DollsArtCats

I freely admit I am a doll churner.. I buy dolls, I play with them, I sell them. I really wish there was a rental service where you could rent them and return them, but the way I do dolls is pretty close. I just like seeing them in person, looking at the engineering, fiddling with the posing, taking a few photos, and then "Next!" I do have a few dolls that have been here for a long time--My Dollzone Shengxi (Which no one in their right mind would buy anyway), my Shushu, which I will not sell because Christine Sorton painted her before she passed away from leukemia, much too young; and my Iplehouse Denzel and IOS G, because they have been here in one form or another since I lived in New Jersey. I got Denzel in 2010, which seems like it was eons ago now. But recently I have been trying to get the overall number of dolls down to a rational amount, aka "thirty", and despite some sales I haven't been too successful. I did sell the Ariadoll Gravity boy in the fir...

As I mentioned in the previous blog post, vermont chick has become my supplier of choice for Iplehouse people, and last week she sent me an NYID Olivia. This Olivia also happens to have a really excellent default faceup, and as usual she is so much prettier in person than even the Iplehouse promo photos would make you think. She also is beautifully cast--for some reason all the NYID girls I have seen have sharp, clean details. Like everyone else, she needs clothes, though she has quite a few shoe choices since she shares her foot size with all the other Iplehouse women, regardless of size. (So nice!) She came with darker eyes, which I also liked--so I am not sure which ones she will keep.  Her eyewells are a lot more of a standard 12mm than the other Iplehouse dolls I have, so all the Glib and Safrin eyes fit quite well, and all the colors I put in her looked great. I was hoping to take more photos of her today but ..it's cold and rainy. Obligatory cat photo: The...