Hello World

Hello, I guess I'll just make this the customary introduction post. I've been thinking about blogging for a while now and honestly have just been to lazy to start. But I would like to try and remedy that. I've been in the BJD hobby for a few years now having received my first doll, a DOD Petsha, in August of 2011. As of this moment I'm the proud owner of five dolls excluding one I'm in the process of selling and another incoming. My goal from the beginning has been to keep my collection small. Ultimately I would like to have only 5 dolls at a time but with another incoming you can see I'm already breaking my own rules.

My first two dolls were purchased with faceups, but since then all additional dolls were bought blank. I realized early on, faceups from the companies were expensive and honestly, for the most part, I'm not a fan of the quality. Since then I've worked on my own skills and while I'm no where near professional, I find the experience fun. I like the fact that because I paint my dolls, they are slightly unique and my own. I realize that I don't have the funds to constantly buy and sell new dolls just to practice, and hate the wiping process the most, so I've taken on painting Monster High dolls as a cheap alternative to get more practice.

I've also picked up sewing, and while I'm still in the very early stages of learning, it's something I enjoy. I've never been one to spend much on clothing for myself and after searching for clothes for my dolls, I find the majority of items sell for more than what I spend on my personal wardrobe. I understand that quality items take time and talent to make, but I just can't always bring myself to spend the money. So I bought a sewing machine instead and often frequent the remnants sections of Joann's (especially on Black Friday ^^).

In real life as well as on the internet, I'm a shy person. I'd like to think of myself as friendly but fear of disappointing others, or saying the wrong things often keeps me from joining in conversations. I'm a huge lurker on forums and flickr and love reading comments and looking at other people's photos. There are a lot of people in the BJD community I really admire.