To digress, (I've really been digressing, IRL. Been busy doing things that I'm supposed to do and not. .__.) here's what I've been up to today:
Modelled on Amanoe-kun, the Wearin' my Heart OUT on my Collar set, half done, for my Den of Angels Secret Santa giftee:
Hand sewn out of strips of white gauze, painstakingly pieced into a sleeveless top with a crew neck. Hanging loops and swirls are embroidered with black thread, while a heart motif sculpted out of gauze lies near the neck.
From the back - This asymmetrical top is closed with a metal stud button at the back, disguised with a two-hole minute black button sewed over it. A safety-pin gathers part of the sleeve for a better fit.
A close-up view of the heart. Pale pink acrylic paint - as can be seen.
It's kinda unthinkable that I'd actually spent close to 5 hours working on a tiny's top (for a 15cm Bobobie Elfkin), but since I hadn't intended to make it in this way, I would say that it's turned out pretty good. The heart-shaped motif wasn't intentional. I only realised that there was one after I was halfway through making the front of the top. >_< So it really is OOAK, until I figure out how to do it again. It's kinda fragile, though, as the threads of the gauze material will keep dropping outta the weave. Ah well. Hope that it'll last till I ship it out.
... Honestly, I'm getting worried about my literacy skills of late. Above, I even had to double-check the splling of 'asymmetrical' on Google Search. Ugh. *headdesks*
Even more recently, I came upon the wonderful whimsical-ness of Steampunk culture. Even dismanteled a couple of old watches to-night to see if I could get some cogs and gears outta them. Reckon that D'myon would probably suit Steampunk. (Or should it be vice versa?)
Alrighty, 'til another time. Night, folks.
Edit: Forgot to add that I'm highly amused by that Foxeh-boy is stepping on Darcy. At least, the book he's on is titled Mr Darcy, Vampyre. He's stepping of the middle word. Darcy. Fufu. You've got guts, Ama-kun.
- Humour:
cheerful
I realise that I haven't really posted pictures of Toppy before. The following were taken a couple of days ago.
My sweet old boy.
Yeh~! A close-up!
Toppy's hitting 7 next Valentine's eve, which makes him older-than-middle-aged in rabbit ears, I'm sure. He's (my) mummy's little boy, has always been. Even now, I find that I'm not able to love him as much as I'd done his sister. I'm glad that Toppy probably wouldn't be thinking in terms of fairness, because it's really unfair to him if one's to compare the number of huggles I'd given Eveie and him.
Out of all of Bitbit's kids, he's the most long-lived. His siblings are all gone now. I don't even know if Maomao (his mama) is still alive. It was a shock to hear that Dash'd died a while ago, too. He's definitely Bitbit's son with his floppy, woffly looks, but he hasn't ever been as people/bunny-friendly as Bitbit, Eveie and Socks have been.
Miss them all.
Meh.
I'd made a prediction (more of a joke, really) that Byakuya-sama would turn up with Kenny, in response to someone hoping that Kenpachi would show up with Ya-chan as his cheering squad. Thought it'll be pretty significant, since Byakuya-sama was one of the first who'd gone under unmatured!Ichibeast's sword, he ought to see what Ichigo has turned into now. Fufufu~ *V*
Nja's spoilers for 379:
ザラキケンパチちゃんとビャクヤ兄が助っ人に来た所で完です…
Zaraki Kenpachi and Byakuya, make an entrance as the chapter ends.
