Doll Rooms - Keera and Flickr Group!

I was browsing through Andreja's flickr, and I noticed that she had won some kind of amazing lati-sized diorama from an auction. Wondering from whence this delightful creation came, I followed a few links and found myself at Keera's flickr and website. Keera is a talented doll artist - the term is really general, but it's the best I could think of to encompass her broad range of skills and talents. She makes miniature foods and sews all of the covers, pillows, drapes, etc. herself. The little books, the notes strewn over the desk like real notes would be, the cutlery, dishes, everything in these well-put-together little scenes are made by her!

In addition to making these amazing dioramas, she paints pictures of blythes and also customizes blythe dolls to put up for auction.

...And if all that wasn't enough, she sews Lati Yellow-sized clothing and puts them up for sale on her Etsy from time to time.

While digging around to find more mini rooms by Keera, I found a group on flickr named 'The Ultimate Doll Interiors' which is aptly titled. You'll find Keera's works and tons of similarly amazing mini-room artists, each with their own style in interior decoration!

Raouken's Wonderful Corsets

This fine detail work and beautiful craftsmanship is brought to you by Raouken, who goes by the same screen name on Den of Angels. Her commissions thread is very navigable, and she is a personable and fun seamstress from what I can tell. She has excellent feedback and her prices are great for the craftsmanship you're getting. The corsets are 35 euro for a basic SD corset, and 30 euro for a basic MSD corset. There are other little details that may run you a little extra, but the results are well worth the extra 5 euro or so. She also has an Etsy shop in which she posts ready-made items, but nothing is up there at the moment (I'll bet she's busy with commissions).

I plan on commissioning her for my Zero when I get my monies together. I absolutely adore her work!

Cute Long Skirts for Under $30

Okay, so more Yesstyle.com surfing, but I have some other stuff, too. xD

I really love long skirts, especially since they're so 'mori'. I think that just wearing one with your own everyday fashion can make you stand out from the crowd, and long skirts are actually more flexible coordination-wise than most people would immediately think (in my opinion). But they're often expensive (both to make and buy, depending on the material and the fullness of the skirt!). So here I've compiled some cheaper options for long-skirt fans. :3 I might do a feature on more pricey skirts (just because they're so pretty! O_O) but that's in the future (and I might forget. ><)

This adorable t-length skirt by VeJanie is floaty and great for the spring or summer, for those days when you know you might be walking a lot and you don't want a lot of material around your ankles. It comes in this color and in black. It's only $16.50!

This skirt is plain in design, but the best part is that it's full and comfortable looking, and you can dress it up in a cute way, like the girl in the picture! It also comes in a ton of colors, all of which you can see on Daily Pink's page here,

If you're a size xs, you can find a really cute vintage skirt here at Etsy for $17.

There's another vintage skirt here at Etsy for $18, and the person has a lot of other nice vintage finds on sale in the shop.

There are probably tons of other skirts all over Etsy that are worth a look!

Happy skirt hunting! Also, if you have a long skirt, take a picture and post it here when you comment if you want. I like seeing long skirts and how people use them without looking frumpy.