Or as spell-check auto-corrected, it, I'm on the "Lost!
When I got up Friday morning the first thing I did was send an email to Spampy to be added to her list. Of course, that was at 4am EST, so it will probably be a few months before she gets to me, as she opened for orders at midnight!
That's okay though, it gives me lots of time to carefully think about the best items to pick for the Realfee. ;)
I mean, if I had endless funds, they'd each get ten outfits. Since I don't, I need to pick very carefully. I spent a little time playing around on their Pinterest boards earlier...
I definitely need a pair of jeans, jean shorts, and overalls. Kipling and Cairo can share those between them, and the character of the outfit can come from their shirts and socks! LOL And then a couple outfits and of course they need pajamas!
I've knit quite a few things for Hope, but haven't sewed on the snaps yet (I know, I'm always saying that... I really hate that part! LOL). I'd still like to grab a couple sewn things for her from Spampy.
Showing posts with label RealFee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RealFee. Show all posts
Saturday, April 2, 2016
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Kipling is all set for the day
Taking advantage of a spare hour this morning, here's Kipling trying on some clothes:
She's wearing a hat I knit her some time ago from Wovenflame's Pukifee patterns.
The top is a "Lori" top.
It appears her wardrobe is sadly lacking in skirts, so since I was not feeling ambitious enough to sew her one, I altered a Pukifee skirt to fit. The difference in waist-size is significant enough that an unaltered elastic waist won't fit. I tried on a littlefee skirt too, but it was just too much fabric!
The stockings are a pair of Blythe stockings left over from when I had my Blythe doll years ago. I had to cut off the feet, but otherwise they fit okay!
The shoes are also from that long ago Blythe doll, and they just barely fit Kipling (without the laces)
I think she has her own very unique sense of style... LOL
She's wearing a hat I knit her some time ago from Wovenflame's Pukifee patterns.
The top is a "Lori" top.
It appears her wardrobe is sadly lacking in skirts, so since I was not feeling ambitious enough to sew her one, I altered a Pukifee skirt to fit. The difference in waist-size is significant enough that an unaltered elastic waist won't fit. I tried on a littlefee skirt too, but it was just too much fabric!
The stockings are a pair of Blythe stockings left over from when I had my Blythe doll years ago. I had to cut off the feet, but otherwise they fit okay!
The shoes are also from that long ago Blythe doll, and they just barely fit Kipling (without the laces)
I think she has her own very unique sense of style... LOL
Friday, January 29, 2016
Hope Has Opinions
Poor Hope. I have been working so slowly on finishing off her shawl, that she requested a couple Blythe outfits to wear while I worked on it.
The first one came this week from FoxyBrowny:
I like this outfit on her quite a bit. The pretty white dress combined with the little coat in just the perfect shades of muted blue! On a Blythe doll, this is tunic length; as you can see, it is closer to ankle-length on Hope. But other than that, it does fit her quite well!
I have today off, so she kindly posed for me a for a couple pictures. She agreed to wear her wig for them, but I'm not sure she doesn't prefer to be bald!
She is proving to be excellent company when I am working on other projects. She has firm opinions about which colours I should use!
She seems to be a bit of a trouble-maker, though.... the moment I turned my back, she was adding things to my "to do" list for the day! ;)
The first one came this week from FoxyBrowny:
I like this outfit on her quite a bit. The pretty white dress combined with the little coat in just the perfect shades of muted blue! On a Blythe doll, this is tunic length; as you can see, it is closer to ankle-length on Hope. But other than that, it does fit her quite well!
I have today off, so she kindly posed for me a for a couple pictures. She agreed to wear her wig for them, but I'm not sure she doesn't prefer to be bald!
She is proving to be excellent company when I am working on other projects. She has firm opinions about which colours I should use!
She seems to be a bit of a trouble-maker, though.... the moment I turned my back, she was adding things to my "to do" list for the day! ;)
Sunday, January 10, 2016
A little Hope
When the box from Fairyland arrived Christmas Eve, it also contained my Realfee Mari. Most of the names I'd thought of went out the window once I had her in my hand. I thought about Holly, or something else Christmas themed, but after a bit I came to the conclusion that what we could most use around here (and anywhere else too, I'd imagine!) is a little bit of Hope.