Oh, and there'll be a colourspread this week! Halloween themed, with our favourite charas on. (Yesh, including yours, Rene. XD)
In other news: I'd promised
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kiradyn_rhiode that I would put up a photo of Sana in her handmade tunic-dress. It's in the hard-disk of my other lappie, but the focus is kinda wrong (I didn't know how to get the macro to focus on her whole body, so it has the bokeh effect in the wrong places. Ack.) . Will see if I can post them later, though. Or maybe I'll just hand the photos to her and she can put them up on her LJ.- Humour:
amused
To reach the highest possible level of a gastro orgy isn't just about eating fantabulous food IMO, but it's also cooking and feeding people the same stuff that makes you get food-high, too. By this definition, does that mean that I've just got an orgy today? *shoots self* Here's what I've been clanging about in the kitchen for: 
Hamburg Steak Setto A. Served to 3. And virtual platters for
laurie_bunter, bananakaya, henceakneeli, debbiechan chuo_ri, raining_on, kiradyn_rhiode etc. I can't remember the last time I've cooked for my 'rents, but it's always so agreeable to be able to sit them, have people eat the food that you've worked
Anyway, it's the last hamburg steak with rice tomorrow. Will probably shape an onigiri to fill with leftover minced meat (Beef-pork soboro! *A*), fry up some carrot kinpara and work on a batch of Hazelnutte meringue cookies at the same time, since I'm attending the 世界の中でAPHを呼ぶ (Shouting Axis Powers Hetalia in the Center of the World) event in a couple of weeks and gotta share something for the potluck. Meringue = French food, right? It'll be that or potato okashi, which I've never attempted making before... I think merginue's more inexpensive to make though, ingredient-wise. Half a tray of eggs with lotsa sugar... but sugar prices have been rising, ne? And with the Deepavali rush... well, it still shouldn't matter too much, since it'll be a one time thing.
In other news, we've got back the sewing machine from my aunt, so I'll be working on Miriam's clothes (and perhaps the rest?) first, then D'myon's and Sana's. BEFORE I FORGET: NihmbittedeineDeutscheBucherheraus,Steff
- Humour: content
It's hard not to love a writer - weaver, artist, creator - who gives heart(s) to his bad boys and ladies. He gets away with scrapping 2D shounen villians, this evident in how fans are willing to vouch for the humanity of the (supposedly) evil soulless, even praying for a particular one to be make a comeback (Honestly, no one's supposed to want their nemesis to un-die, much less the charas, though even Kurosaki feels that Ulquiorra's unfinished business)... Yet at the same time, I've never ever come close to disliking an author for killing off his villians.
O POOR HALIBEL. O ASH!ULQUI-WHO-CAN'T-BE-DEAD! O STARK!
They've been elevated to the level of anti-villians, since there be things like 'anti-heroes'.
Espadas = E(very) V(illian) I(s) L(ove)!
I want to continue liking Kubo-sensei; I want forever to happen; I want Ulquiorra to be the provebial phoenix that rises from the ashes.
I BELIEVE IN THE MAGICAL PROPERTIES OF K
- Humour:
anxious
Dumping the load of pictures taken at the Red Dot Design Museum on 5-6 September, Market of Artists and Designers. We (Sana and I) had gone down to support both Mistula and Manikako. To view the Manikako that I'd worked on for Sana, please visit her LJ. In other words, I'm helping kick Sana's LJ "Light Manifesto" (
raittobeam) which was started this week. Feel free to befriend this kid! ^ ^Now on with the pics.
Get this: Someone actually found a German-brand award-winning fridge and came up with the idea of it being the ideal showcase for our dolls. It did work out pretty well. The uninitiated would definitely get their jaw-dropping moment, had they walked past. XD Pity my digicam couldn't take a HQ photo of all of the dolls in it.
A shoutout to Joey, Uno, Lugosi and the Mistula gang once more! You guys must be getting sick of my saying 'thanks for dropping by'. Eheh. And much thanks (for the umpteenth time >_<) also to
allemarthe for helping me with Sana's and Yuuhi's lashes. XD
- Humour:
creative
All right! Seeing as I haven't been posting in ages:
Here's a dollar-donching-yet-delicious dinner tip! Visit your local Fisch Markt and get a salmon head per household heat count. Get miso paste, too, if you don't already have it in your fridge. It'll be great if the seller's willing to throw in a couple of meaty bones for free ^_^.
