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Stock girls

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Cold day

I’m not sure why but as much as I love to customize I really prefer my own dolls to be pretty close to stock if not completely stock. Above is the new Primadolly Aubrena. She’s really just lovely as is. I don’t have any desire to change her except maybe replace her orange chips. I used to sand matte these dolls as soon as I got them but lately I can’t even do that if they have nice make-up. I don’t think they come as shiny as they used to.

I thought I got her to customize but she’s too perfect. Maybe I’ll have to get another in a few months simply for customizing. Hopefully her price won’t shoot up. She’s not limited and starts for under $100 but she’s selling out at the cheaper places like Hobbylink and Hobby Search. The exchange rates these days are terrible so Yahoo Japan hasn’t been a good option.

Below is a new Kenner. I sold off several dolls and clothes to get her. The seller was patient enough to let me make payments. Plus she was a much better deal than if I went to Evilbay.
She didn’t need much work done to her. Her forehead had a big scrape on it which I sanded away and there’s still some faint little scratches left but not very noticeable. She got some more de-frizzing and her lips were touched up. Her eyeballs were a little yellowed so I whitened those up a bit. I may still apply pearl drops to whiten them some more but I’m pretty happy with her for now. She’s so sweet. A nice companion for Fern my blonde Kenner.

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Best Intentions

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Hello all. I hope everyone is getting ready to have a festive Holiday.  We’ve been busy with getting gifts off and kids being off school. I’m still working on mostly Momoko commissions and sneaking in some Blythe customizing to keep things interesting. Above is a new girl that I tried to hold off getting.  I originally just wanted her for her scalp so I could put it on Miss Sally Rice. She looks really good with other hair and many Blythe collectors have been experimenting with different scalps. And for now, Miss Sally Rice is still reasonably priced.

However, she will probably go the way of Ebony who was the cheapest and least popular of the Primadolly 2’s and became popular as a base doll for customizing. But then she became harder to come by just stock and now is hard to find and expensive.  To think I had an Ebony. Sigh… She was one of my first customs. Ah well.

Anyway, this girl above is Bow Wow Traditional and since she’s an SBL, I intended to break her down for her scalp and use her as a custom base. I’m not too fond of the SBL mold so I usually pass on these dolls. But I really like this girl and now my plans have been dashed for now. I’m just keeping her as is. I wish CWC would make more jet black haired girls. Especially an RBL girl. I would buy several.

Have a wonderful Holiday Season and stay tuned for more episodes of The Chronicles of Judith.

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Art blythe Dolls Mod momoko repaint

Introducing Judith.

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I sold my first Prima dolly Aubrey I earlier this year but then CWC came out with an encore version so I jumped on getting another one at the Prima Dolly introductory price. I finally got around to giving her her own special look and personality. So here’s Judith and she may be starting her own blog chronicling her life in Suburbia as a boarder of a soon to be family of five. As you can see she’s pretty nervous.

Below is a very light custom I did for a dolly friend who always keeps me busy with her huge collection of dolls and ideas. She’s Mod Molly with some added make-up changes. I kept her green eye shadow and airbrushed a fresh yellow on her lids. I also repainted her lips and added more blush. She’s been given new lashes and sleep eyes and boggle. Nothing too dramatic from the original as I think Mod Molly is a great doll to begin with. She already had this hair cut but I went ahead and evened it out and fixed the wonky bangs that, for some reason, always need adjusting on stock Blythes.

She’s borrowing a sweater that my mom knitted. Perhaps I could get mom to knit more of these cardigans in different colors…

Well, back to work on the line of Momokos waiting to be madeover for those who wait. But I just had to have a Blythe binge the past week and get it out of my system.