The Brass Cupcake

70′s Blythe Pantsuits project

brasscupcake — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:11:09 +0000

As many of you have seen on my Flickr stream recently I have started making pantsuits for Blythe inspired by the 70′s when Blythe was introduced. I’d live to make a total of 40 to celebrate 40 years of Blythe! But I’d also like to make them in colors and pattern you will enjoy! Please leave me a comment or email me and let me know what you’d like to see!

Will take special orders…

brasscupcake — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:00:47 +0000

I’ve had a little bit of interest in the pant suit I recently made and just thought I’d put it out there that I would be happy to either make some for my shop or do custom orders. Feel free to comment here or email me for pricing… brasscupcakes@yahoo.com

4/366…

brasscupcake — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:47:42 +0000

Me- Chai, what are you doing?
C- Drinking your hot chocolates from Auntie Stephie to stay warm.
Me- But that’s for me! And what happened to you only changing once a week for your 366?? You don’t have that many outfits!
C- But I couldn’t go to work today in that party dress. It’s freezing out! Now, can you get me a warm up? And maybe a blanket too? Thanks.

A new girl moves in…

brasscupcake — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:52:34 +0000

A new family member showed up yesterday… Daisy Mae! She’s a Hujoo Berry with faceup. I’m enjoying her very much but Chai is a bit nervous about sharing the attention around here with her. Not to mention her wardrobe.

Always a sad day to me…

brasscupcake — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:09:37 +0000

DH and I love to decorate the house for Christmas… Well for any holiday really. So the day we take down the decorations is always a little sad to me. At least today Chai was able to help us pack up all of our Christmas goodies…

2/366… Chai helps un-decorate the tree.

It begins

brasscupcake — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:54:04 +0000

Chai and I have begun our 366… Here’s to hoping we can keep it up.

Chai and the 365…

brasscupcake — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:25:11 +0000

Chai, my T42 Blythe and I will be venturing on a journey this year. A photo a day! What can I say but obviously I am a glutton for punishment. I cannot promise the stars and the moon but we do have a few tricks up our sleeve that “may” help. And hopefully it will help that this is a challenge brought on by my favorite and only sister- Stephanie!

Chai is resting up since we start our journey tomorrow…

An update…

brasscupcake — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:22:15 +0000

The latest in my life is that my husband and I have decided to adapt a vegetarian life. For him it is a first and for myself… well a long time coming in returning to a lifestyle I stupidly departed from. But this time around as a vegetarian I am doing things a bit different. I was raised a vegetarian, it wasn’t just a choice for me, it was the only way my parents could get me to eat. Then we relied pretty heavily on meat substitutes. Now… I am choosing to not use them, but to honestly eat just my veggies! With the exception of the occasional Morning Star Farms corn dogs… so tasty and hard to give up!

So with that being said I have started the journey to find even more tasty ways to make and eat all the beautiful veggies out there. And I am writing them down. Not to write a cookbook but to keep track of them! Matt and I make a weekly trip to the Farmer’s market to see what is there and fresh and write a menu for the week based off of the veggies in season.

In the 2.5 months that we have been eating this way, both Matt and I, have felt healthier and much better about our environment. Not to mention how much we save on our grocery bill! The menu for this past week was as follows:

Monday- Tofu Noodle Soup

Tuesday- Portobello Steaks, Sauteed Summer Squash, Herb Roasted Potatoes

Wednesday- Portobello, Onion, Spinach Quiche

Thursday- Pinto Bean Spinach Soft Tacos

Friday- Leftovers!

As we continue on this journey, I’d like to make it a goal to include an AMAZING recipes I find here. As well as any horribly bad ones to help anyone who wants a tasty healthy alternative to a burger and fries now and then.

A new kind of lady…

brasscupcake — Wed, 11 May 2011 00:41:02 +0000

Time for the official introduction for my newest addition to the doll family… My ball-jointed doll (bjd) has arrived and finally been clothed so it is time to show her off a bit. Her name is Trixie…

Blythe Ambassador

brasscupcake — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:21:49 +0000

For you who know me well, you know that I carry one of my Blythes with me every single day, along with my camera. But for the people I encounter everyday, many of them do not have a clue about my girls. This morning, I had Sydney with me, my ADG Effluo custom girly… who has quite the attitude! Since it is a dreary rainy day here, and I had promised Syd a few pics today, I pulled her out of my bag while on the bus to work to snap a quick pic from my phone. That was when it happened… all of the ladies around me on the bus started nudging each other and pointing!! At me! Or rather I should say at Syd!

As my fellow Blythe friends know, I have converted quite a few people onto Blythe fanatics… so here we go again! I told the ladies the story of Blythe and about her history, as well as about my meager collection. Most of the ladies just smiled and nodded, I’m sure thinking that I am a bit of a nutter! But one lady was absolutely interested as she held Syd and snapped pics herself with her phone. I explained that most Blythes spend their time harassing their humans to take photos of them and that we post them to Flickr. This prompted her to ask for my Flickr info… which I gave her on one of my Moo cards. As we pulled in to Philadelphia, the group of ladies made my promise to show them each one of my girls, including Trixie my newest addition, a 5StarDoll Lura ball jointed doll.

So yet again, I have found that no matter who you are or how old you are, Blythe can and will win the hearts of everyone she meets.

Here is the pics I took which made all the ladies start asking about Blythe and getting to know a little bit more about me.