Hi guys! Happy New Year! Hope you all had a great and safe Holiday time.
Just a few days ago I did my final exams from college, which means I will be free from school duties for a few weeks. But, as you may know at this point, I'll be moving home very soon, which means I have to spend most of my time packing and organizing Stuff. There's not such a thing as too many Dolls... until it's time to move home. And, on top of that, I have comic books, Funkos, Legos... plus the "real life" stuff such as clothing, kitchen stuff... I've moved home a couple times now, but this is the first "real move" with furniture and lots of stuff. The other times I moved house, I just had to pack clothes and a few other things, as I always moved to furnished homes. Anyway, we'll get through it.
Despite the stress, I wanted to sit down for a little while to do a little recap on 2019, plus talk a bit about my plans for 2020. One of the biggest highlights of 2019 are the new (to me) bloggers that I've "met": Xanadu, DollsDolour, Sharon and YéYé. So many great bloggers that I've met this past years aren't active anymore, but I'm glad to find new people that still have an interest in blogging.
I'm also quite proud of the content I created on 2019. As usual, I didn't have enough time to write all the posts I had planned, but I'm overal happy with what I managed to do. I've focused mostly on backgrounds for doll photography, which I think it's something interesting to explore, specially now that Instagram seems to be taking over the doll world. I definitely want to do a couple more related projects, specially because I've had them in my head since September, but I also want to do other things. Not so long ago, My Froggy Stuff did something called the Infinty Room, and that's definitely something I would like to do. And, for 352th year in a row, I've pledged to learn to sew, but we all know how that's gone the previous years...
Health wise, I'm overall doing OK, but remember this post? I mentioned that I had an eccema that was finally going away. Well, it didn't go away, it started going worse. I ended up having to go to the derm, who gave me a pomade that has helped me with my flaky hands, but hasn't completely gone away yet. I may also have psoriasis, which isn't something alarming, but it's uncomfortable. She also sent me to the allergy unit, to see if I have an allergy that's triggering my hands' eccema. I've had some allergies tested, but I'm still waiting for my "contact allergies" test. This may put my crafting projects in hold for a while, and I will probably have to get used to work with gloves.
There aren't many news in the doll front, as I haven't purchased anything in ages. To be honest, I'm not very excited about the new releases, as I find most of them kind of underwhelming. I do like the Chriselle Lim dolls, but apparently Mattel has decided not to sell those in Europe, so I have to think if it's worth for me to pay over 20$ on shipping. The BMR1959 dolls... not really my cup of tea, but I do appreciate that they're finally giving us a Made to Move Ken body. I just don't feel like buying any more dolls, just those that really speak to me. I think I much rather focus on the ones that I have instead of going crazy buying new ones, specially considering that I need to save money in order to furnish my new house. Plus, I still have a bunch of older dolls to unbox.
This year it will be 7 years since I started blogging. I had just bought my two first Monster High dolls and I was very inspired by other Monster High collectors who also had a blog. I feel like blogs are slowly dying and that people aren't that interested in reading them as they used to, but I don't want to quit blogging because I love it. I like writting, it keeps my mind off the bad thing and helps me put my ideas in order. When I started my english was very rusty and I couldn't express myself very well, but it has forced me to learn more vocabulary and figure out how to express myself better. Furthermore, I've "met" lots of amazing new people from differents parts of the world and I've learned so much not just about dolls.
Anyway, that's enough rambling for me today. Hope you're all doing well and you're having an amazing 2020 so far. I'll try to come back as soon as possible.
M.C.
PS. Please, excuse the old photos, I don't have much time to take new ones.
Just a few days ago I did my final exams from college, which means I will be free from school duties for a few weeks. But, as you may know at this point, I'll be moving home very soon, which means I have to spend most of my time packing and organizing Stuff. There's not such a thing as too many Dolls... until it's time to move home. And, on top of that, I have comic books, Funkos, Legos... plus the "real life" stuff such as clothing, kitchen stuff... I've moved home a couple times now, but this is the first "real move" with furniture and lots of stuff. The other times I moved house, I just had to pack clothes and a few other things, as I always moved to furnished homes. Anyway, we'll get through it.
Despite the stress, I wanted to sit down for a little while to do a little recap on 2019, plus talk a bit about my plans for 2020. One of the biggest highlights of 2019 are the new (to me) bloggers that I've "met": Xanadu, DollsDolour, Sharon and YéYé. So many great bloggers that I've met this past years aren't active anymore, but I'm glad to find new people that still have an interest in blogging.
I'm also quite proud of the content I created on 2019. As usual, I didn't have enough time to write all the posts I had planned, but I'm overal happy with what I managed to do. I've focused mostly on backgrounds for doll photography, which I think it's something interesting to explore, specially now that Instagram seems to be taking over the doll world. I definitely want to do a couple more related projects, specially because I've had them in my head since September, but I also want to do other things. Not so long ago, My Froggy Stuff did something called the Infinty Room, and that's definitely something I would like to do. And, for 352th year in a row, I've pledged to learn to sew, but we all know how that's gone the previous years...
Health wise, I'm overall doing OK, but remember this post? I mentioned that I had an eccema that was finally going away. Well, it didn't go away, it started going worse. I ended up having to go to the derm, who gave me a pomade that has helped me with my flaky hands, but hasn't completely gone away yet. I may also have psoriasis, which isn't something alarming, but it's uncomfortable. She also sent me to the allergy unit, to see if I have an allergy that's triggering my hands' eccema. I've had some allergies tested, but I'm still waiting for my "contact allergies" test. This may put my crafting projects in hold for a while, and I will probably have to get used to work with gloves.
There aren't many news in the doll front, as I haven't purchased anything in ages. To be honest, I'm not very excited about the new releases, as I find most of them kind of underwhelming. I do like the Chriselle Lim dolls, but apparently Mattel has decided not to sell those in Europe, so I have to think if it's worth for me to pay over 20$ on shipping. The BMR1959 dolls... not really my cup of tea, but I do appreciate that they're finally giving us a Made to Move Ken body. I just don't feel like buying any more dolls, just those that really speak to me. I think I much rather focus on the ones that I have instead of going crazy buying new ones, specially considering that I need to save money in order to furnish my new house. Plus, I still have a bunch of older dolls to unbox.
| Just a little example |
Anyway, that's enough rambling for me today. Hope you're all doing well and you're having an amazing 2020 so far. I'll try to come back as soon as possible.
M.C.
PS. Please, excuse the old photos, I don't have much time to take new ones.
