Zeldy Pants,

Regarding the events of June 8th, 2008, we are most displeased with your uncooperation in what was supposed to be The Risk Heist of 2008. Despite all of our planning, you failed at the most crucial of steps—distracting the infantry while we acheive world domination; for this we have confiscated one butter bear. We are willing to negotiate an exchange.

Sincerely,

Aesop, Blanche and a reluctant Maddie

We had another Atlanta Blythe Meetup a few weekends ago. There were a bunch of cute, new dollies to oogle over. Afterwards Linda taught me how to make bead headbands and clay cupcakes, for Blythes of course! Below are my notes and shopping lists for making these myself… next time.

• Over 30 dollies showed up
• Approximately 8 pirate swords… Arrrrg!
• 5 Blonde Blythes
• 2 attendees with human offspring (aka Moms)
• 1 Irwin Street Market

To make the clay food all you have to do is mix the colors, shape the clay into your cute creation, and bake for 13 min @ 350. Beat that Martha!

Next time we are going to make Matchbox Dressers. And maybe the guys can play Risk. Sweet! I can’t wait.

I wanted to give her two names, but that would require more typing. <^_^>

All of these photos were taken prior to doing anything to the doll. No combing, no washing, no nothin’. She is very pale, and her eyechips are what I would call carmel, deep blue, purple and grassy green (not shown here).

These RBLs are like a completely different doll. I can’t imagine what the first folks to get an RBL in the mail thought.

She has no real identity yet, although I am pretty sure she can see into the future; she’s a pre-born. That child is an abomination!

More photos to come!

I’m getting a new doll! She is an Angelica Eve. I haven’t decided on a name yet. The baptisimal moment, both necessary and a priori according to Kripke, is almost as exciting as getting the doll itself. Some programmers say that they can’t start work on a project until they give it an agreeable name. There’s something about naming that I enjoy. Naming, in and of itself, isn’t about discovery, like Kripke’s intuitions show, rather naming is like putting a hook or a piece of Velcro on an object, so that the object can be referenced. I guess naming satisfies my need to organize and tiddy things, albeit word things. Anyways, enough about naming… I want to name her something with two names and more than 4 syllables.

I went to Inman Perk this weekend with Linda. We got a ton of great advice from Christy Petterson of ICE regarding putting on a large event. Maybe one day we will get to return the favor or pay the favor forward.

Here are our girls chillin’ literally outside in the snow.

Linda took the following beautiful photo. I am holding the top of Blanches head like a place kicker – that’s what Linda says. So, if you haven’t tried this method for photographing your doll, make sure to try Linda’s place kicker method! Ah, yet another name is given. :-)

More photos from the meetup here and here.

If you live in the Atlanta area or anywhere nearby, please join us for an Atlanta Blythe meet on Saturday, June 9 at noon at Atlantic Station in Midtown.

We will meet at NOON at California Pizza Kitchen for lunch and then hopefully head to the green space for some fun photos afterwards! Please pm me or reply here to RSVP no later than Friday, June 8 so I can know how big of a table to get. They do not take reservations so when you arrive just look for the dollies!

Hope to see everyone there!

Directions, parking and restaurant location can be found here.

Email me for an invite to our SouthEast Blythe group where we chat about Blythe and plan future meetups.

The Only Hearts Club doll series is available at Target and their clothes fit Blythe! One fashion set costs around $11 and that comes with a shirt, jacket, bottom, shoes and an accessory. OHC dolls are for children whose parents want their kids to grow up with healthy self-images (pfff).

Pants: the crotch was little bit on the short side, but fit overall

Tops: fit, but a tad on the short side

Shoes: were a little on the big side, but still worked

Overall look for the clothing: a lot of the pieces are young (lots of pepto bismol pinks), but if mixed with other pieces, could look more adult. The shoes were the selling point for me (platform maryjanes & uggs)—lots of detail. The accessory that came with my outfit has to be the fugliest doll purse ever; the thing looks like doll panties on a string.

I call this Blanche’s “I love Bjork shirt”! The shirt/dress came from a barbie fashion pack that I also bought at Target.

...without popping the head open.

Here’s what I did…

Take 400 (or up) grid sandpaper sheet, which cost me $1.09 before tax at Ace Hardware…

Cut sheet into easier to handle pieces.

Cover Eyes with paper triangles (a la this awesome tutorial)

Buff face beginning on the back of the head in a circular motion. I left Blanche’s lips on, but if you buff them off too, make sure not to loose any of the contour of her lips by rubbing too hard. I am thinking about going over Blanche’s face once more with an 800 grid piece of sandpaper in order to smooth out some areas. So, if you are wondering what grit to buy, I would suggest buying two or more to experiment with.

Shiny Blanche Before:

Matte Blanche After... even with really messed up hair, she still looks better:

Crafty desktops make me smile. Even though my crafting skills are near nil, looking at cute fuzzy animals or googly-eyed dolls brightens my day! The following are links to pages that contain Crafty Desktop images.

ForestPrints

Shawnimals

Komaneko

If you have any desktops on your website that you would like to share, please leave a comment so I can add your site to my list!

Blythe Desktops

HeyLittleGirl.com

FunnyBunny

Puchicollective

Squeakymonkey

Pomme-Pomme

I just finished my first Squidoo Lens; it is on Blythe Dolls. Ta Da!