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Dollie rambles - Instagram
Hi!
It has been a while... But I wanted to talk a bit about my low activity here. I don't NEED to explain anything, but it makes me feel better. So here we go.
The story short: Instagram happened.
But you might think... IG has been around forever? And I know. But I tried too stay away from most of Meta’s products for the longest time. But I ‘caved’. There were so many people dear to me in the doll hobby that moved over there... that I just wanted to see pictures of again. Maybe even connect/interact with.
I have been thinking about it for a long time. But my autistic ass needs a long time to adjust to the idea of change, a whole new platform.
But it has been okay ^_^ I still need to get used to a lot of features and get used to things. And maybe, Once again, by the time I fully settle in a lot of people will have moved on again. And that is just how it goes XD
I unfollowed some people here who just had an overwhelming amount of content and shifted my focus here more to the website Flight Rising and it is has been good.
It ended up being less about dolls. :p but one thing about my bjd. My collection got another overhaul and I am focussing more on my Chibbi Lillycat ladies and the smaller dolls (My Dollzone Scorpio and Pukifee Ena) And am starting to consider getting a Cocoriang when the finances alow it. But I am keeping my mind open because I still have my Dollzone Moon and newly acquired Doll Chateau Clemans UFT. (I traded my Realfee Pano for Ckenans, but it didnt click as I’d hoped)
I am sbslink on IG as well.. if anybody is interested ^_^
Hope you all have a great day!
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Dollie ramblings - Karah
I bought Karah knowing she was unevenly yellowed. I thought she was cute enough to give it a try ^_^ If I didn’t like it I knew somebody who can dye dolls.
But I think I got a backstory that incorperates her ‘flaws’. I am thinking about her character being a discarded android.. seen as not being good enough anymore. And that she was found and started a new life.
I still need to flesh it out some more, but I like it ^_^
I just need to stop my brain from thinking that she would need a robot friend XD
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Dollie rambles once again
For a while there it seemed I was pretty happy with my collection. But I got the itch to bring back my first ever doll character: Ymara. So after thinking on it I wanted to look for a Pukifee. And when somebody on the doll Discord said they were going to sell their Pukifee Ena, I jumped right on it.
She came in and I got the right feel from her. Now she just needs a face-up and there is only one person I trust with this particular character. So I will wait till we can go visit and I can drop her off. Might hold off on pictures until she is done, but she will be properly introduced later ^_^
And then (as it seems to do sometimes) it made me wonder about Karah (Fairy tales Treasures Coconuts). The story is nice, but I have no real enthusiasm around her. I think she is cute, but also has some points that just don’t seem to work for me. So she is in her box right now.
I just need to figure out what I want, but as I now have a place where I get work experience and getting things sorted so I can get hired for a paid position, that eats a lot of my mental energy right now.
But yeah, hope you are all doing well! :D
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Oops I did it again...
Doll wise things are not going as I hoped. Still fine with most of my dolls, but I had some misses again.
It still bothers me a lot and I am trying to not let it get to me. I have noticed that the nice interaction with the seller/maker of the doll makes me feel even more guilty if it doesn’t work out. But I need to start seeing it for what it is... a mismatch between me and the doll. Not a rejection of the doll itself.
It isn’t so that I don’t like they way they look, I love seeing them. But they somehow just don’t fit with me... They don’t feel right.
But down to the point. I sold my Merrydollround Pygmy Dango, she is on her way to a middle person in the EU to be sent to the buyer in the US.
And then my Creatures Dolls Pollen came in... and she is absolutely gorgeous! The artist Mewiefish was a treat to deal with. But I am not feeling it and already put her back in her box. I feel/felt so guilty about it I just wanted to skip over/ignore it here. But on the other hand, I shouldn’t feel guilty... it is what it is.
Right now I have my eye on another second hand doll from a pro-artist friend of mine that I give a good shot of working out, as I already have a same type doll that I love ;)
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Dollie rambles: on being a revolving door owner.
This is just something I need to get out of my system and is wholly about my personal experience.
I started in the hobby in 2008. In the first year I think I bought only one doll and the year after at least two... I would need to look it up to know for certain. I started out liking MSD, SDs weren’t my thing and just too large and heavy.
Over the next few years, when I started accepting that I had bonding issues with at least some of my dolls, was when I started becoming a ‘revolving door owner’. For those that might not have heard of the term, I believe that to be somebody who goes through multiple dolls that they own and then sell on. No (or at least not many) dolls seem to stick around.
In my case part of my bonding issues might have had to do with not realising that even MSD dolls were still to big for me. But also something I can’t completely put my finger on. Bonding... this strange feeling of connecting (or in my case not bonding, or not connecting) fully with my dolls. Each and every doll that I bought I was excited about at first... some even for a longer time. But most all had something that made me feel annoyed with them in some way.
