so after a 3 week (1 on a canal) break I'm back working at Millennium on yet another fat suit. Work is work. Work is good. (and the drive-in Krispy Kreme on the A10 on the way home from work is v. good!)

2 recently made little chums - that have been sitting around waiting to be posted......Lol Cat and Aggy's cupcake pincushion (with a raspberry swirl cos the pins make the sprinkles)

So the ladies of the House of Lol were watching The Powerpuff Girls Movie and I was waxing lyrical about how I always wanted to make a set of Powerpuff outfits and then a joint idea dropped into place. Well Kyra's blonde, Aggys black and blatently this gives me an excuse to dye my hair from dull brunette to red again.



Aggys think OP's with black sashes! Loli style.

Who else thinks we totally have to do this????

And we can get Dom a lab coat! (Blatently I am going to wake up and realise this was a crazy sleep deprived moment of madness idea!)

Cherries by Lafeecrochette  Link to pattern

I currently making up some of these. They are just like the ones we always see on wrist cuffs! Thought I'd share the link incase any other crochetting loli's wanted to have a go too. Happy stitching!

So my most recent sewing mission was to make myself something with a nautical steampunk feel to it. That was the idea  The only other specification was that it be made up of lots of separate garments that would be easy to co-ordinate into different outfits.


( Tonnes of photos and details. Yay! )

Guess who just got a job working for CBBC? I am officially the happiest person on the planet this morning. :)

Now onto formating my entry for the We_Sew_loli competition. I want to put in loads of pictures so its going to take a while me thinks.

Sorting through boxes of old toys over Easter weekend and came across my Toffee Tammy doll (lookin a bit battered now). Did anyone else have one of these?

More makes.....

So I have finally moved into the 'House of Lol'. I was super delayed because my poor little car had to have loads of repairs at the garage. Whilst I was waiting I made a batch of house warming cakes. Who can guess how I did the little roses?

Also finished off a little Ami octopus. He is legless no more! Didn't have enough purple wool - hence the little pink shoes!

My responce to the thread thats happening over on egl.

I can see myself being quite at home in Eastnor Castle. I think I'm a bit of an 'english country bumpkin' lolita. Of course I'd have to have lots of dogs and wear green wellington boots with my lolita dresses.

Eastnor is just down the road from me in the Midlands, UK.

I found this little fellow playing on my shelf. Roll on Easter!

( ... 3 egg cups! )

Tonight I'm off to support my much loved Worcester Gilbert and Sullivan Society.
The G&S costume gang are almost entirely to blame for getting me into a costume career.  Its amazing what these women manage to create on such a small budget!


Here's the ladies chorus in the Mikado.

I'm really pleased with how the UK Lolita Valentines Card Swap Event went. I recon we successfully spread the warm fuzzy loli love across the UK. 'Pink pat on the back' to everyone who took part!

I had a great time so it was definatly worth the organisation. I get the impression that everyone liked the UK locality and are more willing to join these kind of events when there isn't any international shipping involved.


OTT AP style sweet Loli isnt half fun to draw! The likelyhood of ever catching me wearing anything (crazy pink frilly with hearts) like this is about 20%!

( Further reflections..... )

Over Christmas I tried to get in touch with my inner ‘festive domestic goddess’. I decided that my lovingly baked and only slightly burnt Christmas cake needed a little Loli doll to decorate it.

The resulting doll was….. well pop eyed and squat (the icing sank whilst I was making her, darn gravity, ruining my masterpiece!). She sat around for about 12 hrs without any eyes at one point. Scary! However she certainly made a lot of people laugh, including me. Next years Loli doll is going to be twice as awesome and creepy.


( Close up shot! )

I made some festive 'holly' bloomers for the holiday season. (However within 12 hrs of completion said holiday bloomers where kidnapped by my younger sibling ne'r to be seen again. :( I think she is wearing them as pj bottoms.)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!


and photographic evidence of what I wear under my everyday lolita!  I was really pleased with the double row of lace on these, and that I had the idea to make the bows out of the cotton fabric rather than using some ribbon.
( finally... a pair of navy bloomers awaiting trimmings )

I had a teaparty for some old school friends (read: excuse to endulge teaset fanstasies). And I baked some cupcakes and some florentines - half of which are still stuck to the greaseproof (Yeah right!) paper.


( Click for more tea set porn! mmmm )

I've been  having a go at  Amigurumi (teeny Japanese crochet). Presenting...... pink cupcake!  This little guy is just over 2" high. I have a feeling he will shortly be getting some acupuncture as a pin cushion!  Next time I'm going to make the base a little smaller.

I've also made a 3" rabbit (read 'mutant with long ears'). Its not fit to be seen in public. Yet. A nose job and a little bow tie and I might just let him out to play!

Got my Secret Santa email today.  So excited.  I can't wait to get started on some makes for my person. But I have to be disciplined and finish a wedding dress pattern and a suit first. humph!

Well its got to be tried hasn't it!  Granted its taken me a while to get round to having a go.  Many thanks to Mr Sculpy and Mr B&Q!


This ones my favourite - tho you cant really see the candy sticks from this angle.


I'm not even a Sweet Lolita but I felt I had to make myself a macaroon.


and Hooray for photoshop sparkle brushes!

I found piping the silicon difficult - but then I was trying to do it with plastic bags instead of a proper piping bag. In the end I used the blobs of icing that had worked and stuck them onto the cookies (as opposed to piping directly onto the cookies).

Is it ironic that I can't cook but I can sculpt?

....for my little sister.....

She thinks its great. I think it looks like a mushroom with a beret!

My friends Bill and Teresa got married on the 30th Aug.

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