Plastic Pull Rings! Yea!

Melly Kay Pull Rings

I wandered over the garment industry yesterday after work and before class to look for ribbons to use as pull strings. After Melly Kay customised Hamsa, I had a hard look at her work and discovered that her choice to use ribbon is not just pretty but also super smart. They're much sturdier than the stock string that comes with most Twiggy Twiggy pull rings used for Blythe. I've also been really inspired by how she literally creates her own pull rings from super cute Kawaii beads. She has proven to me that you don't even need the stock pull ring that comes with Blythe. You can make your own! I love that!

After I got ribbon I wandered into this store (I cannot remember the name) and found these amazing plastic beads that would also make amazing pull rings! I was so blown away that I hardly knew where too look first but I managed to be practical and narrow my choices down. I picked the square ones Whitney is holding above specifically for her. I thought they went well with the pale blue and pink colors in her eyes and her make up and I think they also match very well with her sort of vintage deco look. They also have little understated sparklies inside and  I love sparkles and glitter. So one day when I manage to figure out how to change her pull string (she came to me without one) these are what she's getting!
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Little Brown Blythe

Yea! I've completed my fourth Blurb book. This one features some process pictures of all the Black Blythes I've made thus far.

Reya Light

Neige

Ramona Rae

Angora Lee (WIP)

It's not a how to book. It only features pictures but I'm sure that one could gather a vague idea of what it takes to make a Black Blythe by studying it. Essentially, it's just an introduction to these four lovely dolls, what their parts looked like before and after. I just love making Blurb books. This one is about forty pages or so with a small trim size of about 8' by 8.5'.  I had a pretty clear vision for the subject matter, the layout and the sequence with which the photos would appear. I've tried to keep it simple and I really like it.

The last book I did which was on Blythe as well was a bit too jumbled and confused because I got really overwhelmed with all the templates, fonts and designs that Blurb has to offer. I wanted to use them all at once. But with LBL, I was able to settle on a definitive design scheme fairly quickly and although I proofed it and looked it over quite a bit, it really didn't take as much time as my last three books did. 

It is a novelty book of course, as many photo essays are but I'm proud of it. I think that, like the Blythe Doll itself, LBL has the potential to inspire creativity and spark imagination and even possibly create some enlightening discourse. Please got to the link below to check out the preview in my Blurb book store.

Enjoy!

</param         Little Brown Blythe by Zenzile Greene | Make Your Own Book

What's New

Hello all! I can't believe it's been so long! Well I've been busy with a lot of non-Blythe activities but I have several little Blythe projects in the works which I will be unveiling here and not on flickr for a bit. It's a bit of an undertaking and I sort of want to keep it under wraps until I'm positive it will all work out.

1. I have two dolls on the way to me. That's right! Two. And they are both going to be customized and sent away again. One to a friend and the other to the highest bidder. That's right! So get your ebay paddles ready! A beautiful Black Blythe could soon be yours!

2. I sold my second Blythe Postcard over at Blythe Post a few weeks ago! I was so juiced! I just put two more items in stock last night. I need to start doing more summer themes though. A lot of the stuff on there now is Fall inspired.

3. This summer (with encouragement from shershe, the worlds best Blythe scalp re-rooter) I will attempt to complete Emily's scalp re-root with the thermal color changing orange saran I so enthusiastically began with in the fall. 

So that and more is what's to come in my Blythe World this Summer and I know it sounds crazy but I can't wait until my classes are over (and I love my classes) so I can fully commit more of my time to something I may want to make into a more profitable venture in my life. It's an impractical hobby but it doesn't seem to be going away so may as well try and support my habit by getting some income from it.