Lion King - Be Prepared (Here's the video!)

How to effectively clean a room

Hello, everyone, this Poppy. I couldn't think up an accent I wanted to use so you'll just have to make one up today. On that note,  I will be explaining to you today how to clean your room in an incredibly short amount of time. Now I know you're thinking,  This is a blog about enjoying the benefits of childhood. Why bring cleaning into this?  Because all of us who have ever played with toys know that messes happen, A LOT.  SO we have to clean up our messes. Now this can take anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 hours! I am a notoriously messy person especially when I am in the middle of something. (blogging, crafting, playing, sleeping) And when I am working on something, I don't want to have to stop and give my room a through cleaning. My mom says that if you just clean up whatever you drag out, you wont ever have a mess. Now what if you need LOTS  of things out? MESS! Complete and total MESS! Then you have to clean it up. SO how do you do this quickly and still continue with your project? I will tell you my secret.

Music.

The absolute best way to do anything besides grammar and government is with music! To help me clean up I have what I call the Disney challenge. 

*First, you assess your mess! Look at how much you have to clean and set a goal on how much you want to get done. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! DON'T SKIP THIS STEP! Usually for me this is just the bare minimum I have to do to make my room look clean.

* Second, find your favorite Disney song. Villain Songs often have a fast, heavy, theatrical beat that is good fro working with.  For me, this is Be Prepared  from the Lion King. Video above. The time it takes to run through the song is one rotation. You have to clean up as much as you possibly can in one rotation. There are ways to cheat the system such as picking incredibly long songs. (The longest Disney song I know of currently {not counting Star Wars} is The Bells of Notre Dame. Heaven's Light/and its not so great counter part* is also pretty long.) You can use as many rotations as you need to complete your cleaning. One usually does it for me.

* Finally, clean!Work as fast as possible and good luck!        

Well, that's all for now! I have to go clean my room so I'll talk to you later. Remember, God made you special and He loves you very much! Bye!

On the subject of the Heaven's Light/Hellfire. This looks a lot worse than it is. The third word in the title is pretty awful, but rest assured there is no curse words in that song. The word ______ is used in a strictly biblical sense and while maybe not something you want someone repeating,  Frolo (the singer of the song) is using it in the proper context. The song itself is beautiful and like a sermon in song.  It tells a very moving story about a man's struggle with righteousness and temptation. For a Disney song, it has a surprisingly large amount of theology. In fact, it has more biblical truth in it than some other "christian" songs. That said, I'm finished. Have fun cleaning!                 

Flynn Custom Doll

Hallo to all! Poppy here in meine (mine-a means my) German accent ready to introduce du (doo  means you.... I'll just speak English from on. :D ) to my favorite custom doll Ive done so far! Sie fabulous Flynn!

Alright.... I know Ive used this picture a dozen
 times, but she looks so awesome here!

Flynn was originally a used Hat-tastic Cerise Hood Ever After High doll that I found on Ebay.

I received her for my birthday along with hair to reroot her with. My mom and Arista had gone onto Dollyhair.com (which is a great hair supplier for dolls by the way) and bought me a 38" and an RD hank of saran hair from there. The RD hank was a blend of golden auburn and torch auburn while the 38" was a blend of a blend of tangerine orange and flame auburn. When we ordered her, she was the I had never customized a doll before so I had no idea was I was going to be doing. That was quickly changed. 

Taking some old dolls we had lying around the house, I tried my hand at this thing called customizing. Armed with less than worthy supplies, minimal knowledge, and absolutely no experience, I ripped the hair out of my first custom doll, Phirozythe.

 I rerooted her with yarn and inspired by my success, made Anne Burrell for my mom and created Phirozythe's (and Flynn's) mom Trina, the middle-aged fairy, along the way.

R.I.P. Trina. She died two weeks ago. 

By this point I felt ready to tackle customizing Cerise into Flynn. I was still scared, no doubt! I had been thinking about this character named Flynn for a LONG time and she already had a more detailed more detailed background than all my other dolls at the time. I really did not want to mess up on her. But, praying hard, I did it anyway and she turned out better than I would have imagined.  

I even entered her in the fair! (She didnt place in case you were wondering. She lost to a cabbage patch doll) She has quickly become one of my favorite dolls right up there with Elle Eedee.

       

With longer legs than most EAH dolls, custom-rooted hair, and dragon/fairy hybrid heritage, Flynn is packed with personality. (Her name is even spelled funny! Its actually spelled Phleinne but most people cant pronounce that so we just spell it Flynn.) 

Overall, Flynn is a very unique doll and so is her family.

Gute nacht (goot na-k-t  means goodnight.... had to throw in one more German phrase...) and wielen dank (vie-len da-n-ck  means thank you... so maybe two more....).  

  

Remember, God made you special and loves you vey much. Goodbye!

Denken Sie daran, Gott hat dich besonders und liebt dich sehr. Auf Wiedersehen!

(Dont ask me for a pronunciation guide on that one! Just use Google translate. :)

Promo Time: MyFroggyStuff!

 Hi again! This is Arista with another promo! Here is a wonderful YouTube channel and blog to follow! These people make tutorials on how to do most anything for your dolls, American Girl, Ever After High, Bratz, or even Monster High! Me and Poppy have made several super cute things using her videos, like waffles, houses, clothes, and even mini music instruments! We love them! So using the link below, go and check out her blog and YouTube channel!
http://myfroggystuff.blogspot.com/
https://m.youtube.com/#/user/MyFroggyStuff
Arista signing off!

How to repaint a dolls skin

Hullo, everyone, delightfully British Poppy is here to show you how to repaint a dolls skin. This is incredibly easy and makes your dolls look much more realistic.

All you will need is a doll, acrylic paint color of your choice, water, and modge podge.

I know in the photo I have school glue sitting there, but after a couple of tries I found that modge podge doesnt peel like school glue does. So, jolly good! Lets begin!

First, mix a good amount of paint in with the modge podge.

Coat all the body parts  liberally. This is a Create a monster doll so she came apart easily. Normally, you would just remove the forearms and hands though. 

 

Wait for her to dry and reassemble.

And shes ready to rock and roll! Meet Onyx! A top notch girly and sister of Flynn.

(Just in case you forgot :D)

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Remember, God  made you special and he loves you very much!

This is Poppy signing off!

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!