The Raveyard

40ish nonbinary person blogging about Monster High, Shadow High, BJDs, and other doll stuff. Restyle and customs as I have energy and motivation. Side blog for @darqueloaf

[chalkspider]

Forgot to post the finished product! 🩵

[dolloaf]

I never get budget dolls but I might for self scare Frankie, nonbinary weirdo doing their hair at home? They're just like me fr

[sheydgarden]

The Winter Maw, 2026

a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for the annual "Winter Exquisite" gallery show (this year's chosen medium was puppetry) at the Forbes Library in Northampton, MA - if you're local, you can visit anytime between the 7th & the end of the month!

for the winter theme, i designed a monster that blends my appreciation of this season's beauty with a more sinister, predatory element representing struggles against seasonal depression. bringing her to life was a huge learning experience & i got to try out a lot of new materials/techniques - i'd never made a marionette before! she took me all January but i'm very pleased with the result.

[dolly-blog-moment]

The dollblr tag is for posting about dolls (bjd, Blythes, fashion dolls, customs, etc.) please don’t use it for unrelated aesthetic posts

[catwalk-kitty]

finally took some quality pics of my first custom I did in 2025! I wanna make it a tradition to customize a frankie doll each year and display them all together. this is my 3rd one so far ^_^

they've got spikes for neck bolts! but I accidentally got acetone on their neck u_u

[sleepytoycollection]

Autism Barbie highlights the problems that arise from Barbie just not having named friends with personalities anymore.

Like I feel like most of the criticism could've been avoided if Mattel was like, this is Barbie's new friend Brianna! She likes reading, and knitting, and she has autism!

But because all Barbies have to be a blank slate now, her only personality trait ends up being "autistic", which is why it's rubbing a lot of people the wrong way.

[sleepytoycollection]

Like Monster High avoided this because Twyla is a whole character. She has a name and friends and hobbies. You know she's autistic, but she has other stuff going on too.

Autism Barbie is just, well, autism Barbie.

[zaksdolls]

Sep 21, 2018: Commissions from some months back. Frightfully Tall Ghouls repainted for a very sweet customer.

[orugadraws]

To celebrate this spooky time of the year I gave the main 3 dolls of Monster High a new design with a more mature look (^-^)/

Here's Draculaura, Frankie and Clawdeen!!

[euphorbic]

˚✧⁎⁺˳༚˚Lux aeterna˚༚˳⁺⁎✧˚

Skuld is a @batchixdolls Lagoon MSD size bjd with a hand-cast faceplate.

[euphorbic]

˚✧⁎⁺˳༚˚Lux aeterna˚༚˳⁺⁎✧˚

Skuld is a @batchixdolls Lagoon MSD size bjd with a hand-cast faceplate.

[euphorbic]

I really really really want to do something fun and amazing for Skuld’s 10th anniversary with me but… it’s hard. 😭 I just feel bad ever since I burned out on beadwork for her.

But. But I think I’ll take a three week hiatus on Burnt rubber smoke signals to focus on Skuld.

I took this shot two years ago. 😂 Never posted it.

Anyway, it’s October. Skuld’s birthday is November 1st. Taking suggestions for photoshoots!

(Photoshoot limitations: it’s spring here, I have no money. 😂)

[novabjd]

That’s an amazing faceup!

[euphorbic]

It would be if it actually was a faceup! 💖 Skuld’s faceplate is clear resin with an encapsulated skull.

The white resin skull has an ink wash under the clear resin, but that’s the only faceup. See those transparent ears?

Here’s her default faceplate, painted by @zaksdolls

[robotsandfrippary]

I found Skuld's baby pictures last night!

[oceanicpride]

MONSTER HIGH X BARBIE FRANKIE SKULLECTOR DOLL

[oligib-art]

The ghoul squad for spooky season 🐺🦇⚡️

[octopiopa]

yea ok im coping

[strawberry-blondie]

Emulating the Spooky Trails Rabbids, I gave her dark shadows around her eyes as well as a faux glow to her pupils. Although she is a stylised version of a Rabbid, I couldn't resist giving her their silly little buck teeth, albeit in a much more stylish way.

Initially I wasn't sure if she should have hair, but I felt it would be more appropriate for her stylised look. I did originally intend for her to have plain black hair, but I didn't have the time to order a replacement to fill in the holes left by the orange.

[chimichangacongaline]

a cute re-style to fearbook Venus, gave her afro puffs and adorned them with flowers so shes like a cute lil topiary, i braided a couple face framing pieces and added beads at the end

super happy with how this turned out!

[unholy-cat]

I don't know why I didn't post it right away, but now it's here. My redesign of Operetta 🎶

[vibrantlyspring]

Monster high core refresh 2 designs I made 🫶🩷