THANKS YOU GUYS!!

For whatever reasons, I've noticed that my "Little Brown Blythe" blurb book has been getting several comments lately in my blurb account. I've been making blurb books for a few years now and have never received (nor expected) one comment until now! There are only a few but I am so honored even for those! One of the people, a young woman, named Christina, left a comment and also plugged my book in her pininterst board! Thank you so much Christina! I'm so glad you liked it! I hope you make your way to this blog and stay in contact!

 It means a lot to me that people have found some inspiration from a book I created specifically to spot light my experience making AA or Black Blythe dolls. I have not actually made one in some time. The last as some of you know was Castaneda who is actually a hybrid, made from a Blybe (Blythe Doll Clone) head and a pure neemo body. She has been put on hold due to eye mech issues. In general, customizing Blythe dolls is not a cheap or easy endeavor, which is why the sale of any custom doll is very pricey. But I do hope to make one some day that I feel is worthy enough to put on the market. Until then I really appreciate the good words and encouragement from you all, blurb contacts and blog followers alike. You inspire me!

Blythephoneography

Blythephoneography by Zenzile Greene | Make Your Own Book

I take a lot of Blythe Doll Photos. I've taken a lot of Blythe Doll photos using my iPhone: about 876 or more to be exact are posted to my flickr account. I thought it was time to put together another Blythe Blurb book.
I just love making these and didn't have an immediate theme in mind so I just decided to do it around Blythe phone pics because I just love how they go together and how much they have in common! At it's best, iPhononograpy for me is nostalgic, emotional, quirky, mysterious, dark, funny, random and ironic, many of the same  wonderful qualities that I love about Blythe dolls. I decided to make this one in the smallest trim size available, the square size, which I believe is 7X7 inches. I ordered the first copy in a soft cover with premium matte paper.

I admit to putting this one together a little faster than my previous books. It's kind of an experiment with the interest to do something a bit larger and more involved, perhaps with more of a narrative. Please check it out if you get the chance! I would appreciate any feedback! : )

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!

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