Too Many Things on at Once

I wanted to show all my new pretties, so these pics ended up a bit too busy for my liking, but they were still nice :)

Artifice Clothing's Etsy shop had a few discounted items that had been used in shoots and I just had to get this awesome fake fur jacket/cape/shrug/thingie! I pondered between black and white version for a long time, but went with white to make it really pop with my usually mostly black clothing.

The peplum belt is also from the same place, it's just too cute!

The tiara is also new-ish, I ordered it from an eBay shop but it arrived broken because it was packed poorly. Who would put a tiara in just a bubble mailer envelope and expect it to arrive in one piece?! Luckily the shop sent me a new one when I messaged them about the situation. The tiara is by Too Fast, it has little rhinestones and the front is shaped like it's made of bones. It's a bit over the top, but I just couldn't resist! It's not very sturdy, but my trusty hot glue gun helped with the one smashed in the post, so if this one comes apart I'll just fix it.

I can't wait to get my sleeve finished, it's still missing the lace background and colours. Colourwise it will match the upper part, but the lace will be less dense so it will show better.

And the make-up! I got my brows and lashes tinted, it felt so easy to put on make-up today because I didn't have to try and get the mascara all the way to the very blonde roots my lashes have. I put on just some neutral eyeshadow to test my new primer, and the lipstick is Luxe Velvet Lip Lacquer in Kooky by MUA, a great matte purple shade that stays on forever.

Light in the House

Finally the sun has come out! It feels like spring when it still should be the coldest time of the year, but I'm not complaining. The streets are dry and the gravel has been swiped away, so I can take my spring shoes from the closet. In celebration I took a few pics of our apartment when the sun was up, it seemed like such a precious moment.

Mörkö taking a nap.

I got this plant from Ikea's discount department, I have soft spot for sorry looking plants.
Back when I got it it had three leaves in total.

My other half wanted to get a bed, so we found second hand one. I've had a mattress on the floor for years, but actually having a bed is quite nice, you can hide stuff under it! And cats too, they can hide themselves under it.

My orchid grew some more flowers and buds. The fuggler was my other half's gift
to me, and the vintage postcard of a Messerschmitt plane was my Valentine's gift for him :)

And a kitty picture! Our newest addition to the family still has no name, but he's now comfortable eating with humans or other cats present. He still doesn't like to be touched, but it'll come with time. He is such a handsome cat, I love the spots! So far he's broken two cups and shredded a magazine, stolen beef from my plate and gnawed at things (not the chewy things I got him, but on other things, naturally). I had forgotten how mischievous kittens are...

Tooth Necklace and Tattoos

Good morning! I was up early feeling energetic, and despite the pounding rain in the morning, the day seems to be going in a great direction, as there's even a little sunlight. I'm so proud of myself because I started writing my thesis seminar essay last night and continued today, and there's still lots of time before the deadline.

The raccoon dog necklace has been the only item I've bought this month. Yet.
It's second hand.

Today my plans included going shopping for furniture to use and hide kitty litter boxes, eating at a restaurant and continuing writing. I'm really feeling the spring, I've gotten rid of a lot of old stuff and the apartment now has so much room! Mainly around my dancing pole since I sold the old dining set that was very rarely used ;P But my last gecko is going to a new home tomorrow and the aquarium goes on Monday, so out with the old and in with the new! I've tried to be very frugal (aside from the tattoo and because of the tattoo) and I've only bought one item this month. Well if you exclude the sketch pad and top and skirt that are for a project, but projects don't count, right? ;D

And now on to the tattoo pictures! It's still a bit red and sore, but healing well. Here's pics from almost all directions. It's still missing colours and the lace background. In the front there's a rose and a lily, then around the back a bird skull with another rose. I was silly and didn't get a picture of the cat skull that's on the side closest to my body, but you can see part of it in the last picture. It has it's jaws open, which is perfect, my cats are very vocal so the skull is clearly saying a very loud meow ;D There's also a pearl string connecting the elements. I'm still contemplating on adding a moth there somewhere, but I'm sure my thoughts will clear before the next appointment.

You can see the tooth theme continues with my skirt! It's by Iron Fist.

New Tattoo

Today I went to Halo Tattoo to extend my half-sleeve. The tattoo is still wrapped in plastic and sore, but it looks very nice even at this point. It has a bird skull, a cat skull, two roses, a lily and some pearls. On the next sitting colours will be added and a black lace background to tie it in with the top of the sleeve.

The first strokes!

I'll take pictures once I get the plastic wrap off. I usually heal pretty fast, so it shouldn't be too long. The shading looks gorgeous even now!

Kitteh!

We have a new family member. He still doesn't have a name and is feeling very shy. He's a six month old bengal kitten that came to us from an animal shelter. He likes to hang out behind the clothes dryer and on top of closets, but that's okay, it was clearly quite a shock to come to a new home.

I'm expecting earning the kitty's trust will be an interesting experience, I've asked for tips from a friend who works with rescued cats so I'm prepared! At the foster home he already played with humans, but wouldn't let anyone pet him. Here at our place he has sniffed my hand and my other half's hand, so we are clearly becoming friends slowly but surely :)

I was so worried when the kitten wouldn't eat the dry food we gave him, but the problem was that he wanted some real meat. Once that was in the cup, he ate it all!

The kitten came from Kissojen Suojelu, they have an excellent blog telling of the everyday lives of their foster homes, have a look! It's only in Finnish. Update! Kisu also has blog posts in English, you can find them via this link!

Femme Fatale Sinister Calling

I love purple nail polish, and this one by Femme Fatale is no different! It's called Sinister Calling, and it's a purple toned glitter polish. On my pics it's on top of two coats of OPI Ink, a dark purple shimmery polish.

See how many different kinds of glitter it has? There's rose, turquoise, silver and purple in different sizes, and silvery stick glitter and even little stars!

Dolls and Crafts

Yesterday I had a few friends over and we did crafts. There's nothing better than hot tea, cookies and good friends! I had many small projects, like checking what colour of hair I should use for my custom Skelita Monster High doll, drawing a few sketches, finishing pieces of jewellery and glueing doll eyelashes in place.

Skelita and her soon-to-be hair. And my cute bone tiara that needed some hot glue.

I'm loving these colours! The necklace with the rhinestones had been waiting for ages for me to just to replace a few stones that had fallen off. It's one my favourites but for a long time I always forgot to fix it.

Deer skull drawing.

Here's Bella! She's a Soom Glot resin doll. I recently sold my other resin dolls since they were just collecting dust in the closet, but I couldn't part with Bella, she's too precious! I fixed her eyelashes, they had gone wonky when I had carelessly packed her in a box without anything to protect her face. She also needs new strings, the current ones have some how lost elasticity and she constantly wants to nod and curl into a fetal position ;D Might also paint her horns some day.

Bella.

Bella has the cutest pout and I just love her clothes. I have a pink frilly dress for her also, but the shade doesn't match the dusty pink of her cape so I've been planning to sew a new dress that would go better with this outfit. She came with a cape, a tiny corset top and bloomers. Dolly shoes have always been hard for me to find in the styles that I like, so it's a good thing Bella has hooves so I don't need to worry about footwear.

You can see her tiny hooves here. She's too floppy to stand on her own at the moment.

Yes, I'm soon thirty years old and I still play with dolls ;D But she's so cute!