Smile Maker

Just one new shot of Arabel, because she makes me smile...………...and we all could use something to smile about, right?

Rainbow Inspired

The DT Elf girls aren't "Wee", but for some reason I always seem to categorize them in with my smaller dolls, maybe because I often enjoy photographing them with my Realpuki's.  I do enjoy the Elf girl body quite a bit though, and have recently added an actual Elf head to the mix. I saw this girl FS on the DOA marketplace quite a while ago and kept going back to look at her, imagining her as a Rainbow Fairy, very similar to Iplehouse CREAA J Chloe. Iple photo of my inspiration below.

I have been tempted by the CREAA line quite a few times, but while Chloe REALLY tempted me I didn't want to get into yet another size etc.  Anyway I kept going back to the pale little DT Elf Soyu in the DOA Marketplace and thinking with the right face up she could be really beautiful as a rainbow fairy.

Below is a shot of her as she first arrived to me.

I sent the photos of CREAA J Chloe to Akiko (Vitta Vera) and asked what she thought about doing her take on a rainbow fairy with my little Soyu who I decided to call Viridian (Viri for short). I did ask for brows on my girl, which the Iple inspiration didn't have.  Akiko had some wonderful ideas. My girl arrived home this week, and turned out so beautiful I just had to share her.

The color in her faceup is hard to see, but there is a great graduation of color on her ears. They have purple tips!

And a shot of her in a white wig. She's very whimsical, which was what I was looking for. You can see the color on her face a little better in the shot below.

I think she will be a lot of fun, and will let herself to several wig colors. I look forward to playing with her more and finding different looks for her.

 

A Wee Tale To Tell

My Dollstown girls certainly aren't on the "little" scale, but the Realpuki's are and I really think they are magical together. Maddie, my Dollstown Maru on an Elf body got a new gown from Robyn of Period Threads and I've been playing a bit with her. Pappi decided he wanted to spend some time with her as well. I believe he must be telling quite the tale.

Multipurposing

 This morning I decided it was finally time to take Arabel out of her Christmas dress, and as I was thinking about what to put on her I thought of this cute little dress I got from ShahmaranBJD on Etsy. It is sized for my minifee girls, but the body of the dress is made from a stretch material so I thought it might work for my KID girls as well.

I'm happy to say its a win! The sleeves are a perfect fit and while the length is slightly longer on Arabel than it is on the minifies I think its actually a great length for her.

Arabel is very happy and so am I! I love when I can multipurpose items across doll lines.

Arabel Christmas

Time has really gotten away from me this year. I had planned to take so many more Christmas pics of my dolls this year, but since it is now the 23rd and I have plenty of real life things to do yet to get ready for Christmas Eve I think it is safe to say I am not going to bring all my dolly plans to fruition. I did get a chance to redress Arabel this morning and take a few pics of her.

She is wearing a 14" Betsy McCall dress that I have had for forever. Its a little big on her, which makes me think it might actually work for my Dollshe little girls too, but I think Arabel still looks cute in it.

Arabel has such a sweet face. I'm really glad I got her. Wishing all of you out in dolly land a very Merry Christmas, from me and my dollies to yours!

Ugly Christmas Sweaters

I happened to be in Hobby Lobby Friday and saw these "ugly" sweaters in a Christmas display by the cash registers for 50% off, since that made them about $3 ea I thought it would be fun to get them for the little ones. I hoped the BID's or LittleFee's would be able to wear them. I tried them on Taigi and Lydia today and they are a perfect fit.

Taigi and Lydia were a little put out and couldn't understand the "ugly" sweater concept at all. They were just upset that they got "ugly" sweaters while Nalla and LW got "cute" sweaters.

I think they look adorable in them though. I promised them next year they would get cute sweaters and two of the others would have to wear the "ugly" ones.

And a last shot of Lydia...……..who thought hers was the ugliest of all, because she actually likes llama's AND pink (both of those things on Taigi's sweater) and her sweater just had an ugly old prickly cactus.

It's Holiday Time Again

I can't believe the first week of December is over already. Each year the time seems to move faster and faster.  I guess it didn't help that Thanksgiving was so late this year. A few new pics of Nalla, LW and Boo since they had on their winter/holiday themed sweaters.

I do believe their sweaters were "Elf on the Shelf" sweaters I found a couple of years ago. They work great for the BID dolls. I need to get out and see if I can find a couple more for my other BID's.

Nalla

And another of the two of them. I really need to get some Christmas decorations out for the "set", but was too lazy to do it today. I've been fighting a cold and didn't feel like digging through my boxes today.