In other news, I am really paring down my doll collection, for no reason other than we are totally house poor. I sold two of my four Ebony, my Adorable Aubrey, Adam’s MRB, AE and SME. I might also part with my Disco Boogie but I am waiting to see how the month goes. I hate letting dolls go but on the other hand it does give me more time to focus on the ones that remain. Sometimes fewer is good.

She is curious about the snow

Erm, OK this was fun but it is too cold!

Relaxing inside with some cocoa

I also got a Star Dancer (Sean) but no pictures of her yet. Adam has tried to claim her for his own but we’ll see about that. Evidently her eye chips were very difficult to get out as well.

Since I sold my VSmash, I am thinking about Friendly Freckles to take her place! Not too many dolls to look forward to yet for 2009, but I really like FrFr so far.

We have a new petite:

Her hair is not cornsilk yellow like Matryoshka Maiden, but closer to Star Dancer. Good news since a StarD is on the way to me right now :^) I wonder what other new dolls the christmas season and new year will bring?

I had Cappuchino Chat on pre-order but cancelled since I found myself referring to her as “Cappuchino Granny” after seeing her promo pictures. I hope to find Matryoshka Maiden stock and dress my Star D up to match Bebe Babushka.

The photo studio is not set up yet, but as soon as it is I hope to get some new pictures. It is getting too cold for pictures outdoors.

Georgie had to jump in the picture since they both have summery dresses on. Adam made Georgie’s earrings out of something from the beads / jewelry area of the craft store.

Amazing hair! This is a really beautiful doll. No name yet!

OK now for the Ebony fashion parade. Here is Gwen with Dee in coordinating deer dresses from Sugarmag. I know Dee is Glenna’s petite but Glenna was busy and didn’t want to change, so Gwen is pinch hitting.

Sandy has her old excellent body back (phew!) and is modelling her more formal date outfit:

We dismantled our old photo setup on the couch and Adam spent all day making this huge light box with foam core and plastic vellum like material. Disappointingly it makes for only marginally better pictures. I guess there is just no substitute for a well lit sunny room. That is something we don’t have!

From Adam’s photostream:

Here is Manon (AE) in the new setup.

Here it is in action, with girls waiting for their turn:

I had almost decided, then changed my mind. Here is the poll on the forum to vote. Help!

Here is the sweet dress my Princess came in – this was taken after the teary reunion with her petites misses, Emma and Melanie (she is of course wearing blythemode shoes):

Then she got dressed to the nines and went out with her love, Georgie. If you watch the Princess a la Mode movie very carefully, you will notice that the “prince” she is dancing the night away with is Darling Diva in a dandy suit :^) here Georgie doesn’t have to pretend to be boy! I think she looks fantastic in PAM’s formal school uniform:

Very exciting addition to our Blythe family!

So Adam got a Li’l Heart, who doesn’t have a name yet. The two new girls commiserated about the long journey:

To be honest, Li’l Heart looks shellshocked! I have some pictures coming up (from Adam’s flickr stream most likely) of her in her stock outfit. Here is one more fun picture of these two together in the “woods”:

I just LOVE gingham and I love SugarMag so this is one of my favorites! Glenna’s outfit looks a little cafe waitress to me but that might work out well since we want to set up a little Blythe Cafe in the living room. Dee’s dress is from eBay but the fabric is pretty much the same. Both wear shoes by IxTee.

Close up on little Dee

This next ensemble contains my favorite ever dress, the brown and floral 70s inspired dress on Gudrun. I keep looking out for another so I can make them both match!

Cee’s dress is also SugarMag. Glenna’s jeans in both of these ensembles are believe it or not Bratz jeans. The G twins are wearing blythe mode mary janes.

Close up of Cee

This concludes the Ebony fashion show for tonight! I have plenty more to photo but as you can see we have a lighting issue. My ebony dolls are not smeared in oil, they look shiny because, well they are but also we have clip on lamps very close to them. There is just no other way to get them lit enough for a non-flash picture. We are going to keep working on it!

Stay tuned for a new girl in the house… rumor has it she is another anniversary girl from the past…

There was a lot of secrecy about it, I had no idea until she arrived and I missed the postman. Adam came home from work on his lunch break (very rare!!) and asked if the post had come. I knew something was up! He flagged him down on the street and got his package and left for work again. I just knew it was a doll! I fantasized that he had found me a long-coveted PAM or even a Momo Comme Ça and I waited very anxiously for him to get back. When he got home he showed me the box – Saffy. I thought, “OK, well he only likes blonde dolls but this one is pretty inexpensive so w/e” but when I opened it I saw that it was really a nude Darling Diva! I was a little disappointed! Actually a lot! This wasn’t a doll I even knew he had on his radar and certainly wasn’t on my wish list. However, she is growing on me.

Meet Georgie:

Sandy is looking for someone

She meets Stina in front of a little building

They are in love

Later they have band practice

Birdie in usually on the synth, but her keyboard is at the shop o she didn’t make it to practice today. Sandy and Stina don’t mind jamming by themselves! They are still on the hunt for a new drummer (isn’t every band?) and there’s a rumor that a blonde might be taking the spot…