And Hope suited her very, very well:
None of her clothing is ready. Over the Christmas break I got her dress mostly made (it needs straps and a snap, but I'm sewing by hand, so it has taken a bit) and started on her shawl. I got just enough done that she can appear here to make her debut!
I love her crazy ears, and her little pointy chin. She poses very well, which is always a prime consideration for me.
I think the planned colours and style are going to work just perfectly for her. :) It is always nice when that happens!
She tried on all the wigs here yesterday, whether they fit her or not. I'd been thinking of trying a lighter colour for her hair, but she would have none of it! I'd also thought of black, but again, it was right out.
These two, however, have promise:
This is too big (it was Nora's wig!) but I love both the colour and the style! The crazy windbown curls are perfect for a little free spirited sprite! But I did want to stay away from Mohair this time, because it gets just wrecked by hats.
This one wouldn't be harmed by hats at all, or by repeated changes of hairstyle:
The wig is a little less red in real-life, but is unexpectedly appealing on her. I really wasn't thinking about bangs for her...but for now, I think this is the one she will go for.
I might get her some new eyes, but these will do very well for now. The main focus, other than working on her wardrobe, is on her faceup. I am hoping to get it done by Sparrow Faceups, as her style is just perfect for the innocent, natural look I want for Hope. And she seems to be very good at freckles too, and don't you think Hope needs a little sprinkling of freckles? Her thread on DoA says closed/Full right now, but I am keeping an eye on it.
I've never sent faceplates away for faceups, so this is both very exciting, and nerve-wracking! LOL
And Hope suited her very, very well:
None of her clothing is ready. Over the Christmas break I got her dress mostly made (it needs straps and a snap, but I'm sewing by hand, so it has taken a bit) and started on her shawl. I got just enough done that she can appear here to make her debut!
I love her crazy ears, and her little pointy chin. She poses very well, which is always a prime consideration for me.
I think the planned colours and style are going to work just perfectly for her. :) It is always nice when that happens!
She tried on all the wigs here yesterday, whether they fit her or not. I'd been thinking of trying a lighter colour for her hair, but she would have none of it! I'd also thought of black, but again, it was right out.
These two, however, have promise:
This is too big (it was Nora's wig!) but I love both the colour and the style! The crazy windbown curls are perfect for a little free spirited sprite! But I did want to stay away from Mohair this time, because it gets just wrecked by hats.
This one wouldn't be harmed by hats at all, or by repeated changes of hairstyle:
The wig is a little less red in real-life, but is unexpectedly appealing on her. I really wasn't thinking about bangs for her...but for now, I think this is the one she will go for.
I might get her some new eyes, but these will do very well for now. The main focus, other than working on her wardrobe, is on her faceup. I am hoping to get it done by Sparrow Faceups, as her style is just perfect for the innocent, natural look I want for Hope. And she seems to be very good at freckles too, and don't you think Hope needs a little sprinkling of freckles? Her thread on DoA says closed/Full right now, but I am keeping an eye on it.
I've never sent faceplates away for faceups, so this is both very exciting, and nerve-wracking! LOL
Friday, December 25, 2015
Two Things, from a Christmas Eve package....
But only one of them has pictures yet, as I was, like everyone else, very busy with Christmas today. :)
Yup, that is Kipling! Her head, which always looked a bit over-sized compared to the other two, looks great on this taller body!
So here's what she looks like next to Emily:
And here she is with Samara:
I am really pleased with the Realfee body in general*. Losing those exasperating neck pieces the pukifee had (always wound up showing in pictures, like a bizarre double-chin LOL) is a blessing, and she poses really well! The outfits I'd prepared seem to fit quite well too.
But the really big hit of the package that arrived last night?
Mari!
I will have to take some pictures of her tomorrow, but she is completely and utterly charming. She poses wonderfully, and that little face! I'm smitten!
Oh, I can't wait for Sparrow Faceups to re-open. I have never done the whole faceup thing before, so I am terribly nervous, but I love how natural her faceups look, and that is definitely what I want for Mari. :D
~~~
* Honest corollary:
1) The seam lines are a lot more prominent on the RLF bodies I received than on the other Fairyland dolls I have. I think I can smooth them down a little, but there is a noticeable difference.
