I’ve been thinking of how I would use this blog for a long
time. And because I’m overthinking, I haven’t come to a decision of my one,
sole purpose of this blog. I considered to write about the process of the doll
making or maybe sharing some doll pattern, in a more formal manner, but… Nah, I’m
just not too sure. I think I’m just going to use this blog just like usual: to “record”
one part of my life (a.k.a as a crafter).
So today I just want to express the frustration of making a
clear display box for my dolls.
I purchased three different sizes of clear display boxes from
an online store in Surabaya for my graduation doll series. They’re perfect—all I
have to do is just fold the pattern. But of course, the wrong is on me and I just
realized it two days ago that I have purchased the wrong size—the biggest one.
I should’ve purchased a 23 cm-tall box, but what I have
purchased is a 19 cm-tall box.
The biggest size of my graduation doll is 20 cm-tall.
It doesn’t fit.
I was so mad… at myself.
So I have come to a conclusion that I have to make the
display box, once again, by myself.
I mean, Yun, come on, you purchased those clear display
boxes online so you don’t need to make it on your own. What have you done?
I have said this so many times but making a clear display
box is FRUSTRATING. If you make wrong measurement, all will go in vain. If you
make a wrong cut, you’re doomed.
And of course I made a wrong cut!
When I tried to fold the plastic sheet, it broke apart
because I didn’t make the cut deep enough. When you try to fold a plastic sheet
like this, you have to make sure you make a proper cut so it won’t break apart
the plastic sheet.
So instead of finishing it in half on hour, it took me
around two hours, including the time I wasted for getting mad at myself.