~Before Xmas Massive Info Surge~

Omg its me! OO Yes I am alive! I have been away sooooooooo long and I never meant for this to happen, sometimes I know I can take a month to do a new post but this has gotten to the point of ridiculouscity!  So first I'll tell you why I have taken forever.  At first it was just the normal procrastination and then, I got sick, its been almost 3 weeks now of constant sick ness and im still sick but damn it if I am not writing this post ><!  Aherm so I have had some lightheadedness sometimes its all the time, and ear and head tightening pains along with the random nausea and sweatiness.  In the mornings sometimes I just need the jaws of life to give me a reason to even get out of bed, that's just how bad it has been.  Yes, I have seen a doctor already and I was put on antibiotics, No it hasn't really helped and I plan to return to the doctors soon.

So winding back time we go back to after the Kuro Kiiro Festival.  It was so much fun, I went on Saturday like allll day with my friend Barb.  She slept over a couple nights and was here for Halloween.  I have a little album of Kuro Kiiro for you guys to check out, we did some fun things like see a Taiko Show, Paint a tiny figure, Listen in at a Crispin Panel (Voice Actor), went to lunch at the maid café and etc.  Barb was a fantastic house guest and even brought a cute little strawberry cake for her and I! Oishii!

From the Con I met the Leader of the Pittsburgh Lolita Group and joined ^^.  I only attended one meetup so far as I got so ill.  We went to a Korean BBQ place and had a great time and got ice cream afterwards.  I sang at the karaoke along with the other Lolita's as the Machine was right near our huge comfy table ^^.  Here are the delicious leftovers from the meet up.

*Bulgogi, white rice, and kimchi ^O^*

Finally, I wanted to update what is going on with my dolls after so long.  This is one of my dream girls a Graffiti Jun Tachibana ^^, I've been sick so I'll try to get more pictures of her later.  Her name is Trinity Warren and she is one of the main characters in my story ^^.  I was lucky and was able to get the fullset with both the casual and school girl outfits yay ^^ *which im keeping both of*.

I have also decided to sell some dolls of lately, A list of who is going: DD-06 *sold*(Sakura is being remade as a mdd at a later time ^^), DD Neris *still available* need to get pictures up of her for sale, vmf 50 Karura *sold*, Little Monica Irin *sold on layaway to a good friend*, and finally I will be selling my soul fantasy Seon Mun who will be going up for sale at some point.  Any interest in Neris or Seon mun just contact me on my facebook I'm Jenna Grat and yes I do layaways. ^^

To see all the dolls sold and any ones I didn't mention just visit the lost never forgotten page ^^.  Goodbye for now ;o

P.S> Obviously since Sakura is being remade no wand action pics for now, I didn't play Hakuoki for 3ds yet, and I would of had pukifee pictures but I am needing another magnet for her wings which I wont have til next doll meet sorry guys X.x
Expect more blogging soon though!

~Jun Lullabys & ever approaching Hallows Eve~

*waves* Hey you! Yes its me, I'm back with a lot more info about what I've been up to lately! First off I wanted to mention some of the fun day trips I went on! A few weekends ago mum and I had a blast! On a Saturday we went up to the mills mall and went on a shopping spree! I have a picture of my goodies of course not showing the dog bed we got for Pru and a box for Jewelry I picked up. We also had a fabulous dinner at Applebee's, we both ordered there new dish the pepper honey grilled chicken with fried shrimp on top and green beans. I am telling you if you have not tried it yet it is so GOOOOOD. On Sunday we went downtown to an international festival, It's the first year for Pittsburgh having something like this downtown so it wasn't that big, however it was still worth checking out. I was able to go to the Asian supermarket downtown and get some tomato pocky *loves me some tomato pocky* some hard candy and some peach candy. At the festival I tried there chicken on the stick and it was HUGE, move over Hogwarts we have your new large feast on a stick! *aherm* Anywho, that was some of the best chicken I ever had it was worth going just for the chicken HAHA. Before heading out we went to a little Mexican place for a light meal before heading home, it was down some stairs and a bit secluded from the eye. We tried there nachos and salsa they had so many salsa varieties! We picked 2 and sticked to the one because the other ended up being to spicy x.x. We also had this spinach and mushroom quesadilla which was amazing, I will definitely try to go back there and eat more sometime LOL. Okay so onto my Haul ^^/

 

A memory foam beaded pillow, cute dots nightwear, grey flower over shirt, owl graphic tee, one piece salmon jean combo, turquoise shorts, and pink cloud jean shorts ^^

 
So glad I am finally getting some new clothes, I need to go through my closet, a lot of my stuff is old or getting holey X.x



Go here to see what I mean about Applebee's, there new honey pepper grills are to die for ^o^ Click Here