2) I struggled getting the Pukifee connector onto the Realfee body; it was very difficult.
3) I'd been warned, so I wasn't surprised, but my Pukifee faceplates (first generation pukifee) do not fit the connector without help from magnets or eye putty. Newer faceplates are supposed to fit just perfectly though!
These things don't hinder my enjoyment of the dolls, but they might someone else's, so I thought I'd better make it known.
Yup, that is Kipling! Her head, which always looked a bit over-sized compared to the other two, looks great on this taller body!
So here's what she looks like next to Emily:
And here she is with Samara:
I am really pleased with the Realfee body in general*. Losing those exasperating neck pieces the pukifee had (always wound up showing in pictures, like a bizarre double-chin LOL) is a blessing, and she poses really well! The outfits I'd prepared seem to fit quite well too.
But the really big hit of the package that arrived last night?
Mari!
I will have to take some pictures of her tomorrow, but she is completely and utterly charming. She poses wonderfully, and that little face! I'm smitten!
Oh, I can't wait for Sparrow Faceups to re-open. I have never done the whole faceup thing before, so I am terribly nervous, but I love how natural her faceups look, and that is definitely what I want for Mari. :D
~~~
* Honest corollary:
1) The seam lines are a lot more prominent on the RLF bodies I received than on the other Fairyland dolls I have. I think I can smooth them down a little, but there is a noticeable difference.
2) I struggled getting the Pukifee connector onto the Realfee body; it was very difficult.
3) I'd been warned, so I wasn't surprised, but my Pukifee faceplates (first generation pukifee) do not fit the connector without help from magnets or eye putty. Newer faceplates are supposed to fit just perfectly though!
These things don't hinder my enjoyment of the dolls, but they might someone else's, so I thought I'd better make it known.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Sugarplum Fairies and a Parcel
My sister and I are taking Nieceling to see The Nutcracker tonight. We've none of us ever seen a ballet, let alone this one, but we all know the story.
We like to make a tremendously big deal out of Special Events in our family. We don't do a lot of "big" things in a year, so we like to make the most of them. In this case, we got Nieceling a fancy outfit to wear, and her mother has managed to keep exactly what it is a secret.
She has seen the shoes, as we needed to make sure they fit, but the dress itself? That is a surprise....;) We've got a little dollar-store nutcracker for her to have at the end, which nicely avoids the expensive souvenirs available.
It could be we won't like the ballet, but we are going in pre-disposed to enjoy it to the hilt. Nieceling knows the story by heart now.
We like to make a tremendously big deal out of Special Events in our family. We don't do a lot of "big" things in a year, so we like to make the most of them. In this case, we got Nieceling a fancy outfit to wear, and her mother has managed to keep exactly what it is a secret.
She has seen the shoes, as we needed to make sure they fit, but the dress itself? That is a surprise....;) We've got a little dollar-store nutcracker for her to have at the end, which nicely avoids the expensive souvenirs available.
It could be we won't like the ballet, but we are going in pre-disposed to enjoy it to the hilt. Nieceling knows the story by heart now.
We'll probably only go once in her life, but she'll remember the planning, and her storybook, and the fancy dress, taking a taxi, the ballet itself, and getting her own tiny nutcracker doll.... and it will blend in with the years of memories of baking and decorating cookies, dancing to Christmas music, trees, tobogganing, and lights and just generally Christmas. We'be been switching gradually to more "experience" type of gifts, and all of the kids love it. And so do we. :)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And on a more materialistic note, guess whose Fairyland order just shipped?
...
:D
Yeah. They might not be here for Christmas, with the high volumes of mail, but they will be here soon!
Fairyland was quite fast this time around! It was such a lovely surprise to see the shipping notice this morning. :)
Monday, November 23, 2015
Wishing and hoping...
So I'm very excited about Kipling and Cairo getting new, taller bodies (if you can't tell), but I'm also really excited about my RealFee Mari.
I won't be starting on her wardrobe at all until she gets here. I'm trying not to get too specific in my plans for her (that never works for me with a new character), but I'm thinking she'll be a little sprite or pixie of some sort. I don't actually want to mix her in with the other dolls, I'd like to keep her separate.
