An Early Monday Morning Post
by Deborah on Feb.13, 2012, under Personal
I woke up at 4:42 this morning and knew that I might as well get up because of being wide awake. Part of the urge to get out of bed was because I was curious to see if it had snowed during the night as the weather forecast had said that it might. Unfortunately there wasn’t even a trace of snow anywhere outdoors, but it was raining a bit which is always a nice thing to wake up to.
I had a good weekend with the husband, we went out to dinner at one of his favorite restaurants in the Dallas area, which is Papadeaux Seafood. I like it because the have a fun selection of cocktails to choose from, and this time I had a Top Shelf Margarita with a brandy float. Okay, so it’s not super original, but it was extra tasty and had a fun amount of alcohol in it. How exciting it must of been for our waitress to get to listen to my life story. blush.
On Sunday, neither my husband or I felt really well, a bit of a cold or something kept us indoors. We had planned on going to the driving range and hitting golf balls just for the fun/excercise of it, but instead we stayed indoors and he cleaned off all the bloatware on my new Asus Notebook. It’s nice having an engineer for a husband. I made an Asian stir-fry for dinner and brought my notebook to bed and watched Hulu. I am addicted to it right now and am loving watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she is so very cool.
On Saturday I had an email from Denver Doll Emporium telling me that my Doll Chateau Olivia had arrived! and that means that she should be arriving mid-week. I have nothing here for her yet, so I ordered a few things from Dollmore, socks, underpanties, and since I was ordering, I added a pair of eyes for my little Lati White Special because they are one of the few places that carries the smaller 6 and 8 mm eyes. I have a wig coming with Olivia from Denver Doll, and I have a few more wigs chosen from For My Doll, they usually have a super selection of wigs to choose from. I also have a pair of boots ordered from a seller on Den of Angels and will look for a pair of eyes for her there as well. I am going to be doing her faceup myself and have a few ideas of how I want to do it already, and will also be making her some clothing. I did find a Another Space outfit that’s very cute, but it will have to wait for awhile.
I have a second doll coming this week! A Blythe Fancy Pansy that will replace the one I sold last year when I was “not into Blythe” She is New in Box and I found her on the Blythe forum Blythe Kingdom. She will be named the same as my old FaPa, Mayday, and I am also looking to find another Asian Butterfly EBL so that I can re-ignite my story on Flickr with the Two Spies. When she arrives that will mean I now have four Blythe dolls! they are starting to multiply once again, and my BJD count will be 10, with two more being for sale. I sure wish the extra Elfdoll Yumi body that I have would sell, and I am getting my Domadoll Kkotmu ready to sell. I’m restringing her, and cleaning her up a bit to look as cute as possible before doing a listing.
I love my Secretdoll Person 21 that arrived last week and am having so much fun with her silly self. I redid her faceup and am happy with how she turned out this time. I also had to re-do my Doll Chateau Bella’s faceup again because of something very odd happening. I have no idea how it happened, but a little chip of resin fell off her lower eyelid. My husband said it was something to do with the resin and luckily he was able to shave off a bit around the chip to smooth it out. He had to take off a bit of the resin under her other eye as well so that it would look even, and luckily it actually looks really good.
Daitari
First 2012 Doll Post
by Deborah on Feb.04, 2012, under BJD's, Dolls
Here I am starting my third year of doll collecting and I still enjoy it as much as I did in the beginning. Some things have of course changed over time. For instance I no longer buy as many dolls as I did at first, and I’m not very active on Flickr anymore. What keeps me interested in this hobby now is making clothes for the BJD’s and changing their faceups every so often. I also just enjoy looking at them and fussing over their clothes and hair because it is such a simple pleasure and I find it to be very grounding and loving.
In my Blythe world, I still have my Ichigo Heaven, along with my Goldie and I added a BL Hollywood in December. I am having fun with them, and hope to add another BL to my collection some time this year.
