Happy Independence Day

Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US!  Our hot spell broke, which was lovely, because we have been undergoing a construction project at the veterinary practice and we've been so hot it's been ridiculous!  Today is delightfully cool and breezy.  I just wish the sun would come out a little, though!

Olivia turned 14 months old yesterday and is a busy bee.  She can say lots of things (mama, dada, baba/baby, love, cat, meow, moo, pop, etc etc) and she loves to use her baby signs, too.  She will sign little sentences, like "Cat eat" and "Help please" and then point at what she wants help with.  She's starting to LOVE my doll collection and wishes she could hug all of them at once!

The photo above shows Littlefee Ante with a little sailor dress that I made from a pattern by MyOwnLittleWorld.  The nice thing about the pattern is that it comes in a LOT of sizes to fit all sorts of BJD!

Another dress on three dolls

Bitty Belle, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

Here's another dress I made, soon to be on etsy, shown on three different dolls that it fits! (Bitty Belle by Helen Kish, 10.5 inch doll by Heidi Plusczok, and Byuri by Iplehouse.)

Cute Giggler

Cute Giggler, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

Little Miss Bobbin has claimed the small birdcage in the craft room as her home! She is wearing a little knit dress from MyHeartforCrochet on Etsy. It's beautifully made and I love the little pointed hat!

A new little dress

Mia's Babydoll from Dollmore, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

This little one got a new dress last weekend. It still needs the snaps sewed on on in the back!

Playing with Toys

Playing with Toys, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

What to do on a cold winter's day? Play with a castle playset, of course! Iplehouse Nami and Byuri are pictured playing with a Playmobil micro set.

Birdie and Naomi

Birdie (Byuri) and Naomi (Nami), a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

And here they are! Byuri (Birdie) by Iplehouse is on the left and Nami (Naomi) is on the right. I have found that they cannot wear most of my YoSD sized clothing that fits my Rosen Lied dolls and my Littlefee because their chest is wider. They do, however, fit into my Bitty Bethany Kish clothing very well. Naomi (right) is wearing a smocked outfit I made for Bitty Belle several years back and Birdie (left) is wearing a gingerbread dress I made today from an Ionker pattern sized to fit Bitty Bethany. The dress is embellished with silk ribbon and scale lace. They are very cute! Both have the "real skin" resin. I'm very pleased with their realism and find they fit better with the rest of my doll collection than most of my ball-jointed dolls. I usually display my bjd's separately from my vinyl dolls because the contrast is too great but these girls can be displayed with either. There are more closeup and single photos on my Flickr account.

Stripey Sets

Ante and Sage, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

Littlefee Ante and Rosen Lied Sage are modeling a little set of overalls and a jumper I made. The overalls are exactly sized for Littlefee, so they are a smidge short for Sage but I wanted to show both outfits together!

Tricycle Fun

Tricycle Fun, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

Boy, was this ever hard to pose! She fell off at least three times!

Littlefee Ante

Littlefee Ante Closeup, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

I had fun with creating some overalls for Littlefee Ante today. I also made her some little slipper-type shoes. Those were not as hard as I expected them to be, but I think I could use a lot more practice in shoe-making!

A little cute for today

Realpuki Soso, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

Sorry about the quiet blog lately! I've been busy settling a new veterinarian in at work. I have completed a few doll things that need to be photographed! I have a new plum-colored knit dress for my Pukifee Ante (Madeline) and I have a nearly-completed hanky dress on my Suchin. I am hoping tonight to have time to sew on a collar and button to that dress and then I will photograph it whenever I get a minute.

Pictured here is Bobbin (Realpuki Soso) wearing her wig from Beachgirl Nikita's Guys and Dolls ebay shop and her dress made by me. I scaled down the free pattern I used previously for Ante's dress. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong when I'm knitting that the stitches don't come out nice and even? I think I am using different tensions for my knit and purl rows when I'm making stockinette stitch, but I'm too inexperienced a knitter to be able to diagnose the problem. Help?

New Dress

New Dress, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

Madeline, Pukifee Ante, is modeling a new little dress I completed last weekend. I will add it to the etsy shop soon. It will fit Pukifee, Pipos Junior Pi, Lati Yellow and most likely Alice Cherry Blossom.  Edited to add: it definitely fits Alice.  I just tried it on and it's super-cute!

Realpuki Soso

Soso in Dahlias, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

This is my new little sewing fairy (Fairyland Realpuki Soso). Her name might be Bobbin. We haven't fully decided yet. It was dark and dim in the sewing room so we went outside to explore the flowers on the deck! I also have the "sleeping" face which I will photograph soon.

Sisters

Sisters, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

My two Dollmore dolls. Left is Mia's Babydoll Aga, who I apparently still haven't given a name to! At least, if I did, I can't remember what it is. And right is Astrid, Dollmore Narsha. I tried her with a different wig this time. I usually don't like bright blond but it looks fine on her!

Today will be beautiful, I think. It's my day off and I'm happy to have such a beautiful day to enjoy. I am remembering to take time every day to think about all the good and positive things in life. It does wonders for one's outlook. I have also discovered recently that if I am cheerful at work, despite other peoples' sour attitudes, other people also become cheerful and then everyone is much happier! So onward with the positive attitude! :)

She has a name and a sweater!

Ante in pink sweater, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

I decided her name is Madeline. I made her this cute pink sweater from a MyFairDolly pattern. It was easy to follow and only took two episodes of Dr. Who to knit! Probably for fast knitters it would only take one!

The little dress underneath is a petticoat-style dress with ribbon ties on the shoulders. There is a picture of her without the sweater on in my Flickr photo stream.

New eyes and hair

Ante in Spring Flowers, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

I like this combination better! I didn't really like the blue eyes very much. I like the brown much better!

I'm considering having a contest to name this little one.  Anyone interested?

Pukifee Ante

Ante with her toys, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

This little elf moved in a few days ago. She is Pukifee Ante and look at her little pointed ears! She's very small. I redid her face as I did not like the original, but I may send her faceplate out to a painter and have it redone again, since I'm not sure I like my own painting job. It's very hard to paint something that small evenly! Her dress was made from a pattern HERE and her toys are from Target.

Overalls

 

I made the new kid some overalls yesterday and a checkered shirt.

Rosen Lied Sage

 

He arrived last week and I have finally had a moment to photograph him. This outfit came with him. I will be making him some new clothing soon, hopefully. His name is Percival.

Spring has come very early around here this year! The crocuses are up, the trees are budding, my daffodils are opening up and my grass is getting green. Today is was 80 degrees. It's very odd!

One Outfit, Three Dolls

12 inch Bethany by Kish, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

I made this outfit and realized that it can fit on lots of different dolls, from my 12" Bethany to my 10" Rosen Lied Beige! The dress is made of a lightweight cotton print (don't remember where I got it! I've been de-stashing and it was in my peach cubby). The shrug is from 100% wool and is from a Froggy Duds pattern.

On Mandy by Heidi Plusczok:

  

And on April (Beige, Tuesday's Child from Rosen Lied). 

 

In other news, I have bought a Rosen Lied Sage Boy and he's on his way. :)

Arina

Arina Close up, a photo by elizabeth's*whimsies on Flickr.

I've been wishing for more Rosen Lied dolls lately, so I decided to photograph Arina. She's a pretty doll and looks nice in the red wig.