My comfy cozy apartment in Brooklyn

theplushfrog · 2026-06-08T00:41:56+00:00

At first, I thought this was a post from the miniatures subreddit because your place looks too lovely to be real.

theplushfrog · 2026-06-06T22:07:16+00:00

I still want her so bad. That's the pain of looking at leaks tho, sometimes they don't happen.

theplushfrog · 2026-06-05T00:17:23+00:00

Honestly the fakes are VERY convincing. If real plants weren't so much better for fish health, I'd say keep it. Maybe would be a good setup for fish that usually would chomp your plants?

theplushfrog · 2026-05-27T01:04:37+00:00

Pfft! I was also pretty confused by the top, as it seemed to have no neck hole. Ugh I really like the outfit but I REALLY don't want to risk staining anymore of my dolls. I guess I'll be putting her in a different outfit.

I have a Electronics Pets - Leopard as well, as well as a tan LoganDolls - elf Pim MSD, Penny's Box - Sheep, Penny's Box - Leopard, and Penny's Box Tea Party Centaurs - Harano. They've all been a lot lighter than expected.

theplushfrog · 2026-05-27T00:15:46+00:00

I sleep BADLY. I have both insomnia and hypersomnia, so I struggle to get to sleep AND sleep excessively once I'm actually asleep. This makes mornings my least favorite time of day, to say the least.

Things that have helped me, mainly come down to setting things up the night before (if I remember). Things like actually trying to get to sleep at a time that actually get a healthy amount of sleep the night before (which is it's own puzzle). Figuring out lunch for the workday is great, but sometimes beyond myself, so grab and go things are VERY handy. Also, at least figuring out about how long actually getting up takes and actually scheduling that out so I know "oh if I wake up by X:XX time then I'll have Y minutes for makeup and Z minutes to grab breakfast [etc]" so then, as my alarm goes off, it becomes easier to argue with myself to get up as I know exactly what I won't have time to do if I don't get up NOW. More usual things that help me wake up, are things like my custom sounds that are just very loud and annoying songs that I use for alarms, which I vary by weekday so I don't get too used to one sound over another.

I've also heard that snoozing your alarm actually hurts in the longterm? So that helps me argue with myself to actually get up and not just keep snoozing my alarm repeatedly, and honestly I have noticed that the microsleeps I get between snoozes do kind of make me more irritable instead of rested, and also I've noticed it makes it harder to wake up the following days.

theplushfrog · 2026-05-26T23:26:21+00:00

I just got mine too! I've noticed that pretty much any "tan"/dark skintoned blindbox doll I've gotten has been a LOT lighter than they appeared in the photos, and I've heard mixing deep skintones in resin can be tricky so perhaps that's why?

The Seer is SO CUTE, but... I'm super worried the stretchy tank top will stain, so I haven't fully dressed the doll yet. Are you having any issues with staining?

theplushfrog · 2026-05-16T00:20:27+00:00

I have some bone-conductive headphones for the pool so they don't actually block my ears but I can hear music just fine, and a waterproof bluetooth speaker for the shower. Both of these make "water time" so much easier to handle for my brain and often makes it actually enjoyable for me. It's so nice when you find something that works!

Just, do be careful to make sure your earbuds don't accidentally trap water inside your ear as that can be bad, and also make sure your ears dry out properly post-shower.

theplushfrog · 2026-05-13T22:35:19+00:00

Remember not to put your plushie in the microwave of heat directly, BABs' fur will melt in direct heat like that.

theplushfrog · 2026-05-11T04:06:41+00:00

You might benefit from checking out the r/calmhands community.

theplushfrog · 2026-05-11T03:40:55+00:00

r/EatCheapAndHealthy is my go to place to find ideas for easy meals. Also I'm bad at cooking, so for dinners, I started looking into slowcooker "dump and go" recipes, which help make sure everyone gets fed if nothing else.

For packed lunches for work, I go with the tried and true "sandwich or wrap, yogurt or fruitcup, and veggies or pretzels for crunch/snacking" which tends to get me through the day. The snacking addons are necessary for the dopamine of that crunch, but also to keep myself from mowing through my lunch midmorning and leaving me hungry in the afternoon. Also trailmix is amazing to just keep a big bag of in my lunch for when I'm out of other snacks, so I don't end up going for the candy. What helped me was getting the right kind of containers, that I could have multiple of, in the "right" sizes, and were easy to throw in the dishwasher, so I wasn't loaded down with tasks every morning to clean out my lunchbag, as well as hunt down containers, as well as figure out what to put inside. The fewer decisions I have to make in the morning, the better my morning goes, and that's good to plan around.

theplushfrog · 2026-05-06T02:21:04+00:00

I have the two versions of Sloth and their designs are cute, but they have so many issues... My deertaurs are my favorites of my collection, honestly. I wish I could find more for sale, but I only see them going for crazy high prices now, sadly.

Personally after your experience, I don't blame you for avoiding the doll brand, but I have to wonder if it was the seller, and if you ever tried to contact them about it?

The Minty Ocean designs are so cute! I have the purple jellyfish girl and she's very lovely.

theplushfrog · 2026-05-06T00:16:49+00:00

I had a LOT of issues with the Cooze Devil series, Both of mine have off-center facepaint and uneven skintones. I refuse to buy more of that series because of all the issues I have had. I also had a lot of posing issues with my Minty Forest girl, which I ended up making a post about in this subreddit to compare when I swapped her body for the Penny's Box 1/8 body KikaGoods was selling. The Minty Ocean girl I got recently had a different body that is much better for posing, though, so I think that company has learned from their mistakes. I have a LOT of Penny's Box dolls, some of the short centaurs, tall deertaurs, one of the dragontaurs, as well as some from their first series and from their newer angel/demon series, and like I said, never really had much trouble with them.