Now for the cooking part. Season the salmon head(s) with salt, pepper, soy sauce and sesame oil (optional) before baking it/them in a foil-lined pan for an hour at 250 degree Celcius. Add garnish (garlic, shallots etc.) if preferred. While the fish head(s) is/are sizzling up, boil the fish bones to make stock and add in a strip of konbu (kelp) if you have that on hand (which I did), or dashi powder/cubes. Cover the pot for a bit before spooning in dollops of miso paste to taste.
If you've got some cooked rice on hand, it'll make a more complete meal.
And that's what I'd eaten for dinner tonight. My mother and I, that is. I'm still pretty much astounded by how much the meal had cost (S$1.50 per fish head, and we've got the rest stocked up so it was a grand total of 3 bucks in the end), if anything. ^...^
At the supermarket earlier, I'd also picked up a package of anko dorayaki. Found out (to my horror) that they're artificial!pandan-flavoured. Yeah. It seems like a Singaporean thing, to add pandan and kaya jam, flavourings and what-have-you to imported sweets. Localising these foods. Whut.
Bunnisteffi
- Humour:
energetic
You know what they say. Time flies. Amanoe has been in my guardianship care room (-_-) for close to a year now. And today, it's his birthday! It'd almost slipped my mind until I looked at the desktop's clock 2 hours ago. Snapped a couple of birthday pictures for him (Yes you, Foxxeh) and edited the best one.
The rattan swing-chair comes from my grandmama, who'd got it from Japan a while ago, decided that it was too small for flowers and gave it to my fox. (I suppose that's his one and only birthday gift?)
No cut, as per usual. Don't wanna give myself more grief than necessary.
Bunnisteffi
P.S. 6/17 is the date for something else, too. Anyone figured out yet? My tags are a huge hint.
- Humour:
thoughtful
I've been picking up strange manga of late. (And of course they're all shoujo. I'm a shoujo-nut, remember? -_-" )
First up: Kaichou wa Meido-sama!
I SEE ICHIRUKI WHEN I READ THIS. Heck, Ayuzawa Misaki looks plently like Rukia, and so does Mister-I-bleach-my-hair-Usui. And the girl's personality's so much like Rukia, I'll gladly endorse this manga as the Shoujo AU IchiRuki. XD Got to admit that a couple of months ago, I'd turned up my nose at this manga, thinking that it was some otaku nonsense. I take back my opinion.
GOOOOOOOO, MEIDO-SAMA! (Come to think of it, this kinda trumps Otomen in terms of IchiRuki-ness. XD)
The bunnu apple scene! Seeeee~ Even her uniform looks like Karakura High's.
The second one's Shounen Dooruzu（Shounen Dolls).
I first found out about it in my LaLa mag a couple of months ago, so I decided to look it up yesterday. It features a pair of BJD-type dolls, a Japanese-style bishounen and a Western-aristocrat type. Yukinosuke, and Leo. I'd love to resinify them some day... But the lead protagonist isn't really impressive. Every girl's dream to have a pair of hot, bishie protector dolls that turn human at twilight... ._. I'm hoping the the plot won't be too sucky after a while; it's kinda fishy that Yukinosuke, lost at page one of the manga, suddenly appears and is reunited with the pair at the end on the first chapter...
Has anyone read the NodaCan update yet? *SPOILER*She'sfinallyreturnedtoParis!*SP
- Humour:
geeky
Remember Laurie-twin and lotsa others peeps once got attacked by some of those Russian Spambots? Well. It seems like it's happening again. And this time, I'm not unaffected. >_<
PEOPLE. BEWARE. I know no
agerudn . So if you're friended by this person/bot, do be careful.Chuo, I think this explains your unidentified anon, too.
- Humour:
irritated
Came upon this artist while on
fragileshell 's page. No commentary from me, just... enjoy.By Amy Sol:
There're more featured on her webpage. Done on grained-wood surfaces, arcylic paint. The shades are simply... lovely. Pastel. Ethereal. I would just love having one above my bed, print or the real thing. Ho hum.
