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It's actually for Chalyss ' Aaloriel, who is a Cedarheart Lillian head on a 72 resinsoul body. Poor Blue here gets to be the stand-in for height and shape, as I wrestle with the cloak--it started life out as some kind of flower girl? Baby Prom? dress and Chalyss recut it to more or less it's current shape. While the fabric is polyester, it's soft enough and silky enough to be pleasant to work with and the machine only has a little trouble keeping it moving through the feed dogs. My biggest problem was self-inflicted--I forgot to check what was in the bobbin when I made the casing for the drawstring, so the stitching is really obvious around the neck: So to cover that up I am going to work some of that wild coral-like prom dress fabric over the stitching--not enough to make the gathering gum up, but hopefully enough to make the stitches less obvious: Also it should work with the trim around the bottom of the cloak, which is the same stuff. Here is a side view of...

Found in a very weird bookstore in Aurora--not that the books were odd; but apparently no one had bought anything all day, so the staff was bored. The box that contained this was literally thrust into my hand when I said I was sort of looking for Tokidoki. Well, they weren't wrong-- this is what I was looking for (even though I didn't even know there was a mercorn in Series 4.)

Almost half as tall as I am :). That is a Soom Elf Sabik that I got in a trade with a local collector, and he was one of the best things I have ever gotten in a trade! He's a decent poser, too, if you are patient. Boots help too, to support his ankles. I need to wire his arms, but his legs have been no problem, and he sits well too. Here he is with a Resinsoul Long body: And here he is with a Dollzone 72 body (I think it was a Hong body when Hong was new): Here he is with an Impldoll Idol (72cm). The Idol has a much bigger neck. Almost all his height is in his legs, sitting down he works fine with other dolls: I should really put him back in his "own" shirt--but that shirt that aernath made makes me laugh so much I haven't had the heart to change it.

She's Chibi Ereshkigal here, and so much fun! I have never had a Super Delf before, just the old Delfs..Delves? She's very posable but has really wild legs--at the moment she has her "heel legs" on so she can wear those boots, but check out how her legs are held on: That's it--her previous owner sueded her hips (that is the dark stuff you see) and it seems to be very useful, since the leg elastic just loops over those pegs. Mostly she sits and stands fine--she wants to have the leg elastic pop off if you move them too much to the side, but most humans can't do side splits either. I need to put on her flat feet and see how they work as well. She has cute little hands: (Sitting without propping, too) Here she is standing on uneven ground, though her knees do bend a little backwards, which also suprises me: I have to glue up some Blue Otter Paradise horns for her (I haven't had a chance to yet), but she is a standard size and so has a lot of ready...

So he's got a face, though somehow I did not do the Lee Pace brows justice, and eventually I will have to go back and add more. This photo was also "how many other dolls can we steal from--since the wrap is Danu's, the hair belongs to my Breccia, and the upside-down tiara is Sophie Cushion's. The eyes are his own, part of the treasure hoard of eyes from Ersa Flora, and size 12mm. He's on a NP Impldoll Star body, and aside from how buff it is, it's actually a good size for him. I would like to get more elegant hands for him, but for now, he has hands, and that is a plus. I tried doing some of the pastel blending with makeup brushes and I have to say it does work better than Q tips--the set I used were cheap ones from Target and while they do shed hair, they worked pretty well:

Yes, a small number of Iplehouse's dolls are going to be discontinued, here is the Notice: The good news is that if you log in and go here you can get these going-out-of production dolls for a hefty discount, 20% if you don't wait too long. The deeper discount lasts until May first, after that it drops to 10% until June 26th, 2016.  I looked over the list and was vaguely tempted by Cherie (she is much cuter in person than the store promos would let you believe) but I also heard a rumor (just a rumor) that the Carved Heritage line would also be phased out this year, and rather than have to dig around in Doll Choice, I took part of the money I have raised from The Big Sell Off and put some down on an NYID Bliss, while she is still a Standard. It looks like the Cats are popular enough they will still be here by my birthday, when I might get a Siamese one. :D

Shelly (ErsaFlora) has relocated to the UK, and as part of the cleaning/moving process she offered grab bags of 20 pairs of eye for a very good price--and I am all about bags of eyes. Though I am not sure you can call it a "blind bag" if it's full of eyes? Anyway, I received the bag and it was full of treasure! I actually use those novelty colors so I was thrilled to see the sparkles and ringed eyes--here are some more: And yes, some more! So while a lot of today was spent outside weeding, raking and digging, some of it was spent inside trying eyes in various heads. Everyone looks great--I just can't decide who gets which eyes..they are so sparkly :D

Soom has popped out their first itty-bitty pocket-sized gem, and it's pretty cute. It's also comparably priced to the Iplehouse Cat, but with some extras--it looks like it has little magnets in the feet, and comes with a metal stand (like a Obitsu) so you can put it in amusing poses and it will stay that way, despite being top-heavy. Here are the stats: Most important--height, 13cm. This is a small doll! It takes a 4 inch wig, and suprisingly, a sort of normal 12mm eye, though getting it in place might be tricky. Here is the sales page!

