Hope and Faith, the Blythe Groupies

Yesterday I finished 2 really fun custom Blythes I did in a kind of collaboration with my friend Jean. How it went was, she sent me 2 dolls (both SBL Blythes - 1 Bow Wow Trad, 1 Night Flower). I customized both of them and will send her back one and keep the other. They will be sisters forever.



It all started with a blonde mohair scalp root I did. I went to put it up on Blythe Kingdom for sale. Jean saw it. She really liked it. Somehow in the midst we got talking about customizing some of her dolls. I unlisted the scalp on BK and decided it would be used for a doll for Jean. In the meantime, she sent me 2 dolls instead of 1. I decided to do 2 dolls as sisters. We would call them the "Serendipity Sisters" and they would have virtuous names. Groupies is what we decided would be their story, so they would have to have cute and sexy costumes and long wild hair. I did a second root in a butterscotch mohair color for the second doll.



Upon seeing that hair, Jean decided that *that* was the hair for her. Not the blonde after all. So, the blonde goes to me, the butterscotch goes to her.

Putting together the dolls has taken about 2 weeks. It's been really fun to do. I gave the blonde (Faith) a tad more glamorous look, with heavy lower lid eyelashing, and the redhead (Hope) a more wide-eyed slightly younger sister look. I think both are pretty and I am very happy with the way they came out.



Yesterday, after putting their new clothes on and checking them over carefully, I decided to take some green-screen photos of them and put them into various rock and roll concert scenes. I think they are really funny. Tomorrow Hope will go to Jean. Faith will be staying behind with me. Hopefully they will still be able to meet up for concerts!

Flat Stanley and Blythe in Vermont

Last week my sister sent me one of those Flat Stanley paper dolls that school children send around to see where the thing will travel and to get postcards and letters back in the mail from various locales around the world. This one came from Kent, Washington from a first grader named Madison. It's a fun little paperdoll, and the teachers may not realize they are possibly inspiring future doll artists with this venture :)



I did my best to take some photos of the surrounding environment and also had Stanley hang out with the girls.



We had a snow storm this past weekend. I think we must have received 2 feet total between then and last night. First time the plow guy has come since early January. This is a rarity in Vermont, to have so few plow visits. He came twice on the weekend, so we knew for sure there was snow.



It's been a super mild winter, and in all honesty I can't complain. I am really quite ready for spring, and would welcome it tomorrow if it came. The sheep, Albert and Flash, are kind of ready for spring as well. They are pretty much left with trails and no grass while they await the sun to warm their pen.



Crossing fingers and wishing you all an early spring! Just in case it doesn't thaw soon, I am sending Stanley down to Ohio. It's probably already spring there :)

Red Lights

I spent yesterday making a red and black little dress that I was going to use for a Monster High doll I am re-doing. When I finished it, one of the Blythes, Queen Charlotte, snatched it up and decided it was too good to be worn by any other than a Blythe. So, it's hers now.



Frankly, she looks a bit trampy in it, but after a few photos I could see that it would be fun to play with the colors and give the dress and girl an old timey feel but with a pan flash of color. This is what I came up with. I seem to be addicted to orange in photography. Something about it just fires me up. In Vermont in winter, you need all the warm colors you can get.



Hope you are enjoying winter if you are in the northern hemisphere, and that spring comes soon!