What the Cool Girls are Wearing

I have a secret project going which I hope to fill everyone in on after the holidays.  These little tee shirts you see on my girls are related in some way.  Rose at Moon Rouge has allowed me to use this really wonderful image of her Blythe Goldie for the shirts you see here.  I think they turned out great.  In fact, I think they are so cool, I might make one for myself, but in a bigger size :)  Rock on, Blythe girls.  You have all the style!

Pastel Perfect

I have been having too much fun playing with all the colors lately.  I have a box that sits on my work desk (my work desk is 2 very long tables abutted end to end, in which every single square inch is piled high with stuff!) that is full of little dresses I have made for my Blythe girls.  When I have a free moment, I see what fabrics I have available, and if I don't see the color I want, I dye some silk (usually velvet), in a color that inspires me for the day, and then I set about making a little dress for one of the girls.  In the past I thought I might try selling them, but when it comes down to it, I don't seem to be able to part with them!  This past week, I made 2 dresses.  One for Little Jeany, which is a lilac velvet, and one for Rootie, which is lavender.  I guess I was feeling inspired by shades of pale purple this week.

Both girls are Blythes that I customized recently, and I am really happy with how they came out.  They both have their own personality, which is really fun, considering these dolls all start out more or less the same, and then emerge as something unique.  Blythes are a blast to photograph and I am having the time of my life.

Besides loving the fun colors, I also love changing them up and washing out all but the most vibrant, to come up with a photograph that is a tiny bit aged, but still of the modern age :)

Today I am working with the color green.  I have another OOAK Blythe I am working on with my friend Amy Taylor.  I hope to have photographs to show you some time next week.  I hope everyone is enjoying the last days of the year and hope you have very color full holidays! - Cindy

A Passion for Pastry

A Passion for Pastry

The Queen of Hearts
Devoted to tarts,
She eats them every day.
She dreams of sweets
And delicate treats
They make her heart sashay.
She spends her days
On her velveteen chaise
Cake after cake she'll devour
A pie to her lips
As her heartbeat skips
When passion overrules willpower.



Introducing Charlotte Russe, the Queen of Hearts. She's a sweet little royal with a rather impressive weakness for sweets and other tasty treats. Puddings, pies, tarts and truffles. She can't get enough. She keeps her servants hopping. Her discerning taste allows only the sweetest, most sublime of morsels to pass her lips. Spending her days lolling about on her heart-shaped pink velvet loveseat, silver tongs in one hand for daintily selecting pastries from her silver tray, she rules over her kingdom with her stunning bejeweled scepter in the other hand.



Besides being royal, beautiful, and possessing impeccable tastebuds, she possesses a genetic flaw passed on from her mother, the former Queen of Hearts, Charlotte Royale. The more sweets she eats, the plumper her lips seem to get. It's true! Her figure is flawless. She won't gain a pound. But her lips, pudding filled and sumptuous as they are, just get plumper and plumper as she snacks. We think it's the dollops of whipped cream she attaches to every bite. Whatever the case, she's a lovely girl; the perfect package really.



Her jewels are divine, her dress simply dazzling. She is a perfect work of art idling her days on her pillow-topped lounger. She's a queen, indeed. We hope you will love her as much as we do.



The Queen of Hearts is the flagship doll for a collaboration project between my good friend and silversmith extraordinaire, Amy Taylor and me. We are calling our project Sweet Temptations. Charlotte is the first doll in our collaboration, with the hope that this is just the beginning. We both love Blythe. We both love fine things. We are so excited to be showing off our first collaborative OOAK piece. She's up on Ebay until December 13, 2011.