Teeny Tiny Tuesday: European Kitchen

It's time for a bit of European Kitchen action. Oh yeah! 

I love the bright colours of this series and this set in particular which I bought for the mixing bowls. The ladle is pretty snazzy though and goes well with this set. I haven't quite worked out why Re-Ment has included what seems to be an ash tray. Perhaps this is an essential in many European Kitchens... or maybe it's a weird looking juicer. I'm not even going to pretend to know. I've also never come across a special handle to attach to your milk. I can imagine my nanna might be pretty interested in something like that given her arthritis so maybe they ought to have included it in one of the grandma sets made by Re-Ment. Only half-joking there :)

The pink mixing bowl isn't actually included in this set or even the series but I wanted to show how it worked with the bowls that were. They stack very nicely. I happen to know that the green mixing bowl from Mini Sweets works very well with these too if you want the whole set. Hopefully I can cross it off my wishlist some time. 

Yay for kitchen sets!

♥ Vicky

Flossie Revisits Her Roots!

Do you ever shun a piece of stock only to find that you quite like it after all months later? Yep, you're right, that happened to me only yesterday. Flossie is originally a Fruit Punch and I never had any inclination to use her stock at all until I came across it again t'other day. I thought I would just try it on her and would probably end up putting it back in "the bag of forgotten clothes" but she was really working it! I had no idea what to do with the tie things at the back but I figured something out and I reckon she looks pretty cool now. I'll have to have another rummage to see what other gems I've neglected!

♥ Vicky

Dear Diary: My Ticket Came!

Dear Diary,

My ticket for BlytheCon came! I mean, this better be my ticket. By fair means or foul I'm not missing this even if I have to take the undignified route of hiding in Big Ol' Bosslady's stall goodies. It would be comfy though I suppose... best get some sort of plan drawn up...

Stay sexy,
Parkin xox

The BlytheCon Sweats!

 
It's less than a month to go before BlytheCon UK and I'm starting to get a little flustered with all the organising it seems I need to do as a vendor! First things first, I'm super excited to be able to attend my first BlytheCon as I was unfortunately not able to attend last year. Like, super excited. As much as I'm excited (did I mention I'm excited?) I still can't stop myself from worrying about how many items I ought to make, how many bags do I need, did I read the size of my stall correctly, will I take enough of a cash float, what if nobody likes the things I have made??? I know I seem very melodramatic and no doubt I am being but as a worrier by nature I just can't seem to help myself! 

I had been intending to open an etsy shop for my Blythe and Odeco items several months ago but it always seemed to get pushed to the bottom of my to do list. BlytheCon will be the launch and any leftover pieces will be added to my etsy soon after so that pretty much explains why I'm obsessing over it. Once I've made a few more things no doubt I'll relax a bit and I cannot wait to design my stall display!

Roll on October!
♥ Vicky

p.s If you have any BlytheCon vendor tips please comment below. I would definitely appreciate it!

Teeny Tiny Tuesday: Puchi Donuts

Hopefully the gloomy days aren't here to stay as it makes taking nice photos especially hard for me! Moving swiftly on, let's talk donuts! Puchi Donuts by Re-Ment to be a bit more precise. If you want me to get extremely precise I can also tell you that the series is called Donuts to Go and it is set number one. Numero Uno. For some reason unbeknownst to me I really like sets that include trays. That probably explains the popularity of Puchi Airlines with me but I digress. This set was a blind box that I bought and wasn't particularly excited by presumably because I found it in the back of my wardrobe still in its plastic a few months later. I'd totally forgotten I'd ever bought it and couldn't fathom why I'd just lobbed it in with my clothes. The sprinkled donuts are particularly cute.

See? I guess it's a mystery that will never be solved. Even the twisty donuts look pretty realistic but I'd prefer them to be round. I'm happy enough with my one set but check out the others. There are some frog face donuts! Yep, you read that right!

♥ Vicky

Ghoulia x Ghoulia: The Comparison!

 

As you know, I went to visit my mum in Cleethorpes a few weeks ago and what you may have guessed is that my Monster High collection expanded somewhat whilst I was there. It was brilliant to walk in to a shop and see them on the shelf as I like to pour over them comparing who is prettier like I did when I was a little girl. It makes me feel a little silly but who cares what other people think, right? 

Anyway, my point is that I can only really find Monster High at Argos in London and in case you don't know, Argos puts all the Monster High dolls in each series under one order number so you can't choose who you are getting. You can do a customer view but you wouldn't believe the pain in the bum that is! It was an absolute delight to walk into shops and I somehow ended up with first wave Ghoulia Yhelps and Mad Science Lagoona Blue. Fantastic! I also had the SDCC Ghoulia waiting for me when I returned from my trip. I'm well and truly hooked now!

I'm going to stop rambling now as what I really wanted to show you was my Ghoulia comparison pics. I'm fairly sure their faces are slightly different shapes as the jaw line seems harsher on my SDCC version. Their lips seem a different shape too. SDCC Ghoulia also has completely different hands. I'm not just referring to the mould here, they seem a lot more realistic somehow. Owning Ghoulia twice over did feel a little excessive to me at first but having put them side by side I'm so glad I went for it. I think Ghoulia may have pipped Draculaura to the top spot in my list of favourite MH characters. 

♥ Vicky

Dear Diary: I Feel Pretty

Dear Diary,

I like walking around the house naked, what's the prob with that?! It seems it's too much for Big Ol' Bossypants and her delicate disposition and she made me where these black bars over my 'rude' bits. I'M A DOLL, I DON'T HAVE RUDE BITS! This also means I don't have any blackheads either but I like doing my nose strip and all over moisturing routine every week. Have you ever tried moisturising your entire body and then getting dressed right away? Well, of course YOU haven't, you're made of paper but I'm telling you, Diary, it's just not happening!

Anyway, as soon as Big Ol' Bossypants went out I got rid of those silly modesty bars and rocked it like the day I was made. Rollover my pic, if you dare!

Stay sexy,

Parkin

xox