Hello everyone,
megil here, your purveyor and developer of fine goggles and steampunk accoutrements.
I’ll be posting here with details on the goggles we currently sell and the new ones we’re developing!
Green and yellow goggles
Kitacon, #mangashagging, and awesomeness.
As always, we enjoyed Kitacon immensely. Not only as a way to see our friends and spend a fortune at the bar, but to see all the awesome costumes, awesome people and awesome new memes. It always astounds me how the quality of costumes just keeps improving year on year, and how the people just seem to get even more friendly.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers and everyone who expressed interest for making our second convention even more successful than the first. We had a lot of fun, and we will always have #mangashagging.
Give us a little time to recover and we’ll get some backdated posts up on the blog and keep you updated on our future projects and ideas.
Again, thank you. Our holiday from reality wouldn’t have been nearly as fun without all of you.
- N
2011, new years resolutions and new partners.
New years bring new opportunities, announcements and partners. Let’s start at the top.
New Year, New Blood.
This has been a rather slow one woman show for long enough. For 2011, I would like to start by announcing two new partners – Kittyheaven and Zalia Chimera. I’ve known these lovely people for years, drunk with them, cosplayed with them, drunk with them some more, and holidayed with them, so it was only a matter of time before I tried to craft with them as well. Together we’re going to offer a wide range of collectibles, clothing and fashion items at a few anime conventions and later in the year via Etsy/Artfire.
As part of our new partnership, you can look forward to new updates at least once a fortnight with news, photos, craft inspirations and more.
Expanding Our Horizons.
We will continue to produce clothes for BJDs and will be adding new designs and ranges, not to mention new sizes as the year goes on. These will continue to be mostly one off or very limited run items hand made in the UK. Look for an update soon discussing the sizes we can cater to and some listings of our current works.
We hope to be able to offer everything from keyrings to collectibles, steampunk to Lolita and fashion jewellery you can wear for special occasions or every day in the office from a wide range of materials both new and vintage. Again, we’ll update soon showing off some of our work.
Commissions and Sales.
Until further notice, we will keep our commission queue closed until at least April to allow us to finish current work and prepare for our first convention. Both commissions and online sales will be announced after Kitacon, though some doll items will be listed in the meantime on Den of Angels to clear old stocks and designs.
Thank you for visiting, and we hope to see you again soon,
Ocean Apart Studios
Craftyfanservice and Anacronauticon are part of Ocean Apart Studios.
Crafty Fanservice sells one of a kind hand made journals, cards and keychains with a distinct fandom flair: plot bunnies for fiction writers, zombies, character-inspired journals, fandom jokes – you’ll find them all here. Crafty Fanservice has an Etsy shop currently on hold, but is available for custom orders. Or e mail Christen directly at fancrafts@inbox.com!
Anachronauticon – based in the UK and inspired by fabric more than anything else. Making clothes for SD and MSD ball jointed dolls, and looking to expand into other sizes too, no two items are exactly the same unless requested. Online shop coming in 2011, but more than willing to offer custom designs and work. For examples, see our blog at www.anachronauticon.com
First Commission – Soom MechaAngel Vega
Elegion is a Soom Vega Last Song owned by my friend and face up artist Pendrithgirl.
The commission was for a three layer hanfu/kimono style robe. The base layer is in a see through gauzey blue, the second in a blue crepe material and the outer in the dark purple satin you can see above.
I was lucky enough to have this gorgeous boy staying with me for a few weeks while I worked on the outfit. I estimate this outfit took about 20-25 hours and was a great teaching experience.
Thank you for the pics Pendrith <3
(All face up work and blushing is by Pendrith)
Commission Status
Pendrith:
Coat: 100% complete
Waistcoat: 100% complete
Trousers: 75% complete
Shirt: 100% complete.
Jabot: 100% complete
Omicat:
Kimono: 100% complete
Top: 75% complete
Trousers: 100% complete
Obe: 100% complete
Overpiece: 0% complete
New Year, New Post
I’ve currently got two commissions in progress and one waiting for the doll to come and stay with me for the duration. I’ve got a couple of in progress pictures of the pieces thus far, and when I post images of the finished items (if the owners are happy with me doing it) I’ll share them 
Both of the outfits are Mecha Angel size, I do love working on Leggy, the face up artist’s limited Vega. He’s gorgeous. And the other MA is another gorgeous too. I thought I’d never want one but having Leggy around for three weeks last year changed my mind. And Soom released a cream white boy Saiph.
Yeah. I got Soom’d.
Anyway – I have some pieces finished and ready for posting on here, when the weather picks up a little, I’ll post. We’ve got snow on the ground and ice on the roads and the light is all very… odd right now.
Ycon or Bust!
So its that time of year again. Here in the UK, you can already smell the bonfires in the air, the wind has that bitter chill that cuts right through you and the leaves are already falling from the trees (if they haven’t already all fallen off, that is.) Yes, its time for the trains to use the excuse of leaves on the line again!
Oh, and its time for me to pack a pile of chocolate in a bag, and head for Ycon.
This is my fourth Ycon, but the first one I’m actually going to be selling things at. In association with Crafty Fanservice – my dear friend and fellow doll owner (not to mention Ishtarmagazine.com), I’m going to have a few coats and pants available, most of them with a bit of a steampunk flair since steampunk’s my current obsession at the moment.
I’m just finishing up my items for a Halloween swap ready to send off – if I had more time I’d make more for my very friendly recipient but alas, thanks to the postal strike I need to send it Wednesday at the latest.
I’ll be working on some designs in association with my friends while I’m in the US and picking up some materials to play with, so please do check back to see what we come up with.
Please note – I currently don’t have access to a female doll, so a lot of the items you’ll see here will be male only. I am planning on buying a couple of girls eventually, but I’m still looking for the right moulds. I do have several friends who have female SDs and MSDs in the UK, so if you are looking for a female doll outfit, please contact me and I’ll do my best to help out, even if it takes bribery.
Anachronauticon – Designs for Ball Jointed Dolls
Simply having fun making clothing and accessories for dolls.
More details coming soon.
