Plush Life

 After a very, very long hiatus, I’m back in the blogging world. 


Also, I did get a new camera, a Canon Rebel T7i, which better suits my needs. 

I haven’t taken many toy figure photos, besides of course, this Schleich dragon I got during the holidays. Her name is Sunkissed Ruby, or “Ruby” for short. A friend and fellow blogger helped me name her. 



There's also of course this Yogi Bear vintage toy making a splash after a rainy day.

Canned compressed air was used to make the effects. 






However, as the title suggests, the plushies (stuffed animals), have taken over for the time being. 
Plush toys, Build A Bears especially, have often been a special interest of mine. I often joke that mine have a better wardrobe than me! Haha… 
This newest addition to my collection came from eBay and is a more recent Great Wolf Lodge release. His new name is Tristan rather than Wiley, though. 



Wire was used and later edited out to pose his arms. The guitar is from Dollar Tree in the toy aisle and the beanie is actually a cut up sock.

I hope to take more photos of both plushies and figures (and create more blogposts...), in the future! 





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