Born to Blythe

Monday, July 18, 2011

Who goes on vacation with me?

My Gang, a photo by Zanalee on Flickr.

I don't think I can handle more than three.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Well Summer is definitely here ready or not. It's hitting 100 degrees here in NYC! And we and my sweety are planning a beach vacation for all of next week. Thank God for vacation!!

But now, for me, one of the next challenges is figuring out which of the Blythes will come along with me. Ridiculous right? But I can't pass up the photo opps! I'm trying to be reasonable. In fact I have to be. This is luggage space we're talking about. But I always feel terrible when it's obvious I have favorites and other girls get left out. I think I've been giving Hendrix, my latest gal from Melly Kay, particular favoritism lately. She's just so gosh darned cute and photogenic and travels so well, I can't help it. When I say she travels well, I mean that she just seems to go anywhere. She's adaptable like crazy and I love that. And that's kinda what I need on vacation, plus she has that healthy tanned look! LOL! I may bring Reya (above) as well but with my older customs, I worry about them getting scratched and banged and all kinds of unforeseeable stuff. Not that I don't worry about the others, but Reya's my first AA custom. She's very special. I can't afford to have anything happen to her since it would be very difficult to touch her up. I've decided I can only bring two. Hendrix is definitely in. For the second, I'm thinking either Hamsa, Whitney or Neige. This is so nuts that this is what I'm thinking about. I really need to get a Blythe doll carrier. Yes, they make those.

Friday, July 8, 2011

New Girl Planet Gear!

New MH gear from Francine of Girlplanet was waiting for me in the mail when I came back from 4th of July Vacay on Tuesday! One of the fun things about her dresses is trying to figure out from the pictures how they actually work. Like for the white dress on the right, there is a flat snap just underneath the ruffle where it snaps to the end on her chest after wrapping around her neck. But to look at it, I couldn't tell that there were snaps or anything that comes apart any where. It all just look seamless and delicate and simply beautiful. I really appreciate the tricks of small scale clothing design that use tiny details to convey something slightly more complicated and refined.

There was a postal strike in Canada near the end of June so I was warned by Francine who lives there that the mail might be severely delayed. But I opted to wait because I was really excited about what I got. I got a pair of white lace leggings and a fushia colored front ruffle dress not pictured here and the white dress above. The pleather suit on Clawdeen was a freebie! Francine just makes my day!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

BlythePhoneography

BlythePhoneography, a set on Flickr.

I'm putting together a set on flickr of all the pics I've taken of my Blythes on my phone. I'm hoping to make a small Blurb book of them which I haven't done in while. I really enjoy my photo apps. Let's be honest. I'm addicted to them.

I also love putting together Blurb books. But this is going to take some time, mostly because I have so much to choose from and I'm not even done putting this set together yet. I started it this weekend and my hand started to cramp up from clicking and dragging.
To be continued.