The day started with making a Katamary Damacy-themed “The Prince” coaster for myself. It’s a small deviation from a cross-stitch pattern I saw on the Sprite-Stitch forums. I’ve really been in the mood to make stuff with Perler Beads lately.

With that is a cup of coffee and some freshly baked snickerdoodles. I bought the Pepperidge Farms ones, but they just aren’t soft enough for me. I’m glad I made them because they turned out to my liking ^^

I had my perler mats out for an idea I had. Well, every year I try very hard to make an annual Halloween direct sale for doll clothes. I have a few ideas so far. But my plan is to include some cute hairclips in every parcel ^^ I made an extra one for myself and one will soon be up for another giveaway here!

The hearts in the top of the image is something I was toying with. It made me (sadly) realize I don’t have enough pink perler beads!

And finally, dinner! Turned out really yummy… ciabatta bread, salad with Greek & feta dressing, and artichoke angel hair pasta with olives, capers, and tomato. A very simple, filling meal! I wish I would have remembered to take a photo of yesterday’s meal: brown sugar meatloaf, mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, and Asian style green beans.

Tomorrow for us is barbeque at my parents’ house for Labor Day. After that will probably be a long nap! lol

I’ve been working on a few new things this weekend ^^ It’s been really nice getting all my craft stuff out of storage. Too bad I’ll be moving again in December and doing this dance all over again! lol

Anyway, here is a custom I’ve been working on for 2 months… a makeover of my original character from Fallout 3, Sam(antha) Puciato ^^



I’m really happy with how she turned out :D I’m trying to decide on what wig I really want for her, though. She’s using Naomi’s (Pullip) stock wig.

Here’s my workspace last night. Ha! Isn’t it a little over the top? Actually, I was working on a Blythe at the same time… but I took more interest in finishing Sam ^^

I started the night really wanting to do some perler bead art. I have so many! But I couldn’t get inspired…

But at least I had a hearty meal before starting all this crafting! Potato salad, tonkatsu, and veggies ^^ One of my favorite meals to prepare~

I’ve been wanting to make these for awhile. They’re tiny oven mitt magnets from Obsessively Stitching.

They’re easy to make! I made some kind of silly xD haha

And up on my fridge! I have a lot of stuff on there, don’t I @_@

Prep work!

Using some bento containers xD haha I printed out the comments… But who chose the winner?


My special little helper <3 She was super excited to help out ^^

Congrats Valerie for winning the iPhone skully pouch!

Congrats Jennifer for winning the Pullip crown jeans!

Congrats Dally for winning the Pullip skirt!

I’ll be sending out a Direct Message to the winners soon. If I do not hear from the prize winner(s) by Wednesday, September 1st, I will assume you have forfeited your prize and contact the 2nd place winner.

Thanks again to all those who entered!

The rules are simple:
1) You have to be a follower of mine to be eligible. I changed my mind and decided you can add me at any time ^^
2) Only 1 entry is necessary.
3) If you have already won in one of my giveaways, you are not eligible to win again at this time. Feel free to enter! ;)

Prizes:
1) Obitsu deco jeans
2) Obitsu white lacey skirt
3) iPhone 3G/3Gs skully phone pouch

To enter, do the following:
Just make a Tweet saying you’re entering the giveaway! You can be fun and creative, or just simple about it.
You must include the following two things in your tweet (but don’t add the quotation marks lol):
“@ambitiouslove” and “http://ambitiouslove.net/blog”
Then make a comment here or send me a DM on Twitter with a link to your Entry Tweet (NOT just your Twitter address!) and which item you are attempting to win. If your Twitter is Private, please allow me to add you so I can ready your entry xD

Entries are due by Thursday, August 26, 2010 at midnight CST. I will Direct Message (DM) the winners and make a public post. Good luck ^^ If I do not hear from the prize winner(s) by Wednesday, September 1st, I will assume you have forfeited your prize and contact the 2nd place winner.

Thanks to everyone who entered! The contest is now closed and I will be announcing the winners today!

So there will be two prizes for the Twitter Giveaway ^^ It’ll be happening starting early next week and will last for 7 days.

You can add me at http://www.twitter.com/ambitiouslove

The prizes are for Obitsu 27cm bodies only~

hehe Do you remember the deco jeans from my post a few weeks ago? I was working on it for the giveaway ^^ These have working pockets and a snap in front.


This is a fun white skirt ^^ It will go with any outfit~!

Hydroplane is a stylish model <3

More random photos!

These are prizes from crane giveaways! I gave it 2 shots and won both times ^^

Aegis from Persona 3! A horrible photo but she’s ready for action!

My current doll set up! I haven’t gotten to spend much time hanging out with them, but at least they’re on display in all their glory~!