{"id":14195,"date":"2020-02-13T15:46:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T20:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=14195"},"modified":"2020-02-13T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T20:46:12","slug":"this-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2020\/02\/this-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"This week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today! It is my blog’s 16th birthday! How crazy is that and even crazier that I remember each year. I have a clear memory of deciding to start\/try and what was happening at that time in my life. This blog didn’t start at the very<\/em> beginning of my doll journey but has documented every doll I’ve made since 2004. I’ve never tried to monetize my blog, except for some Amazon affiliated links and I don’t think I ever made more than about $20 total. But I keep doing it because I think of it as my online record of my art life. And what a crazy, wonderful, and unexpected journey it has been.<\/p>\n

It’s been a weird week. I’ve been a bit under the weather and everything is going slower than I would like. Firstly I was cleaning and sorting to switch gears from kitties to tattooed men. I pulled out a pile of sewed up fellows and stuffed up a grouping. Okay, yes, that sounds a little naughty.<\/p>\n

\"2-13-table<\/a><\/p>\n

I also spent all of yesterday dyeing body parts, mostly for mermen.<\/p>\n

\"2-13-bodies<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see, I want to experiment with some non-natural skin colors for these fellows.<\/p>\n

\"2-13-bodies<\/a><\/p>\n

I know I’ve mentioned that I am no expert when it comes to dyeing. I tend to just wing it which often doesn’t work out that well and makes reproducing results very difficult. This time, I went to the RIT<\/a> website and studied their color formulas<\/a> (recipes). I picked out ones that looked good to me, bought some new dyes, and I think got much better results! Of course I still had a hard time sticking to the actual recipes and ended up doing a teeny<\/em> bit of winging it but all in all, I am very happy. So, now I have to sew up all these handsome mermen!<\/p>\n

And the quilt is coming along. I am at the very end- putting on the binding.<\/p>\n

\"2-13-quilt<\/a><\/p>\n

Have you watched Next in Fashion<\/a> on Netflix? I’m loving it- so much talent!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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