Saloon Girls

This past weekend I was dinking around at the sewing machine and decided the thing to do was to make matching outfits for my dolls and my friend Amy's dolls. I have dragged my poor friend into this crazy Blythe doll sickness (I am convinced it is in fact a sickness) and I thought it was the least I could do. I have been in a bit of a retro mood lately, and having fun with the steampunk stuff. Sort of in the same vein, I was inspired to make saloon girl costumes for Blythe. I think they came out quite well and so far are keeping us both laughing. These dolls just don't stop being funny to me. I don't think I will ever grow up! Don't Julienne and Ivy look cute as little saloon girls? Not sure they think so, but I am amused :)

Wingo, My New Taeyang

Because I just can't seem to get enough of big eyed dolls, I recently purchased a Taeyang Timulus. He is supposed to be Pullip's boyfriend and Dal's little sister. If you have no idea what I am talking about, don't worry, just look at the pretty pictures :) When he came, his features looked a little too girlie and frankly, a bit plain for my taste. I wanted him darker, maybe more goth or bad boy or something other than what he was. Also, Taeyang's are notorious for having stained, messed up bodies right out of the box. I was going to replace his body originally, but after sanding and cleaning it up a bit, it actually isn't bad.



I gave him a new darker faceup, carved his nose a bit and gave him a little more expression in his mouth for sort of a chapped lip look. I also gave him a brand new Leeke wig, which is such a nice one, I think. I like the light streak in it and I think it suits him. I gave him a nose ring, since he is the only guy doll I have in a flock of girls. I think he turned out quite well. He has happily moved into the doll apartment and is ready to start wearing some hats. I named him Wingo. The girls really like him so far.

Steampunk, Doll-ing

The thing about this hobby of playing with dolls is, you always meet people who are having just as much fun as you are. Playing with dolls when you are all grown up is plenty fun. Since people are aware I make doll hats, sometimes they contact me and ask me to make something specific, something that they would like to see their dolls wearing, but that they either don't know how or don't have the time to make themselves. Usually their ideas are pretty fun and I can come up with something that both they like and I like to make and everyone's happy. Two really fun gals more recently had me making steampunk themed hats for their dolls, which were really fun to make, which led to me also meeting some interesting and fun people who sell steampunk gadgets and whatnot, which are requisite to pull off all things steampunk. The world of handmade seems to be full of fun people doing a lot of fun things. It makes me smile. Pictured are the hats that I made, but, you know, I just couldn't leave things be. I had to have fun playing with the paints and doo-dads in photoshop and that made me smile, too.



Hope you are having a fun day! I think I'm going to spend mine messing with more things steampunk.