G.I. Joe at Tuesday Morning.

Hey kids, so I know I am suppose to be on break from blogging, and I am technically, but I found some sales that I wanted to post about in case anyone was interested in them.

So I was looking at the Hobby Lobby site to see what was on sale since I am heading out in a bit and since I saw nothing there I decided to look at the Tuesday Morning site since some of the stuff on there is in the store.  Under their toy section I found three G.I. Joe related dolls and thought I’d pass the news on to you all.

First up is the G.I. Joe by Hasbro® Mademoiselle Marie Action Figure Set for $29.99, originally $99.99.

When I first got into doll collecting she was the first “doll” I came across online.  I wanted her so bad.  She was in a colorful plaid skirt when I saw her.  But this set is so cool with a all the clothes and a wig.  Her baby blue eye shadow has always put me off but it kind of grows on you.

Next up is the G.I. Joe by Hasbro® Miss Fear Action Figure Set for $29.99, originally $99.99.

Her’s is actually the first one I saw on the website before the other two.  I love her look. Very sexy but powerful.  She comes with several outfits and weapons.  I don’t like her as much as Mademoiselle Marie, but she’s a close second.

Finally we have the G.I. Joe by Hasbro® Enemy Ace Action Figure Set for $49.99, originally $199.99.

Not a big fan of this set, but it’s nice you got several outfits, weapons, and a dog with him.  I don’t see why this would give him double the price honestly, but it is what it is.

Actually, speaking of price, I think their “original” prices are kind of crazy.  I know, they are “collector”, but wow!  I guess it would make more sense to spend that kind of money on these dolls with several outfits than on one collector Barbie with usually only one outfit and the body cannot be moved outside of up and down arm motions.  I’m not sure if the arms go out on the Silkies since they are suppose to be like early Barbies.  Someone who has some, could you let me know about that?  But yeah, there you have it folks.  Pounce while the pouncing is good.  I would personally want both females, but if I could only have one then it would be Mademoiselle Marie hands down.  Might still get her…might not.  LOL!  Ok, that’s all for today.  I’m off.  I have tons of posts to make about stuff I’ve been doing and whatnot, but I really do need to keep focus on some things now.  Give me another couple of days and I will be back with posts galore.  Until then, be good.  Bye for now.  :-)

Loves ya,
Mouse

Just had to post this.

Meant to post this all day.  Enjoy.

Loves ya,
Mouse

Thin as watered down acrylic paint.

So what’s that title all about?  It’s about me.  It’s what I am doing to myself.  I am just thinning myself out big time.  I want to do it all and really, do I have time to do it?  No!  There are only so many hours in a day!  But it seems I feel I can take it all on, but it gets me frustrated and in the end nothing gets done at all.  *sigh*

So where is all this coming from?  Ok, so my “time capsule”, I believe I mentioned it, that I learned from it I wasn’t changed much from last year, which irritates the poo out of me.  And while I tried to further myself, I believe in the process I thinned myself out online and in real life.  I’m all over the place in my search to find my niche in life and it’s so irritating.  I realize that I need to gather my eggs back and though I don’t want to put them all in one basket I don’t need to put each individual one in it’s own basket.  So that’s what I plan to work on for the next two weeks or so.  Getting my eggs back from the many baskets out there and just having them in 3-5 baskets instead.  I think that’s part of the reason why I am so exhausted here lately.  Just trying to do too much and not doing anything at all in the end.

More stuff to come from the Mouse soon.  If you don’t hear from me for a week or two, I’m still alive, just in the “mouse house” cleaning it up some.  I hope to come back with a whole new me and a bunch of new things to talk about.  Until then be good kids.  ;-)  Bye for now.

Loves ya,
Mouse

Just opened my time capsule.

Reading a letter from myself from over a year ago just freaked me the hell out.  So many things the me of 2009 wanted to happen.  So many things the me of 2010 didn’t make happen.  I am glad I did this experiment.  I think I am going to make it a yearly thing.  I was going to put everything back in for 3 years but I think I want to do it for a year again.  Not sure.  Will think about it some.  It’s weird how I didn’t want the letter to end.  I wanted to keep this connection to my then 30 year old self who was worried about her upcoming 31st birthday.  She had so many questions and the 32 year old self of now has no answers for her.  I hope to make my 33 year self much happier.  So I think I seal the tin again for another year and then see where I want to go with it.  I’ll take some pictures later of some of the items in the box.  I need to collect some new stuff so I can seal it back up tomorrow for another 365 days.  Hummm…just such a weird experience.  Well, gotta return to my guests.  Talk to you all later on.  Bye for now.

Loves ya,
Mouse

Yo has 32 anos today peeps, on 8-9-10!!!

Yes, it is just after midnight Monday morning of August 9th, and I’m smiling.  Why am I smiling?  Because it’s my birthday.  Now I have no earthly idea why this is making me smile since most of my birthdays make me sad but this one makes me happy.  I don’t know, I think it has something to do with the fact that I’m 32.  I just feel 32 has a nice mature sound to it.  Granted…I do still play with dolls, but it does make me feel a little more solid to have made it to another year, and to be hoping I have many more ahead of me.

