DearMine Doll Dear Shine Line

Holy f-Oh dear...They are a beautiful yagamijo, truly! I love the clenched fist on cat anthros, makes it look like a little paw lol. Makes me so excited to get the body for my head, it's stuck in customs, but hopefully I'll be able to pick her up soon. Coincidentally, my things from taobao have been one day ahead, so I'll have clothes and wig for her too when I get the body

 

Is anyone ordering the new DS Ophelia? I just love her soft look.

 

So, I indeed could not resist, and Ophelia is ordered. I've gotten the measurements for her body from the site, but the foot measurements aren't there that I can find. Can anyone tell me what size her feet are? If they are anything like the DearLover girls, the feet are small and narrow. I've ordered both flat/heel options for her.

 

Deb, you lucky thing, I would have loved to order her and hope she'll be back in a basic form later on. For me, no more dolls until after Christmas / January now...to many birthdays and Christmas gifts etc to plan, and I have plenty of new arrivals to play with at the moment.

As for me, according to Dearmine, Catherine's Body will be on the way in the next couple of weeks so I will finally have my gorgeous Diana in one piece!

In the mean time, Catherine's claimed another wig as her own. This pic was also posted on Dearmine's facebook page and was also one of my entries in the Makoeyes V3 photo contest:-

 

Yay! Wow, your Catherine is gorgeous! I love that colorful wig on her and those Makoeyes are amazing. I can't wait to see her completed. I'm sort of peeved about the Halloween promotion, as I started my Ophelia order prior to the promotion, but I've asked them if there is any way I can squeeze in for the discount. It's quite a hefty sum.

 

Thank you
Fingers crossed they allow the discount then as otherwise I am sure you're kicking yourself for getting your order in just before it started!

 

*kicks self* Just heard back from Dearmine. It has to be made in one full payment, no layaway, and purchased during the sale only. Dang! Oh well, that's the way it goes.

 

Sorry to hear you missed out there then At least ou still have your gorgeous Ophelia to look forward to, though, one way or another though

 

Agh, sistercuervo, I feel your pain D: I wanted to ask if I could pay the rest of my DL Heather on the discount, but saw your answer on the Q/A And figured it was a lost cause. On the other hand, I'm sort of thrilled you're getting Ofelia, I want her so bad too, but there is no way that's going to happen, she's just so beautiful really, hope you'll post lots of her when you get her. I'll measure my DS's foot tomorrow and tell the exact measurements, I'd wager their feet are the same size, just with toes instead of cat-toes lol. My girl, Diana's feet are quite small though, so I think it's gonna be a hassle finding shoes, like it is for DL's D: (In my opinion at least, maybe I'm just bad at it lol)



A picture of Diana to top it off! She looks so dainty in this one

 

Sorry for the huge delay, but I'm back with my Dear Mine measurements!

The Dear Shine foot is 6cm long, both high heels and flat feet

 

Excellent, thank you, PotatoMash I really appreciate your measuring her for me. Have you had any luck finding shoes other than the ones she came with?
I've asked Dearmine if they will be making ears for her. I would love to have some pretty ears like the ones on your Diana!

 

Wow, 6cm ...that's tiny. Possibly some MSD footwear could do the trick? I know 2079 Realms MSD footwear is designed with an inner length randing from 6 to 6.7cm. These ones are an example right on 6cm inner length, and there are quite a few places I've seen these:- http://2079realms.com/207902013mbjd-shoes-4-msd-p-1509.html

Alices' Collections resells 2079 Realms so, if you're not looking to buy in bulk, there are several pairs of their MSD size footwear that should be a good fit by the looks of the inner dimensions.

I would definitely go for some other optional ears too, so I could blush different ones to go with different wigs / outfits. I love Catherine's ears but moss green blushing and an Apricot rose will not exactly go with everything. As it is, I've been tweaking the blushing on her ears just a bit to allow for a bit more versatility.