For the BJD’s I am trying to sell the second Elfdoll Yumi body that I have. I still have the Dami faceplate and am using it for a practice head right now. Another BJD I just decided to sell is my Domadoll Kkotmu because she does not really fit in with the rest of my dolls, and her YOSD size is not my favorite size at all.
I still haven’t done the faceup for my little Lati White Special, I keep trying and am never happy with how she looks. My goal is to have her stock look back and so far I cannot get it right. I redid Ting, my Doll Chateau Bella again a few weeks ago after playing around with a few different looks for her. I went back to her basic look of no eyelashes and the heavy eyeliner which is how I like her best.
I almost forgot to mention that I had a new doll arrive yesterday! She was a Christmas gift from my husband. A Person 21 from Secretdoll and I think she is just darling. I first noticed these dolls a few years ago, but was not totally sure that I wanted one until recently. I am very happy with how well made she is, and love her size. Comparing her to my Lati Yellow I was surprised for some reason by how different they are. I say surprise because they wear the same size clothes. The Secretdoll is taller that the Lati Yellow and has a very slender body and limbs. Her head is larger, wearing a 6/7 wig as opposed to the 5/6 worn by the Lati Yellow. I also like the flexibility that her joints have in comparison to the stiffness in the Lati Yellow. I will for sure be buying another Secretdoll before to long.
Here are a few random pictures, mostly taken last month.
Soom Mylo
Lati Yellow Lea Limited
Fairyland Littlefee El girl
Domadoll Kkotmu
Elfdoll Yumi
Doll Chateau Bella
Christmas Countdown Wish List
by Deborah on Dec.19, 2011, under Christmas, My on-line picks, Personal
There are five days and fourteen hours left until Christmas and I had better get busy with my gift wishlist! There are so many wonderful and exciting gifts that I would love to receive this year I really am not sure where to begin.
Clothing is always appreciated, especially when I get to choose it. Since I am in the mood for romantic yet adventurous I am going to the J. Peterman Company for my gift choice. jpeterman.com
The Chesterfield Suitcase is on my gift wishlist for today. The description in the catalog states “Luggage from the venerable firm of Swaine Adeney Brigg Ltd. has been favored by the English upper crust since the days of King George III” Sounds great, don’t you think? This luggage is made from fine leather and has a timeless vintage appeal which makes me think of steamer ships and beautiful old hotel lobbies. This luggage is not cheap, which of course adds to its desirability. There are three sizes of the Chesterfield Suitcases to chose from and I believe that I would like the larger of the three, which is 26″high x 16″wide and 8.5″ deep. The price? $3,300. I didn’t mention that it comes with wheels, a retractable handle and a canvas cover to protect the leather while in transit.
The Chesterfield Suitcase. J Peterman Company Catalog
I do have a second item from the J Peterman Company catalog on my wish list and I believe that it would be divine to wear this jacket while traveling with my new luggage. Added to my gift wish for today is this Long Velvet Blazer. I have been coveting this particular blazer for a very long time and hopefully it will be under the Christmas tree this year. The description states that this jacket is comfortable and slimming, which for me is always a factor in choosing clothing. They also mention that it has an “air of mystery” and that is something I really do feel when imagining myself wearing this blazer made of black velvet. In my mind I am exiting a cab in front of a hotel in a Swiss village. It is a cold and misty evening and I am alone in the backseat. The driver opens the cab door and goes around to give the hotel doorman my J Peterman luggage. Stepping out of the car I am wearing my black velvet blazer that is slightly crumpled from travel, I whisper a thank you to the driver, handing him the fare along with a substantial tip and walk into the hotel. The driver and the doorman watch me walk away, both of them wondering who this mysterious woman is.
Long Velvet Blazer. J Peterman Company Catalog. Price $199
Day One Of My Christmas Wish List
by Deborah on Nov.20, 2011, under Christmas, Clothing, Holidays, My on-line picks
I am starting to compile my wish list for this Christmas. As of right this minute there are 34 days thirteen hours and 10 minutes until the gift receiving can begin. Do I sound mercenary here? well of course I do, after all Christmas is all about me.
