So it’s looking like perhaps things might be returning to our version of “NORMAL” here in the buttonbox. Whatever “NORMAL” means. Things got way out of my control for a minute there, and it was scary. But i learned that i am a lot stronger than i ever imagined…and that tho’ there are sure to be more rapids around the riverbend, right now it’s calm and things will be ok.

i had a wonderful, productive weekend. I got my hair done for the frst time in ages, and it looks very cute and Louise Brooks-ish. I was overjoyed to find the beauty supply store has begun carrying my most favorite magenta dye again. So the hub worked his magic on my head and now i have wonderful glowing pinky-magenta hair that cheers me up every time i look in the mirror. Which is a big thing for me, because i mostly avoid the mirror and the horrorshow that it generally reflects. One does not have much occasion to look cute and well-dressed when living la vida Housewife. But now i am feeling all vain, wanting to go buy a new dress and put on make-up and behave like the Queen of Quite-a-lot. It is impossible for me to be too bummed out when i am rockin’ my beloved pink hair.

In crafty news….i completed two more little dead ragdolls. I have only photographed one so far, and the pictures are turning out horribly because it is overcast and gray….but here is Sugar Mama.

She is ALOT bigger than all the others, with much more elaborate sugar skull embroidery that i did a while back. I made her a little apron with milagro-print fabric with teensy pockets and little lace-up slippers from black felt and ribbons. It is so nice to see that she has risen so majestically from the “unfinished projects” pile that she has languished in for so long. I am very pleased with this big Mama Doll!

I am also very very very much in denial that the Mutation show is two weeks away. I am not as prepared as i would like to be. Haven’t made journals and candles. I still have not figured out how to display the bags, and i can’t seem to find some of the linens i used for draping the table last time around. I feel very frantic when i think of the list of things that i need to do. HOWEVER, i refuse to succumb to the stress. I am going to to Savannah to HAVE FUN. And hopefully to unload to some of these dolls and bags and other assorted Amanda-creations that are accumulating around here. But most of all, getting away, spending some time with my best friends, and maybe even sneaking down to the beach for a bit. What could be better!