For photographing her, I'd like her to actually be the tiny size she is in real life, but wandering amongst regular human-sized backgrounds. If you, like me, are very old, think Fraggle Rock, whenever the Fraggles ventured into the human world. ;) As much fun as it is to try to photograph the others with everything reasonably to scale, I think it would be fun to have one who is just completely out of place, wandering around bringing a bit of magic to the everyday world.
I was pinning ideas for clothing for her - she seems to have a very mori, vagabond-ish-type look. We'll see how it plays out when she arrives. Sometimes all your plans go right out the window when a doll arrives.
I've mostly given up naming them before they get here, though I love to come up with possible names while I wait. I can never decide on one, though, till they have "their" look in place.
Right now though, I'm leaning strangely to "Marie".......Or maybe Cairn? I've always liked the name Sylvie, and that would be a good one for a little nature spirit. Mims is cute, but then Akili is such a pretty name. Meep? Mouse? Oh!!! Minerva! That would be awfully cute...and yet a good big name to grow into. ;)
Ah, but she will be whomever she is in the end. I can't wait to find out!
I won't be starting on her wardrobe at all until she gets here. I'm trying not to get too specific in my plans for her (that never works for me with a new character), but I'm thinking she'll be a little sprite or pixie of some sort. I don't actually want to mix her in with the other dolls, I'd like to keep her separate.
For photographing her, I'd like her to actually be the tiny size she is in real life, but wandering amongst regular human-sized backgrounds. If you, like me, are very old, think Fraggle Rock, whenever the Fraggles ventured into the human world. ;) As much fun as it is to try to photograph the others with everything reasonably to scale, I think it would be fun to have one who is just completely out of place, wandering around bringing a bit of magic to the everyday world.
I was pinning ideas for clothing for her - she seems to have a very mori, vagabond-ish-type look. We'll see how it plays out when she arrives. Sometimes all your plans go right out the window when a doll arrives.
I've mostly given up naming them before they get here, though I love to come up with possible names while I wait. I can never decide on one, though, till they have "their" look in place.
Right now though, I'm leaning strangely to "Marie".......Or maybe Cairn? I've always liked the name Sylvie, and that would be a good one for a little nature spirit. Mims is cute, but then Akili is such a pretty name. Meep? Mouse? Oh!!! Minerva! That would be awfully cute...and yet a good big name to grow into. ;)
Ah, but she will be whomever she is in the end. I can't wait to find out!
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Plans About Plans!
I've been carefully selecting a few new things for Kipling and Cairo, now that they are going to be on taller bodies:
So we have here:
1) Two Lori outfits, which are reputed to fit and were on sale (other than the shoes)
2) A shirt, leggings, and pair of boots from Megdesignsonetsy
3) A pair of dress shoes each. These are the Marley Wentworth (child) doll shoes, which are supposed to fit Realfee well. They seem a good match size-wise for the boots, so I'm optimistic! They are from Dollchris on eBay.
I've started sewing a dress from a Blythe pattern, and I've got a second cut out from the "Little Dress" pattern from MyOwnLittleWorld. I took yesterday off from Work, though I will have to spend most of today trying to catch up on the things I can't get through in the work week. I hope to take a couple breaks though! ...I've been eyeing those Lori boots, and wondering if they wouldn't fit little Samara....
I've also got plans about re-doing the Pukifee nursery. I hardly ever set it up for pictures in the past, but now they are going to get new beds, and I've got some fabric scraps to make some new bedding... I think it will be very cute and fun to photograph when it is done!
So we have here:
1) Two Lori outfits, which are reputed to fit and were on sale (other than the shoes)
2) A shirt, leggings, and pair of boots from Megdesignsonetsy
3) A pair of dress shoes each. These are the Marley Wentworth (child) doll shoes, which are supposed to fit Realfee well. They seem a good match size-wise for the boots, so I'm optimistic! They are from Dollchris on eBay.
I've started sewing a dress from a Blythe pattern, and I've got a second cut out from the "Little Dress" pattern from MyOwnLittleWorld. I took yesterday off from Work, though I will have to spend most of today trying to catch up on the things I can't get through in the work week. I hope to take a couple breaks though! ...I've been eyeing those Lori boots, and wondering if they wouldn't fit little Samara....
I've also got plans about re-doing the Pukifee nursery. I hardly ever set it up for pictures in the past, but now they are going to get new beds, and I've got some fabric scraps to make some new bedding... I think it will be very cute and fun to photograph when it is done!