I’m having two friends over today to help me celebrate and I’m so looking forward to hanging with them.  Hi Sam and Kenny!!!  I’m also excited because I will be opening my time capsule I made last year after reading one of John’s blog entries.  Great idea John, and can’t wait to open it since I forgot so much of what was in there.  LOL!  I plan to take out some things and replace them with other things and then seal it back up for another 3 years.  I think by 35 I should have changed a lot and have more fun looking back on the items I placed in there.  I’m not sure if I will share all the contents here, but I will try to share a little something.

So yeah…I’m old.  Woo hoo!!!  Ok, ok!  I can already hear several of you yelling I’m not old.  I just feel it, but hopefully with this new year things will change.  Oh yeah, I am considering this my new year’s day since I hate the actual one.  So Happy New Year to me!!!  And here’s to an awesome 365 days.  I hope I will be able to make 32 as interesting and educational as 31 one was.  :-)  Ok, off to clean some and then hit the hay.  Hopefully will post some later but if I don’t get a chance to I will post some time this week.  Bye for now kids.  Be good.  :-)

Loves ya,
Mouse

Am I a little crazy to want…

A doll of the Monster High Head Mistress?  And yes I want to be able to take her head off.  What?  I can’t be alone in this.  *Listens to crickets.*  Nevermind.

On a sane note, I finally was able to sew the darn dress I had been trying to sew for weeks now.  I got the pattern printed right, I used the right fabric, I used a technique to make the pattern work for me, I added snaps and buttons and giggled with delight when I finished one then another one.  Then I realized…I don’t really like the dress design and don’t see myself making any like those in the future.  I want to alter the pattern, make it my own, and make it something I’d like better.  *sigh*  Well, at least I can say I sewed it finally.  Pictures of the two I did sew coming soon along with a doll review…I haven’t even opened her yet and I have had her for almost a week now.  Just wanted to do box opening pics for the review.  Coming soon I swear it.  Off to bed now so I can get up early for some sewing.

Ok, a weird thought just hit me.  We are getting ready for a tax free weekend here.  I am wondering if taxes are off on fabric and sewing supplies.  I mean some people sew their kids clothing, and sewing supplies are needed for classes as well.  Hummm, I may have to ask this weekend.  Ok, seriously off now.  Hope you all are well.  Bye for now.

Loves ya,
Mouse

Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits!!!

Hey all, just wanted to let you know I am still here, just doing some stuff in the background right now and not having time to sit down for big blog posts.  I haven’t done much online doll related and I have so much to catch up on, but that will have to wait a least another week or so.  I will be checking in soon everyone.  Hope you are all well.  Well, I am off to bed now, I have to get up early and quickly clean house for company coming over.  Bye until next time and be good.  :-)

Loves ya,
Mouse

Monster High = Product Placement

Ok, so I just got done reading the prologue, the first chapter, the second chapter, and the third chapter to Monster High (the novel based off those cute dolls everyone has been going crazy over), and can anyone say product placement?  No seriously, every few words were practically plugging a brand name.  The story and from what I could guess of the plot were cute, but the product placement just kept getting me.  Are teens so materialistic that they wouldn’t “get” a story without Gucci, Uggs, and Calvin Klein being mentioned?  Since when did characters in stories become so materialistic?  That was honestly a turn off for me, and I thought to myself would I let my son or daughter read this novel, if i had either of course?  And I believe I would let them read it, but I would worry if this would make them want more instead of appreciating what they have or what can be afforded.  I don’t know, maybe I am thinking to much into this.  I just don’t think the story needed all the product placement in it.  It’s a good story so far.

But it also makes me wonder why they released so much of the story.  Are they worried it won’t be good or accepted?  Perhaps this is a thing the author already did in the past.  Not sure, I will be investigating her blog some more and report back.  But it does make me wonder about other YA/MG authors and if they plug a lot of products.  It’s been some time since I read YA, but that will be changing soon as I am planning to hit the library some time in the next week or so to check some out for research for my writing.  But tell me, what do you think about product placement in stories?  I mean mentioning the characters are going to McDonalds, which I am sure will show up in the story somewhere, is one thing, but mentioning over 10 different products in maybe 30-40 pages worth of novel is a bit much.  And a lot of them got repeat mentions.  So it just makes me wonder how others feel about it.  Maybe I am just getting old…I am turning the big 3-2 in a little over a week after all.  *tear*  I wouldn’t have minded product placements if they were made up items like J.K. did in the land of Harry Potter.  This story could have done that with monsters being the main characters…I’m assuming.  I won’t say more on that, go read the chapters to get what I mean by that.

Ok peeps, I’m off.  I need some sleep.  I want to try some shopping tomorrow.  I’ve decided I am going to purchase Frankie and maybe one more doll tomorrow.  Not sure yet, but Frankie for sure.  I want to slowly collect them all like Pokémon.  ;-)  Also want to get some small knitting needles at 40% off…I wonder if they do coupon  from other store deal?  I’ll have to see about that.  And then I need to see if I can get some Halloween fabric.  I have some fabrics I want to show you guys too, maybe in a video.  They are getting wrinkled now because I was so frustrated over not being able to fix patterns that I just tossed them to the side, but I finally got one of the patterns I was working on to print out right so we are ready to rock!!!  So excited!!!  Ok, seriously need to go.  More later when I a more awake.  Bye for now.

