I need to make a jewelry icon of some sort

[cleolinda]

So I have to apologize in advance for upcoming spamminess, because the Screen Actors Guild awards are on tonight (TBS?), and I'll be liveblogging them as well. (Traditionally I only liveblog three awards shows, so the Oscars late next month are the only other show you have to worry about. And this one's only two hours and nothing but acting awards, so it shouldn't be too bad.)

Meanwhile: Sideshow Toy Legolas, from the people who brought you Faramir One and Faramir Two! (Sideshow Toy Legolas with elven cloak! Bitch-ass expensive on eBay, but if I'm going to save up for this one--although he's beneath the Dollens on the priority list--I'm going to get the works.)

That said, their Aragorn kind of weirds me out in the face, I'm not sure why. Maybe because he looks like he's about to burst into tears. So I think I'm sufficiently Aragorned as it is.

(I could never get a Boromir. Faramir One would never recover from it.)

More doll links, culled from yesterday's window-shopping idly across the internet:

Whoa. The likeness on this Obi-Wan is kind of... uncanny.

An auction lot of 12" Queen Amidala dolls [and a Leia] on the cheap [ends in two days], if any Star Wars fans are interested.

Okay, THIS chair should fit everybody.

SP Miniatures: Doll crystal balls! Doll tarot cards! Hogwarts textbooks! HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THE WIZARD'S CABINET!

omg doll jewelry. Really nice doll jewelry.

Also, via txvoodoo, who vouches for the LJers involved: Please read and help!

A few days ago I found out that my dear friend [bdbdb] just got diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and lost sight of one of her eyes due to this awful disease. She is currently in the hospital where they are trying to save her other eye and prevent her from going completely blind. To make the matters worse, she has no medical coverage and the hospital bills will probably add up to more then she makes in a year!

[...]

So while I cannot fight her disease, because it currently has no cure, I've decided to donate 100% of all the profits made from my Etsy shop for the next month (1/23 to 2/23) to help her pay for her medical bills to try and make her life a little easier in this great tragedy. I am donating my time, material costs and all the Etsy fees to this cause. If you would like to donate without purchasing please use the Donation button on the top right hand corner of my blog. Thanks!

Just from browsing, I would recommend the lily earrings. (People do seem to be buying things up, so you may have to wait for a restock if they sell out.) And I love the opal-colored Czech beads and the color on the tangerine marble earrings.

Comments

[highlystrung.livejournal.com]

Is it really wrong that I find it eerie and disturbing to have this big empty space beneath one of your posts where the comments should be?

And that I am satisfied inside knowing that by the time I type this out and post it there will be at least three comments above mine? (Maybe five.)

[highlystrung.livejournal.com]

I am uncomfortable that I was wrong. -_-

[dachelle.livejournal.com]

Thanks for linking to the Etsy page for bdbdb - I can also vouch for her. I got the last of the indigo swirl earrings. It's nice to help someone and get pretty things at the same time!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I'm going to keep an eye on the site, too--given that she's doing this for a month, I have to think that she'll be restocking now and then.

[elisa0984.livejournal.com]

Oh lord. After I go broke getting the Tonner Hermione she's going to want all this stuff.

[elisa0984.livejournal.com]

Oh, I went through the revised doll gallery and I don't see how Anna can sword fight with that fro.

[ailaes.livejournal.com]

After stupidly clicking on the dollworld link yesterday, I ended up at a Barbie coloector's website and got stuck for hours.

I also found an Anna Dollerious on ebay that I so can't afford.

~sigh~

The crystal balls, books, wizard's cabinet et. all are fantastic.

[it-grrl.livejournal.com]

On that wizard doll accessory page, in the "potion ingredients" section, the "vampire blood" is red glitter.
I'm amused.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHA. I didn't notice that one!

[maudelynn.livejournal.com]

if you like beads and such, look at this site...
http://www.firemountaingems.com/

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, I'm on it right now looking at Czech glass. I used to have a catalog of theirs that I would pore over while daydreaming of starting up a handmade jewelry business. You know, despite the fact that I know nothing about 1) making jewelry or 2) business.

[aimaozaki.livejournal.com]

I bought the tangerine marble earings for my mom to help the cause :)

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

OMG THE LITTLE TINY mortar and pestles!!!!

A little something to uh, encourage harmony on the shelf...

[christigilly.livejournal.com]

I see Sp has a "love potions" book, lol. Snape would snark up the whole joint, but you could probably stand to have a Hermione around to brew. I think she'd get along with the other ladies, especially with all the adventures she's been on with Harry and Ron.

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

I hate to be all melancholy and shit, cause I totally don't usually go that way, but I went back and looked at those clips of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhall and it just made me a little sad and wanna go AWWWW....

MS

[mrs-bruin.livejournal.com]

bdbdb should contact her local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (http://nmss.org) I used to work for a chapter, and I know they sometimes can give some emergency funding, though often not much, but it can help. Also they'll know of some good resources in her area.

Re: MS

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

I'll pass this on to her - thank you!

[alyssredfern.livejournal.com]

I have that Legolas doll! I had no idea he was worth anything.

