Happy Halloween!

Due to complete lack of internet...

thanks to Comcast totally f-ing up our installation (woohoo... gotta love it)

I have only time to share these SUPER cute images from Azone's blogs!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

©Azone

©Azone

The Pumpkin Patch

I love going to local pumpkin patches to pick out my pumpkins every year.

Especially when a storm is rolling in :)

All of October is Halloween

This is my favorite time of the year...

a time for pumpkins and PSLs,

for apple cider and donuts,

for beautiful fall leaves and crisp fall air,

and for all things creepy!

Adventurers Club: October

It's a new month, therefore, time for a new ADVENTURE!!!!

 

Welcome, Adventurers!

 

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October Theme:

Night

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October is a spooky month,

a time when ghouls and ghosts

roam in the night,

when zombies walk and witches fly.
So now would be the perfect time

for our little doll and toy friends

to sneak outside and have an adventure

IN THE NIGHT!

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NEWSFLASH!!!

There are new ways to share your Adventures!

Join the Flickr group: The Adventurer's Club

http://www.flickr.com/groups/2496069@N20/

(Monthly Theme icons will be posted there as well)

Or, if you have a blogger account,

let me know the email attached to it,

and I will add you as an author to the Adventurers Club

blogger blog!

http://dolladventurersclub.blogspot.com/

Perhaps you're new to the Adventurer's Club...

Would you like to join the Adventurer's Club?

"What is it?" you ask?

The Adventurer's Club is a monthly photo challenge.

The "theme" for the month is vague enough that you can complete the task indoors if you're not a "drag your dolly out in public" kinda person.

ALL DOLL TYPES ARE WELCOME!

On the FIRST DAY of every month, I will reveal that month's theme.

There will be participation prizes...
these will be given out on a "number of months participated" basis.
There will be a 6 month and 12 month participation prize.

The months will be cumulative, because I know life happens and sometimes we might miss a month.
Although I'm thinking I might have to make an extra special prize for anyone who participates for 12 months straight!

*NOTE*
January is a "wild card"... since I put this one up so late, you can complete this one at any time throughout the year. If you would like to participate in the January Adventure, please do!

You can find the theme on the Adventurer's Club tab, here:

http://majokkoshop.blogspot.com/p/adventurers-club.html

Don't feel like you have to have a masterpiece photograph either,

snap the shot with your cell phone, a point and shoot or a pro camera,

it doesn't matter, just as long as the resulting image is theme related!

How do you participate?

Simple!

1. Take your photo that relates to the theme

2. Share that photo with me (via email, posting a comment with a link, etc), on our Flickr Group:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/2496069@N20/

  or by tagging me, @littlebearries on Instagram!

(In the righthand side bar at the top of the page, you will see a link button back to this post)

My email is: littlebearries@yahoo.com


Please feel free to include a little caption for your image that describes what is going on, as well as any link to your own blog or website, and your doll's name, if these are things you'd like to share!

An item for sale and Holiday Header

So... I kind of feel like my Halloween Header should just be the permanent one... 

being "The Majokko Shop" and all, lol!

I've also got a new item for sale,

the Pure Neemo Asuna outfit (ears included)

Price: $45 (including shipping)

Here are some pics from Azone:

You get all the pieces seen here, except the doll.

Outfit ONLY! :)

Ghoultide Gathering 2013

Waaaay back in 2009 I went to an event called

Ghoultide Gathering...

and I had a TERRIBLE time.

The venue was too small,

and the ladies who were there to buy stuff were rude as HECK.

Pushing, pulling, jabbing...

both my Mom and I got pushed (literally) out of the way

on several occasions, 

and had things actually snatched from our hands.

It was shocking... and awful...

and I wrote to the folks who organized it and told them our experience,

and said we wouldn't be returning unless they,

at the very least,

got a bigger venue.

Well... at some point they did...

but I still wasn't ready to go back...

until this year!!

I have to say, the 2013 Ghoultide Gathering

was a COMPLETELY different experience.

It was AWESOME. :)

©GhoultideGathering

Click the image above to go to Ghoultide's website!

One of the most revered artists there was Scott Smith

of Rucus Studio (he's also one of the organizers)

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Click the image above to go to Scott Smith's blog!

His stuff was amazing, and almost completely sold out just 15 minutes after the show opened.

I had taken my little Neemo, Samantha,

the first Neemo I ever bought, and one of the Witches of the Majokko Shop

with me, and she had a blast!

Here are some of our pictures!

Can you spot Samantha in the picture above? XD

Can you spot her again?!

I will definitely be going back next year!

OOAK Necklaces

Sorry for my Wednesday Delay... I've failed miserably... illness has gotten the better of me.

... I hope you guys will still be willing to make it through the massive update when I post it...

maybe I'll break it down into a few days worth of posts.

I have been doodling and making little necklaces while I lay at home though:

I've made some OOAK necklaces :)

They're in my etsy shop:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleSqueed?ref=si_shop

Back in Business!!

FINALLY!!!

Expect a horrible Wednesday tomorrow!

For now, Pidge would like to show off her new dress,
and the purse I made!

The dress is made by Dollheart, but the purse is by me!

(There will soon be a Dia De Los Muertos one as well!)

This little skull purse is fully functional (the next pic shows it open)

and is entirely hand sewn using embroidery techniques!

The strap is a beautiful, silk, hand dyed ribbon with an extra silk, hand dyed bow tied on.

Here it is open, as you can see, it has a snap closure, and you can put

fun little dolly things inside!

Pidge: It's so lovely out... but getting cold. Maybe I need a scarf?

I just love this dress, it's so perfectly Pidge XD

This purse, along with the soon to come Dia De Los Muertos purse

are my own design, and will soon be heading to my 

etsy shop!