I suppose I really should mention that this Christmas wish list is done “tongue in cheek” In other words I am channeling my most perverse, selfish self in the writing of this. I will not be receiving any of the gifts that I mention in this series of Christmas posts, I am instead letting my wish flag fly.
For my first need to have gift of this season I see this Gucci watch on my wrist. I adore its black, chunky, masculine yet feminine look. A big plus for me is it’s “Gucci” signature and the fact that it looks semi expensive. net-a-porter link for Gucci watch
Gucci Rubber and PVD Watch $1,345
Video to share
by Deborah on Nov.18, 2011, under Music, My on-line picks, Personal
Selena Gomez music video Hit the Lights
I just love Selena Gomez, she is my teen hero. Cute, talented and just so teen-age happy. It makes me happy to watch her dance and sing while running around with other young happy people.
Mid November Thoughts
by Deborah on Nov.15, 2011, under Dolls, Hiking, Holidays, Nature, Personal, Texas
Today is November 15 and it is humid and warm here in Texas. It had cooled down quite a bit for about a month and I thought that was it for the warm weather. Nope, not through at all. It has been in the mid 80s during the daytime hours with pretty high humidity and only cooling down to around 70 at night. Not hot enough for the air conditioner to be on, but definitely warm enough to be a little uncomfortable for me.
I’ve been pretty busy researching things that I want to sell on eBay this past week and had pretty good luck with my recent selling of old coins. I still have more to list, but it is quite time consuming to get all the information on coins that I need.
I took a few photo’s last week on my bike ride in the park near my house
Texas in the fall
I finally was ready to start being involved with my dolls again a few days ago and so I gave my Elfdoll Yumi a spa treatment. She got a light home-tan, body blushing, manicure and face-up, and here she is..
So here I am enjoying my doll time again, they are all so darling, all with individual personalities and names and I love each and every one of them. There is not one doll that I would want to sell because this is the core family group, and for awhile I was happy with just this group but recently this has begun to change. Now I want more….I have this strong craving for a new doll, and it doesn’t even have to be one that is on my current wish list, I just want a doll. I haven’t had this feeling since I first began collecting Blythe dolls a few years ago. I suspect this urge stems from my not wanting to spend much on dolls right now because of wanting a new flute, and I could ignore this doll craving, just push it into the back of my mind while giving myself a pep talk, mentioning how good I’ll feel if I resist temptation. I could do this, and I probably will succeed in doing so, that is as long as I don’t win the Blythe that I have a bid on at eBay. ha ha.
One last thing..I get a strange enjoyment from sharing odd bits about myself and here is one from today. I think that I mentioned here that I bought a new truck a few months ago. It is red Nissan Frontier Crew Cab, and I am so silly in love with it that I sometimes will go into the garage and just sit in it and smile and smile. Okay, not all that weird, but weird enough.
I am going to be doing my Christmas wishlist here again this year. I did one two years ago and just had a ton of fun with it, so in a day or two I should be starting posting my list of what I really and truly need to keep me happy in this coming year.
Random Thoughts and Photographs
by Deborah on Nov.09, 2011, under Personal, Read a Book, Sewing, Swimming pool, Texas
I sat in front of my computer this morning with the thought in my head that I wanted to check a few things and then get in my car and run my errands for the day. Instead, I took the time to add a blog post. I have had it in my head for a few days that I wanted to do a post here, for no real reason other than I am happier when I do a bit of writing.
I have not even one doll picture to post or any doll news because I am on a break from all that for awhile, instead I shall ramble a bit about this and that and put up a few old pictures, some that are mine and some that are not.
Now that the weather is bearable again I have been spending more time outdoors doing a little garden maintenance and going for walks and bike rides in the park that is within walking distance of my house. My husband and I found a network of dirt trails near our house that go on for miles last weekend and that was a much appreciated find, because in the Dallas area finding any sort of trail that isn’t cement is quite unusual. Sadly enough swimming in my pool is over for the year because the colder nights has cooled the water temperature down enough to where it is uncomfortable for swimming. We do have a pool heater but our pool is large and keeping the heater on is too expensive to be worthwhile. I sure miss swimming though.
