Playing with dolls: what did you do with your doll today that made you happy? <3

I work from home and today I had one of my SD's sitting next to me while I was working! I found myself when I was not on a call with a client just talking to her making conversation and it made me feel better since I work a high stress job in mental health/crisis services. Ive never done this before... just having a doll with me while I worked. So I think I may do this more often since it lowered my stress level and gave me some company that I wouldn't have had otherwise. I usually have my dolls sitting in boxes or in a cabinet (for the smaller MSD/YO sized) so having one out directly next to me on my desk is just so nice and makes me so happy.

 

I finally found a place in my bedroom to make a cute spot for my dolls, where i can take photos of them and cute scenes. I also finished denim pants and crocheted hoodies for them

 

I dressed up my pale Lusan and Vittoria and took pics for IG posts or reels. Also snuggles with my tan Lusan. He is so comforting!

 

I am on holiday, so I did a photoshoot outside with two of my dolls for whom I recently made new flower hair bands. Additionally, I did some fruit props (most of my food props are baked goods, so I need some variety) and a new magic wand for my little yo-sd doll. Now I am searching yo-sd patterns, because I want to make a new shirt. :3

 

I lined all my dolls on my speakers to listen to Malice Mizer together

 

I do this also.

 

I took Rosanna out on my back deck while I was crocheting! I love hanging out with my dolls! Although, I get paranoid about bringing them in the sun too often LOL.

 

Was playing around with some floating heads I have last night and stumbled upon a surprisingly good hybrid option for one of them. So today with more light and a smidge more energy I committed to it and wow. I now have a new sassy girl who I just adore. She's a MNF Soo Dark event head (the cute pouty one) and I gave her an older Resinsoul body and some spare Dollzone hands I had stored. She looks incredible and I'm baffled as to why all 3 resins match so well. Not perfect, but with a touch of blushing it wont be noticeable I think. So anyway I love her a lot and she will be my buddy for the night as I contemplate what kind of faceup she needs and the rest of her styling. ♥

 

How cool! It's like you discovered a new doll from all the parts!

 

I just hot glue sueded the shoulders and thigh joints of a DF-H body and now he is so much less frustrating to handle and he stands so much more securely.

 

I found a little metal chair at Michaels that is juuuuust slightly too big for my YOSD boy, and it's not only perfect since that helps him look more childlike with his feet swinging in the air, it was on clearance

 

I am thinking about making more props.

 

Making wig caps for my whole gang, and if I have the time and energy to, I'll also start preparing the alpaca hair for wefts ^^

 

Well, after having owned this doll since 2016, I finally have a character-appropriate outfit for her... On a whim I bought her a flight/combat suit looking thing, meant for male dolls. I knew it was going to be baggy and hoped it was going to be alright despite that. Well, I finally dressed her up in her new outfit today and she looks gorgeous. I can't stop looking at her. Just the right amount of bagginess/masculinity for her character.

I went and snapped some quick photos and I just don't know how to take photos anymore because I can't do it justice... Her wig looks like a half-shaved pompom in photos, while in reality it looks like the hair of someone who cuts their own hair with no regard for style, which also suits her character. I am so, so happy I didn't sell her and decided to try one more time to find her a character-appropriate outfit... (Also, the coincidence of me posting about a doll named Anka finally finding her style, after the user above me is... lol).

 

I received a gorgeous custom dress from @dbfalcao and I'm over the moon! My pictures don't do justice to how beautiful it is!

 

I unboxed a secondhand doll last night, and today I was able to unstring it and give the body a thorough bath. It's drying now and I'm looking forward to restringing with new elastic. Also took the chance to give one of my dolls a thorough wipe, even though she's very overdue for unstring/deep-clean/all fresh internals. (A task for later, probably will take a few days) I love giving dolls TLC through maintenance

 

Yesterday I changed my Delf Dreaming El's look completely. He was wearing quite a formal outfit before and it really wasn't working for me, so I put him in a hoodie and a faux fur wig and now he looks ADORABLE. I spent quite a long time just sitting with him and my Soony and staring at them both because I love them so much! (We are also waiting for a new arrival, so I was feeling very excited about that too and thinking about how I might style the incoming boy)

 

I finished my doll sofa project & took some photos outside. I have been wanting a sofa for my dolls for years and years, so I finally decided to make one. I also continued my faux doll fire place project. I need to do some painting.

 

Accomplished a few ''finally''s finally settled on a name for my newest girl, (the one that had the nose job) her name's Pihla! I also finally managed to style her wig to my liking, it only took me 6 tries, and I'm still not a 100% satisfied with it, but close enough. Oh and I finally glued in her lashes, so her faceup is now officially finished!
So here's Pihla's first appearance as herself!

 

Crocheted a yellow-orange bikini for HID lady. Wiped one face up that I didn't quite like. It did a disservice to the strong yet delicate features of the face. The sculpt is more beautiful just as it is blank. Obviously there will be another face up, in due time.