WhimsiDolls

Formerly nostalgic.bratzie I grew up with the first generation of Bratz dolls (2001-2009). This is an outlet for my crafty ideas and my Bratz doll photos. Following back from @elementarrry. I also post doll stuff on Instagram @whimsi.dolls

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Introducing Meena, a whimsigoth icon with her own (matching!) Celestial Treasures shop 🌌✨

She’s a 2.5-inch tall Disney Tote-ILY Teenies doll customised to match the Rolife Celestial Shop diorama kit. Swipe to the end to see Meena before her transformation!

This custom has been a whole learning experience — turns out, 1/24 scale dolls are wayy more fragile than 1/6. Special thanks to @/mecha.lex who came to the rescue when I almost snapped this dolls’s neck and then again when I broke her arm 😭 So really, aside from whimsigoth icon, Meena is also a secret cyborg whith a steel-reinforced neck and shoulder 😆

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This is Jelly 🪼 My first (and currently only BJD), created by @/teenytinkers

I spotted this BJD at a doll fair 2 years ago and after walking past the vendor’s table about 3 times, I made up my mind that she was too cute not to get.

She’s spent the past 2 years in storage since I didn’t feel skilled and/or brave enough to customize her.

But then ☝️I got tickets to @/ukbjdcon and decided to use this as a motivation to customize my only BJD and have her fit the “By The Sea” theme.

So, one month ago, having never attempted a doll wig or a face-up before, I decided to give it a try… on a doll head the size of my thumb 🤦‍♀️

Somehow it all worked out in the end 😅 Jelly got to attend UK BJD Mini, where she got to pose on the sea-themed props… and fall face-first in the decorative sand 🤣

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Hope you all had a cozy Christmas ☕️🎄🍫

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This is my first 12th scale doll post, but it certainly won’t be the last. I love the Magic Mixies Pixlings and I really want to restyle them all at some point.

Deerlee’s Christmas outfit is entirely made by me. I made her gingerbread-inspired slippers and her hot chocolate from polymer clay. The slippers are about 3x the size of her feet, but let’s say she’s channeling early Bratz 😜

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Autumn, when leaves are turning red 🍁🍂

I took these pictures in the middle of summer, 3 years ago, but I only got around to posting them now 🙈

At least the red leaves make this post season-appropriate.

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Halloween is the busiest time of the year when you’re a witch🔮

Here is Sorya wearing a dress and accessories made by me - I learned to crochet just so I could make the fishnet accessories.

The diorama came together thanks to loads of talented people. The manequin is courtesy of @/mecha.lex ‘s amazing painting skills, the Halloween cakes are from @/wyrdworldminiatures and the spook-tacular bookcase is a @/dead_small_miniatures creation. I assembled the bags and the books from printables created by @/aninka_miller. Last but not least, the wall art is from @/the_spoops comic.

Working on this doll photo shoot was a true crafting marathon and I truly enjoyed putting together every detail - although the late nights got me feeling a bit like Sorya in the second picture 😆

Happy Halloween, everyone 🎃🦇🧙‍♀️

I’m off to catch up on sleep.

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Here is Mal (short for Malachite) showcasing my latest beady craft projects 🧵I was aiming for a Back to School look when I started working on this back in September, but it turns out beading projects take time 😅 So I added a Pride and Prejudice and Zombies mini-book to make it an almost-Halloween photo shoot.

Mal is also my first partial reroot - the original Adventure Girlz Jade had half of her hair haphazardly hacked (say that 10 times fast). Luckily, I was never a fan of the kanekalon hair used on Bratz, so having a heavier hair type on top works great to tame the frizzy original hair.

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🔮🌿 The plant witch 🍃🧹

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Happy Halloween, everyone!

It seemed fitting to bring my account back to life today 😅I'm loving all the spooky art and doll photos everyone is posting 💚

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This was my entry for the green competition at #dollyconuk - I didn't place, but I'm happy it gave me an excuse to create a Halloween themed doll this year. And yes, that is a terrarium hat, with extra sparklies 🤣 I've been wanting to make one for a very long time.

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🌃🌺 Symmetries 🌺🌃

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As you can see, I have started messing around in Photoshop 😅 I still favour unedited photos, but once in a while editing is fun 😜

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A queen 👑✨

I added three FailFix dolls to my collection and this one might just be my favourite 😍She looks both modern and regal and I think the castle ruins just add to the queenly allure.

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A short #MerMay story 🧜‍♀️🌊

"Oh s#&t, what time is it?! The tide is going out!"

*shuffles closer to the sea*

"Yeah...I'm not making it home for dinner"

"Oh well, the sun's out, might as well pose for some pictures" ☀️

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Two things I'd like to point out with this post:

1) CeleBratzion Yasmin is one of my favourite dolls, she's just stunning

2) I didn't make her into a mermaid, I just revealed her inner mermaid 😂 seriously, look at her screening and tell me it doesn't scream Sea Stunner (see what I did there 😜)

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Happy 20th anniversary Bratz!! 💜🎉🎈✨💖

This year I decided to showcase my love for Bratz artwork , both old and new. Yeeeah I'm late with my anniversary post again, but hey, I'm earlier than in previous years 😂

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Kicking off MerMay with an appropriate t-shirt 🧜‍♀️✨

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Looks like my dollyverse has well established vehicle ownership 😂 since I only photograph Aoife (Slumber Party Yasmin) with this bike

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Sun's out, Vespa's out 🌞🛵

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This started out as a modern Penelope Pitstop idea (I even named the doll Penelope!), but as I was making the clothes I strayed further and further away from the original concept 😅 Nevertheless, I'm happy with the end result!

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Behold: the vanity project ✨💖✨

I transformed my Wildlife 2009 Yasmin doll into a mini-me using the power of...all the curlers I own 😂 I'm definitely going to take more pictures of her, the full magnificence of her curls needs to be shown.

Meanwhile, enjoy this very self-indulgent photo shoot 😋

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Even my dolls collect dolls 😅 Poppy (Funk Out Yasmin) just got 4 of her grails as Christmas presents 🎁

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I'd been wanting to give Poppy a makeover since last Christmas, but the whole ordeal of curling saran hair kept putting me off. She ended up spending a whole night in the freezer to make sure the curls set properly 😂

Also, while the Bratz mini figurines don't have the best faces, I thought they deserved a close-up because, well, novelty 😜

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I don't only collect Bratz, this is a pretty diverse doll environment ... where everyone loves donuts 😜

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This is the first doll photo taken with my new DSLR 📸 I've been using my phone camera for...pretty much 2 years at this point 😅 Here's to a future of better quality pictures!

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'Ok this is the last one, which wrapping paper looks better?' 🎁

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Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas Eve 🎄❤️

I left all of the gift wrapping for today, hence the subject of this photo 🤣 (art imitates life, amirite)