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Doll Owner’s Corner: Doll Blogs

It’s the first of November.  Time for another Doll Owner’s Corner when I, the doll owner, can talk about anything I want with a certain doll getting in the way.

 

This month’s topic:

Doll Blogs

For everything you can think of there is at least one or more people out there blogging about it.  It’s a fun and relatively easy way to express your passion for a hobby.

And who else are more passionate than doll collectors.  There are several blogs out there dedicated to the love of dolls.  Alas, most of them focus on more mainstream dolls (i.e. American Girl, Barbie, Bythe, etc.), but there are still many out there about ball jointed dolls. 

Sadly, many hobby blogs, doll or otherwise, aren’t updated as often as one would like.  With many hobbies, passion has to compete with life and sometimes a hobby blogger doesn’t have enough time to update a blog more than a few times a month.  I’ve seen some doll blogs that haven’t been updated in years.

That being said, they are still enjoyable to read and are packed with useful information.  Here are a few bjd blogs that I’ve found to be entertaining and/or useful.

• Antique Lilac – She makes beautiful clothes for dolls and has fantastic photos.  There are also plenty of great patterns/tutorials for clothes and accessories.
• Xanadu Dolls – Another one who is good at sewing and photography.  Her photos are so cute and so are her dolls.
• Jointed Love – This blog features several good tutorials for doing face ups and making wigs.
• Resin Rapture – She blogs about her dolls and their world, plus has several tutorials and patterns mainly for Iplehouse ball jointed dolls.
• Bjd Collectasy – This is a bjd news blog.  New companies, new dolls, sales and other events are all reported here.  They also feature the occasional doll tutorial.

These are just a small sample of what’s out there.  Do you have a favorite doll blog you follow or actually have a blog about dolls?  Please let me know.

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Of Bjd Fashion: Headbands for Dolls with a Tutorial

At long last, Anna has made something suitable for me, I mean us to adorn our hair.
She made a variety of beautiful doll sized headbands.

I adore this pearl head band, and it is so versatile too.  It will go beautifully with everything in my wardrobe.

This beautiful lace hand band is wonderful as well.  It is nicely accented with a lace rosette on the side.  Yes, it will do nicely.

Anna made the sweetest head band for our little Sakura.  It is made from fin grosgrain ribbon and embellished with a sweet bow.

Anna was clever enough to make a second one with pink ribbon.  They both suit Sakura and will serve well.

Of course there is something for Usagi, such as this lovely head band with a brilliant pink bow.

And this simple layered lace head band.  I may need to borrow it sometime, it would look pleasant with some more casual outfits.
Being as generous as usual, Anna created another video tutorial to share her methods of making these delightful hair accessories.
I nearly forgot to mention the other head bands Anna produced.

They feature cat ears.  Anna says they are intended to help celebrate Halloween.

Of course Sakura and Usagi were thrilled to receive them.  They are looking forward to this holiday.
However I shall leave the dressing up to the children again this year.

“But Miss Ghost Lady, Anna made a special pair for you!  It has a pretty ribbon too.”

…It’s so…cute…

Well, I suppose at least for the others sake, I will participate in this year’s festivities.
Anna went ahead and made a video for these simple Halloween accessories as well.

Happy Halloween my dear readers.

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Of Bjd Fashion: A Blue Plaid Skirt Just for Usagi

Anna recently altered one of her dresses, you may view her handiwork here on her blog. 

Naturally she had enough leftover material to produce a skirt for Usagi.  Just Usagi.

It’s a lovely blue plaid skirt, made just for Usagi.  Nothing at all for me. 

I mean it’s been ages since the last time Anna made or purchased anything for me, but that’s not important right now.

Anyway, as with most of Usagi’s skirts lately, Anna has made this one terribly short.  But I must say that the pleats are a nice touch.  Paired with the sensible blue plaid, it is reminiscent of a sweet school girl uniform.

And it does look sweet on Usagi indeed.

But I still must know, why did Anna make her a skirt and not me. 

It’s because I only had enough fabric for one “terribly short” skirt.  Just one.  And because Usagi is more in need of clothes (and because Hikaru refuses to wear mini-skirts without bribery) I thought it would be perfect this way.

And despite what Hikaru claims, it has not been that long since the last time she has received anything.  Jealousy does effect her memory sometimes.

I am not jealous!  I was only curious, and my memory is just fine thank you.  Anna hasn’t made anything for me in almost two months (see Of Bjd Fashion: Pretty and Pink and Short?).   And I didn’t need to be bribed to try it on.

Anyway, I shall be content in sharing in Usagi’s happiness over her delightful new skirt while I patiently wait for my turn to come.  Because I am such a generous and kind hearted doll.

“Hikaru, I really want you to try on my new skirt too.  It would look so cute on you. :)”

….

…But it’s so short…

What am I do to do?

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Doll Owner’s Corner: Behind the Scenes Round 4

It’s the first of the month, time for another Doll Owner’s Corner.  When I, the doll owner, can talk about anything at all without the dolls butting in.

This month’s topic:

Bloopers!

I gathered up another batch of behind the scenes photos for your amusement.

If you missed the others you can check here for the first, second, and third sets.

First up, this photo was taken when Usagi got her wig (see Of Bjd Hair: Another Wig Review and an Announcement). 

Just like Hikaru, she got a balloon cap to wear to keep her wig on.  They do work really well, but I still can’t keep a straight face when I put them on the dolls.

This next photo was taken before the wig, while I was trying on some tops I made for Usagi (see Of Bjd Fashion: Sweet Doll Tank Tops). 

She was suppose to keep her arms up so I could put her shirt on her, but instead she decided do her best karate poses.

This photo is from when we got Sakura (see New Arrival: Mystic Kids Doll Review).  I couldn’t decide if she looked bewildered or possessed in this shot.  You decide.

The next photo was taken while trying on Sakura’s wig (see Of Bjd Hair: Reviewing Three Wigs?). 

It would have been a great picture except for Hikaru’s skirt on the right and Usagi falling over on the left and flashing her shorts.

And here’s the original group photo of all the dolls (plus a head) with wigs.  Sakura’s wig kind of needed some taming.

Speaking of taming doll hair, as always the toothbrush/doll hair brush is always at hand during photoshoots. 

And as always, it manages to pop up in at least one otherwise good shot.  It strikes again here in this photo of Usagi checking out a magazine (see Bjd Lifestyle: Haute Doll Magazine, The Bjd Issue).

This one is from the Party City post (see Finding Doll Props: At The Party Store?).  Both Hikaru and Sakura started to fall over.  I caught Sakura just in time, but Hikaru wasn’t so lucky.

Sadly, Sakura’s luck ran out when it happened a second time in this shot.

That’s all for now, but there will always be more photos and doll fun in the future.  Look forward to it.

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