mythosidhesdollhouse

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

★ Jax ★ (he/him) www.palaeoplushies.com - @palaeoplushies bought from her website October 2023 I adore this little guy so much, the detail on his printing is SO GOOD!! I absolutely love how is peets look, they're so cute X3 I love the accurate thylacine paws SO MUCH <3

If you haven't yet, go check out @palaeoplushies! She makes such amazing plush with so much care <3

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

THIS is the final Adora--Adora Boo! ^_^ I was planning to stage a cute group photo of her with Adora Spell and the Toffees, but once I unboxed her I got too excited and couldn't wait to share her. Only space available at the moment is my messy, mess desk, so here you go ;p

I will still do the coven photo shoot as well as one of all the Adoras together (I need to do a comparison of all her various body types, but I think I'm still missing a couple), but that will probably happen later in the week as today is dedicated to tidying and working on the cardigan I'm in the middle of crocheting (for myself, not the dolls!), and tomorrow I'll likely be having a nervous breakdown

(A couple of fun outfit details under the cut)

Kitty stockings!

Unexpected embroidery XD

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

Wild ride

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

Autumn friend 🐿️🍁🍂

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

I had one more Furby idea to "get out of my system" for the moment.

My pair of gloves recently got kinda wrecked and unwearable in the wash, so I repurposed them as an octopus-like Furby. It's an idea I've had for a while, but avoided due to complicated leg design, but the glove fingers worked as legs perfectly, and so much easier!

Not quite an octopus, but more of a decapus with ten legs.

Here's .·₊˚₊·*☆ Decapod ☆*·₊˚₊·. A straight-forward name that means ten-legged, but I thought it sounded cool :]

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

NYZAII Garden Poetry Series Plush Blind Box

Brand: SIMONTOYS

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

Done with her face for the moment. I tried to mimic vintage Barbie eye paint with the turquoise.

I am very happy with her lips. Not thrilled with the eye glare or the lumpy whites, but the whites at least aren’t all my fault; her vinyl is lumpy.

I’m actually pretty surprised that I like the eyebrows on the first try! I used some Schwabinchen dolls for reference and some of them have that great arched brow so I went for it. What a face.

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

Here's my Sweet 16/Curvy with my friend's Repro Ponytail Barbie

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

Went to a friend's house today, took some dolls for photos.

This is a 1975 US release Mattel Sweet 16 doll head, which has a sculpt that was originally created for the Japanese market. I've put it on an older style Curvy body, with angled wrists, and also with high heel feet (these things make a difference to me)

The top was crocheted by @joshybearhuggies , and I believe the skirt fabric came from @dollsonmain --Thanks again!

That fence is around a small family graveyard right next to my friend's house, which is one of the things that made my friend decide that was the house to get

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

Cut this out yesterday and sewed it today.

It has front button bands, a pocket, two part/stand collar, buttoned cuffs, back yoke (purely decorative), and working buttons (although not at the neck for various reasons.) The upper collar, collar stand, and cuffs are interfaced with fusible webbing.

It was an experiment--I had seen shirts, generally made for fashion Royalty Homme dolls, that had front bands and two part collars, and I figured if they could be mass produced, surely I could do it, too (especially after the last three years have seen me really start having fun making that kind of shirt in human size.) As an experiment, it has issues; I'm still happy with it.

Not pictured on a doll yet, because I still need to make 'im some pants

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

Happy camper light from Our Generation is the perfect size for my Smartdoll.

🧡🧡🧡

Size and colour, I love it!

Arrietty is a Smartdoll Monday.

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

Maybe I just really need to change her eyes. She's so smol and charming in person, but I can't seem to photograph her as anything but spooky

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

I'm absolutely exhausted from driving myself to work on projects this week. It's been a late late last few nights, but this evening I was finally able to dye this girl and she's gorgeous.

Earlier in the day I hacked off another 1/8" on her neck and got it sanded underwater. While the family watched a movie, I strung all her body parts onto the bakers cooling rack and set out all my supplies. So I was able to start dyeing as soon as the kids were in bed.

When I took her face out of the dye, I was kinda surprised to see this coppery almost metallic marbling on the surface. I actually thought it wasn't dyed enough yet at first, it looked like just the brown of her resin color coming through. But I gave her a quick scrub with rubbing alcohol and she turned a perfect black. So I made sure to scrub the rest of the pieces too. It's surprising how much excess dye is on the pieces even after initial water rinsing.

Before -> after alcohol scrub:

I'm so pleased with how pretty and velvety the color is.

Only her much-abused chest piece came out a bit multicolored due to the texture differences of the sanded parts, and the apoxie additions. Then the dye came off her nips a bit when I magic erasered the piece. But it didn't come off the rest of the apoxied chest? Anyway, gonna mull over what if anything I want to do to fix or cover it.

Altogether happy to see her like this now, and cannot wait to get her sueded and strung back together.

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

MATTEL: 1969 Dramatic New Living Poseable BARBIE Doll

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

So this is not the final Adora Belle I teased in a previous post--that one is still in transit--but I couldn't resist snagging this one from a $10 listing with no bids a few days ago. She seemed like an apropos (or ironic, depending on your mood) acquisition at this late date in the election cycle. I'm one of the least patriotic or superstitious people you'll ever meet (thank my radical Quaker upbringing for that), but I nonetheless found the idea of a dolly talisman again potential doom next week an appealing if silly notion. I may indeed even be formulating a plan to set her up on an altar this coming Tuesday with a tiny Statue of Liberty and Athena and a LOT of blue candles....

But aside from those ridiculous (but also deadly serious) shenanigans, the ACTUAL, practical reason why I bought her is that as one of the large 15" vinyl Adoras she'll fit one of the extra outfits I got in that big AB lot last week. So once she'd finished doing her patriotic duty she can relax in some more dignified pink satin along with her sisters ;p

(P.S. Her bell is porcelain! And has a working clapper. The constant tinkling every time I move her is amusing.)