[lemonade8.livejournal.com]

I second the "HOLY SHIT!" I am in love with that cabinet! And the little wizard side table with the bitty candles!

I can make some of that stuff, actually have in a larger form. But what innovative imagination to have thought up all of those details.

And my brother has MS. Horrible disease. I feel for her.

[maudelynn.livejournal.com]

is it purchasable ??
one of my fave things ever was a wee doll's vampire hunter kit I ran across

[angelene.livejournal.com]

Um, the first Legolas link leads to a Gandalf. And the Obi Wan link leads to a Product Listing page. And the...n my browser crashed while I was midway through typing this comment and I completely forgot what else I was going to say..? Sorry, my brain batteries are running a little low tonight. x(

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Wow, apparently my link-fu deserted me today. Fixed.

[r0ck3tsci3ntist.livejournal.com]

Wow! Great doll links! (I have got to get my display cabinet up and unpack my kids. It's been years)

The Etsy site looks great. Thanks for using your powers for good. :)

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

The Sideshow Legolas with the cloak is exceedingly cool. If I didn't have my Mattel!Legolas (*pats his soft hair*), I would covet one. To defend his honor, yes, Mattel!Legolas is quite pretty, but he's way less metrosexual looking in person, and his costume is really nice. The same goes for Mattel!Aragorn, whose costume is made of win. Hee. Although nothing, for me, matches Mattel!Arwen's headpiece. So so pretty and detailed, even more so than Galadriel's.

I do not like the Sideshow Aragorn at all. He wigs me a bit, and it's definitely something in the eyes. Boromir is fairly nice, though. Are you sure Faramir One wouldn't like some brotherly companionship? His Lady Fair hasn't come around yet, after all... ;)

Obi-Wan, zomg. O_o See, this is where what we discussed about likenesses comes into play. It's easy to complain if the likeness of a character isn't completely right, but at the same time...perhaps it's worse when you suddenly feel as though you've got a mini version of the actor? Like...I want to have the essence of the character because I like the character (or the costume, or both), but I wouldn't feel altogether comfortable with, you know, a tiny version of Ewan McGregor/*insert-name-here* in my room.

LOL, the first thing I noticed in the auction is that seller is where I am. The Leia they have is just the saddest thing ever. A friend got me one years ago and her face is just...she needs a serious nose-job, let's put it that way. Her dress is fab, but her face is not so much. I love the black travel gown Padmé, though. The dress is beautiful (softest velvety material ever ), and because her face is 1) covered in white makeup and 2) porcelain, she looks very delicate and like Padmé should. /nerd

The miniatures!!! The tiny jewelry!!!

I <3 your taste in earrings (and other shiny things), by the way. :)

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Why does Boromir's hair look like an especially bad plastic toupee?

[unicornluvr.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I'm more concerned or delighted that he comes with a "severed Moria Orc head!"

Exclusive, indeed.

[calatha.livejournal.com]

OMG all that miniature Hogwarts stuff is awesome. I built my own dollhouse about ten years ago which included wallpapering, painting, cutting and staining hardwood floors, wiring and sewing cute little curtains, etc., etc. But I bought nearly all the furniture except for itty-bitty books that I made myself, so I'm looking at the lil textbooks and just squeeing. :)

[thismortalquill.livejournal.com]

That creepy Aragorn looks like Tony Stark cosplaying Aragorn who is cosplaying Neo...

[serenenuit.livejournal.com]

After looking at Sideshow Obi-Wan (the Clone Wars General model), I now know why God won't let me win lotto. I'd totally blow my money on stuff like this.

[butterflytatt00.livejournal.com]

My dad has Multiple Sclerosis, I hope this fund raising goes well. It's an awful disease, and it's had a catastrophic effect on not only my fathers life, but my entire family's.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

As Jen's friend, thanks for commenting. She's pretty young, too, and really doesn't have any family anymore :(

[unicornluvr.livejournal.com]

Legolas looks very concerned

[calatha.livejournal.com]

Probably because he only has plastic hair.

[maudelynn.livejournal.com]

ooh nice new icon.
i love the georgian double heart and crown rings
i have been looking for one in my size for ages.
i also love the georgian witch's heart pendants:)
Just so you know... my weakness is antique jewelry.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I love georgianjewelry.com. Glimpse the prices and weep.

[sweet-pessimism.livejournal.com]

Did you see that Sideshow Collectibles has a Jack Shepherd doll (http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&sku=900006)? Articulated, too! Doesn't look much like Matthew Fox to me, though they do have the angst-face down pat. I don't know, maybe the face is too short, or maybe he needs to switch faces with their Aragorn so it looks like he's about to cry, or something.

[headphone.livejournal.com]

I wanted to ask you, because you might know...
Have you ever had any problems with any of the Tonner doll clothes? Hermione's tights seem to be missewn, but I don't want to send the entire doll back because of some defective tights. They've given me super-excellent service so far but I wasn't sure if you had ever had to send anything back.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Huh--I've never had to send anything back, although a couple of Ellowyne items have been so hard to get on/off that I nearly kicked something.