Dolly Haul

Some more items I received to add to my incoming Mi's hoard. I'm going to have to build a bigger closet soon enough!

First up on the list is the wig I ordered from Funnylori/Unstrung Hero BJD. As always it arrived promptly and is really quite lovely. The fur was suggested to be challenging, but honestly I'm not too worried about it. It's even tamer than I expected, and I've worked with similar wigs before. It's a nice brown with lighter tips, which is the look I'm going for. I've also started working on a wig that is brown and white, as the character has primarily brown hair with some lighter pieces throughout. So this wig will work nicely.







The next item I received is the necklace from Vanilla Mint Designs that I had mentioned last week.
It's even lovelier in person, especially with the way the beads shine. It appears to be very well made, and I am eager to try it out on Mi once she arrives. Shipping was quite prompt and it arrived nicely packaged. My only potential complaint was that it didn't ship with tracking, which is a little odd as I've rarely come across a seller who doesn't. I prefer to have it as the mail often works in mysterious ways, but at least in this situation it worked out well.











The final two items came from the same seller off of Den of Angels. The boots I purchased because they were inexpensive but cute, and would work well for a few of the outfits I have in mind. They are fairly stained on the heels/soles (which I was well aware of), so I think I will be reworking them a bit to cover those spots. It's hard to tell in photos, but they're actually a nice sparkly purple, especially when the light hits them.








The final item is a pretty knitted cloak that has a distinctly mori* feel to it. I think it will work well with some of the other outfit pieces I have already, along with some things I am currently waiting on and working on. The pin is also removable which is nice in case I want to use either item without the other.

Incoming Items

Here are a few things in the mail  for the new girl.

 Ersa Flora Sienna Gradient Eyes

Not actually purchased off Ebay (DoA instead), but I saved this photo of them. I want the new girl to have brown eyes, but I always struggle finding the right kind of brown eyes. More often than not brown eyes are too dark, and end up looking more like black. They can also be very dark in the eye wells, giving more of the "doll" look rather than something slightly more realistic. So these seem to be a good approximation, with sort of built-in highlights.

Beach Brown wig from Funnylori

I am in the midst of making a wig for the new girl as well (more on that later), but I wanted to have something on hand and also for variety. I picture her with a brown/white wig, which is what I am also crafting. I love Funnylori's wigs, and I could own at least one for every doll I have. This one may be a bit challenging due to the fur style, though I have owned similar furs from her in the past. So I think it will work out.

 Yellow Flats from Mint on Card Inc

I have the lovely yellow dress from anekochansdollies, and it seems to require yellow shoes. Plus, I have pretty much nothing the new girl can share shoe-wise with the boys, so I will be getting her several pairs as time goes on. 

Pink Dollzone Shoes from Mint on Card Inc

These were also from MoC, though they are now sold out. I wanted to have some shoes that would match the pink lolita dress from anekochansdollies, and also the mori set. These probably work better for the former, but the latter does have some pink as well.

Dolly Haul Part 1

In preparation for the new girl's arrival, I've been working to collect and make some items so that she has all sorts of goodies waiting for her. This is the first time I've done this since my very first bjd, and it's kind of exciting to have a project like this to work on. This is the first haul of items I've had arrive, with more to come.

Underwear-handmade
My dolls rarely wear underwear, though that's mostly because they tend to wear pants primarily. However, this girl is going to wear a lot of dresses, and I wanted to make sure she had something to wear under them. So I made her a set of white lace undergarments from some stretchy lace.

Mori girl set-purchased

This set caught my eye the first time I saw it, but I didn't buy it right away. I kept coming back to it in my browser though, which made me rethink that decision. It's quite lovely, and will suit ghsi girl well I think.

Dresses- Anekochansdollies
I had stumbled upon Anekochansdollies' work on several occasions, and always admired her dresses. She also owns a RS doll, and the dresses fit so nicely, and appeared to be very well-made. So when o saw both this lolita-esque set and the yellow dress, I couldn't resist picking them up for my girl. She was wonderful to deal with, and her work is quite spectacular. I would recommend her to anyone looking for dresses! (She even included a little flower crown too, how sweet!)

This final image is just of the wooden box

I've put together for her so far with the smaller of the clothing items. Still to come this week/next: her eyes, wig, two pairs of shoes, an outd restringing items. Then hopefully after that...her!

Shopping!

I just finished a big deadline at work on Friday, so I decided to splurge a little on Emmanuel because he has the least clothes of all the dolls despite being my favorite. And what he does have doesn't fit very well given how tall/thin he is.  I've been taking him to work with me on occasion as well, which necessitates more clothes that fit.  Can't have him flashing the entire staff!

I had taken Sep to work for a week as my "motivation" towards the deadline, but I took Emmanuel in for the last two days to help give me that extra push.  Plus, my tech guy is fascinated/freaked out by my dolls and loves to come play with them. ;)  I made him signs each day as well to help motivate him, and it seemed to work!

I have to say though, it's rather difficult to easily buy for a big Dollshe boy.  There are a few things here and there, and some on the second-hand market, but it's not nearly as expansive as I would like.  I do eventually want to get him a suit, though that's a little further down the line (and will be an investment).  For now I purchased him a fun pair of boxers and two shirts from Velvet Tiger BJD on Etsy, who looks to have a lot of great 70CM bjd options.  I'm looking forward to him having some shirts that actually fit length-wise.

 I also picked up a wig, a pair of pants, some shoes, and some odds and ends (elastic, s-hooks) from Mint on Card as well.  I think the pants themselves will be a little big at the waist, but I'm looking to try to find a few new options for him.  I shall review everything when it gets here so others can have a good idea of what fits/doesn't fit/looks hopelessly ridiculous. (Hopefully not much of that happens!)

Shopping!

I did some shopping for Emmanuel III this weekend to remedy the wig and eye problem he's got going on.  He really needs a blond wig, so I picked up this one from FunnyLori.  I think that every doll I own will soon have a FunnyLori wig.

He also needed some eyes, which proved to be a bigger problem.  I usually go to Mint on Card for my eyes, as they have nice glass eyes.  However nothing in their 12mm section appealed to me, so I looked elsewhere. And looked.  And looked.  Nothing that struck me on DoA, nothing at Denverdoll, and I was feeling so/so about the acrylics Junkyspot had.  Apparently 12mm is a funny size.  Granted I am really picky about Emmanuel's eyes as well, which doesn't help matters.

So as a last resort I tried Ebay, and found these amazing eyes by Blueblood Doll.   They were a little more expensive than I normally consider for eyes, but they were just so beautiful.  And they fit my criteria of size, color, and location (USA yay!). These are the first pair of eyes I've liked for Emmanuel III, so I'm excited for them to come in!  They and the wig should be here later next week.  Just in time for some nice weekend photos I think.  It's amazing how a few little touches can really transform a doll!