Arrival - High Priestess Yuuki

I got an email notification from Denver Doll earlier this week, and it showed that Miyu would be here by Thursday, woo! But then a problem came to mind - I do Kids Club on Thursday afternoons! What if the truck decided to come by while I was out?! I had opted for signature delivery because I don't trust my neighborhood anymore. But, I also really dislike UPS, and whenever I'd missed a package from them, it had been a horrible experience. Anyways, I found that I could ask them to hold it for me there, and I picked it up first thing this morning! 

What caught my eye immediately is this gorgeous illustration of Celine ;A; I can't wait to get her next! Haha, because I have SO much money lying around. I opened up the box and saw Miyu and my heart melted! She is so adorable! :) 

 

Had to rush downstairs really quickly to pry her eyes out of Sophie (my Minifee Dark Elf Soo), haha! Just adore these eyes, but not sure if she is going to be using them continuously or just when she's in her full out priestess mode. (Think Avatar state from A:TLA.)

She is the first Minifee I have gotten to stand on her own! The M-line body is a dream come true for me. It poses so well! I need to take more dynamic shots when I have the time, but for now, I'm really just so happy that she can stand on her own, lol! 

There was one teeny tiny problem I came across for now - the WINGS I got for her have magnets already installed. Her body also already has magnets in the shoulders ... Can you see where this is going? They were not compatible :( So I'm going to have to somehow take the magnets out of the wings and replace them the correct way so she can actually wear them! Some more glamour shots below - (She is way beautiful!!)

And some silly outtakes! Loki was next to me the whole time I was opening the boxes, hehe! He's no cat, so he was totally in our business! 

 

These are NOT the best pictures - they're all grainy and such! But I was just so excited that I didn't care how overcast it was :'P 

Birthday shenanigans! :)

Random birthday details to record for future reference! I had a great weekend, thanks to all of my friends and family! I didn't get to see everyone I wanted to see or do everything I wanted to do, but all in all, it was really nice!

I received some cool things from Brii along with the SP Miyu head I adopted from her ^^

And earlier this month, this awesome gift from Neko-chan! Everything is sooo super cute! She sent me so much, too T__T!! Thank you so much, Neko-chan! You really know how to spoil me, hehe :) This gift came at such a low point in the quarter! It was perfect *hugs*

Thursday

This is the birthday card my brother gave me. It has pawprints from all three of our dogs xD It was great hearing his methods with each dog. I have a super hyper one + a really old one, so I can only imagine how hard it was to do!

This was the first year he and my parents gave me money for my birthday! I used the money he gave me that night to buy Tokidoki stuff D: It's like they put on the sale just for my birthday! I got 6 - three of which I really wanted, and 3 which snuck their way into my cart xD

Friday
My mom and dad, as mentioned above, gave me money. They were originally going to buy me a new iphone 5, but since I've been going back and forth about different phones, they just gave me the cash haha. I am so not an Apple lover, but I can't bring myself to like any of the other available smartphones on the market /: My bestie at SCU also brought cupcakes for me to my class! They were super yummy. And her husband, who I never met, got me an itunes gift card! How funny! And then we went with my family to Tomi's for dinner. We ended up waiting there for an hour x_x;;

Saturday

The best part of the day was stumbling across this bookstore that sold the most adorable greeting cards! We also spotted these two - Liam the llama and Ginger the giraffe! My friend immediately took them from my hands and ended up buying them for me ^^ When we first saw them, we wondered why the llama was so much bigger than the giraffe, despite being made by the same company. And then I had the idea to make them an odd couple :))) Yay!

Basically, I felt loved and spoiled and special this weekend! :) It was great!

Auryealis Giveaway!

THE GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED!

Winner: Eileen/ Paillette

I had always wanted to be able to do a giveaway after I started sewing some more. I didn't really *feel it* when I was sewing for Blythe, but I've been able to get some Lati Yellow/Pukifee dresses made :) Since my birthday is this Friday, I thought it would be a great time to do this!

My shop: Auryealis by yuhime

Time period: It's now over!

The prize: One winner will win a Lati Yellow/Pukifee sized dress from my shop! You can pick any of the ones currently listed (and I will be able to create a new dress if nothing suits the winner)!

To enter: 
1. Just comment here and please leave your Flickr username!
2. Answer this question to qualifiy: Which is your favorite of my dolls and why? You can see all my BJDs in these collections: Tinies; Yo-SDs; Minifees
3. To gain another entry, share one of the above pictures and a link to this post somewhere else (Facebook, Flickr, instagram, twitter, tumblr, etc.) and share the link here. Only one extra entry for each person!