A Little Bit of Random

Let us begin this 'little bit of random' with my BPAL order.

What is BPAL, you ask?
It's the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab

but most people I know call it BPAL for short.

Go HERE to check them out!

My first scent to arrive is BOO 2012

It came with two free samples, which I'll talk about as well!

(BPAL's description)

Eerie billows of spun sugar, fluttering white cotton, and sheets of cream.

BOO 2012 has a very strong, sharp scent when you first put it on...

so at first I wasn't a fan of it.
I also have BOO 2010, which I love for
it's soft, sweet scent.

BOO 2012 is the same as Boo 2010 in the undertones,

but it has that sharp, strong overtone that makes me like it a little less.

Fortunately though, it dulls down into a much more pleasant

scent, and that sharp edge dissipates.

I've been wearing it for 9 hours now,

and the scent is still there, but soft and lovely now.

It's a fun scent, but not my favorite of The Halloweenies scents

that I currently own.

Free Sample #1: 

Imperious Tiger-Lily 

from the Mad Tea Party: Garden of Live Flowers collection 

(BPAL's description)

`O Tiger-lily,' said Alice, 

addressing herself to one that was 

waving gracefully about in the wind,

 `I wish you could talk!'

`We can talk,' said the Tiger-lily: 

`when there's anybody worth talking to."

Alice was so astonished that 

she could not speak for a minute: 

it quite seemed to take her breath away. 

At length, as the Tiger-lily only went on waving about, 

she spoke again, in a timid voice -- 

almost in a whisper. `And can all the flowers talk?'

`As well as you can,' said the Tiger-lily. 

`And a great deal louder.'

(Tiger-lily, ginger root, neroli, purple fruits, and frankincense.) 

If you like the way Lilies smell, you'll like this one.
It's strong and floral.

This one lasted for many hours (9+)

with a very pleasant, distinguishable scent.

While it smells nice, strong floral scents
aren't really my thing, so I won't be

ordering any of this one.

Free Sample #2:  

Hellfire

from the Sin and Salvation collection 

 

(BPAL's description)

A scent celebrating Sir Francis Dashwood's 

Order of the Knights of St. Francis of Wycombe, 

also known as the Hellfire Club. 

A swirl of pipe tobacco, hot leather, 

ambergris, dark musk 

and the lingering incense smoke 

from their Black Mass.

I loved this scent. It was sweet

and beautiful... but unfortunately

it only lasted an hour or so.

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So that was my first BPAL order of the year.

I'll be placing an order every two weeks until I get all the
Halloweenies I want... and all of them

will come with free samples... so I'm

looking forward to checking out more scents from them.

I'm also a collector of Nendoroids...

and I admit, I buy them on how cute they are,

not what anime they come from -_-;;

So here are two of the girls who hang out on my desk:

Kuroneko:

Kuroneko: Heather, you are so stupid, what did I tell you about eating too much chocolate?!

Kuroneko likes to yell at me ;_;

And Miki:

She always flinches when Kuroneko starts yelling!

Wednesday Horrors: Episode 2, Unwell

Episode 2:

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 Today we find Pidge fretting over a slew of sick Neemos.

No one is quite sure what's going on...

but there seems to be a flu that has hit the Neemo community hard.

Pidge: Oh, you guys, are you sure you're comfortable?

Does anyone need more tea? Snacks? Blankets?!

Anna: Calm down, Pidge *coughcough*

It's just a little *cough* flu, we'll be fine.

Bunny: *cough* Yes, don't worry, Pidge, it's the flu.

Kana: *coughsnifflecough* I feel dizzy @_@

Bunny: It's the plot of this show, it's very confusing.

 On the screen, Pretty Little Liars plays, but most of the Neemos
are only vaguely aware that the TV is even on. It's mostly there
to comfort Pidge, she loves this show (even though it makes her nervous).

Carrot: *her voice is barely a whisper* Pidge... I... I don't feel very good.

Pidge: Oh! Little Carrot... you don't look so good!

You're so pale! I'm going to find help!

Alna: Did I hear somebody call for help? I have arrived!!

Pidge: *hops off the couch and runs over to Alna* Oh Alna!

Alna: What is it?! You're even more nervous than usual!

Pidge: It's the Neemos, they're all sick... and Carrot looks REALLY bad!

Alna: That's not good... weren't they fine yesterday?

Pidge: Yes, it came on all of a sudden.  ;_;

*Alna and Pidge go over to check on Carrot*

Alna: Oh, little Carrot, you look terrible... and Luna! You look so pale!

Luna: Oh no, I'm always pale.

Anna: It's true *cough*, she is... but Carrot looks *coughcough* a little pale. Will she be ok?

Alna: *places a hand on Carrot's forehead* Oh! She's burning up!

 *At the other end of the couch*

Bunny: Will Carrot be ok, Jun?

Jun: *pats Bunny's head* It's just a little flu, sweetie...

I'm sure she'll be up and running in no time.

*Suddenly, though, Carrot starts wildly thrashing about*

Pidge: OH NO! What's happening?

Anna: Carrot? CARROT! Something is wrong!!!

Luna: This is NOT Nargels.

Alna: HOLD HER DOWN!

 *As quickly as the thrashing begins, before anyone can even
move to react, it stops. Carrot is still, and the room is silent,
except for the quiet murmuring of characters on TV*

Alna: *whispers* Carrot?

 Jun: Oh my goodness... is she ok? Did she have a seizure?!

Alna: Carrot?

Pidge: Alna... what is it? Why isn't she moving?!

Alna: *touches her hand to Carrot's forehead* Because... because she's dead.

Tune in next Wednesday for Episode 3 in this 

8 Episode Saga!

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