I had/have a hard time accepting that... it makes me feel frustrated and tired. I don’t WANT to go through it. But at some point I realised that these dolls are too expensive to just feel guilty about. Somebody else might be way more happy to own them.
I just need to experience owning them first.. and sometimes I don’t even know why the click isn’t there. Luckily I did learn some things about my preferances and have a better understanding of what I like and don’t like in the dolls I own myself.
I am still glad to see that Isis, my Dollzone Moon is still a doll I am happy to own even after 8 years. So it is possible. She isn’t the only one luckily, but the one I currently own the longest.
I don’t know if I am making any sense, but that doesn’t matter. I just notice that when I seem to have a relatively stable collection... the annoyances about the one I then like least come to the surface. It is happening again, this time with my Fairyland realfee Ena. I just need to start figuring out again if I am just having this because I have a hard time shifting focus from some dolls to others (about giving them attention, making clothes, etc.) Or these are genuine things that make me fall out of love with a sculpt/idea.
In my Ena’s case, it is partly the overall feeling she has. And the way the head is positioned that make her sometimes look like she has no neck. And now I got into mature 1/6th dolls.. I am reminded of how big her head is compared to her body. And the character.. did I just get her because I think she looked cute and it would be fun for Briala to have a wife...?
And again I am going to wait it out and see if these thoughts/feelings stay and if needed put her away in a box to see if I miss her, etc.
I don’t know if I had a point with this all... or just wanted to let whomever might read this and actually read this far, know that I am also not happy with it.
I really do wish I one day can accept the dolls that I own and have a somewhat more stable collection. In the mean time all I can do is accept myself for who I am and not get angry about these feelings, I guess.
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More dollie things 2021
I sometimes get hit with these thoughts and feelings at the weirdest moments sometimes. Or that is how it feels... but when getting some doubts about one of my dolls again, I asked my husband if he could guess which one.
So he opened the cabinet and only looked at the two newest girls, pointed at Umi and said: “You’ve been making a lot of clothes for her lately. Sometimes you do that because you feel like it, but sometimes it is because you are trying to bond.”
And that was something that hadn’t fully clicked with me. But it is true when I think about it.
Another thing that I noticed and got me a bit annoyed... is that right before these feelings hit me hard, I usually have made a set of pictures and say how much I love that doll. And don’t get me wrong, I loved each and everyone of the dolls I owned in some way. It still makes me feel guilty. But once again it is something I just need to learn and accept... they were not lies. But I think some dolls are just too pretty? Like they are too realistic, or are missing that special something, that little quirk I love about them instead of being annoyed with...
But once again I will wait and see ^_^’ it is all I can do.
On a brighter note, I bought a Creatures Dolls Pollen in mint about two weeks ago :D Mewiefish had some in stock, but because I opted for a face-up and the weather has been terrible, it might take a while before she is here.
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Hobby History
What was your favorite childhood doll growing up and why?
I have to admit I don’t really know. Some of these things are very fuzzy to me. But from what I remember I did like the prince from Lady Lovely Locks ^_^ I lost the first one but my mother found me a new one (if I remember correctly)
How long have you been interested in dolls?
I can’t exactly remember how long ago it was that I came across bjds for the first time. It was at a fantasy fair and it was still a few years before I actually got my first. I had other dolls still around from my childhood.
What made you choose your bjd out of all the various types?
That doll I no longer own (I gave her to my mother, couldn’t sell her) But I chose the Dollzone Shoyo, mainly because she was super cute, in my budged and available at a Dutch dealer.. that made the first time ordering one a lot less scary. And because she was an MSD, a size I was then interested in.. I already thought SDs were to big for me even back then.
What was your first reaction when you saw your bjd for the first time?
I don’t quite remember either.. but I was happy to finally have her home ^_^ I got her in three days after my birthday XD
I even got to take her to another fantasy festival and take some of her first pictures ^_^ this is Ymara. One of many MSDs I tried before settling on an even smaller size.
Did you buy a digital camera only because you wanted to take pictures of your SD to show off online?
No.. I actually like taking pictures of other things as well.. especially at the zoo or in the forest! But being able to take doll pictures was always a consideration after getting them.
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Dollie ideas 2021
I wanted to start with the title Dollie plans 2021... but as I’ve learned, even I can’t predict what I will be doing. So sticking to any kind of plan just won’t work for me :p Therefore this will be more a collection of thoughts.