BONUS!! This whole week (starting Monday morning until next Sunday night), everything in my shop is 23% off in honor of my 23rd birthday! ^^ That makes dresses only a little over $10 shipped! Just use this coupon code: B23OFF!

Priestess Yuuki :)

A while back, Brii agreed to let me adopt her sleeping Miyu head :D I'm one step closer to having the Priestess in Minifee form. I don't pick up my Pullips at all anymore. Actually, I should probably sell the lot. I am so in love with her already! I need to start getting more etsy sales or something so I can save up for her because a job doesn't seem likely in my near future x-x Sadly. Ahh, she is just so lovely!! 

I have been having such a hard year already /: But! My birthday AND graduation are coming up! I probably won't have a huge celebration for either, and presents are sparse, but it's still exciting!

Wishlist time again?

Since my birthday AND graduation!! are coming up, my mind automatically went into wishlist mode! This is just for fun (aka a good way for me to waste time that would be better off put into writing that essay that's due on Thursday morning). I will be showing some people outside of this blog (RL people), but I am not expecting anyone here to buy me anything on this list! It's just a good way for me to keep things organized in one place!

DOLLS

Minifee Miyu - Thanks to Brii, I don't need her sleeping head anymore ^^

Sugarble Angelic Wings (40.00)

TOKIDOKI

Tropicool Tank (33.00)

In The Clouds Tee (24.00)

Tokipop Tee (24.00)

Instadoki Tee (24.00)

Float On Tee (24.00)


Cosmic Romance Tee (24.00)


Here We Go Round Tee (24.00)


Unicorno Blind Box (Series 2) (8.00 at official website, but varies)
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MY LITTLE PONY

MLP RIM Raindbow Dash Vinyl Figure (14.99)


MLP Crystal Empire Rainbow Dash (9.99)

MLP Group Shopping Tote (4.50)

Pinkie Pie Okie Doki Lokie Shirt (22.50) BOUGHT! ^^
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DISNEY

The Little Mermaid Ariel Sketch Tank (24.50)

The Little Mermaid Leggings (22.50)

Disney The Little Mermaid Ariel T-shirt (22.50) BOUGHT! 

Ariel Beach Towel (12.50) BOUGHT!!

The Little Mermaid 2-Disc Combo (24.95)
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DESPICABLE ME 2

Despicable Me 2 Talking Dave (39.99) - I have Stuart and he needs a buddy!


Despicable Me 2 Minion Fireman (9.99)


Despicable Me 2 Stuart Plush (24.99) - Again, I have Dave plush, and he needs a plush friend!


Despicable Me 2 3-Pack Minions Bean Bag Plush (29.99)
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KAWAII

The above screenshots are taken off shopkawaii.com (was too lazy!)

Above is a screenshot of my public wishlist at janetstore

OTHERS

Doc Martens - Page (Pink Meadow UK 4) 120.00

Crafty books wishlist on Amazon (my other wishlists are sorta out of date :P)

OTHER NOTES
Other places I'd love gift cards for? American Eagle, Forever 21, Joann Fabric&Crafts, Victoria's Secret, Amazon. Also, I absolutely love socks! My sister just bought me a year-long monthly sock subscription ;A;!!  Straight up cash is the best present, but apparently it's a rude gift or something. Pshh, not for me! :P

Shop update!

etsy shop!

Finally have some dresses up on etsy! I know it's not much right now, but I was just wanting so badly to post them and move on with other things I needed to finish hehe. (Like homework!!) I hope I can sew some more this week. It has been my therapy since I started having off days with the boyfriend. Sadly, there are midterms and projects and other things to be done now that we're in the 4th week of the quarter!

P.S. to all you lovely people who tried to cheer me up and encourage me over last week, I LOVE YOU. Sorry if I wasn't able to respond to all of your FMs, replies, messages, etc. but I was just feeling so burnt out and not wanting to talk more about it after I posted /: Sometimes I just need to get things off my chest and let it out. And often, if I do it in a public arena, I feel like it's really just lifted up, and it makes me feel more "okay" for having such feelings, etc. etc.

In other news, it's exactly one month to my birthday today hehe (: I am not as excited about it as I used to be - a sign that I'm getting old! xD

Lady Bee, why are you so pretty??

I have fallen in love with her (: I hope I can raise some funds to get her soon! I also saw Kid Delf Nana a couple days ago and I'm getting so antsy about getting new *bigger* dolls. I love my Latis still, but all the negativity that comes to mind when I hear Latidoll has turned me off from really paying attention to others' dolls and mine as much any more.

