no Barbies for now

2 friends are visiting me. we are hanging out together to have fun. so no Barbie activities no blog postings until Dec. 11.

esty?

an online friend has suggested me sell my handmade stuff on http://www.etsy.com. Is esty worth trying?

I have lots handmade items at home, well, I didnt make them, I bought them but no longer have space for them since I have so many dolls.

etsy’s traffic rank is 105, not bad for a new company found in 2005. eBay’s traffic rank is 9, but eBay has been around for 15 years.

I know I signed up with eTsy before , but I dont remeber my ID & which email address I have used.

Farewell to Cher

I made 3 Cher dolls a couple of years ago: blond hair, red hair & purple hair. Blond & red head were long gone, I have kept this purple one. Finally, I am ready to let her go. I am a bit of sentimental, but its okay, I am sure she will be with a happy owner who appreciates her beauty.

life goes on, my next Cher would be a better one. who knows what I will be able to come up with.

Beauty of an autumn leaf

on my way back to home from Post office, I saw this piece of fallen leaf, lying on the ground, its beauty amazed me. you can pretty much see the 4 seasons in this one leaf… its dying but it refuses to let go…

ghost…

I watched “Haunted history” all day long then realized I needed to go grocery shopping. but the night has fall, its so dark outside although clock showed 6:30PM

Was I afraid of ghost? anyway, I didnt go out but eat leftovers.

Black, White & Racist!

For people who accuse me as a racist, I have a statement to make

I have tried both White chicken & Black Chicken, and found they acutally tasted the same. but the prices are not the same. this world is not exactly “Fair & balanced”.

Photo Coutesy of http://Apartmenttherapy.com

Black Chicken are much more expensive–it is a simple turth, it seems no one gets upset about it.

but when I say all the AA Dolls are $2 less than their CC counterparts in my local stores, this is also a simple truth! but … wow, guess how many people get upset? again, I am accused as a racist even I didnt price the dolls in my local stores.

by the way, no so long age, TRU put AA Debut on sale, the CC was not on sale.

merchants follow the marekt trends, they are not afraid of being accused as “Racists”, neither am I.

my favorite flowers

there are many flowers I love, here are a few of my favorites,

Hibiscus (China Rose)
my birth flower, the flower blossoms in late October & November. the flower changes its color. new blossoms are in white, the color then changes into pink, then into red, finally, the flower fades away…
there were so many Hibiscus tress in the city I lived when I was a child. I miss them.

White Lily

My brother and I used to climb mountains to search for Lily flowers, we had so much fun. the lily bulbs are edible. oh, they taste sort like potato!

Spider Lily
when I first saw this flower, I was amazed by its beauty and bright color! I didnt know its name, but finally found it in a book

Poney
the most beautiful Poney flowers bloom in Shanghai Botanical Garden!

dream sale…

I have been riding emotional rollcoasters for the past weeks. and I have this fearful & uneasy feelings, I cant expalin where they come from, I feel somehting bad will soon happen to me…
I am terrified. I am depressed.

the Barbie Dream Sale cheered me up a little bit. I ordered some dolls I wanted, I really wanted Hard Rock Cafe, but she was expenisve. During dream sale, she’s a little bit over $34, so I got 2 of her.

Mattel made a mistake on Aphodite’s Sales price, she should be $70, but she was $41 early this morning, I ordered one extra–I ordered one before, strange things happened as well, I did not requested “installments”, but they only charged $68. the invoice shows $40 unpaid balance, I dont know when they will charge me for another $40. maybe Aphodite is my doll as well. I really love her.

I got all the dolls I wanted, expect for Show girl, she was already out by the time I placed my order.

still, I am feeling so empty. can Barbie really save me?

this is the new doll I’ve got from eBay, I made a red dress for her:

9/11

Pailnful memories. but I am thankful that I am alive…

Annie (with blue top) & I on 9/11.

we were nervous when we saw twin towers on fire, then, the third plane hit the Pentagon, the forth plane crashed in Pittsburgh.. all the buses & subways stopped running… Annie thought we were trapped in Manhattan and would die, so she cried… Now Annie is a proud Mom of a baby boy…

8 years have quickly gone by… the memories never fade away.

Lisette

this OOAK repaint Lisette Barbie has been on ebay for a few month now, the seller tried to sell her at $179, but it didnt sell. now the price has gone down to $129 plus free shipping, she is still there. so lonely.

I cant tell if the original doll was Lisette, the hair color is different from the original, the seller did not mention her hair was rerooted.

the doll ensembles look cheap, the color shades are nice. I have to say, the original Lisette was much more pretty. and you can sell the original doll at $129 as well.

I’d suggest you choose cheaper dolls as your OOAK candidates if you are going to repaint the dolll face & reroot the hair. that would bring the cost down.