Dolls after Sara

Just after sending Sara off I realized I really can't make dolls without knee dimples or bottoms and belly buttons anymore. And my customers who've seen pics of these features seem to expect them. So yes, from now on all my normal style dolls (16/17 inch and 18/19 inch) will come like this.
Just like Lucille (a wish list doll) and Tess (a rtg)!

Sara - a first

Finally Sara is ready to go. She's the first of my dolls with knee dimples, a bottom and a belly button!

She has brown hair made from handspun yarn by luxfish and blue eyes.

She's a real whirlwind and never wants to sit still. So I made her some fun clothes she can run around in, climb trees, hide in high grass run and skip...

Sara will be sold auction style in my hyenacart shop on Thursday, 17th of October. The auction will run from 9am until 9pm edt here.

Clothes - the difficult/fun choices

Not so long ago I always worried about the clothes for my dolls. I love knitting, so I worked on knitted tops a lot and just added simple boots and jeans or velour trousers. Always the safe choice, just like I  myself dress...

I also tried to tell myself that like me most buyers buy the doll and will put their style clothes on them anyway. But one day I looked at my daughter and I saw how much fun she has dressing herself, combining whatever she liked whether it supposedly matched or not. For over a year she refused to put on identical socks but always chose each sock for each foot! Clothes for her are not a worry but fun, something to enjoy and wear with a smile. So I decided to stop worrying and dress my dolls with a smile, choose more what my daughter would choose, not always take the safe choice but to combine what I think is fun. Clothes that would make my dolls and me smile!

And it works. I love their clothes now, I don't mind if the new family will just change them but I feel my dolls can have fun in those clothes, they will make other people smile just like my daughter sometimes does when she walks, skips or runs past.

My newest two dolls that have been waiting for clothes for a long time actually got the rest of their outfits today. The knitteds had been made a while ago but I never found the time to sew the rest. Clementine just seemed like fun from the start so it was easy. She's not perfect, has some wrinkles on her chin but she makes me smile with her freckles and her crazy hair.

Violet to me was the beauty and I was once again a bit afraid to clothe her. So I tried to take the safe choices again - also because I felt so many colours would clash with her hair. Then I imagined her beside Clementine and felt so sorry for her. Why just because she has no wrinkles on her neck can she not have fun clothes? Colours that clash, socks that don't match the rest of the clothes at all? Funny comfy velour shorts/ actually longer than shorts but short enough to show off her fun socks?

So here they are...
They will both be available in my hyenacart shop in the next couple of days, whenever I find time. They are fun and more than ready for new adventures!

Lucky charm: Stone with a natural hole

Violet and Nadine - two 19 inch dolls - Sneak Peeks

Nadine, the second 19 inch doll has a bit of a wrinkly neck. She's still sulking because I told her and told her I was very sorry because she's such a sweetheart. Before she went sulking in the corner she informed me that in fact her wrinkles were not worse than mine and did I tell everyone about mine? Like: Hi, my name is Monika, unfortunately I have a bit of a wrinkly chin? She might have a point there but I told her that some people would not love her if I didn't tell them that about her but that I'm sure we'll find a family who loves her just as she is 


Violet on the other hand to me is perfect, but my daughter complains about her hair being too short. It does look a bit messy when she takes them up in a ponytail.

We love them both very much so I'll take my time making clothes for them and decide how they will be offered for sale.

Mermaids - little girls

They are finally all ready! Three little (about 9 inches) mermaids, or little girls. 
They all come with a removable tail made from soft cotton velour and a crochet triangle top. And a dress for the time they spend on land.





I will sell them all auction style, in 24 hour auctions, every one starting one hour after the other in the order they were finished. I will do this this weekend in my Hyenacart Shop.

Socks

I so enjoy the time I get to spend with Anouk and Maple Lou. They are quite the pair. Anouk just keeps asking questions and Maple Lou sits there and makes you answer them all with her magical soft, understanding gaze.

They just couldn't believe me when I told them I used to go to work every day for about 10 hours in sensible business suits. Impossible!  And a confused look from Maple Lou. Well, it only looked sensible for other people, I assured them. I was me after all!
But how? Well, I wore a suit, yes, and those ankle boots with a medium heel. So of course nobody could see my socks, but I always knew what socks I wore and when I needed a break, a smile, I would mentally picture them... Of course they were never just black, they were also not the thin women's socks in any flesh colour. They were real socks I was always on the lookout for. My favourites were striped in orange and pink. Blue and green. Black with Woodstock on them. Woodstock? Yes, Woodstock, the yellow bird, Snoopy's best friend...
Ahhhhh... And a wonderful smile from Maple Lou. A cackling laugh from Anouk. 
A bit like your underwear, I say. Our underwear? Yes, whenever I think uf your panties it makes me smile and I know you're ready to take on the world with those. Have you not looked at yourselves in them? Not really, no... Go ahead...
And a wonderful smile from Maple Lou and a cackling laugh from Anouk as they stand in front of the mirror.
Whenever you feel down or insecure or just need that little something to lift your mood just think of your underwear and remember who you really are inside ;) Your little secret. Oh, but can we have socks as well, so we'll remember this afternoon all of us together?

How could I refuse.

UFOs

Quite a while ago I felt I wanted to make small dolls, so I made small doll heads but then realized that shipping would be the same price as for the bigger ones and maybe it wasn't such a good idea...
Then other dolls wanted to be made and from time to time I saw all those cute little doll heads with no faces lying amongst other unfinished objects in my to do basket. I finally felt bad for them and got to work once more. 3 of them now have a face, body and hair. Here they are.

They are quite happy running around naked and exploring the house at the moment but of course they'll need clothes before they'll be ready for travel. As they're only around 9 inches I'll need some quality focused time to work on their outfits and as I'm busy working on two bigger dolls and dolls from my wish list this just might take a while.
They tell me they don't mind as long as I don't mind the mischief they get up to ;)