#abs bjd

[thrift-furb]

Mice wearing red.

[imbrith]

There's a bit of a buzz over these small bjd dolls from Penny's Box. They come as a blind box, but are fairly inexpensive. A few people I know got them and they seemed cute, so I decided to give it a shot.

There are six different dolls in the "Antu Nature Wonderland" series. The only one I didn't particularly want was the 'sheep' girl (bottom left).

She came today, and I got the 'cow' girl. Being a Taurus, that seemed somehow appropriate. So, meet Responsible.

She's the first doll I've had with molded hair, and I wasn't sure if I was sold on it (you can get a backplate so she can wear a wig), but now that I've handled her, I like it. Between the size and not worrying about her hair, she looks like a perfect pocket doll, something I've been wanting for a while.

[glaceleau]

I've had this Jun Planning Ai doll (Lawn Daisy) from Tuesday Morning for ages and only recently realized that I should try some newer eyes in her. It's amazing the difference they make. She keeps me company on my work desk.

[dollsahoy]

Some of the eyes by @queenofsquids found their way into the Hujoo Freya!

...so now I need to figure out how to strip the paint off of the ABS Hujoo body (yes I know Windsor & Newton brush cleaner is usually suggested for hard plastics, but I don’t have any, and it seems to be Not Good with Hujoo plastic, so no) so I can repaint her to better suit the eyes.

And then I tried on the wig that I hadn’t liked on the Hestia

and maybe not this wig, but maybe a wig will be in her future, too

[chromatic-emotion-blog]

>:3c

[thrift-furb]

Phoebe got a faceup! She’s looking adorable ❤️

Just needs some shoes, and maybe a hat.

[dollsahoy]

I thrifted stack of 4½” cotton print broadcloth squares about 4 years ago; I’d combined lots of the cloth into dresses for Etsy, then set aside the remaining squares--with several more sets of coordinating prints sorted out--in the back of one of the doll cloth drawers, forgotten until fairly recently.  I decided to try using some of the combinations for the burst of thanks sewing I’m doing now, starting with these...but...they turned out a bit too bulky for the Barbie-size dress skirt they were intended to be, and...ah...frankly...I just loved the overall look of this combination and decided to make it into a skirt for Valeska (MSD-size) and, y’know...keep it... (and then I ‘had’ to make a quick petticoat to go under it.)

I have already made a thanks dress with another combination of the thrifted prints, so it’s not all selfish sewing!

[dollsahoy]

Finally got Stella outside to the trees across the drainage ditch in her “Oops, Accidentally Made A RPG Character Outfit” outfit, which...is considerably better camouflage than I expected...

Her face up is by RetrogradeWorks/ @axelspark (And yes this set of eyes is too big, but that last picture is, like, the only angle you notice.  I was just happy to get light in to show the color.)