[Flickr] You are rlkataja's newest contact!‏

These are the people I love connecting with on flickr. Below is the profile for my newest contact who just added me to her flickr network. She also has a shop on Etsy. Weeeeeeee!!! : )

Hello!
I am so glad to have found the world of BLYTHE!!! I'm not sure how I stumbled upon her but I'm soooo happy I did!
I joined Flickr really as a way to communicate more with others who love Blythe as much as I do!!! I feel silly sometimes to tell people how much I LOVE this doll. Some of my friends (and my 14 year old!) think it is all sooo weird and don't really understand that BLYTHE is "NOT" your ordinary doll! She is sooo special and Unique!
(my daughter does like the outfits I make though and my new addition AA!)

I work a day time job @ the McCall-Butterick and VOGUE pattern company in NYC as an illustrator. I love my job and really enjoy all the creative people I work with. I have access to lots of great fabrics-trims-etc. Making Blythe clothing is my newest and most loved Passion!!! (besides my daughter "Linnea" and my big fat cat "Buster")

:)

Here is my Flickr group to post pics of your girls in my fashions:
www.flickr.com/groups/586849@N25/

Emily Demure

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Originally uploaded by zanalee

Looking more demure than ever. I had to have one of the panes in my window removed this morning because Francis cracked it by accident last week in the process of killing a wasp. We had to cover it with two white trash bags until the super came back to install a new one. I noticed that the light from the sun (it was a gorgeous day today) coming through the white bags acted sort of like a light box which is used in studio photography to soften the light on one's subject. I'm a photo opportunist.

Molly Mol

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Originally uploaded by zanalee

I'm just starting to get Molly's look. Her hair has been a bit challenging me as I'm so used to all the light easy body of Emily's hair which will do anything. Molly's hair color is beautiful but the Takara hair is flat and really just hangs but today I really started to feel her look. She's more of a "natural" girl.

Molly Braids bw

Molly Braids bw
Originally uploaded by zanalee

Meditating after I braided her hair last night.

Feltland on Etsy

*GASPING!*
IT MUST BE MINE.
The outfit I mean...

Molly Walk

Molly Walk
Originally uploaded by zanalee

These bitches are taking over my life!!! I swear I will get back to photographing other things again soon. But to be honest, photographing Blythe Dolls really does teach you a lot about shooting in various kinds of natural light. There are so many amazing way to utilize light and background and backdrop when taking pictures of Blythe. It's like endless. So you understand how tough it is for me to kick this addiction. I love Blythe. I love photography. *SIGH*...this might take a while.

Molly Settles in

More Observations of my first Takara Blythe.

-Her eyes (or eye chips as they're called in Dolly Blythe land)are different, lighter shades of the 4 trademark Blythe Eyes Colors and just a different eye chip altogether. I will show you later.

-Her Eye lashes are a little shorter, not as exaggeratedly long as my Ashton Drake Blythe.

-She has a side part that I live for.

-Her side glancing eyes seem to glance more to the side that the ADGs. It's like they look down and over rather just over.