I have been in one of “my get rid of it” moods, so I have been going through closets and the garage finding things that I just don’t want anymore. I’m planning on having a yard sale and see if I can sell this large pile of now unwanted possessions, hopefully the weather will be nice for one this coming weekend. I am also listing this and that on Ebay, getting rid of excess collections of coins, buttons, old things. I do enjoy selling on Ebay, I find the entire process to be fun; the researching for pricing, writing the add, waiting and checking during the week for watchers and views and answering the questions.. Of course my favorite part is when something sells!
Playing my flute is something I do at least five times a week, and I practice for about two hours on those days. I start with long tones and scales for an hour, and then later in the evening I practice exercises with the metronome. My husband plays classical guitar so he helps me when I am having problems with any tricky time problems. My goal is a new expensive flute for the new year.
I am in a non productive and non creative time right now as far as my sewing or any kind of artwork goes. I wish that wasn’t the case but I just am not feel creative right now. I do keep trying to jump start myself without any luck, instead I just sit here saying “Fuk, I don’t wanna” Such a lazy person I am. I did go to the library today and borrow quite a few books on making various things, so this will be interesting to see if anything comes of it.
I am still reading quite a bit and just finished reading a book on the last interview given by John and Yoko Ono together. I enjoyed reading it very much. At the moment I am reading a book by Robert James Waller, he is the author of “The Bridges of Madison County” which is a book that I have never read. The book of his that I am currently reading is “High Plains Tango” I very much like this book. Edit. I liked the beginning of this book, but lost interest in it after the first few chapters.
Last bit of personal information is that I have taken up Yoga. It all started with my wanting better breath control for the flute and it just feels so good for my mind and body that I am adding a bit every day.
Here are some pictures of some things I have made and sold in the past few years
One of my sewn creations from two years ago. I sold them to stores in Big Sur California for a few years
A mouse I made for a doll of mine
One of my art cards
One of my Strawberry Shortcake dolls in front of wooden bird houses not made by me
Oak tree on our property in Northern California. I miss this tree quite a bit now that we no longer live there
These next photos are from the internet and I saved them for inspiration. None of them were taken by me.
Somewhere in the desert, perhaps Utah
I wonder if I will ever make it to Nepal? I would like to go there someday
I always have loved Hippie Houses, they are so natural and warm
I'm guessing that is is the same house. How amazing it would be to live sharing a house with a tree
I love round windows, and this room is so bright and cozy
This kitchen is my dream kitchen, I wonder if it is possible to be anything but creative with a room like this.
Halloween is also enjoyed by BJD Dolls
by Deborah on Oct.28, 2011, under Blythe doll, Dolls, Halloween, Holidays, Lati, Lati Yellow, Personal, Soom, Strawberry Shortcakes
My dolls love Halloween because they adore dressing up and having that tingly feeling of being a little bit frightened of something that is Halloween scary. I took quite a few photo’s of them this week in their Halloween costumes, and here they are in the scary house and having a parade.
The Scary House
Presley and Pudding inside the Scary House
Boo!
Dulcina and Marisela
Banruu the gargoyle
Banruu and Moth. Moth does not enjoy Halloween all that much.
Sophia loves the spider webs
The Parade
Dolls having a Halloween parade
Here comes the Parade.
Ghostly marchers in the parade
Blythe dolls in the Halloween parade
Presley and Pudding in costume
The Things you would like to know about sizing for BJD’s
by Deborah on Oct.23, 2011, under Doll Chateau Bella, Doll Clothing, Dolls, Lati, Lati Yellow, Soom
I have made a page here on my blog about the different sizes of BJD’s, along with what wigs and eyes they take. Also clothes and shoes that fit The World of BJD’s
I will be adding to this page as I find more interesting things. I haven’t done much with the SD size because I am just now beginning to research them myself.
