Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Next Doll I'm Going to Buy

elfiN Bebe Mayo!


OMG!  I saw her and fell in love!  She's tinier than tiny (nearly half the size of little Lime) with huge eyes.  I'm thinking I will restrain myself to wait and buy her as a Christmas present to myself.  I might be able to last that long.

As for her name, of course I'm leaning towards Cherry or Peach.

Picture spam time!





Saturday, October 22, 2011

Inevitable doom

Well, earlier than I thought, Tasha is leaving me to get things ready for her wedding.  So my time living alone starts soon.  I was hoping Lime would be here by now.  But at least I finally got an answer on Cherish.  I asked them essentially what was taking so long.  They informed me that it actually takes 4 weeks for the dolls with makeup, not the "within 3 weeks" that the website had posted.  Hmmm... maybe they should fix that.  Oh well.  Word for word:

Hi Katrina. <br><br><br>Sorry for our late response!!<br>We have been back
to Korea from oversea doll events yesterday.<br><br>It takes basically 4
weeks for make-up dolls for its shipping, so it will be next week in your
case. We will be able to complete make-up the coming Tuesday and ship
ealier than 28 of October. As a gift we will send you a pair of acrylic
eyes.<br><br>You would be informed by e-mail again when your order gets
readt for shipping.<br>Thank you!<br><br>Have a wonderful
weekend.<br><br>Cherish

 Well, at least I know he should be here next week.  And he might make it in time to wear his Halloween costume.  Cross your finger.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Aesthetics

I bought this book on Amazon, and it arrived yesterday!  YAY! 
It has a ton of really good information that I appreciate having all in one book.  I mean, you can find and learn all the things it tells you about online, but in this book format, everything is together and easy to find.  And tangible, which is the #1 reason I love books!
The other reason I love it: She keeps reassuring me that I am not crazy.  Obsessed, but not crazy.

So, one of the things I have been thinking about that she talks about in the book is finding your own aesthetic.  Meaning, finding out which kind of doll you find most attractive and why.  While browsing all the dolls, I have found many I love, but I sometimes look back at them later, and change my mind.  So I decided to post a little about the dolls I find that I love (but can't afford to get right now) so that I can study my own aesthetic.

There are categories, and if you know a little about BJDs they will make sense.  Otherwise, just roll with it.

Tinies (aka 1/6, ~20cm)

Chubby (Cherish Doll Faith)
Choco (Luts Honey Delf)
Benjamin (BlueFairy ShinyFairy)
Benjamin (BlueFairy ShinyFairy)
Xi Bao (AngellStudio Baby)
Byurl (Lati Doll Yellow SP)

1/4 doll (~40cm)

Shoyo (DollZone)

Shoyo (DollZone)
 Jasmine (BlueFairy TinyFairy)
Liddell (SoulDoll Kids)

60 cm (1/3 doll)

Crow (Little Monica Harmony)
Koji (Leekeworld L Type)
Kana (AngellStudio Youth)
Luna (Iplehouse S.I.D.)
Molly (Dreaming Doll Elva)
Pluto (Luts Junior Delf)

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Continued Geeking

Officially gone crazy.  I convinced Natasha to take me to the craft store the other day.  It was dangerous.  I was looking at everything with a new perspective.  I ogled the dollhouse miniatures and ended up with little books and mini pencils in my basket.  I looked at the sewing stuff, and came out with more scrap cloth, felt, yarn, my own sewing kit (so I'm not always stealing Tasha's), Velcro, little buttons, and thin elastic.  Finally I let Natasha look at the places she wanted to check out.  It could have been worse at the register, but I really need to stop buying stuff.  The little boy isn't even here yet!

We went to Walmart afterwards, to get groceries, but I detoured to the sewing area there for some things we couldn't find at the craft store.  You'd think it would be the other way around.  Well, I wasn't finding anything when Natasha brought up how I had wanted a mini easel for my doll, because I wanted him to have an artistic personality.  I told her we wouldn't find something like that at Walmart.  Next thing I know, she's found them.  Mini easels next to paints and canvases.  Couldn't believe my eyes.

So now I have a hundred more projects zooming through my brain.  I found little pumpkin patterns and decided to make a pumpkin costume for Lime.  Here's the progress so far.


Yes, his eyes are different sizes.  I did that on purpose.  His crooked grin was a happy accident.

But, if he doesn't want to be a pumpkin, I have a hat made for a potential Robin Hood/Peter Pan costume.


Or even Totoro!  Don't have the pictures of that hat yet.  But they are cute.  And I am obsessed.