So besides those day trips, I went to the closer mall recently twice with two different friends, Paul and Christine.  It was super fun and we stopped at Taipei Tokyo before going home when I was hanging with Paul, I had this amazing sushi with Japanese pickles in it and some soup.  The Epic Mickey game was my late bday gift from Christine the rest I got for myself XP.  Btw Epic Mickey is sooooo good I'd recommend picking up a copy ^^.  The GIR bag I got for only 7 dollars!  It was on sale from 30 dollars and I got the VERY LAST ONE.  Hot topic had a sale so I also picked up cute little purses that are actually lip balm dessert flavors for a dollar.  The other stuff is from Glitter! where everything is only a dollar, sides the wall purses.  I picked up awesome nail polishes, 2 cute heart rings, and some hair ties.

 

In other news I have a new pc!  Our old computer is slow and dying out so mum decided to get a new one!  It's a type of Lenovo Idea center and it has Windows 8 and touch screen!  AKA its one bad ass mother AHERM*  I also got a new professional microphone!  That soon as I figure out how to set it up correctly I'll be using to make a new youtube and record more on my facebook music page ^^. *Madoka FTW*




 




For doll news I have my pukifee finally!  She isn't done yet though so I will not be showing her.  She is going away soon for her faceplates to get faceupped by a lovely lady in the Uk and then she will be complete.  Also in doll news I am waiting on 2 dollfie dream outfits to arrive for my girls.  Once I have pictures of my CCS Sakura with her new hands on I will be posting them, she finally has holding hands and a wand home!

As the title says: Jun Lullaby's, I have purchased a Graffiti Jun Tachibana to be my main character Trinity Warren!  She is already home just awaiting on a wig and maybe some new eyes to be complete.  She will have photos in the next post, as for this post my lovely Makoto got a headpiece and I've been wanting to show it off ^^.

So for next time, I'll be Introducing my Pukifee and Jun, Showing some kick ass CCS wand action, as well as doing reviews On Hakuoki for 3ds limited set and more!  See Ya!

P.S> Thanks to the two amazing friends I have who bought the msds I was selling that helped make Jun Possible ♥

~New Dolls/Pitfalls~

Hey all ^^ welcome to another segment of my life!  It is past 11 pm here at night and I don't usually write this late but I am in the mood so I figured what the heck, not to mention I downloaded the photos from my camera earlier for this post ^^.

Okay so well start where else? The beginning of after last I posted.  My boyfriend had to leave suddenly for work on our weekend together and I was crushed *we were supposed to spend the last 2 weekends together but shit happened*.  I broke out into a period of a 5 day extreme depression, again couldn't of gotten through it without my mum constantly pushing me to get out and to feel better.  I was going to go to Otakon with a friend, but it ended up getting to close to it and I didn't have the energy to save up all the extra money I needed for spending and such, plus with how sensitive to heat I am I didn't want to deal with it this year at least. So in short yes, I am a mess of health issues XD. but at least I got to buy a new doll instead!

So this is my new girl ^^ I named her Charlotte Arquette.  My one awesome friend who wants to be named anonymous, helped me get her off of YJ! when I didn't have time to get enough of funds into my own account.
I sent her a thank you gift for helping my doll arrive safe and sound of course.  This girl is a one off f-13 volks in sunlight skin.  She was admittedly a impulse buy when I found her while browsing YJ! for at the time Volks Midi Liz, *whom at the moment I decided not to get*.  Charlotte was shipped to France which is the country my friend lives in and then to me, which helped me to decide to make it part of her story ^^.  She is a new student in a Japanese School who has just moved from France, I found her name using french baby name and surnames sites. She will be getting other blonde wigs eventually, but for now I am happy with this one. The bjd picnic I go to every year at the end of summer is coming up soon, so I hope to buy her some new eyes there.



 

So to continue this post: The Picnic came and went, I had the most sales and there were hardly any other sales there unfortunately.  I bought a pair of msd shoes and a cake and otherwise just sold a lot and made some cash which is always good XP.  I took my new Bambicrony Ellen, whose faceup is by Chi No Tenshi, you can find her  here:Chi No Tenshi

I named my bambi Leira, here she is with her cousin Kira (a little monica Irin).  Tomarrow I will be uploading my picnic pictures on facebook if you would like to have a look see. 

I have the picnic photos done ^^: Click here *note this is my facebook albums

 

Bday Spendings + Day Trip Fun!

Hey welcome back to my blog! This edition *I know this is not a damn daily prophet kudos hp fans!* I will be discussing my Birthday and what I spent my Birthday money on ^^. I'm also going to introduce my Lieselotte finished, and tell you about my day trips I've been taking lately and other random tidbits and such! 

