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Recommended BJD Magazines or Books?

Jan 27, 2005

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    1. if you wan just patterns there is also the WaWa BJD pattern book, I've seen that on a few different sites
       
      #61 vulpes, Aug 24, 2011
    2. When i first started out, i loved the orbyrarium. OK, some of the company info maybe out of date, but thats just 2-3 pages of the book.

      Most of it show step-by-step pics of how to face-up, how to body-blush, how to re-string, how to manicure, how to pierce ears, how to do a tatoo, interviews with dollmakers and entoushiasts and a couple of patterns, both for wigs and outfits.

      I really loved the book and had to buy a second copy when the first one fell to pieces and had acrylic paint and MSC all over it.

      Dollreader keeps getting less pages monthly and the articles seems to become more and more just salespromotions.
      Though they had some really good articles, 50% should be about non BJD dolls, and of the remaining 50% a lot is about non-resinous dolls and fashion dolls. I read the last issue yesterday and what stuck was a lot about Marie Osmonds, and that the ball-jointed part was almost completely about fashiondolls this month. Did like the article about the contents of youre dolls purse.\

      Funny that i can recall way, way more about a book i read years ago, since i read the magazine only hours ago.
       
      #62 cyberspacegirl, Aug 24, 2011
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    3. There's also FDQ (Fashion Doll Quarterly). They have some nice articles and occasionally patterns. The photography is really nice as well ^^
       
      #63 Sephora, Aug 24, 2011
    4. What a darling magazine! I previewed it online. I do want a Tiny doll and there are SO many of them that are just adorable. Is there one brand that you like more than others?

      I LOVE Fashion Doll Quarterly magazine. I am slowly working to buy back issues when I can find them on sale. Just today I went through several of my Haute Doll magazines. I finally got all of the issues by buying back issues on ebay. I love that magazine too and hate that they have combined with Doll Reader magazine. The two magazines together do not even compare to the previous Haute Doll or the FDQ magazines.
      Thanks!
       
      #64 Kim in Louisiana, Aug 25, 2011
    5. Is there a list of books that are about BJDs? If not, I'd love to make the list, since I collect both books and dolls. And I'm sure it'd be fine to include the names of magazines.

      The only BJD book I have is Resin Life by cirquemom. I like some of the photos in it. It's sort of quaint.

      Does anyone else have any books that they enjoy?




      ((If this is already a topic, please feel free to direct me to it and delete this thread. Thank you.))
       
      #65 Morhighan, Aug 30, 2011
    6. #66 bombom, Sep 19, 2011
    7. Special thanks to idrisfynn for the great list, to OP for this question, and everyone else who added suggestions here. Maybe I'll have something good to add/offer in the future. For now, just my appreciation for all the helpful sharing that goes on around here.
       
      #67 DaughterofEden, Feb 27, 2012
    8. Haute doll got me in to BJDS I would recommend them!
       
      #68 ymcah2o, Feb 29, 2012
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    9. I've been reading Alison Rasmussen's book Ball-Jointed Dolls for Beginners recently and I've liked it so far. As a newbie, it was really nice to see a bunch of advice in print form rather than searching the internet. There are a bunch of lists of dolls and companies, plus tutorials on things like stringing as well as some common lingo.
      I would like a patter book tho. I liked sewing and I would be fun to make doll clothes to suit my doll.
       
      #69 ConsSunshine58, Dec 12, 2012
    10. This looks amazing! I might have to look into buying it!
       
      #70 ConsSunshine58, Dec 12, 2012
    11. My muse magazine is gorgeous as is their books
       
      #71 Loivissaxxx, Dec 12, 2012
    12. Does any one know of any doll books worth getting in the apple iBooks store, I find it easier to read on my ipad than to read books when on the go, and I can't seem to find much that isn't dolls house stuff. I have the my muse magazine apps and love them. Any doll books including bjds, fashion dolls (except the just barbie ones) or blythes would be awesome especially magazines and books of doll photos
       
      #72 Loivissaxxx, Dec 13, 2012
    13. Does anyone here have a copy of Learning to be a doll artist by Martha Armstrong-hands? Please message me if you do.
       
      #73 DJWard, May 31, 2013
    14. Hope I'm not interrupting here, if anyone does know where to find the book mentioned in the above quote could you please pm me as well, would be really grateful ^^. Thank you very much for your time :). (DJWard hope you don't mind that I quoted you on this ^^')
       
      #74 IsabelleR, Sep 15, 2013
    15. #75 april, Sep 16, 2013
    16. #76 javasoy, Apr 21, 2014
    17. Hey folks - I really appreciated idrisfynn's list, especially the mention of Simon Yotsuya, just the kind of artistic style I was looking for. Maybe I missed it somewhere after reading through this thread but my question is - are there any books or magazine issues that focus more on beautiful male bale jointed dolls? Much of what I find seems to focus on the female dolls. Any info would be much appreciated!
       
      #77 Mooglefan, Jul 6, 2016
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