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Just saw this:
It's a RESIN Bleuette doll! Oi! I've had a vague interest in Bleuette dolls for some time now, but never acted on it. Now they make them in RESIN. Bloody hell. I don't need another doll, I don't need another doll, I don't need another doll.
For lack of anything better to do, I took a few pictures of my dolls. My doll family/collection has changed quite a bit over the years since I first discovered the Asian Ball-jointed Dolls also known as BJD's, Dollfies, resin children, etc etc. I'm pretty happy and satisfied with the group I have right now, being a nice mix of sizes and genders. I didn't originally like the boy dolls, but now I have two and I love them...I actually enjoy buying and making clothes for them more than for the girls...which is strange, but true. Without further ado, I give you The Dolls:
The two beautiful boys mentioned above...Maks on the left and Greyton on the right. They both need new wigs to make them perfectly complete:
This is Kelsey Bleu. You may detect a little bit of attitude there:
This is Tessa, the vampire girl. She has a sister I would like to bring home someday, maybe:
This is Nic Nack. She's never had her picture posted since joining us. She is not herself yet. Someday, she will get a new faceup and wig to better suit her personality:
This is Mania. She's very sad, but that's okay because she has cool Victorian clothes:
Our most recent family member is Justine La Rue. She remains something of a mystery:
This is Kyan. She was my very first BJD. The crown is well deserved. She has seen a lot of other dolls come and go but she remains the Queen.
This is Boo, the strange and unloved one. Long story there...
And the smallest member of the group, Cayce Moon. A very quiet and peaceful girl:
And...I have another doll coming soon. A SecretDoll Yomo. Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone!
Just checking in with a few pictures of the what-not that's going on around here. Here is a picture of the Eastlake dresser. It sits in the foyer and I'm very happy with it. We had quite a time holding the mirror in place to get it attached to the dresser part and then it wanted to tilt forward so we had to come up with some brackets to attach to the bottom of the mirror to anchor it to the dresser...really technical stuff...
The Eastlake writing desk is in place in a corner of the living room and now I need to find a chair or bench of some kind...I think a velvet covered bench would be charming.
The inside of the desk has two little drawers one on each side...sweet! I also want to get an antique inkwell and desk set...I think that would be cool.
Now, we advance out to the studio in the carriage house. As I had mentioned before, I initially thought that having my studio space out there would be the cat's meow, but it may end up being more like the cat's behind...Unfortunately, it gets HOT out there and I can't justify running the air conditioner all the time...it's just not really convenient, but I can't move everything somewhere else, so there you have it. I suspect that I won't spend much time out there which is a shame because it really is a great space and private and quiet and large and light...all good things for creating...anyhoo, here are a couple of pictures to prove that I pretty much have it all cleaned up now, although I still have to clean off the big table:
My sewing corner is my favorite place...I love the cheetah print chair...
My art wall...still a work in progress:
One of my recent digital collages (maudlin mary)...It's a Somerset Velvet Giclee Print and the colors turned out great...
A group shot of the only friends I have right now:
And that's about it. I'm going to start working on making an Izannah Walker style cloth and clay doll. Don't know how this will go, since it's 84 degrees out in the studio right now. More later.
It's been raining here for ages. I'm sick of it. To add insult to injury, we have a leak coming through the second floor porch into the wall below. It's been leaking for some time, probably ever since the house was built a couple of years ago. There is rotted wood and lots of repairs to make, which of course cannot be accomplished until IT FREAKING STOPS RAINING!! I'll tell you, I would love to get my hands on the guy who built this house and his Merry Band of "Old World Craftsmen". The words in quotations are the words the builder used to describe the miscreants who worked on this house. Craftsmen...no...drunken monkeys...definitely yes. I have never seen such shoddy, half-assed work in my life. Thankfully, we have a great guy to fix everything although right now besides the rain, he is suffering from kidney stones...so this could be a long, drawn out situation. Oh well. Such is life. In the meantime, I haven't been doing much. We attended an auction last weekend and bought an Eastlake dresser and the cutest Eastlake writing desk.
The pictures are from the auction website, and were not taken by me. That's probably the last stuff we will buy furniture wise for awhile, although we will continue to go to the auctions just because it's fun. We've had precious little of that lately, with hubby working all week and me being stuck in the house directing the troops in the effort to practically rebuild this place. I now can add "contractor" to my resume. I've got the experience for sure.
I guess I'll go play with my dolls for awhile. Maybe take some pictures IF that's remotely possible in this weather.
Hope everyone has a great (dry) weekend...
A digital piece featuring a bird wearing a crown...
I've found that I have to be very careful with my post titles...anything that smacks of s.e.x. gets me loads of visitors...for example a post a few days ago titled Studio Show and Tell...I had over 100 visits in about five minutes. Now, don't get me wrong. I love visitors...I've often griped about my lack thereof...but I do not want a bunch of pervs visiting my blog...sorry about that, but that's just the way I feel. No dirty boogie here...just nice, clean, only slightly weird art. Thank you.
