I actually received this in the mail on Christmas Eve ( Read more... )

I did this little series of photos mostly for my own amusement. Theophilus meets the Dingbot Chris made.

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I love the Great Dickens Christmas Fair. I look forward to it every winter, and seriously wish I had more time for it. Many of my friends and acquaintances work Dickens, and it makes me want to be there to see them ( Read more... )

Theophilus Carter, my tiny Mad hatter doll, got a cute little Steampunk outfit today. It's super cute.

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We finally got our Comic-Con pictures up! Between the two of us, we got over 300 photos, most of them having been taken by my husband ( Read more... )

My daughter was at her great-aunt's on Saturday, allowing Chris and I to work on the Wimshurst machine. Chris was going to be boring out some holes in the cut-down staircase balusters so the fiberglass axles would have somewhere to sit. There was only one problem; his drill bit set didn't have a bit of the right diameter to make the holes. We ( Read more... )

I finished Klara's clothes, and I now have pictures.

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An entire week before I expected them, my pair of tiny pilot hats with goggles arrived. My dolls are wearing their goggles, and Chris is talking about borrowing one of the caps and goggles for Evelyn's monkey backpack the next time we wear Steampunk costumes with her. He likes to dress her backpack up ( Read more... )

We were able to acquire most of the parts for the Wimshurst, but there are still a few little fiddly bits we need to finish assembling it. Once I find them, I will be very happy indeed ( Read more... )

One of the things I have learned about the whole Super Dollfie/Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls thing is that the companies encourage as much uniqueness in the dolls as possible. This is implemented via a manufactured scarcity to rival the Beanie Baby craze. Add to that the fact that some companies that manufacture things for these dolls cater almost ( Read more... )