Loves ya,
Mouse

Halloween Fabrics

Ok, so since the stores are so nicely telling us the end of the year is fast approaching…can you believe that…the fabric stores have been forming a love hate relationship with me.  Why?  Holiday fabrics of course.  And with Halloween coming up soon, I am on the hunt for some Halloween fabric, deals would be better, but I am willing to get some in scale fabric at full price and just get a 1/4th yard instead of full yard.

So I am haunting the Joann site, when did it just become Joann and instead of Joann Fabrics, and I found some nice Halloween themed ones.  Here are my picks for doll sewing.  Click here to be taken to the sale page on the Joann website if you are interested in purchasing  any of the fabric.  Oh and nope, don’t work for the place, just covet their fabric.  :-)

Ok, so I originally had 39 pieces picked out that I liked and I managed to cut those down to just 10 with one extra.  That was not an easy task.  So be sure to go to the sales page to see all the other nice Halloween fabrics they have for sale.   Here are the 10 I picked that I would love to make Blythe dresses with.

So of course we have pumpkins.  What is Halloween without them?

This fabric I really like with the trick-or-treaters and candy.  I think this would make a whimsical dress for Blythe.

Spiders that are cute and fabric that is pretty.  What’s not the love.

This one I really found interesting when I thought of it as a dress.  You’d have to really look at the dress to catch everything, maybe pull back some folds of skirt to get the full picture.  I like the idea of having to look at the dress to take it all in.

Boo…what else can I say?  It fits and it’s cute.

A colorful Boo.  Same reason as above.

Candy!  What is Halloween without some treats with our tricks.  I think this fabric is very pretty with it’s vintage feel.

I am currently loving spotted fabric, especially if the spots are colorful.

Classic dots in a Halloween theme.

Same as above only reversed.  I could see some great mixing and matching with these two.

And something just because.  This is way to off scale for a Blythe dress but I would love this for myself.  Not sure what I’d make with it, but do you see the little witch mouse there?  So cute!!!  I may actually hunt this fabric down and get a yard of it, but only after I figure out what to make with it.  I kind of want to make myself something with it, but I don’t know what.  Very cute.  The dog and cat are cute also but the mouse obviously caught my eyes first.  :-)

I know some of these fabrics seem out of scale for Blythe, but I am thinking with her big head that the scale would kind of balance out and look ok.  And when I think of Blythe I mostly think of her as being cute and young so oversized on cute and young isn’t all that odd really so it still kind of works.  Seeing these fabrics really to make me realize I need to hit the fabric stores and soon to try to get a deal.  Maybe just get a yard of one fabric and use a coupon to get something off of it.  Will have to see.  Found a 50% off coupon for AC Moore.  Might head there and look at their fat quarters.  Maybe they will have something Halloweenish.  I’ll update you if I find anything.  That’s all for now.  I’m off to bed now since it’s 4:44am and I have to get up in a few hours.  Bye for now.

Loves ya,
Mouse

An “Uh huh…” moment.

So here lately I’ve been trying to sew up some Empire Dress made with the free Puchi Collective pattern.  I have not been able to make one for some reason.  I honestly felt so stupid because even beginner sewers were doing it without a problem.  I got so frustrated after my 4th try.  I’ve recently bought some beautiful fabric and I have beautiful fabric I bought over the past few years all ready to be made into cute and stylish clothing, but I couldn’t use it because I couldn’t figure out the pattern.  Then I remembered a small note that said to make sure the pattern printed at the size indicated.  It had a line on the pattern that you needed to measure to make sure it came out right.  You guessed it, I didn’t print the pattern out at the right size.  Ahhhhh!!!  :-(  I feel so stupid.  I always like to cut corners so I don’t have to futz with things, but now I have to go and try to figure out how to get my printer to print it in the proper size.  Guess I will be hitting Google for some answers.  Wish I had something to show you all, still working on the one project I started and have had to futz with because it wasn’t working together properly.  But I think I may start selling a line of interior design items for dolls.  I may not be able to make furniture like the lovely Smidge Girl, Corset Kitten, or Milk, but maybe I can make lovely items to accent those items.  Carpets anyone?  :-)  I’ll show you that soon I promise, just need to work out some kicks.  I’m kind of worried the carpet I am making will either rip me off or be expensive. It takes a good amount of time to make them and if I put the time in I would like to get paid for it, but I don’t want to charge to much.  This is also a part of selling things I hate, pricing.  But won’t worry about that for now.  Ok, I’m off, enjoy the rest of your weekend my lovelies.  And be good.

Loves ya,
Mouse

Bad Girl, Good Girl

Thought I’d share some tunes I am jamming to right now.  Enjoy.  :-)  Click the picture to be taken to the Youtube video of Miss A’s “Bad Girl, Good Girl” video.  Bye for now.

Loves ya,
Mouse