Retraction

I take back everything I said in the Cons section I wrote about the arrival of Ramona Rae, my newest Blythe Doll clone. I was just on ebay checking out other Blybes (ahem!) and basically every one I click on is being sold bt the same seller. The description below is listed in large letters on the description of each one. So in all honesty, I knew what I was getting and just forgot all about this description.


"For sale is brand new Blybe / Basaak color changing eyes doll. She stands 12” tall. She is medium quality doll. Her eyes change colors with the pull of a sting attached to the back of her head . She can move her arms & legs & head. She can twist & turn her waist. She is wearing hand made outfit made by my freind. She comes with doll stand, her two original outfits, and a pair of ballet shoes. Her 2 extra outfits are not showed in the listing but they will be included in the box. 

To be honest, most Blybe & Bassak dolls I have received from all sources recently are shaky on their feet. Her hip joints are loose and that makes her wobble. But this problem is quicky fixed when rubber bands are put around her hip joints. I will have this done when I ship her. I will also put cute panties on her so the rubber bands do not show."

The seller really was great, keeping me and three other unfortunates whose Blybes went temporarily wayward updated on anything they happened to hear or get in writing from the post office. So cheers! I sure hope that doesn't happen again because I think I want another one!
: )

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!!!!

I'm not sure where to start! It's my birthday, thank you very much! I've already received some of the best gifts ever yesterday in the mail, one of them being a birthday gift for a great friend of mine. That gift is Ramona Rae, the first Blybe or Blythe clone I have ever purchased. Here are Ramona's pros and cons.

Pros
She's adorable! The quality of her hair is actually not bad at all. I was worried about that but I really like it alot and it's jet black not dark brown and I love black hair!!! Features of the Blybe Basaak body are that her arms swivel around unlike Blythe which I think is kinda nice. Her waist turns just like a regular Blythe.

Cons
If I intended to keep her as she is, the cons would be really irritating. First off, her legs don't bend which I knew before hand from the research I had done on Blybes. I thought that would annoy me more though but it doesn't! I love her cute unbending legs. In fact I have a feeling that this body will probably take spray paint more successfully than the Licca bodies I have coming on the way. But the Blybe body is also a bit wobbly at the waist joint so we'll see. Many of these choices will have to made by her new mommy who I hope will be getting a flickr account so we can keep up with Ramona Raes adventures as well as play dates because yes there is another NYC BLYTHE MEET IN CENTRAL PARK ON SUNDAY JUNE 13th!!!!! YEAHSSS!!!  I've been holding that in for a bit but I known about it for weeks.

Okay, back to Ramona Rae. There are rubber bands wrapped around the inside of her thigh joints. Yeah, that's kind of a no no. Like how do you sell a doll like that? I believe the bands are there so that her legs move with some stiffness for pose ability. What happens if I decide to take them off? Maybe I don't wanna find out.

I was already aware of The high hairline, which is why I got her with bangs which completely cover the line. The eye chips. They might be the bane of my existence. What I do know from observing Suedeheads
Blybe custom pics is that are really hard to get out and replace. The posts on a regular Blythe chip have to be sawed down to go in a Blybe eye mech because the space is not that deep in a Blybe eye socket. On close examination, their own chips are  badly glued in but this is not apparent in pictures or from far away. I am not looking forward to dealing with that but at least one or two of her existing eye chip colors are not so bad as they are. The green for instance are fine. Again, these are more choices that her new mommy will make.

I definitely want to carve her lips and perhaps give her new lashes. I'm lash crazy with Blythe right now. I'll be checking out all the best custom Blybe pics I can find for the next week or so. Thankfully, I also have Suedehead to give me some pointers on her own Black Blybe process. Hers was one I followed pretty closely when I first started thinking about doing this.

So get ready for Ramona Rae our first Black Blybe!!!! Coming Soon!

Above is Neige sporting her new Heather Sky Scalp which finally arrived from Norway yesterday along with three "Chocolate Emotions" dresses I bought last month from a clean-out sale on Plastic Paradise and totally forgot about. It's been a while since I had a Blythe with so much hair so for now I've just put Neige's hair in two braids until I can figure out how else to style it later. *Sigh* It's going to be a great weekend!

Mail, Projects, Ideas, The latest

HAPPY NEW YEAR BLYTHERS AND BLYTHE LOVERS!


BLYTHE 365Number 1 of 365

So on flickr, there is a group called Blythe 365. The point of this picture pool is to choose one of your Blythes and commit to taking a picture of her a day, everyday for a year, no matter what and submit each one, each day to that pool. It helps of course to make a set in your own account, eg 365 Days of "BlytheDoll" so you can look at your own progress as you go. I've observed with great admiration and awe as many of my own flickr friends and contacts do this (Hello Jenny is one of my favorite 365ers) and have been considering it for the past few months or so, especially near the end of this summer. I even did a 365 audition where I took pics of the five trying to figure out pros and cons of their photogenic abilities and which one would I be able to make this commitment to for a year! I mean I take pictures of them a lot but only when I feel like it. This would mean having to be inventive even when I'm wiped out and pissy, bored or overwhelmingly busy but I love what I've seen come out of this project.

You get this really funny, creative and often inspiring narrative, not only of a doll but also of the photographer. I love it. So I kinda bit the bullet last week and named Reya the winner not only because I adore her but because she is notoriously problematic to photograph. Her dark color makes we work extra hard to find the right lighting for ideal exposures of her and it's a genuine challenge. When I get it right, I feel really accomplished. So there's that. I am presently on day 4. I guess I should start posting the pics here so you can watch the fun. We'll see. : )

In other news, there are some other projects at hand and some mail that should be arriving soon but I swear, I've been bargain shopping! On the way are:

-Green converse (used on Plastic Paradise)
-Rollerskate shoes (used on Plastic Paradise)
-A cheerleading outfit I found on Ebay Singapore (Don't ask. I stumbled on it)
-Three plastic headbands by cupcakecozy (Hello Jenny) on etsy
-Two mini Lucky Blythe Magazines by confettilexi
Okay, that does sound like a lot but trust me, they are all very affordable.


Emily has been wearing a blue bob wig since I removed her scalp this summer and I love it but it's time to do a permanent re-reoot on her old scalp so I ordered some Saran hair for her from My Little Customs last month. They have the largest online selection of dolls hair I've seen thus far and they're displayed so well, it's like looking at candy. The hair I ordered is this amazing color changing orange. It's heat sensitive and when touched changes from a dark orange to a bright yellow!! Weeeee!!! But before I can get all excited about the color changing abilities of hair I have to perfect my lock and loop re-root technique which I failed miserably to do with Reya. But that was because I used human hair. I hear that Saran synthetic hair is much easier.


And last but not least I am increasingly more curious about these Blythe Doll knock offs called Blybes. Some collectors have begun to embrace her as a doll that's more affordable and ideal for customization. Collectors with similar interests have been experimenting the two types of knock off, CCEs and Blybes to see which is more compatible with a better quality Takara or Lica Blythe body. I will wait until I see a really good looking one before I attempt a Blybe re-make myself but I've been itching to design another doll of color and the Blybe may be a great way to start.