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Dollmore Alex and Alexia Doll from Gu Mi-Jeong

Dec 10, 2010

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    1. My girl finally arrived yesterday. She's lovely but it took my husband and me 2 days, off n on, to get her to stand without her knees caving. I guess that's what can happen to a doll that's left in its box for the last few years. She's wearing a dress I crocheted for one of my other msds.

      [​IMG]Alexia by hookedonirises2000, on Flickr
       
      #321 El BJD, Jul 8, 2015
    2. She's beautiful and i love her dress! you can put silicone kips in her knees or suede them and she'll do much better. I get kips by the bag and then I unstring the lower leg, slide the kip on and up they go! Congratulations!
       
      #322 jenthered, Jul 8, 2015
    3. Thanks, jenthered! I ended up using nexcare tape in her hips and knee joints, so she now stands quite solidly. A bag of kips sounds like a good idea though! Are they all the same size in the bag?

      Now to figure out some clothes. She's standing with one of my msd's and my SD13. She sure is a big girl!
       
      #323 El BJD, Jul 8, 2015
    4. She's kind of large MSD size, but can wear some Doll Heart clothing. And mine have almost everything custom made. An alarming assortment of stuff. The kips have maybe three for legs and smaller ones for arms. I'd be a bit wary of the tape's residue, so it might not be the most permanent of solutions. Shoes are a pain too...I don't know why I love them so much, but I do. You're gonna really enjoy her!

      It's a by guess and by golly shoe hunt. But she can wear some SD shoes and some are just too huge. Some of the Monique flats in 69 cms work well for her and they come in pretty colors. It's not an exact science. Plus Dollmore has some shoes for her too. Very expensive, but worth it. Good luck, EI BJD!
       
      #324 jenthered, Jul 8, 2015
    5. I just discovered that my SD13's foot is the same length as Alexia's, although Alexia's is wider. My SD13's 1 pair of shoes and 1 pair of boots fit Alexia, and Alexia's shoes fit my SD13. The socks she came with fit over my SD socks pattern too.

      While I'm on a roll, I should go hunt down another pair of shoes and some kips. :)
       
      #325 El BJD, Jul 8, 2015
    6. I just bought an Alex :D I've been eyeing them for years, and finally nabbed one on the marketplace. Should be here Monday. Oh, much excite!

      Sent from my XT1049 using Tapatalk
       
      #326 MissEmily, Jul 10, 2015
    7. That is so exciting! You will for sure love her. one of my favorite dolls, and the most spoiled of them all.

      Oh great! So glad that you got the kips. Do string them as they work better for Alexia. I'm glad that you got her shoes and air fresheners, LOL! I have Ravens ones for a smaller doll, but they were huge on her, so I tried them on Alix and Irina and there you are. I have two Alexias, Alix with the DM faceup and Irina with a Jay Searle one. She was a birthday gift from my husband a few years ago. They are so much fun!
       
      #327 jenthered, Jul 11, 2015
    8. Congrats to you, MissEmily! My Alexia just arrived on Monday!

      Jenthered, I managed to find 3 sizes of kips on Etsy! Plus a lovely pair of black Dollmore Alex shoes on ebay!

      I don't know if any of you have see those runners that are sold as air fresheners for cars. I bought 2 red ones for my male Minifee Karsh a while back but they also fit Alexia! I don't have pix of them as yet though.
       
      #328 El BJD, Jul 11, 2015
    9. Here's my Lexie (only name she'll answer to!), wearing a white pineapple dress that I crocheted using embroidery floss, for one of my msd girls a few years back. I used the top of a dress pattern and an old doily pattern for the skirt.

      [​IMG]Lexie in Pineapple Dress by hookedonirises2000, on Flickr
       
      #329 El BJD, Jul 13, 2015
    10. And here she is in a sock dress and a knitted shrug that I made for my SD13. She insisted on wearing those air freshener runners I was telling you about. lol

      Her wig keeps slipping backwards and falling off, even though she has the wig cap on. I'm thinking about cutting it a bit shorter.

      [​IMG]Lexie in Sock Dress w runners1 by hookedonirises2000, on Flickr
       
      #330 El BJD, Jul 13, 2015
    11. HE'S HERE! Oh, my. He's not at all shaping up to be what I expected, but I'm loving where he's headed.
      ALSO, huge bonus--he arrived sueded. Not hot-glue sueded. But really truly pliver sueded! He stands like a champ!

      [​IMG]Dollmore Alex arrives and straightaway steals everything from everyone. He's a wild thing, this one.

      Oh, I'm sure he'll be spoiled rotten!

      And that dress is SO CUTE! Great work on it!
       
      #331 MissEmily, Jul 14, 2015
    12. Your boy looks terrific, MissEmily!
       
      #332 El BJD, Jul 14, 2015
    13. Alex is one of the my favorites, but the height does not match well with my other dolls.
       
      #333 ninaelise, Jul 15, 2015
    14. #334 El BJD, Jul 15, 2015
    15. [MENTION=57662]MissEmily[/MENTION], your Alex's headgear is amazing! Is he a cannibal? ;) No seriously, I have no trouble believing he is a bit wild. He certainly rocks the wig!

      Oh [MENTION=64020]El BJD[/MENTION], you are such a deft hand with hooks, needles and yarn XD! I have been trying to knit for my dolls, but I am too amateurish to be able to manage without patterns, and even then I need to pick up some techniques :p. I love Lexie's ensembles!

      I'm popping in to share a picture of my siblings, Hänsel and Gretel. Since El was kind enough to sell Lexie's Gretel clothes to me, I have turned my Alexia into Hänsel's sister. There was nice light today, so I put out a bench for them to sit on, and they promptly started telling each other secrets...

      [​IMG]

      Hänsel is the most horrible, horrible stander in my doll household, whereas Alexia is one of the most solid standers I have. Hmph. But I'd forgive Hänsel anything. He's too cute.
       
      #335 Sigune, Aug 3, 2015
    16. Ha! No he's not a cannibal :) As for standing, I think your Hansel just wants more attention ;)

      Sent from my XT1049 using Tapatalk
       
      #336 MissEmily, Aug 3, 2015
    17. [MENTION=57662]MissEmily[/MENTION], I would be more inclined to believe that explanation if I hadn't noticed a difference in the construction of their knees ;)... As you can tell by his colour, Alex is a few years older than Alexia, and it seems like the knees have been adapted in the meantime. Alexia's have little ridges that keep them from buckling.
       
      #337 Sigune, Aug 4, 2015
    18. Thank you, Sigune! Your Hanzel and Gretel look wonderful together!

       
      #338 El BJD, Aug 6, 2015
    19. [​IMG]

      I was gonna take some photos with my real camera.... But I locked myself out of the room with the SD cards. Ha! So, poor Maximillian the Great had to content himself with more phone pics.

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      #339 MissEmily, Aug 9, 2015
    20. Very cool Miss Emily!
       
      #340 Tetradeka, Aug 9, 2015
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