[By the Window] Strawberry Shortcake

Long time no blog. But I took almost all week to create something so here we go.

My Love of Strawberry Shortcake Art and Cartoon

As you may or may not know I am an 80s child. So I grew up with original Strawberry Shortcake, My Little Ponies, and Rainbow Brite. I didn't have any strawberry short cake dolls (I collected My Little Ponys instead) but anytime my family would go to the rental store, I would pick up one of the strawberry shortcake VHS 1 out of 3 times. ( Other girly cartoons or Troop Beverly Hills where my other picks.) When they re-did strawberry in 2003 (?) I was excited but disappointed. She just didn't seem that cute. And I love me cute stuff.  Of late they placed many of the 2003 episodes on Netflix. I really couldn't get past more then 10 minute. It felt like Strawberry Shortcake mixed with Candyland and babes in Toy land. In the past two years they have started a whole to look (see image above) and I totally love the new style. Strawberry is herself in all way, a leader and helper to all her friends. Product placing is just how I remembered it being in the first series. *I don't mind, it pays off the artist who work hard on something they love* I like the new character Cherry Jam and so happy they where able to bring Huckleberry Pie into the new series. So in celebration, here are some Lolita fashions that I think are suited to strawberry shortcake and some Animal Crossing QR codes I made for the new series. (will do old characters in the future)

And here are my Animal Crossing QR codes. 

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[By the Window] Good Distraction

So right in the middle of reading Wizard of Oz. Loving it but I am greatly distracted by a new purchaser. Animal Crossing: new leaf. It lets me design stuff and then SHARE it. So here is my Dorathy inspired dress. I'm thinking of doing all the classic book characters.

[By the window] summer reading list

Everyone should try and make a summer reading list. I know, I sound like some teacher or writer and in a little way I am. 

Truth be I had a hard time getting into reading and thank goodness I had loving English teachers that didn't demand that we read from a certain list of books. They did have a list of books they wouldn't take credit but for the most part we where free to read what we want. This did lead me away from reading classic books. And truth most classic books have some sort of movie version so why was my time reading the book. But now when I watch them I wonder what details where left out. I feel a good movie won't be including the details. You want more details, one hopes that you will be inclined to read the book.

So this summer is the summer of classic reading. The classic books that my parents always had a copy of, a easy readers version with pictures and them original version. Me, I would look at the picture book versions from time to time but never read them. Thanks be I have found all these books for the iPod book app for free. So no worry of library rentals or money to pay them. (No money in the pocket book for me)

Pollyanna

Wizard of Oz

Daddy long legs

Hedi

Little princess

Secret garden

Anne of green gables

Alice though the looking glass

Little lord Fauntleroy 

Sherlock Holmes adventures

Many of these books are part of a series of books but I just want to get the first ones read. Might squees Robin Hood and Tom Sawyer. I think I might do little book write ups and art for each in the coming weeks. 

[By the window] My summer movie list

Let is be known this isn't one of those best summer movie list. No, this is a list of movies I always find I crave to watch at the begging of each summer. Here are the top ten of my summer movie cravings.

1. Tiny toons How I spent my Summer Vacation

I grew up with tiny toons and at the start of ever summer I bike to the local rental store and pick up this movie. Always wanted to have an adventure like Babs and Buster. 

2. A chipmunk adventure

World travel movie seemed very summer time thing to do and also it be by tiny toons at the rental store.

3.Parent Trap

 I enjoy the old version and the new one and it takes place at a summer camp to start. So a very summer movie.

4. Tom and Huck

.... Jonathan Taylor Thomas is hot... -blush- ok next

5.Camp Nowhere

Every kids dream camp. And Christopher Lloyd is just awesome and fun.

6. Don't tell mom the babysitter is dead 

This movie was on the no watch for a while but then it was removed and I fully enjoyed it. I mean, sneaking into a cool fashion job, totally awesome. Although my summers where more like the happy burger scene.

7.rookie of the year

Baseball and summer go hand in hand in my mind. Although is really sucks when you live close to a baseball diamond that has no walls and some nights forgets to turn off the lights and you have work at 5am.

8. Sandlot 

I think there are very few my age that can not place this movie on the summer watch list. Cool note, I have been to the place they shot the fair scene.

9. Troop Beverly Hills 

 I rented this movie so many times as a kids my brothers wanted to die. :D but I did stop watching it and only of late picked it up and yes it's a cheesy fun movie.

10. North

  Yes, a totally panned movie but I enjoyed and yes, mostly because of Elijah Wood. But all the star cameos are fun to watch as well.

 

[42 Cookies] Sub-heading Knowedge

You will notice that I have subject titles with certain heading. Here is a little cheat code on what the sub-heading titles mean.

[Frills and Grace] Post with this in the heading are usally about the lolita, gal, cute etc. fashion that I'm in. I don't want to call it lolita for many reasons. Even if I'm refuring to the fashion, lolita also has some other conosastions. Also, I'm not stickly lolita, I like much of the Kawaii/Cute fashion style of japan. But its also influnaced greatly that I live in the US and have a different figure to dress. So I like to call my own fashion, Frills and Grace

[By The Window] Post with this heading with talk about entertainment stuff. Like, movies, books, and games. Why the title. Well I always imaged having a window set that I sit in when I'm chilling reading a book. Or if I am looking out the window, I looking usually at someone else adventures. What a movie is. Someday I'll do a drawing and then you will understand.

[42 Cookies] Post inclides to talk about life in general. yes, the number refures to hitchhickers guild to the galaxy.
    "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory, which states that this has already happened."

More sub subjects to come.