Another Farewell.

I shipped Takeru out two days ago. Out of all the dolls I let go...Takeru has been with me the longest. Even so, I've been preparing to part with him for quite a while. There was a period of time when he used to travel everywhere with me. But he soon became overshadowed by bigger dolls. I never ended up liking his size, and never got any others of that size. In the end, he didn't fit in anymore, so I decided to let him go.

Here's to you, my little bunny-lover friend. Hope you find a much better place.

Work In Progress...

So much custom work is in progress for my resin kids. Been all over the place looking for people who can create what I need to complete each look. For now the only one I feel is really close to being complete is Kaibara, her faceup, wig and eyes are already done. As for the rest...

Mori - Something doesn't sit right with me when it comes to Mori...But at the moment, I have no idea what to do with her, so she will stay as is.

Morning - I sent her off to the face-up artist recently, and her face-up has been completed. I am very happy with it. Attempting to commission a wig to go with it. Speaking of her face-up, I am very impressed with it.

Before Photo: Taken by Nix.

After Photo: Taken by the face-up artist Allemarthe.

Morning's new face-up, by a local face-up artist, Allemarthe (Likhang Mukha Aesthetics). The eyes are her original eyes (which I plan to change) and the wig belongs to the artist.

Elune - I already love her face-up, so unless something does happen to it, I'm going to leave it. Have yet to find a wig or an outfit than I feel will really suit her, but I already have an idea of what kind of look I'm aiming for.

Dante - Bleh. I don't hate his face-up...actually, I do.  I hate it very much. Honestly, as much as I love him, I have to admit that I am purely keeping him due to emotional attachment rather than any love for his look. Can't decide what to do about him.

Kaibara - She's amazing. Her face-up is amazing and her wig and eyes are amazing. She just needs some shoes really.

As for the little ones: I am quite settled with Momo and Tomo...I probably won't make any changes to these two anytime soon. The rest that I have decided to keep face-ups for are Yuri, Yume and Mizzy. Akari is out for re-face...I may redo his face-up if I don't like it (Oh wait, I forgot he's become a her now!). I haven't even half figured out what to do with Asako, and I don't feel like changing Shiina due to sentimental reasons.

So that's that for now.

Farewell, Roselle.

I only put my Leekeworld Iris up on DOA for 2 hours (it got taken down due to the doll being considered as off-topic), but someone took notice of it. And now she's sold. The buyer even paid the full price upfront. Because she seemed so excited about having another Iris (she already has one in Lovely B Skin), I decided to give in to her request to underdeclare the package and also absorbed half the shipping fee. This way, at least I can guarantee that Rose will be going to a good home with someone who will really adore her.

Retrospect

When I started collecting BJD, I had this super long wishlist of dolls I wanted. Now, half a year later, I have a whole bunch of dolls that were never on that list (the only ones I have from my original wishlist are my Souldoll Agnetha and Soom Ai). Surprisingly, the more dolls I picked up, the more I refined my taste, and the better I understood what exactly I wanted in a doll. Despite not having gotten most of those dolls on that list, the list has dwindled down to just one doll. Funny how things go, huh?

Back in the day I wanted all these...

- Volks Ryoya Konoe

- Souldoll Agnetha

- Soom MD Ai

- Pukifee Pongpong

- Pukifee Ante

- Souldoll Paulo

- Elfdoll Polaris Sooah

- Unoa Lusis

- Dollzone Anson

Most of these will no longer fit in with the rest of my crew. So now the only thing left on my list is a Soom MD Beyla.

Layaways!

I need them. But they are the bane of my life sometimes! I think if layaway wasn't an option I wouldn't have so many dolls! But then...I don't regret having any of them really.

So...I just paid off all my layaways...and then I started a new one. I put down a deposit today for a Soom Human Minette on DOA.

Really excited! :) Need to think of a way to fit her into the story though.

Goodbye Sumomo!

Sumomo (My HDF Choux) left a couple of days ago for a new home. I was a bit sad to see her go...since she was the first doll I ordered. But the 3 month waiting period really put a damper on us developing any substantial bond. Of course, the other thing was that when she came to me...I had already built a crew that she didn't quite fit into. Shiina doesn't quite fit in either, but I don't have the same kind of nostalgia and emotional attachment when it comes to Sumomo.

The good news is that her new owner was very excited to receive her!

And her is a picture of Sumomo (now called Pistachio) settling into her new home. She looks really happy, so I'm kind of half glad I let her go.

Tiny Galore

My tinies!

Took this photo as per request of my friend and fellow BJD lover jejung33.

Not all of them are here. Akari (used to be known as Eden) is off for re-face. And my new child, my Volks SWD White Rabbit Mod (tentatively named Yue) is not here yet. Also, I didn't include Takeru in the picture either, and of course, Sumomo is no longer with me anymore.

My tinies have been multiplying like crazy since I got my first one. 

First it was one, then two, then ten. 

But I love them all.

Elune and Dante

Click the image to view an enlarged version.

I think they make a lovely couple. Honestly, I was considering selling Dante, but the buyer backed out at the last minute. In a way, I guess it was a blessing, since he now has Elune.
Well, they have each other.

More pictures of the lovely couple.

Newcomer Alert!

By sheer coincidence, Neru's head and body (I ordered the body about 3 months before I bought the head, and i wasn't expecting SOOM to be ready with it yet) arrived just a day apart. So here she is! My grail :D

Considering I got her head second hand and the body direct from SOOM, the resin match is GOOD! Really good! And she is just beautiful all dressed up.

Here she is with her twin, Yume.

Aren't they just gorgeous together?

Speaking of Yume, though. I had her face-up redone by Lightlybattered recently, so I wanted to share some before and after photos!

Before Re-face:

 New Face-up:

Close Up:

Yay!

All dressed up!

(This dress and the green one Neru is wearing are a matching set made by Eccentric Romance.)

Guess who's back?

I posted here before about Kaibara's amazing transformation, and now she is home! The tattoo/face-up artist posted her back early, even before I paid the shipping fee (She must trust me alot huh!). Anyhow I dressed her up and put on her wig (that Mori was "borrowing" before). I had to trim the fringe of the wig a little...but she looks stunning!

Here she is! I thought I'd share some of my excitement!

More pics of Kai on my flickr!