More Fun Finds

I found this pack of pencil topper erasers made to look like popcorn! Pretty cool! I thought this would be cute for big dolls.

My magnet display on the fridge, which has been updated to this:

I combined the previous ones I collected and the lot of secondhand magnets I won in a Facebook group to which I belong.

I had to separate my Philippine travel magnets and this doll magnet from the Bahamas, because my fridge door is already crowded.

I found a Bratzillaz Midnight Beach Cloetta Spelletta, and she does glow in the dark!

It's freaky that her eyes don't glow, so her eyes look hollow in the dark.

I found this wooden doll house at the mall. It's expensive, and too small for Lottie, but it won't hurt to keep looking at it, right? Haha.

I'm not a big fan of doll houses when it comes to doll photography though, because of the shadows cast by the ceiling and the pillars. These just get in the way of the lighting for the dolls, and I find them limiting, too, specially when I want to take photos from different angles.

I found this balance wall game at a different mall. I particularly like the trowel it comes with.

So tiny!!!

Doll Impulsions (Part 7)

Here's another batch of screen shots I took from last month, which I forgot to post, haha.

Isn't it a cute way to hang doll clothes? I like that green hoodie, by the way.

This are vintage Rebook trainers! They look horrible, like they're about to fall apart, hahah. Modern Ken shoes look so much better now.

I have a small collection of Rody horses, so when I saw these photos, my collector sense is kicking in. MUST. RESIST.

Meygana from Bratzillaz! That's already cheap! But guess what, I already have a basic Meygana doll (no inset eyes and her body is not as articulated), and I'm really trying to cut down my purchases. So I didn't get Meygana.

I didn't get Lola from Hannah Montana either. I would like to get her though because her short pink bob is pretty cool, but I can still deal.

Her face has the same mold as Mitchie from Camp Rock, eh?

Ready For Transport

I've been decluttering lately and figured that I should already set aside the dolls that don't need my immediate attention or look somewhat complete to me. They will be transported to my new place soon.

Disney Store Pocahontas and Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)

Both Pocahontas and Aurora were from the thrift store. I bought them nude and their hair was frizzy so I had to boil wash and even trim their hair a little. I got Pocahontas' dress from an online seller, and Aurora's dress from the thrift store recently. I love the length of Aurora's dress. And I'm glad it cleaned up well because when I bought it, the white collar was brownish.

My unarticulated Jasmine would be glad to be reunited with them.

As much as it's fun to dress up my Liccas, I'm quite satisfied with them wearing matching maid outfits.

Bratzillaz' Meygana Broomstix. I really like her side glance. I don't have any ideas yet of what I could add to her look. Until then, she's getting stored and later on displayed.

Jem from Jem and The Holograms. I finally trimmed off her skirt, but I got lazy to hem the skirt so I just taped it down, lol. I also do not want to paint her shoes magenta anymore. She's a big girl, so she's going to stay behind the smaller dolls and her shoes will be hidden from view anyway when I get around to organising my doll shelf.

I'm thinking about Zombie Alice if she should stick around until Halloween because... Halloween. I mean, who would be the one to eat brains during this day when she's not around, right?

My three male dolls. Gaah look at Justin Bieber's crazy looking eyes due to the glare.

Pierre is wearing the outfit he was wearing when I bought him from an online seller. I still haven't made him a nice dark coat to go along with his outfit, but I'm not in a hurry, you know.

I don't have a lot of Ken stuff, so Justin and Fred ended up with baggy shirts and loose shorts/pants which I tightened by tying the loose waistband with rubber band.

So remember my two Liccas earlier? I made them wear uniforms. Too cute.

This bright blue outfit is made of fabric and felt cloth! That's why the jacket looks stiff.

Lastly I decided to dress up a rescued Barbie Fashionistas doll and made her wear a 2011 Holiday Barbie dress meant for a Model Muse Barbie. I'm glad it fits her. I have a problem with that shoulder strap though because it's quite difficult to put it on her shoulder so it ends up hanging on her arm, but that's OK. I had to use a saddle stand for her because if I use a generic Barbie stand, then the stand gets caught up in the skirt and I couldn't display the skirt properly. Underneath, Barbie's feet are somewhat floating. I already made her wear Barbie clone heels but she's still floating a bit. Could it be that Model Muse dolls are much taller than regular Barbies? I have no idea because I've never seen a Model Muse upfront together with a Barbie to be able to make a comparison.

