Blythe Post Update!

Just added two new postcards to the shop this evening! They came out so amazing I'm actually keeping  a couple for myself. The colors are just wonderful! They are two of my favorite photos that I took of Hendrix a week or so ago in the Park. I noticed that most of the postcards in my shop are a Fall theme. I used to want to so more themes like the Holidays or Halloween but I just can never get into the set up for that. But whenever Fall comes around I make sure to get out and take a bunch of photos. The colors are just so amazing, I can't resist.

My first wierd little Blythe hat

, a photo by Zanalee on Flickr.

I finished it last week. It makes me think of gnomes. I completed it on three double point needles but I feel like I need to using five and thicker yarn for the next hat. I really like the colors in this one but it's a little snug. I really am a pattern averting person. I need to stop that and just take a class and learn to read a pattern.

I like how the colors turned out in this one and I think Hendrix looks adorable in it. She's a good model. She can make anything look adorable.
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Meet Dusty

The two on the right are the new girls

So I purchased two more petites from a seller on ebay several weeks ago. They arrived sometime last week. One of them is a twin of a petite I already have. She has long jet black hair and I just love her so much I had to get one more. Plus they come with these great high white boots as well.

Dusty before and after

This blonde one, I intended for my second AA petite custom. But as I was cutting her hair last night I had this idea for a cute little punk hair cut. I thought, hey if I don't like it, I just keep cutting, pluck it all out and continue with the custom. Well, she just kept getting cuter and cuter and now I like her just as she is. I'm calling her Dusty because she reminds me of Dusty Springfield whose hair and voice I actually happen to love.

Little Miss Donor

The whole reason I purchased this latest new Basaak Blybe in the first place was to get that notoriously hard to find Blybe t-bar. I found out the hard way while customizing my third AA Blybe, that RBL t-bars are not compatible with Blybes. They have a special t-bar that has a larger hole in the back with a groove on the bottom.  It's all so annoying. In any case, even with the t-bar in, I'm finding that I still have a lot of trouble getting Castaneda's eyes to roll up on the existing mechanism when I pull the string. Sometimes it works but takes a lot of pulling upwards and then it doesn't work at all. So she still has some major issues. I may need a whole other eye mech for her. I don't know.

In the meantime I got this cute little curly hair no named Blybe prancing around with no plans and I kind of like her. I wish they weren't so horribly made though. They practically fall apart in your hands. I'm not kidding. But I love that seller from Bangkok always sends along a bunch of extra goodies with the Blybes, clothes, leggings, ballet shoes, a little handbag. It's really nice. I have a vision for how I will customize her but I think I will keep her color as she is. I will know her name probably when she's done.

I wish I didn't have to keep putting Castaneda aside though. It's so disappointing. I love her so much. I need to know I can finish her.

Blythe Warmers Has Finally launched!!

ON SALE NOW!!!

I finally just up and did it. I had to create a whole new account which I anticipate being a pain in the ass but it really wasn't that bad and making the listings seemed so much simpler this time. Thank goodness. Plus there are some good tutorials on how to create a shop banner which I really suck at. The one I have up is pretty bare but it will do for now. I hope you'll stop by and check it out soon!
'Tis the season!

Autumn is Here

Untitled, a photo by Zanalee on Flickr.

Autumn is officially here. I took a few hours today just to go out and take a walk in the park with my camera and see some foliage. It was cooler than it has been the last few days. It was brisk and windy but the turning leaves were gorgeous and the sun came down so quickly I watched my shadow grow longer and longer in the grass every minute. I just love the colors of Autumn. As much as i love Spring, I look forward to it every year.

Blythe Warmers Project

This is the latest poncho I've made for Blythe Warmers, which I really need to set a launch date for because what's happening is this. I make a poncho. I like it. I have another idea for another one and I like that one better which makes the previous one look not that great to me and so on. I have now made about five of them and I like this last one I knit last night while watching "Dancing with The Stars" the best. I like the length of it and I like the flare I get from decreasing stitches as I go. I think it looks adorable and authentic. It's not perfect but it's a huge improvement. I  keep wanting to do more though, something fancier, finer. And while this is happening, I am not in fact launching the darn store. I'm just knitting! LOL!! Which I love. But I really need to start setting up shop.

I guess I'm a bit nervous. I've never sold any kind of garments for Blythe before. I feel like I need to start thinking about packaging, branding, that sort of thing. Nothing fancy or expensive of course but even the most basic stuff requires more thought than just stuffing a product in an envelope. But I don't want to get lost in all that either. I'm looking at this initially as just an experiment. I am also hoping that my friend, Cecelia will contribute to Blythe Warmers by making some of her adorable crotchet pom pom hats which I love

Well I'm going to start another poncho now but I swear this will be my last. Okay, maybe one more after that and then I'm going to start taking some product photos and just do this thing. Stay tuned!
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GO RUNNERS!!! WHOOHOO!!

GO RUNNERS!!! WHOOHOO!!, a photo by Zanalee on Flickr.

I'm a bad Blythe Blogger not to mention that Hendrix joined Cece and I at the NYC marathon last weekend. It was tons of fun! Cece had us cheering for everyone with or without a name on their running outfit. She has a friend named Ilene who actually ran in the marathon. What an accomplishment! It was really interesting getting to talk with her a bit about what she went through during the run.

The weather was just perfect! It's been unseasonably warm this whole week and I'm really enjoying it, even though in my bones I know it's not normal. We're gonna enjoy it while it lasts.

Chakra Smile

Chakra Smile, a photo by Zanalee on Flickr.

Say hello to Chakra Khan, my first AA petite Blythe! I removed her hair, sprayed her and then let her dry overnight. The nest day I added the powdered flocking on her scalp for hair. For some strange reason the paint on her face dried very rough and speckle like. I'm not sure why since the surface of her face was perfectly smooth. I know that there are optimal temperatures when it is best to use spray paint or dry it or not and that it effects the way it dried but I don't remember what they are and I was totally thrown off by this. So now she looks like she has really bad skin. LOL!!! But other than that, it was so easy to do.

Her body dried perfectly without any stickiness and the flocking was super simple. I just applied some craft glues evenly along her scalp, starting with edges first and and then filling it in. After that shook the flocking powder color I chose on her head over a plastic container to catch the excess and Voila!

I just love this color!! I really wanted to do a deep vibrant red as well but couldn't find that color at Michael's this weekend. So i bought this beautiful blue color along with black. I have another petite donor on the way and plan on doing at least two more so she will have a couple of sisters to play with. Weee!!!