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

Today I finished shooting my big photoshoot theme, at last. Photos look splendid so far. (In time too - soon I'll have guests coming to stay at my place, so I can't leave my dolls everywhere anymore.)

Also started repainting Oshidori's faceup, now that I have her proper wigs on hand and sorted out her colour scheme. Today was all pastel blushing work, and it already looks much much better than her first faceup. A promising start - I hope I do the painting steps equally as well.

 

Now that I've finished my thesis I had time to work on Curio's wig! The front part needs to be trimmed a little, and she's far from complete, but I'm super happy with how it came out!
CurioWig1 by Mandy McMahon, on Flickr
CurioWig2 by Mandy McMahon, on Flickr

 

Soraya doesn't leave her shelf much. But while cleaning up today I have her my smudging feather to hold onto. It is absolutely imperative that the feather never touch the ground, and I know she's up to the task of keeping it safe.
I just got new shelves though, so Soraya will be getting a cozy new spot.

 

I finally blushed the nekomimi I bought last year and now I have a couple of catboys
Also gave Cheby some black nail polish (so I can make fun of him even more)

 

I put a wig on Asa that I didn't think would really fit colour, cut or size wise but it looks incredible and I am obsessed.

 

This was actually a couple of days ago but was the most recent thing I did with my girls. Some clothes I pre-ordered from Melody C. arrived on Monday (which was my birthday - perfect timing!) and I spent some time just enjoying the process of dressing three of my girls. They do need socks and shoes still but I couldn't wait to take a picture of them anyway.

 

I tried to stand poor Mina on a backdrop that was just too uneven. Before I put her somewhere solid I brought a hand to her brow and had a chuckle at her fainting backwards (so very ladylike). I caught her of course. Salts! Bring the salts!

 

I cleaned up my office so I can do some more sewing for them as well as ordered some items for them this week!

 

I successfully restrung an IOS Class 70 doll! He plunks now!
And the hybrid head I got him has great colour match!
Now he sits in my bedroom with his own pet fox. I'm in love!

 

Got a new wig in the mail today for Akihito (Volks Williams) and it is so amazing to have a wig in his actual size (9-10), instead of a stretched to within an inch of it's life 8-9 barely covering his giant head. And beyond that, it looks great too!!! It's more curly than the sale photos showed which is perfect. If this wig hadn't worked out, I was going to open a thread begging for help finding a purple/red curly wig for him. Big victory today!

 

I spent the last couple days getting my dolls dressed for a wedding.



My sister is getting married pretty soon. There will be a family party and photos at my place before the wedding ceremony. My dolls aren't invited to the ceremony, but she asked me to put them on display for the family party, and made it very very clear: make sure they're properly dressed for the occasion.

I didn't expect this from her - she's completely not a doll person, and she found them freaky when I rejoined the hobby a few years ago. But I kept talking about them and shared my photoshoots (and I think my website/socials too), and it seems that she's come around to them over time. So it was really touching that she'd ask me to have my dolls at the party.

Now properly dressed for the occasion. I'm running out of time but they'll go on their big doll couch tomorrow.

 

@aihre I think this is really cool coming from your sister, considering she's not a doll person. And they all look super sharp the fit on the suits is amazing!

 

That is so cute @aihre I hope everyone has a great party!

I had put it off for so long but I finally wired Michi's limbs and repositioned one of the hands with heat today - her body is such a nightmare to handle sometimes but just having her knees not buckle and hands fit through sleeves has increased my enjoyment of playing with her a lot!

 

A doll I ordered in October finally arrived so I got to try all the things I ordered for her!

 

I am going back to University and decided to sell most of my dolls to raise extra money for living expenses. I have been feeling very down in the dumps about it. Today though I decided to browse legend doll and look for outfits for the three dolls I am keeping. I ordered one of my dolls some clothes and shoes.

I am full of giddy doll energy. I can't wait to dress her up.

 

I just restrung Teofils hands. Restringing jointed hands isn't my favourite thing to do, but now his fingers poses wonderfully well and that does make me happy.

 

I attempted to actually sew something for the first time with the help of the dress form, no plans or prep, just trying to stitch something. I'm surprised that it turned out... okay? I want to wash it to get rid of any pencil marks left and then I'll try it on my doll. I've got enough fabric for a skirt too! I love this fabric's pattern.

 

Downloaded a new camera app onto my phone, which dramatically improved the quality of my photos! (Who knew that could be a software issue??) So I did a mini photoshoot with Charlie


(Don't you just love how the laundry basket accentuates her eye color? )

 

I had multiple problematic “dollemmas” with my new Kaniboom Muppet Rabbit Bianca. She was everything I wanted in an adorable anime bunny sculpt, but although I was able to give her a faceup I loved, she just seemed all wrong. And the Luts BabyDelf body which I felt was perfect for her measurement-wise fell apart on me…quite literally! (A torso joint had been improperly glued at the company and just fell into two pieces.) I had already blushed her head to match that body beneath the faceup…so what was I to do? I put her away for a few days out of sight while my brain worked on these issues. And it worked! She had just jumped character on me is all, so I rethought her story, wardrobe, and display entirely. Then I went to work on that body, removed the new-fangled stringing apparatus, drilled holes inside and restrung it old-school style. Problems solved! Now I love her.