Dolls and Life, October 2011
by Deborah on Oct.10, 2011, under Music, Personal, Swimming pool, Texas
I spent a few months not writing here on my blog at all, and the reason for that is because of the last update that Word Press required was a big pain to do and took a long time to get it all working.
Here in North Texas it was a long hot summer, really extreme in fact because it was the hottest and driest one on record for Texas. The husband and I will only be here in this state for a couple of years and lucky us for having it coincide with this super hot weather. Okay, not lucky, but I sure was grateful for my air-conditioned house and swimming pool. There was no doing any outdoor activities on the weekends during those hot months, it is not fun being out in 110 degree weather, so like everyone else we would go to the indoor shopping malls and just people watch and look in the stores. Going to the library to borrow books is always an enjoyable pastime and I went every week to get my load of reading material. I spent many hours during the day just laying on the couch with a large glass of ice water besides me while reading.
At the mall on a hot day
I also started playing the flute again this summer after almost 15 years of not playing at all. I had sold my flute about 10 years ago because I thought I was not going to be playing again, and I just bought a less expensive one this time since I wasn’t sure if I this was going to be a long term interest or not. I have been playing again for three months now and I just love it! I practice practically every day, and want to start taking lessons again pretty soon.
I bought a new car last month, so exciting for me! I wanted a “Texas truck” so I bought a red Nissan Frontier crew cab, which is the one with four doors. I love this car!! and of course I named it, I always name my cars. This one is named Arizona Pie, and I have absolutely not the slightest idea why I named it that, other than it was the name of the horse in the movie International Velvet, which was and still is my favorite movie to watch.
Now about my dolls
The count right now is 12 BJD’s and 2 Blythes, but of course that is going to be changing pretty quickly. The Blythe situation is that I still have my Goldie and my Itchigo Heaven which was customized by Frankie Darling. For BJD’s, I have the two dolls from Elfdoll, Yumi and Dami. Three from Soom, Mylo, and the smaller ones are Beyla and Grit. Two tiny Pukipuki’s From Fairyland, Pipi and Darjeeling, and also from Fairyland the larger Little Fee, EL. Two from Lati, the tiny White Special Cherny, and also the larger Yellow, and she is a limited Halloween Lea. The YOSD sized Domadoll Kkotmu. Last is my most recent doll, which is the MSD sized Bella from Doll Chateau.
I recently began having a desire to expand my Blythe collection again, and wish to replace a few that I have sold. I also have a wish list that includes buying a Middie and two bl’s. On the BJD side of things, I am selling two, the Lati white special Cherny and also Dami, who one of the two from Elfdoll. I want to buy another BJD from Doll Chateau and the larger Olivia is my choice. If I get her she would be my first of the large SD sized dolls.
For face-ups, I still enjoy changing my BJD’s looks every now and then and Yumi and Mylo have recently had theirs redone. I also gave the Doll Chateau Bella her face-up. I wanted to try doing a home-tan on my tiny Lati Cherny, and it turned out fine. She is for sale, but I haven’t had any interest in her though, so I might just re-do her and remove the tan.
Last is the doll clothing I’ve been making. I have been enjoying designing clothes for my Doll Chateau Bella and have made her quite a few cute outfits. I really have been sewing quite a bit, and all of the larger YOSD and MSD sized dolls all have new cute clothes. A few things have gone to my Etsy shop to sell as well. I have also been going through my boxes of fabric and am pulling out some to sell because I really have more than I will ever use.
So here we are all caught up. It is being a beautiful fall with a good amount of rain, but still in the 80′s so I am still swimming in my pool which I love doing. The husband and I have been going on short road trips on the weekends in my new truck Arizona Pie, and that has been all sorts of fun. I am looking for ways to make some money for myself and have a few new ideas of things to make and how to sell them. I just need to get motivated though because I really am the laziest person I know!