So lets get started shall we?  I have been so excited because I was able to order some awesome anime stuff lately!  That would be Including the Arcade Limited set of Miku Hatsune's Project Diva for PSP!  I have been wanting this game for a long time so I am crazy happy I finally was able to order one.  It will probably take a while coming from Japan, but good things come to those who wait.  I also ordered the K-On first season which if you want K-On I recommend you do too before it goes out of stock everywhere.  

 
Besides anime, I ordered my dog a pink Litey Leash, It's really cool it lights up and can flash or do still lights, not only is it pretty but it can be a safer way if you walk your dogs in the evening.  Amazon has the best prices for the Litey Leashes if you want a pretty color if you don't care about colors then I would recommend ebay. I am using some of my money to pay for a faceup for my new Bambicrony Ellen msd, and use most of the remainder most likely to get the sword hands I need.  Besides the main

Bday money from my dad, I recieved 40, 20 each from my aunt Bonnie and aunt Martha.  I used that to get a ticket for Kennywood which i'm going this Monday with my friend Chyanne who also happens to be an amazing hair stylist at Regis Salon. The money left after paying for the ticket will be spent on stuff at the park.

Also note: Pictures from my Birthday can be found on my face book album: https://www.facebook.com/jenna.grat/media_set?set=a.509622485746494.109452.100000962408402&type=3

 So here she is all done by the talented Vitta Vera!

 She is wearing her new strawberry dress,

 I think the waist chains add a nice touch.

Her name is Akina Kobayashi, she is a Japanese school girl and is best friends with my other Japanese school girl Hinata Uesugi.

See the full size photo under my In the Moment Gallery~

So to finish this off I just wanted to mention the day trips I have been going on, and the awesome little free gifts I got from this one etsy order.  The friday before my Birthday me and my mum went up to the town of Ligonier for the day.  I would definitely recommend checking it out if your near PA especially if you like things from the past.  Ligonier is a adorable quaint little town with an old fashion barber shop, and lots of smaller specialty stores and places to eat made from buildings that used to be peoples homes!  We ate inside this one place for lunch that looks like a Victorian esk house.  All the food I tried there was homemade and excellent.  A lot of the places around had free samples too.  I picked up some books while there about mythology and one called Zen Heart which seems very interesting to me.  So all in all that was a great day.

Another trip we took was this past Saturday to an arts and heritage festival.  We went in the evening and there was tons of craft vendors around and food stalls with fresh delicacies.  I tried the Pad Thai for my dinner and it was excellent, noodles with vegetables and cooked tofu in a spicy sauce.  This is of course America so the portion was pretty huge.  They even had an American Girl doll booth and I picked up some sunglasses for my bjds *there slightly big but my dollfie dreams can make them work*.  Before leaving there was a cute little booth for dogs and I naturally had to pick up my pooch some gourmet treats ^^.  She deserved them, after having to get groomed earlier in the day.  Before we went home we stopped in a cute midway shopping center, my mum got her dinner there and I got to go to the Cold Stone Creamery!  I am telling you if you never went to one before you must!  While there I ordered a small milk and cookies milkshake and even my mum had to admit it was delicious!  It was my first time and I'd love to go back.  Warning there sizes are weird marked as things like, gotta have it, and like it etc XD

Freaken awesome freebies I got: Pink lace doll stockings, Rose headband, ocean pretty pen, silly Vitamin Ball pen, and a milk pocky keychain!

Well thank you for joining me for this post and I hope to see you back real soon ^^ Ja Ne

 

Fae & Goodbye to my Sensei

Heylahoo! I am back from Florida Anime Experience 2013!  As per usual my life gets crazy and I finally get around to making another blog segment later then sooner, but you all love me right? RIGHT?!  Aherm.....so first I will go on about my vacation/con.  It was from the 21st to 26th of may, and this was my 2nd year of attending FAE.  I have to admit the dealers room was more of a disappointment this year and a lot better last year.  That being said I still had an amazing time!  I met my long time online friend Tara there and we had a blast!  Following this will be my photo album of my vacation/con as well as a picture of the main con goodies I purchased!  Plus a little info about the maid cafe extra pass!  *click photo to enter album*

 *Note I started to get into Lolita Fashion!  This is my first ever Lolita dress!*

I also got some autographs at the con, Maile Flanagan who voice acts Naruto *this was for my boyfriend* and Cassandra Lee signed my K-On Poster and got a photo with me!

*Note Cassandra also plays Kyubei and various other anime chars*

 *My main goodies: 3 anime dvds 4 bucks a piece! A K-On poster and a black wig from the shop shown in the above photo ^^

 

  This was the maids at Cafe Peko Peko which was an extra ticket seperate from the con.  I paid to get my photo with one of the maids Tay Tay who also happened to be the maid for the table I was sitting at.  They served cupcakes and poured us tea, we even played games and got to watch the maids dance for us to Japanese music.  Besides the poster Cassandra also gave us a postcard photo with her sig on it ^^.

