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Rejuvenation and Redesign Planned. :)

I’ve decided I’d like to try to be a little more serious about my little doll and toys blog here. I’m not sure if I will be able to manage it with all of my comic and illustration work, but I literally am looking at, enjoying, or doing something related to dolls and toys every week so I don’t see how I should fall short of material! With all of this said, I will start with a re-design to make this place look a little more attractive and I’m probably going to try to suss out the categories and make … Continue Reading →

A Dolly Rant.

So, I’ve seen a few things that have irritated me lately related to dolls, and I figure this is probably the best place, my personal blog, to rant about it. Rest assured though this has nothing to do with fandom. I’ve noticed this for a while now since I’ve spent some time on TaoBao, but it’s only recently come to really bother me, and that is the fact that sellers on TaoBao jack up their prices in their English language shops. Take for example this skirt and top set in a Taobao shop (whose name I am witholding for search … Continue Reading →

La Dee Da Doll

I’ve come to like the look of the La Dee Da dolls, and with a price cut currently going on at Target I thought I’d go ahead and purchase one of these cuties. They have big heads and oversized eyes similar to pullip and the fashion on this particular “city girl” doll is bright and cute reminding me of something Blythe or Pullip would wear. You can see from the photo above how she sizes up next to Blythe, Dal and Pullip. So, the clothing that she comes with is a little blue next shrug, a pair of tube stockings, … Continue Reading →

Custom Draculaura Complete!

So here she is, my first custom Draculaura doll, clearly though she is no longer a Draculaura! Anyhow through the painting process I realized that A) I bought a acrylic medium that was glossy and B) I need smaller brushes!! I thought the detail brushes I used for dollhouse stuff was going to be small enough, but clearly I need something even smaller. Overall I’m really happy with how she turned out. She has a few flaws, a wayward brush stroke on her belly which looks like a scar, and her bangs are messed up a little since I accidentally … Continue Reading →

Blog Changes – Anyone Can Now Comment!

I added a new CAPTCHA plug-in which will now allow non-registered users to comment without opening my blog up to spammers and spam bots. I realize CAPTCHAs can be annoying, but at this time it seems that this is the only way I can open my blog up for more conversation and still be free of spam. I want to make it clear though for all of you who have previously registered, you do not have to deal with the CAPTCHA when you are logged in, yay! So the incentive for creating an account is you don’t have to deal … Continue Reading →