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Souldoll has a new category on their sidebar, called You Are Mine, and it's marketing genius. Souldoll always has made amazing clothes (my theory is that Souldoll is actually a big commercial trim factory, and they do the dolls as a fun side hustle), but now they do a sculpt, cast that sculpt, and then make not one but two FABULOUS dresses to go on the doll, and charge big bucks for it. I am guessing the price is similar to what they would make from a regular run of a new Zenith girl without the clothes, but it's less hassle for them than casting several dolls, and they can concentrate on making it all perfect. And Julie is pretty perfect , though to be honest it's her clothes more than her face that I find so stunning. Don't get me wrong, she is pretty, but all Souldoll girls are pretty. :D Those clothes, though! Anyway, if you choose to spend 3227.00 plus EMS, you can claim a pile o' prizes as the Summer Event is in progress. Here are your gift with purchase c...

Here is the tile laid out while the adhesive dries--I wasn't too sure of my adhesive-applying ability so it seemed safer to do it flat at this stage. Turns out it would probably have been better to do it all in one place, but this worked ok for the glue. It comes in a tub, you spread it with a special trowel, and it actually is easy. Grout is a lot harder: I mixed way too much grout, because I was not sure how much 5 lbs would mix up to, and how thin it would spread--but it is better to have too much, and grout is cheap. This is Polygrout, mixed up in a disposable salad greens container.. I found that the first trowel full went on perfectly, but then as it stiffened up a little it got more difficult to push around evenly. Part of the problem was working on the floor at a funny angle. But you can just take a fingertip's worth and push it in where you need it, if you are wearing gloves. My next tile project will be much better-- and I have enough to do a whole bathroom enc...

The British Treasury employs a cat to remove mice--his name is Gladstone, and he is a very handsome cat. He also wears a large collection of bow ties :D Read more about him  here! (Many thanks to Karl Kofoed for spotting this article!)

Yes, you can order a mix of transparent and solid resin if you want! Just send them an email at admin@resinsoul.com  and ask! They will tell you the cost and set you up for payment via PayPal. This fun body was on sale on the Den of Angels MP--looks like the sale is over, which is good for my wallet :D Custom colors take about twice as long as the normal 30 day turnaround, so more like 60 days. Still very fast!

Whee! A bjd video (with a bit of shaky focus) from CP/Fairyland. She is 900.00, so out of my league, but I love her outfit, and if you want to sell a kidney, you can buy her through Denver Dol l, or through Dolk Station  . Limited to 120, there is also a Basic Version Nude Doll for less. If you look at the Dolk link there are a ton of photos; she has two bust options, A Normal Bust and a Corset Bust (!) and the price includes all the stuff. She is my favorite size, the 65 centimeter Feeple size, with unique hands. This is the same body that is under Chloe and Sian if you are trying to picture the size. It looks like you might get a smoky-clear sword as an omake as part of Fairyland's Summer Event, but you need to read the fine print to see if it applies to Sylvia. I think it does, if you order over 800.00 (see below). If you order less there are some heads, but I hate small loose heads so I wasn't really paying attention. More Sylvia outfit: On that same...

Yes, that is a Soom Dia in there, on a Dream of Doll torso and a bunch of other bits and pieces, as well as apoxy sculpt and crystals. He is just so stunning. Here is another photo: He's a lava diety and you might say he "rocks" it :D See more on her Tumblr here !

If the link works (it worked for me, and I am not a member) this is a really, really excellent review of Udell and some use and care tips, too! http://www.dolliehsanctuary.com/sanctuary/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=12181

Yetta was originally MissAlly's, and after MissAlly passed away, Cat bought a few of her dolls and many artistic odds and ends. Cat wanted to style Yetta in a way similar to MissAlly's other dolls; a sort of humorous Night Circus/ Belle epoque look that I can't quite describe, but you would recognize instantly--it's a little like Val Zeitler's style . This is what Cat wrote to me: Yetta was inspired by the Marie Antoinette movie that was one of MissAlly's favorite films. She is named for MissAlly's grandmother. Yetta's dress was made by PhantomCreations, though Cat is thinking of beading the skirt because Cat is a lily-gilder. :D Yetta was painted up by Christy Johnson . Here are a couple more photos (Photo credit goes to Cat Cara): This one might be my favorite, with the caterpillar! Cat takes such good photos, I am always poking her to do more. She has a world-class Soom doll collection!

That would be Alice's Collections , who somehow has managed to find a doll released in 2015 and all his stuffs. I assume he's In Stock, just because he is On Sale, but the listing isn't clear or I didn't read it carefully enough. It looks like for $225 more you can get his outfit, his faceup and his "weapon". Here is the outfit: As for the listed "weapon", I think it is this claw hand: He's big, 68 cm, so he's not coming home (besides the money thing) but I like his styling a lot. Another dip in the wayback machine is an Impldoll Heloise : Heloise has a goofy-old-school Impldoll face from when Sean was just getting started, but I kind of like it. The big thing is that her body is an awesomely posable Star Old Woman body, and a Soom Garnet head would fit on it just fine (and be tall). Plus she's relatively cheap at 330.00-- though you'd need to paint her yourself and tack on 70.00 for EMS. Sadly I need a lot more mol...

He's really cute! And even better, he has more of a tall, slim look rather than the blockier older SID body-- go take a look!  The price is still 650 without a faceup or shipping. Here's a pic lifted from Iple's Facebook page: His styling is really fun too. :D Oops there is a second guy! He's cute too--I like this new body a lot:

I like these so much! They are not cheap though--the smallest size is 14mm and they are pretty limited. You can check them out at Stacy's Pink Ocean !