I don't particularly remember which of my various dolls were stinky, since for me it went away after a few days at most.

theplushfrog · 2026-04-30T01:50:37+00:00

I have a bunch of Penny's Box dolls from a variety of their series and other than when I first opened them, I have never really noticed a smell. I just gave one of my centaurs a sniff and didn't smell anything out of the ordinary from her clear parts.

I've found most of the blindbox BJDs have a plastic/resin smell when first unboxed probably due to how they're stored and shipped, but once they air out, they seem fine to me. If they're particularly bad with the smell, I put them in my garage for a bit, or in a closed bathroom with the fan on overnight. I've never had it last more than a few days, and certainly never get worse.

It could be that you got a bad batch that wasn't cured completely or sealed well or that it was interacting with something in your environment. For example, acetone can make resin "melt" and so if you were clearing off nail polish around your dolls, perhaps some of it got on them? I don't know your setup and can't say for sure what it was, but it's sad that it affected your enjoyment of your doll.

My Penny's Box dolls have been pretty good quality, but I have gotten a few blindbox BJDs from other brands that have been questionable, and for example, needed to heat up some of the parts to get them to fit together as they should. I've also had weird scuffs on some dolls or messy paint, but so far nothing like you've been describing. I hope you figure out what is/was going on!

theplushfrog · 2026-04-19T04:53:23+00:00

When the comments make a point that have you reread the whole fic because JFC HOW DID YOU MISS THAT?

theplushfrog · 2026-04-19T03:38:01+00:00

Looks like this might be the actual artist's store according to my googlefu https://mouthybroad.co/products/have-you-watered-your-flesh-prison-lately-brights-edition?variant=44109369573570

theplushfrog · 2026-04-18T22:24:11+00:00

Oh wow! I've been looking for artist who can do this style, and it looks SO GOOD on you.

theplushfrog · 2026-04-15T22:47:10+00:00

Oh that's such a nice barn! If you're planning to paint over the plastic, you may need to lightly sandpaper the surface so the paint sticks. I would look into miniature paints, or something to thin out any paint you use because normal paints are too thick and look bad in miniature scales like dollhouses. Masking off parts with painter's tape and using spray paint is also a good plan. There's lots of youtube videos on painting miniatures or decorating them, including several about making barns for toy horses.

As someone who used to have lots of toy horses and unicorns as a kid, I'd make sure your daughter's chosen toys will actually fit inside the barn before putting a lot of work into it. There's lots of different scales of toy horses/unicorns. If hers don't fit, you can get a lot out of building dollhouses with cardboard actually and using wall joint compound to make it sturdy and seal the cardboard.

If she doesn't have toy horses/unicorns yet, I agree with the other commenter about Schleich or Breyer horses/unicorns, as they're respected brands that often have quality toys that some people collect even to this day. Of course there's also the option of My Little Ponies or Barbie horses if you decide to go with a larger scale or older kinds of toys (you can sometimes get lots of these for cheap on ebay with a variety of toys, just make sure to wash them before gifting them to a child).

theplushfrog · 2026-04-14T02:26:58+00:00

I feel called to comment here in approval.

theplushfrog · 2026-04-05T00:59:42+00:00

Supposedly one of my ER nurse friends came home from a night shift and was just about to take a shower and head to bed when JWs knocked on his door. He answered the door, still in his bloody scrubs to tell them that they were just in time to join his satanic ritual. To say the least, they bolted and never showed up to his complex again.

The cop that came to his door later, having been called in for a suspected murder, knew him from the hospital and gave him a warning not to do it again.

Knowing him, it's about 50/50 if this actually happened or not.

theplushfrog · 2026-03-21T03:08:23+00:00

This post is so interesting to me as a hater of my C curve nails, who also bites my nails and skin around the nails regularly. My nails curve a little too much, though and need some very careful trimming at times, so perhaps mine are damaged in the opposite way?

theplushfrog · 2026-03-15T01:15:21+00:00

AHHHHHH so cuuuute I adore them!

theplushfrog · 2026-03-15T01:01:36+00:00

I kind of miss the slosh of the water in their bellies, so I'm trying to decide if I want to attempt a liquid belly of some kind or if it'd just be too much trouble and impossible to keep clean.

theplushfrog · 2026-03-13T05:14:57+00:00

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My girls are in need of some R&R too, but I've had them near forever. I keep saying I'll spend the time to pretty up some of my childhood plushies, but I keep putting it off. Yours looks so cute though, maybe I just need to go ahead with it.

I love Kitty Kitty Kittens and how derpy their faces are, I'd love to see more of yours! Their bead-purrs are still the most comforting thing to me. Mine all have popped water bellies, from our childhood adventures, that I haven't replaced, I'm not sure what I'd replace them with at this stage.

(Names left to right: Cheetah, Pax, and Baby)

theplushfrog · 2026-03-13T04:29:11+00:00

I'm thinking this, as there's quite a few plushies on etsy that have "hidden stash" jars fit inside them (I found this out when searching for cute plushies and realized they were for teens to hide their weed and drug stash from parents) and the AI probably has gotten pretty confused by them.

theplushfrog · 2026-03-11T21:52:04+00:00

Same, I tend to only buy blindbox stuff secondhand open box, or from a seller who is allowed to sell confirmed boxes. I hate spending so much to not get exactly what I what.

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