DollsArtCats

I did a trade with vermont chick and I once again got the best part of a trade--she sent me several Iplehouse sets, all of which looked like they were never worn--which is faintly possible as vermont chick sews as well as Iplehouse does, though she has a more sleek modern style in the silhouettes she chooses to make for herself (I have never worked up the courage to ask her if she would sell any of the dresses she makes). Anyway, Ivy (Iplehouse Eva) needed something besides a batik bikini to wear, so I thought I would try out the Scandal set on her. I managed to get everything on without having to look at the sales photos, too ;) The only snag was that the ribbon around the sleeve is not stretchy--there is elastic in the sleeves themselves that is wide enough to pass her hands through, but the ribbon isn't big enough: But we managed: Look at the cool construction of that tiny bodice! All put together: Bow in back: Random feet (I think Ivy's are s...

Iplehouse is gearing up for Round Two of the Carved Heritage series; this year it's all the people the core group from last year (Bliss, etc) meet on their travels. Miss Vera apparently is a fashionable little thing,being a "designer by trade" and she has a fabulous dress in development to match her pretty face: I think she will be really fun when she is complete--Iplehouse seems to have a new faceup artist who is amazing as well, so the end result should be delightful.

There is of course much better photos on the Iplehouse site, where they have a lineup of everyone from EID to BID. But here is a Female EID (Hyacinth the Barbarian), an SID Female (Claudia the Conjuror), an SID Male (Bryan Kim, wearing a borrowed wig), and a NYID (Moth). Hyacinth would be a little taller but she is on the old body and tends to stand on her shins, as she falls off her feet. (So embarassing). Also Bryan is extremely loose, so he's got his rear against the backdrop to prop himself up. But you can see that these sizes work pretty well together. Here Claudia says to Hyacinth "Remember that ring the Bey of Maghara used to smite his enemies with lightning? It's in my pocket."