Angelic Voodoo

Just when I was playing around with Vinnie the Voodoo Boy (you all remember Vinnie, don't you? My close companion in this last year, wrought by none other than Harmien when Mr. Murphy just wouldn't budge from my side last year?), my father came in carrying a big yellow envelope. This is what it contained

Sigh...
And this is what was revealed when I removed the tissue paper:

Double sigh...

Now, Barbara asked me to assist her with something a couple of nights ago, and it so happened that I got to see this sweet, sweet angel before the rest of the world did, with the possible exception of her nearest and dearest. I informed her forthwith that I would not be able to live without such an angel and that I would purchase the design from her fantastic Etsy Shop as soon as I found that old sock I hid somewhere, containing my savings (amounting to a grand total of €1,32, I have since discovered). Then Barbara told me the angel had been calling my name and that it would be on its way the day after.

Barbara, I am so touched that you would have me adopt your baby angel, and she is more beautiful than the pictures promised. If I wasn't afraid of her halo coming loose and poking my eye out whilst sleeping, I would hold her in my arms all night. Instead, I've put her in my (Heidi's) project basket so I can look at her all day long. With Vinnie and Grunge Angel to watch over me, surely nothing can go too horribly wrong?

And now that we're on the subject of things that cannot go wrong: following Barbara's clever instructions on how to assemble this sweetie. I must admit I'm a bit challenged in the sewing department, and so I never dared order any primitive doll pattern, although I have been more than sorely tempted in the past. Even online I have never been able to find a decent description of how to go about it, until I read Barbara's. So if you want to surprise yourself or your stitching friends for Christmas with something crafty but not stitchy, something dolly but not Tilda, this is a perfect alternative! Go and give it a try!
And now on to Soapy Twist. For those of you interested: it contains some talk of stitching :o)

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Soapy Twist; Part 2: The Dawning

Amy has a blog. In it, she wants to share her divorce story as it unfolds, but something mysterious - goodness knows what - has kept her from going all bitchy on the erstwhile love of her life so far. After learning that she will have to face Jane in court again, and after reading the copy of Jane's appeal to the court and shouting 'Liar, liar, pants on fire' (or words to that effect) at the top of her voice for a minute or twenty, after calling best friend Hermione and discussing this prob with her, Amy has decided that she will, in fact, defy this mysterious something and try to be the bitchiest bitch she possibly can, both IRL, in court, and in her blog. After all, for years Jane censured Amy's writing and stitching in the most disgusting way imaginable: checking her e-mails and blog to see if nothing unmentionable was mentioned (unmentionable things like Jane's trans-sexuality; or the fact that Petey has a biological father [shock! Horror!]; or the fact that Petey is not like other kids his age and needs special education; or the fact that Amy is actually a raging heterosexual) and of course correcting her in a rather verbally forceful way whenever she saw signs of weakness in that department. Jane did not take kindly to Amy stitching designs that featured men and women, or any samplers referring to marriage between a man and a woman. Even The Sampler Girl's 'Mr. Darcy' was frowned upon.
After this realization hits her, Amy decides she can bloody well write whatever she wants, wherever she wants, and whenever she wants and she can stitch as many men as she wants. In fact, shortly after making her decision, she goes in search of a freaking huge picture of Colin Firth and runs it through her PCStitch 7 program to turn the pic into a chart, underneath which she simply adds the word, in DMC 321 and bold italics, 'YUM'.