My latest Doll
by Deborah on Oct.08, 2011, under Doll Chateau Bella, Dolls, Faceups done by me
I recently had a new doll arrive. It is from a new doll company in Korea by the name of Doll Chateau. Doll Chateau These dolls are becoming extremely popular already because of their unusual looks, and everyone that has received one of these dolls comments on how well made they are.
I normally take a very long time in deciding on buying a doll, but with this one I saw her, thought about it for no more than five minutes and ordered her. Really wild!! It was a two month waiting time for her to arrive, which is pretty normal for a bjd, and I was very pleased with everything about her when she got here.
I ordered Bella in Pink Skin without a face-up and after about three tries with different looks I ended up with a face-up that I like. She has three wigs that I like on her, and all are size 6/7. Clothes are challenging for this doll because she has wide hips and very long thin legs so not much made for other MSD, or even Unoa size dolls fits. Luckily I like to make doll clothes and am coming up with some fun ideas for clothing.
Here are some pics of her for you.
Here is Ting in a series of photos taken with a blue vase.
I wish to live in a Turkish Cave
by Deborah on Jul.28, 2011, under Homes, Homes in other countries, New York Times
There is something about the thought of living in a cave that is very comforting. It appeals to the primitive in me as well as the womb-like aspect of it, being surrounded by living rock in Mother Earth. I have read Mary Stewart’s Arthurian trilogy many times and in The Crystal Cave, which is the first book in that series, Merlin lives in a wonderful secret cave in Wales. Mrs Stewart description of Merlin’s cave always appealed to me with it’s small pool of water outside, along with it’s smaller cave filled with crystals where visions could be seen.
This article from the New York times about a couple that bought a series of caves and turned them into an enormous home appealed to me for a few reasons. One reason is that the couple that built and live in this beautiful cave/home bought up the land with caves over a period of time instead of buying it all at once, and that seems more organic to me, as if they let the process evolve naturally. The other reasons that I like this article is because of the photographs. The first picture shows us a picture of the couple, and they look so sweet, interesting and very much in love with each other. The other photographs of the interior of their cave/home are really splendid, the rooms with their stone walls and ceilings are wonderful and the way this home is decorated is nothing but perfection.
Dolls and Life
by Deborah on Jul.08, 2011, under Dolls, Faceups done by me, Personal, Read a Book, Texas
It’s way to hot outdoors for any picture taking, It’s to hot out there for anything really. I get up early in the morning and do some backyard watering, weeding, pool maintenance and a swim, and then stay indoors for the rest of the day until around seven in the evening when I’ll go out and do the same thing again. I was warned that Texas was hot during the summer months and that is sure true! The temperature is around 104 every day and it gets all the way down to around 79 degrees for a few hours in the late night/early morning.
Back to the dolls. Since I’m taking all of my pictures indoors I wanted to improve the lighting and background scenery for my little photo studio. I bought new bulbs for my lights and plastic flowers and craft papers for the backgrounds and am pretty pleased with how everything is looking.
Whats new in my doll world? well I sold all the dolls that I wanted to get rid of last month, so I now have three Blythe dolls left, Presley, Pudding and John, and John the Simply Mango may or may not leave. I finished the face-up on the LittleFee El face-plate that I bought off the Den of Angels marketplace and put it on the LittleFee body that came with the Ante face-plate. I sure hated that Ante face-plate, I think it was possessed or something because it just made me mad every time I looked at it. I do like the El face-plate, but it is a little bit to large for the headback for some reason, and I’m thinking that is because El is a boy, but for me he is a she. I named this face-plate Sophia and bought her a cute black fur wig. Sophia is kind of funny looking with her big head and nose, which I didn’t mention, so I am dressing her in androgynous clothes and it all works.
I did the blushing and face-up for my Soom Mylo that arrived a couple of weeks ago, but I had to re-do the face-up because she had a big spot on her chin. It was sad because I really liked how she turned out and the second one came out pretty different from the first, so I my re-do it again. I do like this doll very much. I have been trying different wigs on her, and my favorite one is a 6/7 Leeke wig that I forced on her head. (that’s how she got the chin spot) but the wig stretched out pretty quickly and now is easy to get on and off. I re-strung her pretty loosely and while she can stand and pose pretty easily I love how floppy she is, I think that’s because she really is heavy and the floppiness makes her feel like a real rabbit. I named her Daitari, my husband came up with the name, and she really is a magical feminine creature, she is like the great mother or something to all the other dolls.