 

Sistercuervo - I tried mashing Diana's foot into a pair of MSD Shoes I have, that are way too big for dear lover feet. They're too small, but by half a centimeter, so I think she'd be able to fit int 6.5-6.7 cm shoes

Jenkat - I must admit I looked in the SQ lab 60 thread, hoping someone had a navi girl, but saw you mentioning that you wanted optional hands for the dear shine body You must report back to us when you find out whether they fit or not

 

Thanks so much, PotatoMash. I found these on Dollmore: http://www.dollmore.net/shop/step1.php?number=11738&b_code=B20050506094358&c_code=C20050506100403
and was wondering if they might work. It sure looks as if they would.

 

Hooray! Catherine now finally has her new body finally as of today!!! Almost a year, but finally she is now in one piece Sadly probably no time for pics until tomorrow, but I am just so happy to finally be able to have here all together

Sistercuervo, I was just looking at those the other day on Dollmore's site because they look gorgeous and I'd love something in that sort of style for Catherine. I'm particularly partial to the mint ones myself ^^ Dollmore MSD shoes tend to be on the much larger msd size as Kid Dollmore dolls have 6cm feet, so they could well be perfect! It's definitely tempting to try.
I sadly now have 2 gorgeous pairs of 7cm inner length SD footwear that sadly won't be able to fit Catherine now I was really hoping they would.

@ PotatoMash, I most definitely will! I am looking forward to trying them out, along with the SQ-Labs reindeer antlers & noses

Oooo, looks like I spoke a little too soon on the footwear side of things. Couldn't help myself, had to go and play a bit with some shoes and clothes.
Whereas the Angell-Studio SD sized pumps I was saving for Catherine were sadly much too big, the C'est la Seduction boots I had were muuuuch more forgiving, and ended up being just perfect This is the pair, in the lovely champagne / tan colour pictured at the top, that I have for Catherine:- http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=17718817225
As they're made with a softer vinyl they have a good bit of stretch to them so mould around those Dearshine Kitty calves perfectly. It the laces are tightened right up they basically fit the leg beautifully and being more forgiving like most pairs of boots you don't even notice any extra length in the foot part. They make just the perfect thigh-high / over knee boot on the Dearshine body! Now I can't wait to take pics of her as dressed in her boots and her lovely soft white Mori style dress she looks so elegant.

Potatomash, a question for you...did you find the Dearshine body was a much brighter / more orange-y yellow than your Diana Rose head? I'm trying to figure out whether it's just that my Diana's resin has mellowed that much in the last year or whether it is a slightly different colour...which can happen from resin batch to resin batch, especially after a year, I can understand. I really don't mind, with resin aging over time it should be less and less noticeable, it's really not that dramatic to begin with, but I'm just curious as to what you found?

 

OOOh! Love those boots, JenKat! I can hardly wait to see them on Catherine. They really are fantastic. I've never ordered through TaoBao by myself, but they make me tempted. I have a bunch of cute boots/shoes in SD size I want to try for Ophelia.

 

Sistercuervo, if you're ever more than tempted then I can recommend a couple of good Taobao agents / shopping services that can make things a little easier.

And here she is, my gorgeous Lady Catherine! I can't explain how happy it makes me having her finally all in one piece! She is better than I could have imagined ^^



http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5482/11112734444_624efe3535_c.jpg

I've posted several more pics in my Flikr account (see link in my Signature below) if you want to take a look.

 

She really is gorgeous. Is the resin a good match head/body? It looks perfect to me.
I'll PM you re: the taobao info
Deb

 

Gah, Jenkat, she's so cute, saw her on tumblr! It's actually quite ironic, because I was looking at those exact boots when I shopped for my Diana, on taobao, but thought, "Aw no, with the cat calves, she won't fit x.x!" But it's great to know she does, I think I might get a pair of them myself!
I'm so envious of your furniture, she looks fabulous in that couch!

Regarding the resin tone, I did notice there was a bit of a difference on my Diana head, compared to her body. It wasn't anything the camera caught, and I think her body has mellowed to match it better now, but there a tiny difference. I'd say it was a 90% Match, or maybe 95%.

 

Woo! Ophelia is shipping! I got her EMS# this morning, so photos soon.
There's someone on ebay with some boots that are almost identical to yours, JenKat Were the ones you ordered in SD size? Naturally I didn't save the link