we have. So what does the future hold? Next year we'll definitely look into getting the laptop up and running again (it's been nearly impossible to update ...

"There's no such thing as a bad bear. There are ugly bears and poorly made bears, but each is capable of bringing a smile to someone's face, a sense of fun or comfort." ~Mac Pohlen I love that quote. Of course, ever since I started making my own teddies I've become one of their biggest fans, so it's little wonder that I would believe it as much as I love it. Teddy bears, actually plush toys in general, have been around much, much longer than I have and have been making people smile for ages. Often these soft, lovable creatures can capture a child's attention like nothing else can. I suppose it's for that reason that I decided my little dolls needed plushies and teddies of their own. After all, what child goes throughout their life without a stuffy companion? That's also the reason I decided to offer some of my creations up for sale. It takes many long hours to make even the smallest of toys, and I'll never make back what I've put in...

Now for a look at the prince's outfit in a little more detail. His cape is made of faux suede in a navy blue color and it's the only one we made fully lined. It has a silver toggle clasp at the neck. He has a complete medieval outfit that includes everything except the boots. And, of course, he's going to have to find his own weapons. He has a bag embellished by me with different jewelry pieces and embroidery floss. It was done in burgundy faux leather. Underneath his cape, his belt is real leather while his jerkin is only faux leather. I embellished the jerkin with silver beads. His jerkin fits nicely over his shirt. Without his boots, his pants lose all their wrinkles, and you can see his knit brown socks. His shirt underneath is a nice beige fabric and has been hemmed in navy blue thread. The laces at his collar are for show and his shirt snaps in the back. It's been sewn with decorative designs along the shirt front. ...