I love this photo by Voodoolady! I wonder how she is holding her Goldie up? I really need to take my girls outside more. This should be another New Year's resolution for me.
My dolly project has been put on hold a little this week since it is my first week back to teaching and I am still getting accustomed to my new semester's schedule, but I plan to do a bunch this weekend and I already have a dolly playdate scheduled for the coming week! I am very excited.
In other news, I found a vintage Playmates fashion doll while thrifting the other day. Obviously she is not quite as cool as, say, a Kenner, but she is very pretty and I look forward to making her some new outfits.
Thursday 19 January 2012
79/365 ~ Must Love Dogs!!
Sunday 15 January 2012
♥ her Wittle Teeth!...*Ribena**
I love Ribena's hair colour!
I think that one of the reasons that I love playing with and making things for Blythe is that she can wear and and look so wild and whimsical while I have to at least pretend to fit into normal human society...
In other news, I have finished crocheting the hat and skirt for my Ice Princess doll costume. I am surprised at how quickly it went once I got started. I have also gotten some silly plastic swizzle sticks to use for her staff and to which I will glue some plastic beads that look like ice crystals. I have crocheted her bodice out of snowy white yarn, and I intend to partially cover it in glittery white beads. I think I may also make her a shield. Ice princesses can have shields, right? I mostly just want the opportunity to embellish a shield. I hope to post pictures soon.
Friday 13 January 2012
Bl♥ved 16/365
This is the gorgeous photo by Fenneki on Flickr that inspired my elemental goddess project.
Found my challenge!
Thursday 12 January 2012
I need a new dolly project!
The thing is, now I need a new dolly project. Lately I have been feeling very inspired and sort of "creatively itchy," but I don't know what to work on next. Any suggestions?
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Welcome!
I have wanted to work on a Blythe doll blog for years but have never had the courage to start one before.
I have been a Blythe lover since I read about Gina Garan in Bust Magazine way back in 2004, but at first it took me a little time to warm up to her. I found Gina's pictures lovely, but Blythe had an unnerving stare that I wasn't sure about. I thought that I was more interested in the Topper Dawn dolls and the BJDs that were also featured in the article, but, more and more, I found myself looking at those unnerving photos--really, they were hauntingly beautiful--and, before I knew it, I was in love with Blythe.
I'm cheap. I'll admit it, and so it was a while, perhaps two years, before I was psychologically ready to buy my first Blythe (Gwen, an ILYIT). I couldn't imagine spending that much on a doll, but I knew someone with an Asian connection who was able to help me find my first Blythe. It wasn't long before I had 5, and now I have 18. My newest dolly is Andromeda, a Sparkly Spark, that I got just in time for Christmas.
Through Blythe I have met a lot of lovely friends, both online and in person, and I am always amazed and delighted by the creativity that Blythe brings out in her fans. I love looking at custom dolls and perusing etsy for handmade dolly clothes. I myself love to crochet, needle felt, and sew for my own dolls, and I hope, one day, to make my own custom Blythe.
I am not entirely sure what shape this Blythe blog will take. I hope at some point that there will be stories and/or interviews, but there will definitely be lots of pictures of my own dolly adventures.