St. Croix Blythe

We're all back from vacation feeling relaxed and renewed for the time being. Three days at work and I'm still feeling a little afterglow. And in my dolly world there's already a lot of activity going on. I came back very determined to continue and complete Emily's thermal change orange re-root and I'm happy to say I have made  lot of progress and have very little left to do. I am at the very edge of her scalp and hoping what I have left of the saran will be enough. I may have to skip a few holes in the back as a I go. It's a heck of a lot of hair. I've learned that it's not necessary to fill the holes with large hooks of saran to get a full head of hair. But I went a little crazy when I started a year ago and probably wasted a lot of saran.

For my next re-root I will try to be much more economical. And yes, I already have the hair and just ordered a coolcat scalp this morning. This re-root is intended for my Hollywood Blythe Whitney who I am still in the process of customizing. I actually ordered the hair while I was still on vacation and it arrived yesterday from Stephanie A Smith. It's an ounce of pink brushed suri alpca and I'm not a pink person but I saw it and couldn't resist. If it was just a flat pink I would never have bought it but this has gradients of pink, fushia and even brown in it. And I've been dying to do an alpaca re-root since I saw my first alpaca re-root Blythe at an NYC meet. It is so insanely soft, it's unbelievable. I can't wait to get started but I absolutely will not touch it until I am done with Emily's. She's been wearing a wig for the longest! LOL!!

Brushed Suri Alpaca for re-rooting

So before I left for vacation, I was already not looking forward to returning to work and decided to order something to make me happy upon my return. I know. It's like that. What can I say? So I purchased "Roller Maze" Lagoona from Amazon. And then while I was in Palisades over the weekend after I came back to the states, I saw "So In Style Trichelle" at Target for a reduced price. I have been looking at Trichelle for a long time and just loving her but never found her at a price I thought was reasonable. This time it just seemed right. Plus she was the last one one in that section. I will be looking to re-body her though because I really don't like Barbie bodies very much.

"So in Style Trichelle"

I just love Trichelle's face. It's so sassy and cute and something else. I really like that Mattel created this unique mold because she actually looks familiar to me like a face I would see in New York. In my mind, she's from the Caribbean. She's Caribbean American but she was born in Brooklyn like me. Haha!!

"Roller Maze Lagoona"

The first thing that struck me about "Roller Maze" Lagoona is how much yellower her hair is than "Skull Shores." I have to get used to her pink lips as well. It's always weird for me when I get a MH duplicate in a different series, especially when I love the first one as much as I love "Skull Shores" Lagoona. But I definitely like "Roller Maze" a lot. I was bit disappointed though that she didn't come with a brush. Not that I don't already have plenty of MH brushes but I kind of look forward to them. That Barbie brush bitch in me has just never died. LOL! Other than that, her skates, helmet and knee pads are so dope! The wheels are real and she has a little Shaka sign hand on her right arm which I adore!

I haven't deboxed Trichelle as yet but will probably get to it this weekend. Until my next update Stay cool!

The return

Untitled, a photo by Zanalee on Flickr.

Where it's been reported that the past week was spent in over a hundred degree weather, Penn Station was flooded bu a storm and some mad crazy sick person went on a shooting rampage at the "Batman" Premiere in Colorado!

No, I'm not looking forward to it. But I have to be a mature adult. It's been an absolute dream here in St. Croix and everyone here at "Sandcastle on the Beach" has been lovely. We will definitely be returning. This was so much of what I needed. It's been very very relaxing. I hope I can bring some of that calm home with me. Sounds like it's very much needed.

Blythe Vacation Commences

I have done nothing the past three days but meet with friends, hang out, eat, drink and walk and walk and walk. Today, Sunday, I do nothing. Or as close to nothing as possible anyway until tomorrow until I catch a plane outta here.

Stopping off in the Soho melee for a shot of Hendrix

Yesterday I spent a lovely afternoon and evening in Soho with Paula aka brooklynpablita. Remember that name because she's making some adorrrrrable Blythe clothes lately and I am so proud of her rapid progress as she learns all the ins and outs of sewing and patterns and things about miniature clothes which I am frankly bewildered by. All I know is it's really exciting to watch her progress photos and it was even more fun to walk around with her as she selected fabric at this place in Soho called Purl she had heard about and which we decided to visit for the first time yesterday afternoon.

Purl carries both fabric, yarn and notions in a small but sweet, well lit shop on Mercer Street. Paula has a very focused aesthetic and a great sense of pattern matching and I can't wait to see what she makes with what she chose. She was like a kid in a candy store, very much the way I feel around yarn in the winter. I can't get up the same kind of enthusiasm over yarn in the Summer somehow. But they did have some great yarn there that I couldn't help fondling and imagining in future projects, both Blythe and human.

Well, today is the check list day, I've been back and forth and back and forth over whether to bring two Blythes or three, but I think three are probably going to make it I just hope it's not too much to keep track of because I've never taken any Blythe on the plane with me before. The three are Hamsa, the still new, Ellington and Hendrix. I had all three along  with me yesterday to meet up with Paula's Ama, Felix and Max (who is allegedly visiting. LOL!) I think it should work out but I still have to stick a few other major things in with them. We shall soon be airborne where I will report back.

Happy Summer everyone!

Ellington is Here!!

I've been so busy taking photos of Ellington and taking her every where that I haven't had a chance to even blog about her arrival!

She showed up at work on Thursday last week and I have to say that it could not have been a better time! I was having a really crappy workday. In fact the entire rest of the week pretty much sucked. But seeing Ellington made me so happy! She's settling in really quickly. She just got her and already she's making friends, I've taken her to work and to the park and I'm pretty sure I will be sneaking her in with Hendrix and Hamsa to St. Croix! She's a California Girl so I know she's enjoying the weather and will love it there as well.

Ellington has the most incredibly sweet little photogenic face. Her beautiful skin tone is all sparkly and soft looking and she has a short brown asymmetrically cut bib which I requested.  Kyi also designed the coolest little habitat for her with really personally customized details. She was truly made for me. She's very artsy, cool and laid, back, loves nature and has a little blue bird which is sitting in the open doorway of a cute little cage. I adore that thing.

There is just nothing like bringing home a box of Blythe joy and unwrapping it alone in your home especially one like this which is just packed with all sorts of extra goodies and is just made with so much love you can feel it. As if all that is not enough, Ellington's hair also smells so good I could eat it! Kyi has informed me that is a mixture of warm vanilla, caramel and "Pink Sugar" a scent that I love.
It's going to be a great Blythe Sumer.

On her way to her new home in the UK!

On her way to her new home in the UK!, a photo by Zanalee on Flickr.

Vida has finally found a new home with a new mommy in the UK! I've had her listed up on BK for a bit but the new owner actually contacted me though the "Dolly Adoption" page on Facebook, a page I subscribe to but always forget about until Kyi Lynn reminded me on instagram. I really like it and plan on using it more.

This is all actually really timely as I have a new Brown Blythe on the way from Kyi who will be arriving any day now. I can honestly say, I don't regret letting Vida go. I just wasn't giving her the attention she deserved and she's a great doll so I hope her new momma appreciates her more than I did. She is the first doll in my collection I have ever parted with and I feel totally fine about it because now I feel closer to being totally happy with the dolls I do have.