 

Finally before we returned home, we stopped in the Sanrio store in the airport!

I of course have looked forward to this since I discovered it last time I went to Florida.

I bought a few things: A my melody pencil zipper pouch, tiny my melody boxes, and a my melody soap dispenser KAwaii!

Bye Bye Mariko!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Before I head out, I wanted to say a farewell to Mariko Sensei.  After much thought I decided to sell her and she will be shipped out this weekend to her new home.  It's not all sad news though, I have 3 new dolls that I'm waiting on ^^, for more info click on my doll tracker. Ciao till next time we meet again ♥

 

My night at Brianne's

Ah welcome back ^^, this post is all about my night at Brianne's.  Brianne is a good friend of mine I met at doll club.  last doll club I came over her house afterwards, and we had a lot of fun.  We went into her doll room and worked on my mariko's neck, *she has a small dot stain* we saw the kitties, *she has 3!*  and watched anime til early in the morning!
I crashed in her guestroom around 3:30 am, I was exhausted X.x

In the morning we got up semi early and had some breakfast while going online.  I corrupted her with some Dr. Tran youtube videos XP.  P.S. If you haven't seen Dr. Tran you need to go on youtube and look them up asap! XD trust me.  Anyway, before we headed back to my place, saw my dog, and had a fantastic Japanese lunch at Tsuki, we took doll pics! This is one of the few photo stories i've ever done and I am not so good at it.  I will try to do more in the future anywho......

~Presenting a Sleepover Story by Brianne and I~        *I will use doll hair color names to   make this easier to read*

 Green : Thanks for inviting me over to stay you guys!

Red: No problemo

Pink: Of course!

 Green : Oh wow thanks for baking cupcakes, I love green anything!

Red: Time for games!

Pink: Oh cupcakes I want this one and......

Green : *minding her own business*

Red: Hmm this puzzle is hard

Pink: Whatcha doing red OO

 Green :Oh a puzzle, I wanna help!

Red: Okay ^o^

Pink: Oh Oh me 2!

Green: Hmmm according to my calculations that piece goes there.

Red: Wow your right, I forgot you were part computer OO

Pink: I am so lost x.x

Later.......

 Green: Great idea red!

Red: Hehehe Oh yeah!

Pink: Come on guys 2 against one isn't fair!

 Green: Were going to get you!

Red: *giggles*

Pink: Nuuuuuuu!

 Green: *thinking: Awe sisterly love*

Red: Here comes the tickle monster!

Pink: ahhhh omg stop it red X,x *giggles 

*and there you have it, hopefully my wording didn't suck to badly ^^*

~Lieselottes homecoming/ Sales n' Shoppin~

  The day has finally come, Lieselotte is home ^^.  This is her before picture she will be going to the fabulous Vitta Vera for a new makeover.  I do love this makeup, but it is not right for the character I am making her into.  The lips will be not as thick and the eye makeup will be less dark.  Thats all I will say about it for now though ^^.  After she is done her name will be granted, in this picture she is wearing the default wig I chose for her, and a cute outfit I bought from her seller.  Her eyes will also be changed once she is completed.

 This is the crazy awesome amount of free things I got with Lieselotte! Thanks so much Stefania!
   

•  Leekeworld Wig
• Dollheart Wig
• A pair of black boots 
• A free cute outfit!  

Besides my girl's homecoming, I have been doing some shopping and selling, a whole lot of selling lately thanks to awesome people on facebook!  I know without them I wouldn't be able to spoil my girls and boys as much you rock! 

Before I continue I wanted to take a minute to acknowledge my other new doll Makoto Shishidou, she is a Ntdoll Crystal.  I did do box opening pictures and was going to make a post on her originally, however there was an accident.  I was changing Makoto's regular feet to her high heeled ones, and couldn't get the hook into the one foot.  This made me angry and I stupidly took the hemostat off which was clamping it.  The hook was going into the leg and with only a split seconds thought I reached for it and it went right into my finger....
After I eventually was able to twitch my finger enough to get the hook to slide off it, I was bleeding pretty badly and couldn't continue the box opening.  I do however plan to get her profile up in the my dolls section soon.

Okay so back to my sales and buying ^^. As a thank you to all recent customers when I went shopping after Tekkoshocon I picked up some bags of Asian Candy! I have baked goods, jelly candies, and some hard soda pop flavored ones! Here they are shown below, though I am now running low on the baked goods yummy! 

  So before I head out, I wanted to share a few brief images of the stuff i'm getting ^^.

  


 Really rare pretty baby tee from softly she walks!

             Pretty wrappings, decora tape,and kitties!