I know Soom did some clear blue Cuprit feet for one of the FreeChoice events, but I never thought I would find them, as I was sure they had cast only a few of them; probably for people who really wanted them. But I did find a pair last week--from Texas, of course. So now Carissa has actual Cuprit hooves instead of Beryl hooves, and the Beryl feet went off to Sicktress today. The hooves work really well, but you do need to cushion them between the "hock" and the top of the hoof part. Rajendora sueded a Super Gem girl a while back using thin craft foam, and it worked really well--you can shape it to fit and use a nondescript color as needed. This was important with these hooves because they are so translucent. Standing up. (Though you can't see her feet). I was amused at the cat. For some reason the cat likes to hang out with Carissa. "What are we looking for?"

I was looking around the Den of Angels Marketplace (I have come down with an amazing snot cold, so I was doing nothing productive) and I saw a doll I hadn't ever seen before-- a curvy resin version of the Dollfie Dream anime girls. The company who makes them, 2D Dolls , I know nothing about, except that Alice's Collections carries the dolls , they are not cheap (around 500.00 for the basic girls, 450.00 for the bodies) and they are about 58 cm tall, not counting the heads. And they are much curvier than the usual bjd--not quite SuperSonico curvy, but enough that I keep eyeing my little Delf Soo head and wondering if she would fit on one of these bodies. Also Meng Meng is really cute. (That is Qian Ye up at the top). This is her sister Qian He: For some reason the combination of the cute chair, the "cutie legs"... and the axe... makes me laugh. I also like Qian He's outfit a lot. I'm not quite sold yet on the anime faces, but seeing Senja's Dollfies...

A cute character sketch from K, who is developing a D and D scenario for her gaming group. He is "a halfling lawyer." I'm not sure what kind of law he practices, but I am thinking a personal injury lawyer could make a pile of gold in a D and D universe.

Akutenshi7 came to visit today, and brought her newest arrival--a fullset Angell Studio Claudia2. I said Princess Sparkle's full name is "Princess Sparkle Mc Smileypants" because not only is she very twinkly but she smiles as well--look at this cutie: (I don't look that cute when I wake up). Also she came with a glorious dress and shoes: And wee little elf ears! (Which were delicately blushed too--she had the nicest faceup! So altogether she is the most perfect little elf princess ever and I am sure Akutenshi will give her a more dignified name than "Sparkle" :D Akutenshi also lent me her Volks Zoukemura spray (you can have no truer friend than someone who will let you use something that has to come by boat from Japan, and then truck freight the rest of the way). As far as I can tell, Zouk spray is slightly cheaper than Mister Super Clear and also doesn't fog up on colored resin, because I did Ashley and she didn't fog even after 3 co...

You too can look like Mermaid Jessica Pearl ! Of course it might get soggy underwater, but it looks very cozy for reading on the couch. It's on sale at Zawful , at half price right now.

Resinsoul has started to make jointed hands for 60cm males now, and I wanted to get a pair for my Immortality of Soul G--his hands are beautiful, but not useful; and as a carpenter he really does need posable fingers. So I ordered a NS pair and a WS pair, hoping to get something like the IoS pale pinky-white. Alas, when they came, I realized they would be too small--the IoS body has Soom Super Gem-sized hands, and these hands were quite small--they are exactly the size of female Souldoll Zenith hands. This is not a bad thing, because my ladies need workable hands, too. I tried them out on Cecilia, my Granado Katrien/Dollzone hybrid first (the DollZone body came to me with Delf hands, which were ok but a bit small for Cece's fat head ;) But Resinsoul NS is much lighter and pinker than Dollzone NS, so her Granado male hands went back on. (They are actually ok for her, just a bit square across the backs). So I went and got out Abraxas (FL Celine/Souldoll hybrid) instead-- sh...