#HONESTLY. MAYBE THAT'S THE TAG FOR IT LMFAOOOO (for this specific project)

[moe-broey]

AWAUGH

Okay I think I'm done going insane on the Mani-to-be doll. For now. I have to wait for clay to arrive.

ADDED:

The Boots.... very cute! These are from yesterday, before I did a second layer on the soles and sealed the boot itself w mod podge (unsure if that is the best way to go about this. But I'm just experimenting). I didn't end up doing a second layer for the socks, or sealing them tbh. Like.... I sort of feel ambivalent to it rn. I might go back and add more finishing touches, I might not. I guess it depends on if I can make a passably cute pair of shoes on my own.

WWWWWAAAAAUYUGHGHGHHGH...... LOOOK at these TINY little pearlescent buttons............................... I have a bunch of these tiny ass beads (TOO SMALL to even PULL A NEEDLE THROUGH LIKE. There's probably smaller needles out there but what I could find laying around from my junk, the eyelet was too big! I had to get Weird about how I sewed these on LMFAO). Eventually, I do really want to make Mani's signature dress, which has those little decorative buttons on the chest piece, so! Def putting this idea in my pocket for later....

As for the black rose bracelet, it's nothing really special. I had several attempts where I just couldn't get the results I wanted consistently. You may not be able to tell from the pic, but these two roses are slightly bigger than the one on the bracelet, and I worried in general if I made it a cuff, it would get too bulky. Part of the inconsistency could be the fact that I'm really stubborn about using whatever I have, and instead of very thin ribbon I was using this sort of elastic material from an old headband. That I'd cut in half to get it this small. So. Maybe when the clay arrives, I can figure something else out. I imagine Mani's rose cuff is just plastic costume jewelry -- so making a hard miniature (maybe button like?) I can actually thread a string through (not just. Haphazardly hot glue onto the string.) could be the route! I guess just treat this like a mock-up. Proof of concept.

That's it!!!!! For now!!!!!!!!!!!! PERHAPS. I can think about other things now LMFAOOOO (REALLY REALLY REALLY. JUSG SENT ME INTO A FUCKING FRENZY. 😭😭😭😅😅😅)