Seems I have also been diagnosed as being Autistic. Doctor says I should have been diagnosed with this decades ago, but sadly there is nothing she can really do for me now. Not that this is life threatening or anything, but it does help explain why certain things happened during my youth and while growing up. So basically I have yet another medical condition that I have to "deal with" and not have anything done to make things better for me. I'll just chuck that onto the ever growing "things I have to deal with, but no one wants to do anything to help" pile. This pile is now quite high and can get overwhelming quite often. Sigh.
Anyhoo... onto a happier topic.
Two years ago a friend from out of town gifted me with an American Girl style doll for Christmas. It's an Our Generation doll, similar to the AG but half the price and various other slight differences. I like her as she is a red head, has very straight hair, green eyes, and she came with a set of glasses... looked just like me when I was younger. So I decided to give her my nickname as her name (Krynne) and thus began my latest distraction.
I've since made Krynne a crocheted dress, and collected a few outfits & accessories for her, including a cute little Harry Potter outfit (complete with wand). I'm currently in the middle of re-arranging my bedroom to set up a desk for a sewing machine. I mistakenly believed that doll clothes wouldn't be too expensive and nearly had a heart attack when I saw the prices of stuff! Just a simple pair of shoes for the doll can run up to $50! I also realized that my taste in clothing is a lot different than some others, and nearly everything made for these types of dolls was just 'meh' in my eyes. I figured that sewing my own might cost less... but even that was pretty expensive finding all the materials. However... I figure if I'm going to spend the money, I might as well have something nice and what *I* (and Krynne) want instead of something that was "just okay".I now have a few patterns collected. Each week I'm able to get a new freebie from the amazing Pixie Faire website! Each Wednesday people can go onto the site to vote on 4 selected patterns, and the winning one is then offered for free on the following Friday. So far I've been following this weekly since January of this year, I only missed a few weeks in February when I went away (that will be another blog story later). Some of the patterns are not quite what I hope would win, but I've been learning how to alter patterns in order to turn them into things I like.
My latest project is creating a Star Trek uniform for Krynne. It is part of the cosplay collection Krynne wants to have. I figured the easiest to start with would be that uniform. There are so many characters I want to create for her from various genres... such as Dark Phoenix (from the X-Men comics), Green Arrow (from the latest TV series), a Klingon in full warrior uniform, Maleficent (from the original Disney Sleeping Beauty, the 12th Doctor & his tardis (Dr. Who), and Alucard (from Hellsing Ova). Told you my taste was odd! As well I'm also hoping to create a realistic looking space suit for her. I know there is one out there from the AG site, but I can't afford the $75 (plus shipping to Canada) for it (never mind the fact it isn't even available to be sold to anyone outside the US), so I'm researching the NASA site in hopes to recreate my own for Krynne.
So far I've managed to collect a few special trinkets for her, and I'm always on the lookout for something cool and new to add to her "stuff", but not run me out of money doing so. Now that Hallowe'en is coming up I'm trying to find a doll sized skeleton to add to her laboratory... and a few other things one has in a science lab.
Hopefully I can write more often... now that I remember this thing is here! Laterz!