As far as new dolls I am waiting on Bella from Doll Chateau and she should arrive around October. The next doll I want to buy is going to be either a Secret Doll or a Fairyland PukiFee and after that I want a Volks YOSD and some sort of MSD boy doll.
I am doing lots of reading these days on my tablet. I have the Acer and have both the Nook and Kindle apps on it. Fantasy and Science Fiction are my favs at the moment.
I Want a New York Rooftop Garden
by Deborah on Jun.29, 2011, under Gardening, Homes, New York Times, Personal, Texas
There are a few reasons that I enjoyed this article from the New York Times on rooftop gardens enough to blog about it. One reason is my love of anything green and growing, and the other is that I find small enclosed gardens to be so enchanting. I also do have a fascination about anything that has to do with large city dwellers because I like how some of them turn their living environment into something much more than normal.
This article that I found in the Home and Garden section is about how people living in New York apartments have made beautiful gardens for themselves on the rooftops of their apartments. They build their tiny Shangri la’s with love and artistry, and it leaves me planning how to build one for myself on my Texas back patio. I have a large backyard complete with swimming pool that I keep trimmed and neat, but I wish to build a small magical growing space and pretend that I am in New York.
link to article
link to slideshow
Bought a Soom BJD This Week
by Deborah on Jun.26, 2011, under Den of Angels, Dolls, Soom
I bought a doll this week, and it was not at all the one that I had planned on buying. During this past month I sold four of the Blythe dolls from my collection and one BJD, the Goodreau Critter. The plan was that I was going to buy a Volks MSD but I could not decide on which one to buy. I wanted an older one because I just like their look better even though the new Volks MSD’s are very pretty.
There are always so many beautiful dolls for sale on the Marketplace at the BJD forum Den of Angels and right away I saw a few Volks dolls that I was interested in. But after messaging the owners of these dolls and asking for more photo’s I still couldn’t make up my mind if I wanted to purchase any of them. There was one that I really liked but the owner just wasn’t helping me out with adding more pictures so that I could decide if I wanted her or not. She kept sending me pictures of her other dolls for some reason and I am pretty confused about why she would do that. Yeah I’m always interested in looking at doll families, but what I really wanted to see was a full body picture of the doll that was for sale and she never showed me one, other than one picture of the doll fully clothed sitting down which was not at all helpful. I’m going on about this because I really wanted that doll, but it just got to the point where I decided that we were not on the same wave length and it was pointless to continue any sale discussion.
After deciding that I needed to start over with my search, and this time also looking at dolls other than Volks I immediately saw the doll that I have wanted ever since they were offered on a limited release in November of 2010! It was Mylo, one of Soom’s Remaining Story Monthly Dolls that I missed out on ordering. I have been thinking about that doll ever since and there she was, waiting for me to buy her. It was the easiest sale ever on DoA. I contacted the person, she sent me the PayPal request, I paid, and the next day she shipped the doll and two days later Mylo was here.
This doll is an MSD, 42cm tall, takes 16mm eyes and 6/7 wig, she has a wider body that my MSD’s from Elfdoll and larger feet, 5.5cm. Elfdoll feet are only 5.8cm. The larger feet on Mylo is a good thing because she actually fits into the MSD size shoes that are to big for my Elfdoll.
I have ordered a pink wig and eyes for Mylo and have taken her apart so that I can suede, blush and restring. I have decided on her face-up and hope I can get it right. Her clothes are going to be layered and mostly feminine. I did order a dress from Jpop and it looks like it’s going to be really cute on my bunny. As for her name, nothing has come to mind yet, and I’m thinking that after she is finished it will come to me.