Since the start of this year, I've been looking at MSDs a lot more. Even though I never really play with my Minifees (they're just so hard for me to pose because they're so tall), I still love them just the same. Maybe if I get to spend more time with them, I'll get over my fear of getting more MSDs. I still am debating using MNF Miyu or not as the priestess .. I guess she's close enough. No other doll has struck me as the priestess as Miyu. She's just such a recognizable mold and I see so many pictures of her, so I'm wondering if that's the reason why I think she would match the priestess.

Aladdin LYs Arrive!

After waiting months for them to ship, Lati started sending Aladdin orders in January .. Then I had to wait til MARCH for them to send mine! :( And there are still people waiting for theirs to even ship! Lati's service has gone down A LOT recently. They seem so unorganized these days. Darlene and Brii and other people had told me that it would be worth all this waiting when the dolls finally come home, and they were right ^__^ I think Lati did a great job on these dolls. I hope I can dress them out of character as well, though their stock outfits are so beautiful that I don't know when they'll ever step out of them, hehe!

I was also one of the first 27 to order, so I got a free head! I was expecting to get a Christmas elf, which would have been okay (since they're free!), but ever since Neko-chan mentioned her unicorn, I was crossing my fingers for a unicorn! Lo and behold - I got H.K. unicorn Ruki *__* Dream come true!! I'm unsure if he/she will be keeping this faceup, but right now, I'm just super excited about those cute ears!

Anyways, I'm really happy with this release. They both photograph beautifully, and I've always had trouble with the light tan dolls ^^; Even Aspen, my tinman Lea, doesn't get a lot of playing time because of her irregular skin tone. I guess I'm just a NS-loving girl after all! Both outfits are really nice this time around. Cookie's is just gorgeous! I don't know if I'll ever take it off, hehe!

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One last unrelated thing - I hate going on the DoA thread these days. There are so many people who just keep asking the same question that was answered just one page ago. If they could just read, then we could save like 10 pages per thread of repetitive questions! I also find that new members who have started posting on the thread have been very judgmental or harsh about other members' comments recently. Plus all the negative talk about Lati has made me really want to stay away from the thread lest I start feeling the same way about them, too :P I definitely do dislike Lati's business practices, but I still will buy from them after all. I haven't been on there much, even though I used to frequent DoA all the time /: I miss how it used to be - full of beautiful pictures and excitement around new releases!

Updates!

Wow, I haven't written here in a long time xD I guess I've been too busy with biotech lab. How is my senior year ending on a sad note -x-; I keep going up and down on how I feel about this lab. I guess my teacher just isn't the nicest guy in the world, and he makes it hard to talk to him sometimes. Oh well - gotta live with what I have, right? At least I'm lucky enough to be able to do the Biotechnology minor at all.

And I got to register for my classes quite a bit earlier than most seniors because I have SO MANY UNITS. Got all the classes I wanted, and that means I don't have class on Mondays (: Woo!

I AM excited, however, about using my recently deposited tax return to work on getting a Minifee version of Priestess Yuuki! Finally!

I am going to order her sometime in the next week. I just have to figure out if I want to go through Fairyland or Denver Doll. I just finished a transaction with DDE for a Littlefee Pong that they had in stock, and I have to say I'm pretty disappointed in their service /:

I have bought from them before (various wigs, outfits, even my first Minifee body). This time, I had to pester them twice about adding signature delivery, and I only got one reply out of the three emails I sent. After paying for signature confirmation, Pong arrived at my doorstep today while no one was home! They forgot to add the signature option :( I had even explained to Shannon that it was important as there have been lots of thefts recently (not when I first ordered Pong, or else I would have asked for signature delivery right from the start). Ugh. It's a good thing my mom came home early enough. If the thieves had seen our empty driveway and that big box just lying there, I'm sure they would've been tempted!

Quick list/shortcut of sorts

Of lovely Flickr peoplesss. No particular order, just the way I saw them in contacts! Sometimes I miss updates from people who may post only one photo a week or less. So this is an easy way for me to remember to check on someone's stream ^__^
Maloy/meganism
Nicole/hapa02
Julianne/vanie~
Kathy
Danielle
Ky
Aoi
Nikki/luxilou
Allison/herroyaldemoness
Kitty
Penny/nenstra
Lubelle
Alice
Brii
zetoast
Neko-chan
Amy
Choco
Jacqueline
Melissa
April
Wrennie
Nika
Felka
Maggi/Kawaii Kandy