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Coming up for air....
Anybody still out there? It's been about four months since my last post. I had hoped the project at work would ease up, but it actually got quite a bit worse for a while there. The good news is they are now paying us for 20 hours of the overtime we work per month, so at least we are getting extra money out of it! Money that goes mostly into my RSP, hopefully moving my retirement date forward!
So I've declared today a Holiday in the name of mental health. Since it is a Saturday, and I technically only work Monday to Friday, I feel that is pretty fair. ;) I'm very grateful to have a job, but I must confess I'm getting pretty burned out.
I had the money saved up to replace Sebastian in September, but was dismayed to find that the Ruth sculpt was still unavailable from Fairyland. Today, seeing that he is still not available, I used the money to get a blank Realfee Mari instead! She is just so incredibly CUTE. She was a bit of an impulse purchase, which I ordinarily avoid, but looking forward to her arrival is already brightening my days considerably. She is a whole new size, so I am looking forward to making her a whole new wardrobe next Spring!
The face-ups Fairyland has been doing recently are not really my personal taste, but I have my eye on trying to commission a real live face-up artist through Den of Angels with some of this overtime money! The blank sculpt has such a sweet look to it, that honestly I could probably live with her blank too... LOL
(Have you seen Wovenflame's pictures of a blank RealFee Mari? If not, you should really go look!)
I also managed to get two Realfee bodies, which are hopefully for Kipling and Cairo. I've always wanted them to be taller than Samara, you see, and looking at owner pictures last week, I think they should work spectacularly. I hope so, anyway! I'd love if the RealFee bodies arrived in December, so that they could "grow" before the annual Christmas story(ies) but it is much more likely to be January I think.
I have been enjoying catching up on blog posts, Flickr, and Den of Angels. It feels like a long time since I've had enough time to do so, and it is lovely to feel enthusiastic about the dolls again.
I don't expect to have time to do anything with the dolls this month, but I have high hopes that at least in December I may have my weekends back. I quite miss them, and I'd be disappointed not to get at least one Christmas story put together! It wouldn't feel quite like Christmas anymore without it... :)
Christmas 2012
Christmas 2013
Christmas 2014
Is that...? Yes, I rather think it is the belated rousing of my normal Christmas Cheer....
So I've declared today a Holiday in the name of mental health. Since it is a Saturday, and I technically only work Monday to Friday, I feel that is pretty fair. ;) I'm very grateful to have a job, but I must confess I'm getting pretty burned out.
I had the money saved up to replace Sebastian in September, but was dismayed to find that the Ruth sculpt was still unavailable from Fairyland. Today, seeing that he is still not available, I used the money to get a blank Realfee Mari instead! She is just so incredibly CUTE. She was a bit of an impulse purchase, which I ordinarily avoid, but looking forward to her arrival is already brightening my days considerably. She is a whole new size, so I am looking forward to making her a whole new wardrobe next Spring!
The face-ups Fairyland has been doing recently are not really my personal taste, but I have my eye on trying to commission a real live face-up artist through Den of Angels with some of this overtime money! The blank sculpt has such a sweet look to it, that honestly I could probably live with her blank too... LOL
(Have you seen Wovenflame's pictures of a blank RealFee Mari? If not, you should really go look!)
I also managed to get two Realfee bodies, which are hopefully for Kipling and Cairo. I've always wanted them to be taller than Samara, you see, and looking at owner pictures last week, I think they should work spectacularly. I hope so, anyway! I'd love if the RealFee bodies arrived in December, so that they could "grow" before the annual Christmas story(ies) but it is much more likely to be January I think.
I have been enjoying catching up on blog posts, Flickr, and Den of Angels. It feels like a long time since I've had enough time to do so, and it is lovely to feel enthusiastic about the dolls again.
I don't expect to have time to do anything with the dolls this month, but I have high hopes that at least in December I may have my weekends back. I quite miss them, and I'd be disappointed not to get at least one Christmas story put together! It wouldn't feel quite like Christmas anymore without it... :)
Christmas 2012
Christmas 2013
Christmas 2014
Is that...? Yes, I rather think it is the belated rousing of my normal Christmas Cheer....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)