Sunday in the Park with Aria and Hendrix

This Sunday was really lovely, just the kind of relaxing, wind down Sunday I needed since Saturday was kind of stressful for me.

I went out in the early afternoon to pick up a few groceries for dinner my mom was making later. She's been visiting and staying with me for a bit since last week and I have just loved having her!

The light that was coming into the apt through all the windows looked nice so I took Aria and Hamsa with me. On my way back from the market I passed through the park across from where I live. It was where I took photos of my very first Blythe, Emily a few years ago. There's a nice little quiet area up near the public pool which is only open in the summer. I would go there a lot and take my first photos of Blythe in greenery and flowers in the spring and snow in the winter, orange leaves in the fall. It was blocked by construction most of this summer so I didn't get to go then. It's just been a while since I took a few nice park pics with my dolls. I kind of like the weather when it gets like this. Still warm but with a little chill in the air and no humidity. It's so clear and crisp. I never thought I would be happy to bid farewell to summer, one of my favorite seasons but I'm ready for the fall which I love as well with all it's beautiful, fiery, earthy colors, just begging to be photographed. I can't wait!

My Bedroom Has Become my Studio

I woke up early Monday morning while my fiancee was still asleep and went into my bedroom to continue re-rooting Emily's scalp with the thermal changing orange saran I got from restoredoll.com. And it's taken me some time to realize it but my tiny bedroom is my studio. My fiancee and I sleep in a futon in the livingroom. He stays with me in my apartment during the week so technically we live together but it's really my apartment that I share with him.

My bedroom is kind of like the only room to go to for privacy. Inside there is a huge television I rarely ever use which sits on an Ikea chest of drawers. There is a tower of used journals, books and a Blythe stand on top of the television. I have a hope chest at the foot or head (depending on how I sleep) of my wooden captain's bed with more clothes spilling out of it and a stack of books and shoe boxes nearby but then it kind of gets taken over by my eight Blythes, two Barbies, a Domo Domo Kun Doll, my shark hand puppet, two shoe boxes full of doll clothes, one filled with accessories, a toolbox, bottles of acrylics, pastels, and a bag of spray paint and hair and customizing tools. Presently I still have that Blybe doll from the Netherlands sitting in parts in it's box waiting to be turned into, I'm not yet sure what. It's my studio/bedroom is what it's become. And I go in there there to continue projects, to start projects, to style the dolls for photo shoots or just to listen to music and upload pics to flickr on my laptop like I did yesterday after I'd gotten tired of re-rooting. I wish I had more time to do stuff like that. This weekend the weather was incredible, ideal actually. The light was lovely. There was no humidity.

I took a trip to Knitty City this Saturday because I can feel my knitting bug coming on whenever it starts to get the slightest bit chilly. I bought one skein of yarn and a ball of small scale yarn because I'm toying with the idea of making something for the dolls. I had to buy a pair of thin knitting needles for this. I'm sure I could have gotten everything cheaper at Michaels but I really missed the ambiance of Knitty City. It's just one of those cute lower level yarn shops that's crammed with yarn and has a knitting circle towards the back. Someone's always sitting behind a wooden loom behind the counter spinning yarn by hand. I just really like that. I will be visiting Michaels again soon though since I can't afford Knitty City regularly on my salary. Knitting calms me and I've been pretty stressed out lately. I find that focusing on making something with my hands always puts me in a better space when my mind is mucked up. I really desperately want to learn how to crotchet and knit in the round so I can start make something more than just scarves. I think I'll start focusing on that for the Fall.