Kubo-sensei,
THANK YOU FOR THE COLOURSPREAD!!! The kinda posing you'd drawn Rukia in... that's my favourite, y'know? Looking back over her shoulder...
I wanna make a banner or something outta it! Thank you!
As for the chapter itself, I must add that the way Kubo-sensei had turned Ulquiorra to ashes is beautiful, too. But I don't suppose the 'turn to ashes' end is what the shounen readers are expecting. Even so, when he held out his hand towards Hime-chan... it brings to mind Kaien-dono's words, hnn? As though he's bequeathing his 'heart' to her. <3 Besides her, there wasn't anyone else close to 'nakama' status to recieve his heart.
In other news,
chuo_ri has given Sana a blue Classic Lolita dress (on the pretext of it being my birthday pressie). I SHALL get her to wear it. Soon. Maybe ths evening? (The truth is, I'm too lazy to get her out of her white jammies and into a dress of any sort. >_<)Bunnisteffi
Edit: I'm kinda convinced now by a
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bleachness post that Ulquiorra has not been 'ended' yet. Someone saw what'd happened to him as a form of repentence by Ulqui's 'soul' and that he may reappear as a result. That sounds too romantic for me to not want to believe in it.- Humour: cheerful
Someone on
capslock_bleach has said something 'bout cockfighting. They aren't too far off.Look-ee.
This is freaking magnificent. I can totally see where you're going, Kubo-sensei. Or maybe not...
One more, by
draw_every_day :
A freaking Ne-zha/Inuyasha/GossipGirl hybrid??? SHISHOU???!!!
- Humour: chipper
With Chapter 344, came a lovely colourspread of Rukia-chan. Of course, I couldn't resist making something out of it. Thank you, Kubo-sensei!
No cuts.
Please credit me if you're using either of them and leave a comment here~ And I am also looking for someone to help me code a new layout for my LJ with a header that I've made. Tell me if you're willing, thanks.
Bunnisteffi
- Humour: amused
Just a little reminder here. I have started taking orders for Ginarolo glass eyes on DoA.
The G.O. ends 5th Feb, payment has to be in by the 8th. Interested participants can visit the post here.
Thank you!
Bunnisteffi
Posting up sales pics of a pair of 14mm glass browns for raydance.
With flash and then w/o, respectively. There's no apparent threading, just the pretty gold under-glow. ^_^ I'd got them from meeve for S$5, and they've not been used yet.
Bunnisteffi
- Humour:
calm
... It's a wonder I'm not singing, 'D***********MNNNNN YOUUUUUUU LJ CUTS, D*MN YOU LJ CUTS~~~~~' right now. THEY ATE UP MY PICS! IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO POST 'EM UP. RAWR.
I profess abstinence from LJ-cuts, right from this moment onwards. <.<
Now for the recipe. *copes and pastes from Words* <-- *doesn't trust LJ >_<
Hazelnutte-Vanilla Pavlova Cookies
[modified from Praline Pavlova Cookies of The New Cookie Book]
Makes 14~ (adjust ingredients proportionately to make more)
Pavlovas:
1 egg white
Cinnamon (1 pinch)
!/4 cup caster sugar
Ground/shredded hazelnut (to taste)
- Preheat the oven to 140OC/275OF/Gas 1
- Whisk egg white with an electric beater/mechanical beater till white peaks form
- Add in caster sugar spoonful by spoonful
- Add in cinnamon and hazelnut
- Whisk till stiff enough i.e. keeps shape if you heap it up while in the bowl
- Spoon tablespoonfuls onto an un-greased baking sheet
- Bake for 45-60 minutes till dry and beginning to colour.
- Remove, allow to cool.
For a less sweet variation (c’mon, they’re pavlovas, of course they’ll be sweet), laurie_bunter has suggested using a half-caster-half-brown-sugar combo. I haven’t tried it yet, though I suppose it’ll work.
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