Um . . . you guys . . .
. . . I kinda just bought an Avvelenato doll.
It's one of those freaky BJD-serendipity things that, I have to say, have landed on me far more often than I deserve. I just happened to check DoA at exactly the right instant yesterday afternoon--it was like the afternoon when Grail and the_impassive's Bitte popped up on eBay, or the afternoon when Karin Bussman put Flynn up in the Marketplace. (What is it with afternoons and doll luck? I usually think of myself as a morning person.) Chandra--she who sold me Giuliano, the tattooed Heath--had only posted this guy a few minutes earlier, and, well. If you're curious to see what an unbelievable bargain I got (and I did--oh, boy, did I), just check the DoA Graveyard.
Avvelenato. AVVELENATO! I know Robin's Egg may well be more of a grail faceup artist for many people, and I'm sure there are other godlike names that I'm too clueless to be aware of, but for me the gates of Paradise have always, always opened on Avvelenato faceups.
Also, the purchase brought me some welcome closure on the one thing that had bugged me about buying Giuliano. As y'all really don't have any reason to remember, he arrived loose in his box, no bubble-wrap, no face-protector. Turns out that Chandra's mother shipped him for her, and no one had told Mother how to pack a doll properly. I am assured that Avvelenato Boy will arrive with the appropriate protection, so whew. Aaaaaand he's to be heading my way either today or tomorrow, so we will know quite, quite soon!
Sheesh. Gotta come up with a name. I was SO not expecting this--well, I mean, how DOES one expect such a thing?--and the pictures aren't shrieking a name at me, so I will contemplate the question over the weekend.
Right now, I have to get myself in gear for a day of volunteering as supervising judge for advance voting at two of the local retirement homes. There is a 29-page manual of detailed instructions. If I screw something up, the next you hear from me may be a plea for help with bail, because the county voting officials are VERY serious about the integrity of elections (as well they should be). Tomorrow there is a doll-related picnic in Topeka: Denis Bastien (Affordable Designs patterns and the LeeAnn child fashion dolls) will be there, and a friend of mine is organizing the event. I'm going to take a couple of Sashas and maybe the mini BJDs, because the focus is on child dolls. Busybusybusy, this end of summer!
It's one of those freaky BJD-serendipity things that, I have to say, have landed on me far more often than I deserve. I just happened to check DoA at exactly the right instant yesterday afternoon--it was like the afternoon when Grail and the_impassive's Bitte popped up on eBay, or the afternoon when Karin Bussman put Flynn up in the Marketplace. (What is it with afternoons and doll luck? I usually think of myself as a morning person.) Chandra--she who sold me Giuliano, the tattooed Heath--had only posted this guy a few minutes earlier, and, well. If you're curious to see what an unbelievable bargain I got (and I did--oh, boy, did I), just check the DoA Graveyard.
Avvelenato. AVVELENATO! I know Robin's Egg may well be more of a grail faceup artist for many people, and I'm sure there are other godlike names that I'm too clueless to be aware of, but for me the gates of Paradise have always, always opened on Avvelenato faceups.
Also, the purchase brought me some welcome closure on the one thing that had bugged me about buying Giuliano. As y'all really don't have any reason to remember, he arrived loose in his box, no bubble-wrap, no face-protector. Turns out that Chandra's mother shipped him for her, and no one had told Mother how to pack a doll properly. I am assured that Avvelenato Boy will arrive with the appropriate protection, so whew. Aaaaaand he's to be heading my way either today or tomorrow, so we will know quite, quite soon!
Sheesh. Gotta come up with a name. I was SO not expecting this--well, I mean, how DOES one expect such a thing?--and the pictures aren't shrieking a name at me, so I will contemplate the question over the weekend.
Right now, I have to get myself in gear for a day of volunteering as supervising judge for advance voting at two of the local retirement homes. There is a 29-page manual of detailed instructions. If I screw something up, the next you hear from me may be a plea for help with bail, because the county voting officials are VERY serious about the integrity of elections (as well they should be). Tomorrow there is a doll-related picnic in Topeka: Denis Bastien (Affordable Designs patterns and the LeeAnn child fashion dolls) will be there, and a friend of mine is organizing the event. I'm going to take a couple of Sashas and maybe the mini BJDs, because the focus is on child dolls. Busybusybusy, this end of summer!