I can't believe it's been almost a month since I last wrote here. And what a month it has been! Life has been a trainwreck this past weeks. I'm back in University, which keeps me busy during weekdays, since I've picked some hard classes. Then, during the first weekends, we kept ourselves busy finishing unpacking, going back to the old House to pick things that were still there, buying stuff that we needed and also doing the regular house chores, such as laundry. Sounds fun, huh?
It took us 3 weeks to find time to fix the Billy bookcases to the walls, so until then, I couldn't arrange my books from college and my Dolls. I started by putting my boxed dolls inside one of the bookcases and trying to arrange them as well as I could. In the old doll room, I had them all inside a box laying on the floor, but I want to keep this room as tidy as possible.
The 4th week the whole Covid-19 thing exploded, and we haven't been able to leave the house. I wasn't going to address this, but since things have taken a bad turn, I will. The situation in Spain is tough, but so far we're doing OK. I work from home, and Mr. Monster's company has put most of the workers in quarantine, so we're not at a high risk. The biggest focus so far is located in Madrid, which is quite far from where I live. Unfortunately, some people from that area decided to travel to the coast and other touristy areas, putting everyone there at risk. Seeing that, we decided we wouldn't be leaving the house unless it was necessary. We've been practically locked home since the 13th, even thought the official lockdown didn't start until the 16th. It got us a bit by surprise, since the situation shifted from "no need to panic" to "lockdown" pretty quickly. It's hard, but we're hanging there.
Looking at the bright side of it (because I really need to do so), I've taken time during de quarantine to put some of my Monster High dolls back in place. It's still a bit messy, but I'll eventually look good. Skelita is lying down because I don't know where the rest of my stands are.
I've also found some time to take a few pics on my new kitchen backsplash (I cleaned it before, don't worry). It looks more subtle than I thought it would look, but it looks nice. In this pic of Bonita I didn't use my ring light or anything, just the ceiling lights and the LED light under the cupboards.
Since both the counter and the backsplash are the same material, it looks quite nice in full body pics. The only downsides are that you have to make sure everything is squeaky clean and ventilate well the kitchen if you don't want your dolls to smell. But until the lockdown is over, this is the only background I have, since my cardstock papers are still in the old house.
Here's a little behind the scenes:
I do have a few ideas for new posts and some of them are things I wanted to make last year, but I didn't have time. I have a couple of ideas in mind for photography backgrounds that are versatile but easy to storage at the same time. I want to make more photography related content, specially trying to use my TV screen as a background. I'd love to learn to sew aswell and share my progress here. To me, this blog isn't much about teaching, but more about learning together and inspiring each other. As usual, you're free to let me know what would you like to see here in 2020.
Hope you're all doing well and you're safe from that nasty virus. Please, stay home if you can and follow the instructions the authories from your country have provided. Cough on your elbow, wash your hands often for 20 seconds and keep a safe distance from others.
Take care more than ever.
M.C.
P.S. Hope nobody thinks I'm frivolizing in such a delicate situation as the one we're living, that's not my intention by any means. This blog often serves as a distraction from the real world problems, and I really need to get distracted right now. Hope you all understand.
Let's keep in touch:
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It took us 3 weeks to find time to fix the Billy bookcases to the walls, so until then, I couldn't arrange my books from college and my Dolls. I started by putting my boxed dolls inside one of the bookcases and trying to arrange them as well as I could. In the old doll room, I had them all inside a box laying on the floor, but I want to keep this room as tidy as possible.
The 4th week the whole Covid-19 thing exploded, and we haven't been able to leave the house. I wasn't going to address this, but since things have taken a bad turn, I will. The situation in Spain is tough, but so far we're doing OK. I work from home, and Mr. Monster's company has put most of the workers in quarantine, so we're not at a high risk. The biggest focus so far is located in Madrid, which is quite far from where I live. Unfortunately, some people from that area decided to travel to the coast and other touristy areas, putting everyone there at risk. Seeing that, we decided we wouldn't be leaving the house unless it was necessary. We've been practically locked home since the 13th, even thought the official lockdown didn't start until the 16th. It got us a bit by surprise, since the situation shifted from "no need to panic" to "lockdown" pretty quickly. It's hard, but we're hanging there.
Looking at the bright side of it (because I really need to do so), I've taken time during de quarantine to put some of my Monster High dolls back in place. It's still a bit messy, but I'll eventually look good. Skelita is lying down because I don't know where the rest of my stands are.
I've also found some time to take a few pics on my new kitchen backsplash (I cleaned it before, don't worry). It looks more subtle than I thought it would look, but it looks nice. In this pic of Bonita I didn't use my ring light or anything, just the ceiling lights and the LED light under the cupboards.
Since both the counter and the backsplash are the same material, it looks quite nice in full body pics. The only downsides are that you have to make sure everything is squeaky clean and ventilate well the kitchen if you don't want your dolls to smell. But until the lockdown is over, this is the only background I have, since my cardstock papers are still in the old house.
| Honey Swamp (Monster High) |
Here's a little behind the scenes:
I do have a few ideas for new posts and some of them are things I wanted to make last year, but I didn't have time. I have a couple of ideas in mind for photography backgrounds that are versatile but easy to storage at the same time. I want to make more photography related content, specially trying to use my TV screen as a background. I'd love to learn to sew aswell and share my progress here. To me, this blog isn't much about teaching, but more about learning together and inspiring each other. As usual, you're free to let me know what would you like to see here in 2020.
Hope you're all doing well and you're safe from that nasty virus. Please, stay home if you can and follow the instructions the authories from your country have provided. Cough on your elbow, wash your hands often for 20 seconds and keep a safe distance from others.
Take care more than ever.
M.C.
P.S. Hope nobody thinks I'm frivolizing in such a delicate situation as the one we're living, that's not my intention by any means. This blog often serves as a distraction from the real world problems, and I really need to get distracted right now. Hope you all understand.
Let's keep in touch:
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