The price tag is because there are only 20 of them, and he comes with custom eyes, horns, the outfit, wings AND SHOES. He's Lucifer Hyperion  (Hyperion is the Idealian mold) and he's pretty neat. If someone gifted him to me I wouldn't toss him out into the street. :D I'm guessing Soom will release a less-fancy version of him later, like they did with the red Garion. He's a big boy and Idealians are mostly for "standing around looking sexy" as one Den of Angels member said, not action poses. One more photo: By the way, Cat has been the provider of a lot of my blog content lately, so I owe her and her sharp eyes a big thank you!

You wouldn't think it would work, but it does if you want a petite character--I think a Soom Odette would work too, a Snow White or a Sweet witch. Delf bodies are fairly affordable too, and you can get brown tan as well. (This body is a home dyed one, it matches Impldoll, not Soom. Good neck movement! Fun attitude! Cat ears :D

It says Soom Albin and Witch in some places, and Sonya and Raskolikov in others, which would make sense if it was the Albin mold and the Sweet Witch mold, but there is also the title: "Prestuplenie and Nakazaniye" (with variant spellings on the Nakazaniye) I wish sometimes that Soom would just give their dolls normal Korean names and leave it at that, and just one per doll *o* The mystery is deepened by the fact there is no brief backstory on any kind, though it looks like one is a vampire and one is a witch  and they are related somehow? Anyway, they are quite beautiful and you should especially check out the outfits, which look magnificent. And speaking of Soom dolls, I snapped a photo of Petra this morning, sitting in a pile of silk flowers that I moved out of the porch, while I put in flooring. I would be tempted to buy her Sonia's outfit-- but I need two more boxes of Trafficmaster Carrera, since I messed up counting how many I would need. (I had to...

His Royal Hotness here is the result of my trading the Vinyl Udell to Alewife, for this guy. Alewife said she didn't pay as much as I think she did for him, so I feel only..a little ..guilty--but I am so thrilled to have him! He's a remarkably compliant poser--I do need to order eyes that fit him (these are the oval flatbacks that Denver Doll sells, and they really are not right, but I do like the color with the tan skin. And amazingly, he is wearing pants, though they are stolen from someone else: He possibly needs a shirt :D And that is the floor that it has taken me hours to lay--not that the vinyl is that hard to put down, but the floor under it has lots of holes and bumps that needed to be filled or sanded down, so it takes forever. But I do like it! I just hope it holds up to snow and mud. Here it is just before the cat threw up on it. (Why, Stripey?) It cleaned up fine, though!

Mom knitted Coppersmith a hammock blanket--it is so cool! I love the colors so much too. Coppersmith appreciates that he will have something warm and not scratchy when winter comes: It's a pretty good size for a big serape, too :D Look how even those stitches are: This looks nothing like my knitting (a big snarl) or my crocheting (which looks like it meant to be something, but is full of skips and lumps). Years of practice make a big difference! Thank you so much, Mom! <3

Yes, they are at Tata's Paradise , several styles . No I have no idea if there is anything inside the packaging. Tata's is a lot of fun and has a lot of hard-to-find props. For example, sunglasses : Steampunk Goggles : Also if you look more in Accessories, there are cameras, a tiny iron, plain eyeglasses, syringes, tiny barrettes for hair, a hairdryer, purses, Starbucks' cups, eggs, silver platters, whips, garden tools, cigarettes, guns, money, knives, and a rubber chicken ...and I am only on page 6. I see books, ties, chairs, wine glasses, hair ornaments, attache cases, lollipops, hangars, hats and underpants. There are some really nice eyelashes, a stand, elastic, and face protectors, too. There are 502 items listed-- so you should flip through them if there is some specialty item you need. I seem to remember they used to do Airmail shipping, much cheaper than EMS, but I don't see it in the sidebar so they may have switched to all EMS.

So I bought this Muscle Star Girl Body from Iplehouse through Denver Doll, and I really like it! It's shorter than the Idol, and quite pretty. The hands are a big improvement from previous versions. Then I saw that Youkaimoon on Den of Angels had an inexpensive Azalea head *beautifully* painted by Darjeeling..and she looked like the perfect head for that body. Here she is full view: She's still a little tighter than I like but that will wear off--meanwhile she is such a good stander. Here is the front view: See how nice that body is? Kind of a perfect Wonder Woman body, but she is a Scandinavian frost/skiing/archery diety instead of a Mediterranean one. Sadly all the clothes I have that fit her have  a tropical theme ;) Once the floor is done on the porch, I am going to sew!

Iplehouse has released a new NYID girl --this is my favorite size of the Iple girls, though I currently don't have one. Iplehouse has gotten so good at painting these subtly freckled girls; but as much as I like this faceup, I wish they had done a Version B as a young Korean woman, since the blank sculpt looks very regal to me rather than a "cutie." I'd put straight dark hair on her and do something classic for her clothes, like a blue suit and Korean pumps in blue and black. Here is the blank: I like the shot of her looking down--she looks very thoughtful.

So it's been hot, and the cat has been inside all day, so I went and got the leftover balloon from a celebration here earlier in the summer, and tied her favorite boot lace to the bottom, thinking it would amuse her.  It did not go well. Cue "Psycho" music... She refused to move until I took it away and put it in the trash, after removing her boot lace. Still working on the porch... I wanted something to put under the ends of the tension rods that will hold up some sheer curtains, because the rubber ends mess up any paint under them. But I was kind of baffled as to what I wanted to put there, until I went to JoAnns and saw these in the scrapbooking department: They even have a hole in the center for a nail. I put them up with carpet tacks, as they are easy to pull if I need to repaint: And you can see they are pretty unobtrusive at a distance, you have to look closely to see they are not standard hardware: The checkered floor is what it will lo...