I use acetone for everywhere except over symbols/eyes...for those I use rubbing alcohol and lots of scrubbing. I douse a cotton pad in rubbing alcohol and scrub scrub scrub. It's definitely a labour of love sometimes!

Prototype bbe sunlight.
She was on ebay years ago and i thought i bid high enough but at the last second i was outbid. I felt awful and regretted not bidding higher for years. I let her owner know if she ever intended to sell to please let me know. As luck would have it, right before my wedding i was contacted by her owner who asked if i wanted to buy her. I couldnt believe it. The story has a happy ending so i enourage everyone to not loose faith and that some times the best things are worth waiting for.
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LOL I was going to post BBE Sunlight too! I also missed out on the ebay auction and have been kicking myself ever since. I'm so glad she ended up with you though. But if you do ever sell, hit me up!! She's my ultimate grail!

I LOVE so softs! In good condition, of course. I love cleaning them up and making them nice and fluffy and soft. But there is nothing more satisfying than deflocking a grungy so soft and discovering the hidden beauty underneath! I'm actually trying to collect a set of nice so softs and they're deflocked twins.

Here's my childhood Twilight, all cleaned up:
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Of course, finding colours like this underneath gross flocking is awesome:
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Quote from: shadowlark on August 30, 2016, 11:08:17 PM

Wow, she's gorgeous! The purple is stunning! Did you use a special paper and glue for the symbol?

If I ever do it again I'm going to try sticker paper, but this was just regular printer paper on a regular colored printer.  After it was printed I sprayed the image with mod podge, then once it was dry cut it out with surgical scissors.  Then I painted tacky glue onto the back.  Getting it to lay smoothly is the hard part.  Then I sealed it with satin glaze.

Thanks for the tips! I'm totally gonna try this!!

Wow, she's gorgeous! The purple is stunning! Did you use a special paper and glue for the symbol? Don't feel bad about "cheating"....I used a temporary tattoo on my last custom cause I have no artistic skills. But printing and gluing sounds like a great idea! Might have to try that if you didn't have to use special paper or glue!

Quote from: Wardah on August 25, 2016, 07:51:15 PM

I follow lots of accounts but I don't post much because I dislike how they force images into a square format when my phone takes rectangular photos. It either cuts part of it or shrinks it with bars on the side.

That can be remedied with a free app called no crop

No crop is an awesome app! The only thing I dislike about it is when I use it and then want to put a filter on, the box changes colours too. Not a huge deal but a bit annoying.

Nickleback is Canadian too, but I wouldn't attend their concerts even if there was a free complete punzie and scoops in it for me.

LOL I'm not a Nickelback fan at all, but I have to say they put on a good show. We saw them because Chris Daughtry was opening for them in Toronto when we lived there and I'm a big fan of Daughtry, so we went and stuck around for Nickelback just to see if it was any good, and it was! I was actually pleasantly surprised!

I like it. It's not the best I've ever had, but for the price it's pretty good. And I love the dipping sauces! LOL  We don't have Pizza Pizza out in Alberta that I'm aware of - the equivalent is Pizza 73, which is exactly the same thing down to the design of the delivery boxes. The only difference is the name. We order from them about once a month. They always get the order right and are at our door within 20 minutes, so it's nice when we've been out all day and are too lazy to make anything!