Barbie's earrings are her stock earrings, and her necklace is just a ball-and-chain key chain I wound around her neck twice.

I still have other dolls I've put aside that I haven't photographed yet such as Jenny, Mimi, Twilight Sparkle, Chiffon, and Simba Cinderella. Soon. The dolls above are not going anywhere just yet anyway. They're just stored in two reusable bags, ready for transport right now.

What I have left in my toy box now are the rest of my Barbies, my Liv doll hybrids, some bootleg dolls, and my broken Monster High and Ever After High dolls. I consider my Barbies and Liv doll hybrids as models so they do not have permanent clothing, while my Monster High and Ever After High dolls need work on their replacement arms and new handmade clothing before I set them aside. I still have a lot of work to do! After I'm halfway done, then I can finally move on to making a backdrop for photography, and even simple dioramas to make my doll photos more interesting. So many plans, hey.

Backpack-Shaped Pencil Sharpeners

On this blog entry, I posted about these pencil sharpeners I bought that are shaped like backpacks. I thought they are perfect for dolls so I bought four of them. I finally got around to adding straps to them.

I'm too lazy to pull out my glue gun and use it tonight so I thought of just stringing the backpacks. I remember I bought 2 coloured bra straps, as seen here, and I haven't even touched them for a long time. I was thinking of using them as doll suspenders but the chance and inspiration never came around, so I thought it would be best to use them for this hack.

Sorry, I didn't take pictures of each step I took, but basically I just removed the pencil sharpeners inside the plastic cases, then I strung each bra strap on the back of each bag, then I tied it into a knot and hid the knot inside the bag.

Here's Meygana posing with the bags for me:

I worked on the pink bag and pink strap first. I picked Meygana because she was the most accessible to me at the time, and her side glance would help her model the bags.

Meygana the school girl, yes?

I think it fits perfectly. Because the straps are elastic, I think it would also fit my other dolls.

Pink backpack with Frozen Elsa design.

Green backpack with the other pink strap and Frozen Elsa and Anna design.

Meygana and her yellow backpack. I think this colour combination suits her.

Yellow backpack with blue strap and Frozen Elsa design.

Blue backpack with the other blue strap and Frozen Anna, Kristoff and Sven design.

I still have to work on the tiny Shopkins backpacks. It's inevitable for me to use the glue gun and glue down ribbon straps on them. Just do it, Jamie, do it!

My First Doll Day

Recently I met up with my friend and we brought along some of our dolls. I must say, it was a fun doll day!

My friend and I unboxed our new dolls: a Ryan doll for her, and a Curvy Barbie for me. Here's Curvy, or should I start calling her Rhian now, heh.

My friend was too excited to open Ryan's box, so no picture of him in the box, haha.

Oh and I brought 2 sofas, but it wasn't enough for all the guests. Aww.

Back row: Nikki, Barbie, Barbie, Asha, Barbie, Zombie Alice

Front row: Ken, Belle, Lottie, Cloetta (My friend would like to continue calling her that even though it's a misidentification and it should be Angelic), Rhian, Barbie

I normally go for the headache pose for Asha, because she likes showing off that she can touch her face or head, LOL. Here she is with Nikki and her fabulous animal print dress.

Rhian, Asha, Nikki and Ken. My friend bought 4 new doll stand and we used them right away.

The gang at the other end of the table, because the lighting on this side is much better.

It was nice that Zombie Alice was full when she arrived at doll day and didn't crave for brains.

Belle was like, Uh hi.

My dear Lottie, with her Tita Barbies!

More Barbies!

"Cloetta" basking in her own awesomeness. On the floor.

Asha maintained her "Oh I have a headache but look at me and my fabulous coat" pose.

Nikki and Ryan. I feel that there's somewhat a spark between them. Don't you think so?

Rhian needs a comb, lol.

Look who caught up with the gang: Elsa and a puppy dog!

Elsa hasn't taken a shower and a hair spa yet. Her hair is a mess.

Lottie and her Tita Zombie Alice. Alice can get quite overprotective of the young one.

That's why Lottie is fond of her.

Zombie Alice: Lottie, you've been a good girl. As promised, I didn't eat you. And we'll attend the next doll day.

Lottie: Oh wow you're the best, Tita Alice!

I actually had more dolls with me that day, but they weren't dressed up and needed washing and styling.