(09-17-2022, 02:50 PM)Alliecat Wrote: Maybe you could put these unfinished craft things all in a box together so you can move on to the stuff that is easier to get rid of, and then you could go back and address the box.
I considered that approach, but I've tried it in the past, and I end up with a box of unfinished projects and related clutter that "I might need for one of those projects." Another challenge I'm facing is thinning down my boxes of random junk -- literal junk, like bits of plastic and string and drinking straws and plastic lids from juice bottles -- that I have accumulated "because I might have a use for that later." I forget what's in the boxes, of course, or I can't find what I think I remember tossing in to one of those boxes when I need it.
17 September - A Doll A Day 2022:
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I don't usually do "flashback" pics for A Doll A Day, but today I'm making an exception.
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17 September - Mattel Barbie - The Look: City Chic
The reason I'm posting a "flashback" pic is because I just happened to look up this 2017 Barbie release, which I no longer own, on eBay today, wondering if the after-market price has softened at all.
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The after-market price has NOT softened.
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I got greedy and sold this doll after having it for about a year when the price for a loose, unboxed figure reached nearly three times what I originally paid, or around a hundred bucks. Today this doll sells for between $200 and $300 for a loose nude doll without clothes, around $300 to $500 for an unboxed doll with clothing, and $700 and up for a mint-in-box example!
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I think I'm gonna cry now.
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Okay... posting a "throwback" pic for A Doll A Day doesn't really count, so here's a real pic:
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17 September - Action Figure Chair
I finished up the chair I found on the clutter pile. The cord trim could have been done a bit better, and I should have used a thinner type of cord, but it's just a piece of background furniture, and now it's functional rather than being half-assed-finished, so there ya go. This is the action figure the chair was designed for in the first place.
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Trivia of zero interest: the feet of the chair (which are largely invisible from most photo angles) are made from actual empty shell casings... from .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Ex-press cartridges, if such picayune detail is of any interest, which it shouldn't be. The metal casings make solid, stable feet for miniature furniture, though, so there's that.
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And hey, the Barbie who is worth a small fortune may be gone, but think of all the money I save by making rather than buying my doll furniture.
They're not dolls, they're action figures!