Reddiker Woodes

One Fan Girl Here

Yes, I'll be the first to admit it, I'm a Fan Girl of Twilight and proud of it.  I love this movie, the books and everything else associated with it.  The other day I was able to find and fairly cheap on evilBay my very own Twilight Chest.  It has Bella and Edward on the front, velvet lined inside and very antique looking.  Leather handle and piping all around the edges. :) It's so cute.  Not sure what I'm going to use it for, but love it.  A few weeks ago while we were at the mall I found the Directors Notebook, and a Red Aventurine Apple Charm, from Etsy, to go along with the other numerous Twilight items.

It's not worth having a hobby or collection if you don't go big. :)

      

      

Make Me Some Gears

One of my craft magazines came in this week, that's called Make.  I first started getting this magazine on it's debut about two years ago I think it was.  Well, this past issue is just packed full of Steampunk goodness.

    

Gothic & Lolita Bible Goodness

I love this magazine.  I've had the latest issue, that just happens to be the Wedding Issue for almost two weeks, and haven't had a chance to read it. GRRRWW  I'm so glad these are in English now.  They are just a blast to read and a great keepsake. I so look forward every four months for these to arrive.

The Voice of Death...

... Is of course Christopher Lee.  Who else could it be.  

When I walk during the day on the treadmill, I have various movies and shows that I get through to watch.  The last month I've had taped, and forgot that I had it, was Terry Pratchett's the Color of Magic. I read this first when I was still in high school, and just fell in love with all of the Disc World Series.  I forgot how funny and visual these books were. Well, last month when I was surfing the TV for new movies, I found The Color of Magic on ION and had to tape it.  There is a lot that had to go into the movie, but the basic premise is there, especially if you know the books.  

The thought of Christopher Lee being the voice of "Death" was perfect.  Seeing Rincewind and Twoflower (Sean Astin) come to life was a treat, and I wished that I had known that this came out last year.  But being able to see it, is still a treat.  I think I'll have to go and find the graphic novel that's out of this, because my copy from school is no longer with me.  It'll be great when Little Man gets a chance to read these and I hope he gets the same appreciation out of them as I did.

Because I Know My Dolls Make Me Happy

Well, after playing with my dolls for the past four/five years, I finally have been told that it was all worth it.  My dollies were recently written about in the magazine Haute Doll. When I had started in this hobby of BJD, I wasn't sure if it was going to be a phase or a life long hobby. It's turned out to be a life long hobby with the recent renovations of my offices and now a little article in this magazine.  I didn't think anyone but FireHoth, my family and a handful of people were actually looking at my blogs, but when I got an email from one of the writers of HD, and that they wanted to feature me in an upcoming issue, I was so shocked.

 

I've always loved writing, photography and crafting.  And being able to do all of these passions not only with Little Mans scrap-books, but with the dolls has been a life long achievement for me, and to be recognized for it is so special.  Being in the magazine has given me validation that they haven't been all just costly or a waste of time, but that others are actually interested in my stories, and pictures and what's going on in my little world I call Reddiker Woodes.  

My little Resin Family is just as important to me as my actual family.  They bring me so much joy and so much creative play time, that makes me appreciate the men in my life even that much more.  I feel that everyone needs a hobby of some sort, and especially us women.  We have so many things that we must do during the day; taking care of the house, working, meals, our children, that if we don't have something to do away from our everyday routine, we will snap.  You need that hour or so away from everyone, weather to read, listen to music, watch a movie, or just rest, that if you don't have this special time, to yourself, you'll just be angry and bitter all the time.

I want to thank Ms. AM for contacting me about the dolls and interviewing me, and also for Priestess of Nothing and  the Tree House for starting this.  We have so many talented writers, sewers, photographers and members in our local group, that I've heard some more will be spotlighted also, and I can't wait to see them all.

So go out, or get online and pick up a copy of this amazing magazine, and maybe you'll be inspired.

My Wonderland

Fairies, Dolls, Wizard of Oz, and Alice in Wonderland are my favorite things.  So when I saw this book on sale on Amazon, it had to come home to complete my collection of the new Alice in Wonderland series, from Frank Beddor entitled "The Looking Glass Wars" and "Seeing Red".  I still need to get "M Hatter", but waiting for it to come out on audio, (much easier to get read). This book goes along with the main ones, and has all kinds of interesting little factoids from Alyss herself.  It's so pretty, even Little Man liked reading it with me.
  

Midnight Tiredness

Okay, who knew staying up way past midnight and not playing on the computer, (me surfing, or FireHoth playing WOW) would be so tiring.  But as a spur of the moment decision, and I mean hours before midnight on Friday, me, FireHoth and Little Man went to our local Borders bookstore, and stood in line, (well, FireHoth stood in line), Chase and I went shopping and wound up reading books for two hours.  We got our very own copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  Didn't get home till almost 2AM and didn't get everyone in bed till almost 3AM, but it was so worth it. 

There were so many people, (kids, parents, grandparents) there and everyone was dressed up just waiting and anticipating the midnight release.  We had gone to the toy store when FireHoth got home, (Izzy needed some things), went to eat dinner and wound up at Borders, got a purple wrist strap, then came home.  That was 8:30PM. We put Little Man in his PJ's, and waited to see what he would do from 9PM till 11PM.  Well, he's such a little trooper, and just played, and played, till we got ready to go. Didn't even realize that he shoul'dve been in bed, hours before. 

We loaded him up in the truck, PJ's and all, food, milk, water, diapers, and went to Borders.  Arrived at around 11:10PM, got in line to get coffee, (how elese were we going to stay up and drive home) and talked to everyone.  Most of the parents that were there, were wondering the same, thing, "How the hell am I going to stay up to drive my child home"? But all was good.  The costumes the camaraderie, and the coffee was great, did I mention the need for coffee?  Anyway, Little Man wasn't even the youngest one there. There was a one year old that was just as awake as he was.  Hell, most of the seven year olds were under the tables asleep. Wussies, it was only 1AM, what was their problem? 

I had taken my Bambicrony Pepe girl, (Izzy) dressed in her finest and I think she had a good time also.

Well, didn't get a lot of pictures, but got important ones for Little Man's scrapbook.  He can say now that he was at the LAST BOOK ever released.  He can tell his children now that he was there in all of the craze. 

WE HAD A BLAST 

NOW WE ALL NEED A NAP