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Tricia Overkamp
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Still Kicking

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Despite getting Covid-19 at Thanksgiving in 2020, I'm still around. Still kicking. I am dealing with post-Covid issues, specifically my sense of smell which I had lost.

I started to get it back and now it's completely scrambled. Good things smell like rotten garbage and burning plastic. Bad things don't have a smell. Some things smell like they're supposed to. Some things smell "weird" but not like garbage.

I'm going to try to start posting on here more often. I have lots of awesome pictures, but I lost my home internet (pretty much permanently; don't ask) so I'm having to go mobile, or to a public computer.

Which in this day and age is not really "a thing."

But oh! I have such doll pictures to share! Such things!

I'm making masks, too, so if you don't have enough or want something specific, let me know.

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Spring Fling

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Come out and play!
Saturday, May 31st
1-4 pm
OBC Educational Building

It's a free doll meet up sponsored by the St. Louis BJD Convention!
The theme is Renaissance Masquerade, and costumes are encouraged for both dolls and people.

We will have doll display areas, photo opportunities, a snack buffet, soft drinks, raffles and a professional photo booth.
To benefit the OBC Food Pantry, we are collecting non-perishable food goods and a dollar table to raise funds.

On Sunday, we are also organizing an expedition to the the local ren faire!

For more info, visit our website:
Stlbjdcon.com
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Wheeeethud.

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Long week. Working extra hours and stuff. This is good because I'm also going on vacation NEXT week. Hoping that overtime pays off.

In the mean time...
DOLLS! and DOLLS!

Also, DOLLS!
KawaKon was awesome and amazing and exhausting.
Conflation was fun and silly.
Had a Hinamatsuri gathering with the local doll club.
Ran a fundraiser for STLBJDcon, lost a couple of guests due to scheduling conflicts, and gained a shiny new guest. Squee!

Working WAY too many events at work. Trying desperately to get more Embroidery jobs.

Played with my dolls for early-Easter. Had some fun with that!

Hoping for more doll oriented fun soon. Going camping in the glamorous way with one of my dearest friends as part of my vacation.

Yup. Tired. I'm blogging in bullet points. Time to go to bed...
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We're gearing up for Kawa Kon in February, and I'm running the Ball-Jointed-Doll track and the Cosplay track. We have some awesome things going on, not just in my tracks but also in the whole convention.

I love that this is a convention that embraces not only Anime, Manga, Japanese culture, and associated art, but also embraces SF/Fantasy elements such as Dr. Who, Harry Potter, Space Opera, Weird Counter-culture, music, internet phenomena, Steampunk, and many other genres. If you can get to St. Louis in mid-February, you should really come and check us out:
www.kawakon.com

Two weeks thereafter, I get to put my feet up and relax at Conflation, which is a convention for 21+ fans. This year's theme is "Vaudeville", so I'm going to hit it with The Devil's Carnival like a ton of infernal bricks. :D

In the mean time, I'm selling dolls and doll stuff to help me pay my bills. This is such a bone-thin time of year and I wish it were otherwise. Therefore, I am playing with the dolls I'm keeping, taking inventory of my accessories and doll clothing, and trying to treat myself with exotic teas and eating food out of the fancy dishes.

Go, self-care!

I'm really happy with the results that I am getting with the Pan Pastels I got in December. Sarah Seiter recommended them during her panel at the St. Louis BJD Convention, and I must say that I was seriously impressed. They're a powdered pastel with no fillers or binding agents so they give excellent coverage. I also utilized some of Sarah's technique and you can see the results on my "Colorful Crikey" and "Colorful Crocodile" deviations. Crikey is very happy to have some color. He didn't want to be Leucistic.
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Doll Notions

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Doll-obsessed? Me? LOL.

I just had a birthday, and this year I treated myself to one doll, and my circle of friends treated me to another! I got the adorable blue Island Doll Leshy that I'd been dreaming about from my doll club members!

I also found the most awesome deal on the RealPuki I wanted; precisely how I wanted it. That doll arrived today, and I've posted some shots of the box-opening.

Considering names has been difficult. Leshy decided that he liked the name Zipper (and is a boy-ish thing.) Kaka (the RealPuki) isn't sure yet, but we're going back and forth between "Doo-Dah" and "Spool". Definitely something with an 'Ooo' sound in it. :D I had this idea where I wanted the tiniest of the dolls to be named after sewing notions. (Zipper, Thimble, Needle, Thread, Button, Spool, Bobbin, etc.) Her sculpt name is Kaka which oddly has special significance to me. I also love her puckered lips!

I've also posted a shot of all the fantastic birthday gifts I have received over the last few years.

Just a reminder, we're still taking registrations for the St. Louis BJD convention here:
www.stlbjdcon.com

Please feel free to contact us. Yes, we're still on. We were never "off" but apparently had some electronic issues at an inopportune time. We're still accepting vendor registrations as well.
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