hi everyone i am new :)

[crow-queen]

hello everyone 
i have been lurking for a couple of weeks, but decided to make an account finally today.
this place seems like fun! i am excited to take part.

you can call me crow-queen, kore, or carmen.
i accept the pronouns she/her and they/them
i am based in the UK
i have a website  which i put my button for in my signature.

other creative things that i do:
i try to blog about gothic and lolita fashion on my website, i also like to make art sometimes, for friends and personal use. for example i drew my profile picture  it is a self portrait. i also made the kuromi pixel in my signature currently. not sure why it is so huge but i am hoping to remedy this soon.

i also can crochet but i usually start projects and then never complete them     i've been working on the same blanket for 2 years which i am hoping to finish before Christmas this year.

mostly my main hobbies are collecting things. i collect fashion dolls and vinyl/resin ball jointed dolls, frogs, merchandise for the Sanrio character Kuromi, and in the past i have also collected Furby models from 1998-2006 and plush animals from Jellycat. they have been very expensive hobbies so i am trying to encourage myself to spend more time on my other hobbies now.

i am somewhat familiar with the forum concept, having spent the last 5 or so years interacting with relative frequency on a certain website which has avatar creation as well as forums. but every individual community is different with forums, which is something i really like about this part of the web. i'm looking forward to getting to know the people here, reading everyone's posts, and sometimes replying.

i hope you enjoyed my introduction and i also hope that we can all get along nicely 


also i really wanted to post this little emoticon so:
            
look at the kitty go!

[pebble]

Welcome! I'm also relatively new and a former lurker :D

Your website looks very pretty; I love the colors and layout.

Hope you have a good time here!

[Fish]

Hi! 

Love your website and love those cat pics 

[pistachio]

hi carmen!! welcome to the melon!!!! i'm also super into dolls even though i don't own any for money reasons, lol

[crow-queen]

Welcome! I'm also relatively new and a former lurker :D

Your website looks very pretty; I love the colors and layout.

Hope you have a good time here!

thank you :) i based the design around an antique gothic feel, and also around making it quite simple to update.
i hope we both have a good time here!

Hi! 

Love your website and love those cat pics 

the cat pics are super cute! i like the little chaotic vibe they give off.
 

hi carmen!! welcome to the melon!!!! i'm also super into dolls even though i don't own any for money reasons, lol

understandable! i think i probably should have fewer  but i am trying to work a little more on reducing my fear of missing out  well this is part of why i am trying to use mainstream social media a little less. i am curious what kind of dolls you are interested in 

[grubbyfox]

hiya!!  your website looks so cool and mysterious! 

[crow-queen]

hiya!!  your website looks so cool and mysterious! 

thank you!  i myself am not very cool and mysterious. but i love the cool and mysterious aesthetic

[manyface]

hi! your website is really cool and your wardrobe is so impressive, wow!! i'd love to get into lolita but... no money...

your cats are also very very cute :D and so is your art!!!

it's nice to meet you :D

        

[cyberfun1 (dizz)]

Hellooooooooooo hope u have a good time here