Not been very active on the doll scene lately so was good to get to the monthly London meet this month ^^
Had a good chat with both old and new attendees and took a few photos.
Brought my new bunny Mamachapp that I am tempted to name Bunny, Sonja, Pino and Kanu.
Wanted to bring Chloe but just could not be bothered lugging her weight around in the heat.
Yesterday I finally got around to uploading my meet pics and some of them were of Lily’s last pose before Gabe was heading home with her.
Got her too but didn’t bring her.
Got the idea to let her play around with the White Album girls’ mic as her outfit made her look slightly 70′s punk chique in a kawaii way.
Uploaded to Flickr and totally forgot to make a blog post ^^
Had a great February meet at the RFH despite some rude photo snapping folks and it being uber busy due to mid-term.
I am revising my collection as well, I have for a very long time been complaining about space issues and now is the right time to do something about it.
Going to concentrate on my Unoas and Dollfie Dreams which means my Soom and some Iplehouse will have to leave the house for good.
Prices will be digged out if anyone is interested for those with no price tag on them.
Please contact me via the contact form ^^
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Finished this commission in November last year but just haven’t gotten around to getting a blog post put together before now.
This commission was requested by GabrielVH at the same time as the school uniform.
During 2010 I started taking on a lot more commissions than ever before – mainly due to my new found interest in Dollfie Dreams and the current lack of people making clothing for this particular type of doll.
This meant that I actually didn’t really get around to doing my own projects as there was always a commission hanging over my head that I felt obliged to get finished before I started on my own stuff.
During a recent tidy of my dollie clothes drawer I realised that I don’t have any XD
Silver dress, did not win anything but my own personal favourite
Gold dress won 3rd place in the costume competition ^^ Yay me! Thanks to all who voted for this one!
On a grey November Sunday morning I ventured out with my packed suitcases, camera bag and my ticket for the London doll event of the year: Midwinter Masked Ball.
Arrived at the pub before everyone else and started to be a bit worried that I had either gotten the address wrong or the dates mixed up…
These are the finished results of a weeks hard work ^^
As any creative person will know: Doing things well in advance is what we all set out to do but in reality we mostly end up doing it the night before we have to hand in the project.
I had known about this event for months but had been pushing the outfits aside for other things like commissions and general life.
This project have been a very long journey for me and really happy that GabrielVH have been so patient about it. Thank you!
As GabrielVH posted pics from MCM Expo last weekend with the first photos of this outfit I think it is about time I get my blog post on this up before it is totally old news ^^
Started out back in June by figuring out what fabrics to use and if the sweater vest was to be knitted or sewn. Went for knitted and OMG!!! It shall be a long time until I do that again >.< Working full time with overtime and having a full social calendar it was not much knitting I actually did manage to finish at a time. Did a little bit every now and then but did not move very fast. Also, had to make the pattern from scratch as I went along so there was a lot of unravelling and starting over going on throughout the hole process.
A Twitter conversation this morning have spurred me to write a small blog post on how to get started making your own doll clothes.
I have been sewing and crafting since I was four, took a technical degree in garment construction/ dressmaking after I finished high school and have been working in the garment industry for over a decade so venturing back into doll clothes has been a fairly easy transition for me although I often tend to make it more complicated than it has to be.
Doll clothes often work better when they are simplified from what you would do for yourself as bulk is reduced and gives it a cleaner finish on a small scale garment.
However, I still sometimes forget that dolls do NOT have bendable hands or feet and that their heads often are proportionally bigger than on a real human. All things that needs to be taken into consideration if you want to make your own patterns.
