GROOVY DOLLS! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU??

Thanks to this Groovy dolls Blythe customization tutorial, the best I have found so far, I now realize how badly I screwed up on my SBL customization. I wonder though, if I would really have had an easier time of it if I had found this tutorial before I started on Reya. I'll never know now. But I will definitely be referring back to it if I ever do this again.

Today: Searching for Sharpie paint markers to paint Reya's scalp and prepare for re-rooting. Mohair is also starting to sound way to difficult to take care of so maybe I should just look for something wavy or curly.

Back from the Bay

Believe it or not I was having dreams about my dolls on the plane to San Francisco. I think it was because I regretted not being able to take any of then with me but once I got there I was totally submerged in San Francisco and taking hundreds of pics wherever I went.

I think they had fun while I was away and as tired as I was getting back to NYC I was really happy to see them. I've been insanely contemplating purchasing another (had my eye on a Fruit Punch Blythe on ebay) but common sense has finally set in as I'm realizing how happy I am with the girls I have. I may have to get a cheap ADG though to embark on my Black Blythe customization. The idea was to use Emily Sapphire for this since she has been the initial guinea pig for my Blythe customization experiments but the thing is I love Emily Sapphire all the more because of the mistakes I've made with her. She still retains a certain sweet charm and distinctness that I love and I don't want to change her so extremely.

On the other hand it seems a bit crazy to buy another doll, no matter how cheap, just to take apart, sand, spray and possibly totally f*ck up. Well, we'll see. I've gotten really good at changing eye chips. But I still need to get some more pointers from my flickr groups before I even feel confident with this.

Black Blythe is Beautiful and Emily needs a Sista!

Is there some kind of Skull and Bones society that has decreed that Ashton Drake should never manufacture a Black Blythe doll or that any information on how to attain one should ever be found online? What's a woman gotta do? Why wouldn't there be a Black Blythe doll! Come on people! Make it a limited edition, she's gonna fly off the shelf! We're in the time of Obama for Chrissakes! Blythe is to frikkin cool to not have a version of herself that reflects African American Heritage. Get with it!

I can't even figure out how a doll that was first created in the seventies by Kenner did not already have a black doll among among it's four prototypes. The first black Barbie came out in the sixties but I guess race relations were still too tense for Kenner to follow suit with Mattel.

Okay, so Blythe didn't catch on and she was discontinued but then she started to gain a huge underground cult following and Hasbro, and Takara and then Ashton Drake started producing replicas for adult collectors. Still not a black one in sight??? WHAT'S UP!!!

Can I get a customization link? I will DIY myself a darn Black Blythe!