So, ehm, two A4 sheets of leaves and two hours of cutting them out and this is what that looks like…
I am not sure this will cover a whole dress…
Think I might have to do some more…
But they are looking good so far – just have to give them all an edge covering in fray stopper… Wonder how long that is gonna take…
With the amount of time this is accumulating it will not be finished before autumn lol.
Picked her up today and it was the nice Parcelforce man who knows me by now who accepted the ransom note so it was a little less painful.
Looking stunning *sigh*
Got this leaf dress idea but need to get printer fabric… Hmmm
Tried new wig that just arrived today on Sommer, not quite right but not for her anyway so…
Sommer with her right wig and Polaris still in the Topaz wig. It is actually massive on her, think I need one of those wig cap thingys and fill it out with something lol. Think it suits her though
As money is unfortunately not endless I had to let this one slide back in November when I could have pre-ordered her.
Was hoping that she would show up one day for sale and she did!
So now, Topaz gone and Polaris taking her place, much better feel about this and so looking forward to seeing her next to Sommer.
Got this idea about dress out of autumn leaves… Now where to find small silk leaves in the right size…
Office was closed today due to snow so had an unofficial day off!
Maybe a good thing since I got this nasty cold I cannot seem to shake.
Anyway, really wanted to make a photo shoot outside in the snow but this proved really difficult as the snow kept coming, and a lot of it.
So as the day passed by and the light with it the snow got less heavy and I finally got myself outside and with the help of hubby and a couple of large umbrellas, managed to get a couple of photos.
Unfortunately the light kinda went + underneath the entrance cover thingy due to the snowfall so they are a bit rubbish. Shame.
And now my neighbours think I am mental playing around in the snow with dollies lol!
Finally finished her dress!
It did not quite turn out as I started out imagining it.
Think my first idea was long flowy sleeves. Bit too sterotype.
Then it was a very fitted long sleeve top but gave up on the sleeves, mostly due to time + the fact that the Elfdoll body is absolutely no good. Really bad silhouette and the breast are just really really weird looking, even when dressed!
So ended up as a sleeveless empire line flowy dress instead.
Skirt pretty much turned out as I wanted it.
It has two layers of soft tulle underneath, each with circular frill attached to add volume at the bottom.
One top layer of chiffon.
All three layers are two double circles of fabric sewn together to give the volume.
Forgot the whole bias issue so it is not the same length all over but when worn it is actually not that obvious.
Closure on back is made by crochet and pearls.
All in all I am pretty satisfied with the outcome.
All ready for the Sunday London Meet ^^
As Mao had a heavy craving for Resin I managed to put together a small mini meet in Camden.
So we went four of us to Edinboro Castle for drinks, pub food and some dollie lovin on this freezing cold Saturday ^^
Minis invading the condiment bowl!
Minis invading Frankie!
Berry doing surreal while her lower body was having a restringing
All done – The diva is back!
Frankie giving Berry a lift up after the traumatic restringing
Afterwards he had his hair done by Einon’s new boy…
Before trying his luck with Sommer…
With no luck he turned to Hei for a shoulder to cry on…
Whereafter Hei decided to try his luck…
Hei/wanna see my abs?
Sommer/Gosh, no thanks!
Hei trying a new aproach – Strike a Pose!
Sommer seemed slightly more interested or just wanted to do a copy pose?
All the Mini Meet attendees – Cinnamon sporting her new Christmas sweater
I am out of cash to spend on dolls this year (and not that I have any space for more like ever either…) so seeing her in the news section of DOA today just made my heart drop just a little bit.
Would have loved a pair of elf twins.
Gorgeous face – not so keen on the body I must say after getting Soah Aurora home. It just looks a little ‘wrong’. She is definitely not one of the dolls I want to leave around without any clothes on – not like my Unoa’s ^^
Maybe someone is selling the head…
But then again, I do have a thing for them so all other dolls always fade in comparison lol!
Maybe she will turn up on the MP one day at inflated prices and I shall have my grubby little hands on her mwaaaahahahhah (evil laugh or something similar ><)
Maybe I should try the lottery tomorrow…
After months of waiting finally brought her home on Wednesday but had little time to look at her until this weekend.
Halloween, Filmfestival, work that kinda stuff…
Wauw! She is just gorgeous! I got her a milk coloured wig from Iplehouse and it seems to work fine, slightly weird it looks a bit pink… Also bought some white eyes for her but quite like the lavender ones she came with… Might keep them for someone else.
Made her a crochet coat over the weekend as so much easier than pulling out the sewing machines. Took pictures of the whole process -the sleeves and planning on putting up a tutorial at some point should anyone feel like making something similar.
Time time time…
Now she just needs that floaty dress underneath – will get to that at some point before the Christmas meet as planning on bringing her.
Named her Sommer (means Summer in Danish).
Skipped the ‘working late and having no life’ part tonight and headed for Parcelforce before 7pm.
Same guy as I dealt with Saturday who remembered me >< and who raised the question: What are in these parcels? I should not have asked that, sorry - what IS in them?
To that I had to giggle and answer: Dolls - I am one of those scary ones with a doll collection. He did not seem fazed.
Anyway, brought a backpack-bag and a shoulder-bag and planned to carry the rest - and it went well. One on the back, one over the shoulder and two in my arms.
Hubby met me half way home and got a minor heart attack ^^ (He thinks I am nuts... He might be right)
From left and clockwise:
Elfdoll Soah Limited Elf Aurora
Noctarcana Circus Tatiana and Tiana Pierrot
Unola lights Flourite and Azurite
Unoa 1.0 Sist White Version
Sent a mail yesterday but have not received an invoice yet so a little worried…
She’s sooooo pretty ^^ I see her in white floaty things…
Elfdolls were some of the first ones I had an eye on when trying to pick my first doll but due to their funny ordering system I did not actually get one, even though I entered an order.
