Saying Goodbye

So. It's been a few years since I last updated this blog, for those who... follow. Whoever's left. And you'll probably notice, it's been quiet. For several reasons.

For one, Chris "Sweetasnuts" Evans has finally done the impossible. Or entirely possible, which I and so many others called the moment he returned from his endeavours in India and decided he needed another money-spinner. He's run Miss Bimbo to the ground and ruined it entirely, not to mention, created a Frankenstein nightmare in its place. The name of it is Bimbolands.

I'm not even going to give him the courtesy of linking it here. If you want to know what it's like, feel free to go and check it out. Warning though: you need a Facebook account, and he embeds a little data-gathering app into your FB page to harvest and gather all the information about you, your lifestyle, your friends. Do you want a website like that to gather your information? Thought so.

It's heartbreaking, really. I joined Miss Bimbo when I was fifteen, and made several friends on there. A lot of them I still keep in touch with. It was where I learned to edit, and honed my writing skills. It's with great regret and sadness I move on, but customers vote with their feet, and I don't feel comfortable supporting anything Chris Evans does, given his track record.

This blog is going to stay up, for me mostly as a reminder of the happier days, and for others... I don't know. I never truly felt accepted on the Miss Bimbo community, save for the friends I made via the story-writing contests, and for that, I am entirely grateful for their presence and their company. But if you stumble upon this, and want to know why this stopped updating entirely... well, here you go. If you want to find me, I'm on My Candy Love, Like a Fashionista, and several other far better sites that are worth my time.

Thank you for the memories. And Chris Evans? I wish you stayed running your charity endeavours, your cafe, and kept your grubby hands away from that site.

One More Gown

In the string of several that will be to come, if I keep either entering story writing contests with a Miss Bimbo base. This one is for the final round of Boys Over Flowers 4, which will sadly be ending like - today, I think, 22:00GMT. For those who are keen-eyed, you'll recognize the skirt, which was probably either AlyssaMoon's or MDC's, but I am afraid I am simply rubbish at making elaborate folds. So here you are! There was originally a dark green version as well, but the cream coloured one turned out the prettiest I think, especially after I black-laced it.

Dropping in for a bit?

Turns out, people still look at this blog, which thoroughly astonishes me because a) I'm not actually that good at editing, and b) I left Miss Bimbo a very, very long time ago. For those who are still on the site, I salute you - I finally gave up on the trainwreck that Christopher Robert Evans single-handedly created, and moved on to far greener pastures.

He's too busy making his lovely little bakery now. To even care that his main money-spinner Miss Bimbo is now essentially dying. I don't know. I haven't been on, and I have no intention of going back at all to see what the situation is.

However, you'd think that this marks the end of my editing career. Uh, as it turns out, no. I've migrated to Tumblr, to My Candy Love where I moderate, to Skype, to The Secret World (and soon to the Repopulation) - and to the Story Writing Forums a few of us from the storywriting multi-round contests set up.  Initially, it was meant to be a place for us to host votes and decide who was the best story-writing host, but ever since MB's fate, it's become my new home to join contests and catch up with whoever's there.

So today I'll be posting something I made recently - an entry for Boys Over Flowers 4. The exact outfit in question is the Courtesan's outfit from Assassin's creed (the last one with the fan). Took me a while, but - well, I'm glad my editing skills haven't gotten that bad. Yet. Enjoy? Feedback?

All I do know is, I think my journey with Miss Bimbo ends here. At least, with the site itself. Maybe things will look better and I'll go back. Who knows? Four years is an awfully long time to spend with a site.

Upcoming World Cultures Theme

I'm still here! Yes I am! :D Just that my public exams are over and maybe I can actually get on with focusing now...

I've taken a World Cultures theme a little while back, the Chinese section. I mean, I'm certainly no Yuya_ly and I certainly won't be able to match the outfit she did, but I'll do my best to make it the way I see it wherever I go. Warning though - it contains copious amounts of oriental collars. As in, copious amounts.

In any case, hopefully you'll stick around to take a look at what I'll be showing. No previews, sorry. Not yet, at least.

The Jury's In!

Well, the results of the Top 20 were put in today - by some miracle, one of them managed to make it! And yes, I am surprised, given that I made those two... right bang smack in the middle of my examinations :P But never mind, I'm pretty happy about one of them being in.

So, one's the semi-steampunkish-gone-wrong design that's up there for votes, and the other was... simpler. Like an oriental mage robe of some sort. So here I am, posting them both up, and you can form your own opinions about them.

... I think you can tell which is which, no? Love them? Hate them? Let me know, if you feel so inclined! :)

Sent my D49 outfits (April) off!

Whoop! Sent my outfits off, will see if I manage to even get into the Top 20. I've already seen some ridiculously gorgeous outfits in the Critique thread on Miss Bimbo, so... eep, feeling really nervous, it's like all the good editors are coming out from all corners of the forum!

Whatever happens, I'll post my outfits when the results are up, so you can all take a gander and... determine for yourselves.

A Quick Message

As you'll probably notice if you've been following my blog, I've been on hiatus from editing in Miss Bimbo (as you can tell - evidently), mainly due to my public exams that I'm going through at the moment, as well as a certain admin who likes to think that his sense of humour is oh-so-funny and his plots are the best thing since sliced bread. Well, E+ for effort, see me after class.

Anyhow, I'll be back full time two weeks later, but even then there's no guarantees! Maybe I'll go brush up on some editing skills and whatnot. Oh, and story writing. I miss my story-writing very very much. I've also taken up a fondness for post-apocalyptic worlds and zombie fighting. And blowing their minds. Literally. -coughs-

However, on the same note, I am entering this time's Design for Nine's again, and my outfits are (nearly) done, so keep an eye out for that later on when I post them here! I'm still figuring out what I'm missing and sharpening up the colours so that they don't look too dull on older screens - that's a problem I've been finding with my work lately, so with any luck I'll be able to make them look fresher and brighter.

Design for Nine's 3 [Cont'd] - Recolours

A continuation of the Design for Nine's contest - the recolours that have been made:

Shoes
Dress and gloves

I haven't included the earrings recolours, simply because they are the same with a different coloured interior.

For those closest to me, you should know my feelings about this. Maybe I'll be able to post more coherently after a while, but right now, I just... can't, so forgive me if I come off as uncaring, cold and curt regarding what's going on, as I'm trying not to explode unnecessarily at people.

Design for Nine's 3 Entry

Aaand I'm back! Editing still runs around in my blood like manic - it's a hard habit to kick, but one I thoroughly indulge in.

Anyhow - this year has another Design for Nine's, so I submitted two dresses: one from Summer in the City, and the other brand new original one taken from more romantic and classic inspirations. With a pair of gloves to go with it! But honestly, some entries are to die for - not to mention, one pool has two of my favourite designs in it. Decisions, decisions...

And the Summer in the City outfit... trust me, it looked better when I had jewelry and stuff on it. But as a dress alone, it's a tad bit plain.

BimboBin Christmas Pinup

This is generally what happens when an amateur attempts to take on the experts. Uhm, as you can see, it didn't turn out so well... But I had fun, especially the fur! I've been agonizing over it for ages, but I finally found a way where I could replicate it without having to outline the whole thing and bash my head at my computer at how neat it was turning out...

And yes, as you'll notice by now, I love using red too much. Red, black, purple and blue. Occasionally green. I really need to expand my colour range, no?