1. First and foremost I just want to enjoy the dolls that I own ^_^ I have some more vague clothing ideas for Umi with fabrics I am ‘borrowing’ from my mom. (as in use what I need, return the rest) and maybe I will even get to making Isis another epic outfit.
2. I have sold one of my dolls recently (realfee Ena) to a Good friend in the hobby that I met last year through the bjd discord. That means I have some funds for a new doll. This time I have been trying to dive into the various options the mature tiny size has. Looking up pictures on Flickr and trying to get a feel for what it would be like to own one. I know this isn’t completely possible... but it has given me some perspective of which dolls I just like looking at, and which ones give me ideas for a possible doll of my own.
3. I notice that I keep coming back to both Creatures Dolls mini Bactro and Atelier Momoni Somni. They both have that little extra fantasy feeling and seem quirky enough to fit into my crew. For now I send an e-mail to Mewiefish (Creatures Dolls) to see if there might be a pre-order for mini Bactro... but so far no reply (it is still the holidays, so no surprise there) and before that I mailed Atelier Momoni about Somni, but they replied that their latest pre-order from July wasn’t in yet, so no in stock dolls there.
That is about it for now. Any of you have more solid plans for 2021? ^_^ I would love to know!
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Dollie rambles again
Well yesterday the new Petit Gem Pa-an was announced I immediately fell for her as my character Sprout!
https://gem.dollsoom.com/euro/shop/pa-an/
So today I entered a small group oder with another collector in the Netherlands and will be getting her in Grey skin with face-up and black horns ❤
I thought it was nice because Sprout loves Wooloo (as the Pokemon trainer character I played in Pokémon Sword, and now she will be a sheep/goat herself.
I also started playing her In ACNH even before I ordered her ^_^
It will be a while but then I will have a Soom added to my crew ❤
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Dollie ramblings
It has been way to hot over here.. but I have been thinking about my Nyxy’s Creations Luna. I think that I am going to sell her. I don’t want to keep being stuck and feeling guilty.
I might be open to trades.. but I am very picky.
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Dollie ramblings
I recently got two new dolls in.. one as a somewhat impulse buy, and one I had been carefully planning for the last year or so (looks, character, etc.)
While I bought Rinne after only really thinking about it for a week or so.. now she is here I have plenty of ideas for her and love dressing her up.
Now Junebug on the other hand.. she is perfect, everything I thought up... I loved her when she got here, and then.. nothing. I don’t know why, but I am having major bonding issues with her. So much that I put her in her box and tucked her away in one of the cooler parts of the house (it is quite hot here for our standards)
I felt really guilty at first. But I try to realise that sometimes that just happens.. I know I have had it before in many forms.
I will see what I will do later.. still also waiting on my Pa-an! :D
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Quickest doll sale
I put my Nyxy’s creation Luna up for sale on the bjd discord and she sold to a local buyer even before I finished my sales post here :O Good to know she moved on to a better home. My husband personally (while social distancing) dropped her off today.
For now I will just focus on my new Lillycat and eventually incoming Soom Pa-an ^_^
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Dollie rambles May 2020
Looking back on my post in March some things have changed.
1. Junebug is now getting a face up by the original sculpted Nyxy’s Creations :D Really looking forward to that. It might take a few weeks more, but it will be worth getting her home complete!
2. I sold Rinne, the Luts Zuzu Delf Corni, as I had bonding issues with her. She went to a great collector in the Netherlands and it is lovely to see their pictures of her on the bjd Discord ^_^
3. With the remaining funds of the sale (first bit went to the face up) I am looking into getting Junebug’s best friend Sprout. Probably looking at second hand, possibly new. Thinking about possibly a second Nyxy’s Creations Luna, or maybe a Island doll AnAn? Just have to see what is around first.
The rest has been put on hold for now, just focussing on this first.
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I wanted to quickly share a picture of one of my current projects. I got this lovely body painted by the talented @izasfaceups in a trade and wanted to make it my recent character Munna. But It wasn’t really working out.. the Munna I had created in Pokémon Sword grew on me too much. But I am certainly not giving up on this body. I just realised I need to get it a head first and then create a new character for it ^_^
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Dollie rambles
Is it bad that I keep hoping Haru Casting will post pictures of the Nyxy’s Creations Lunas.. Even though I am not sure they are done <_<;
I am so hyped for this doll.
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When I saw @pretty0things post their group pictures through the years I thought of making a compilation of my own. Loads of dolls have come and gone over the years. I joined the hobby in 2008, my first doll arrived on July 29th, three days after my birthday. This doll I gifted to my mother. There are some shots missing from 2010, which is the first one, and 2014. I don’t know if I made any group shots in that time. The only doll that is missing from this timeline is a WS Planetdoll Mini Riz that I sold to my mom.
The last picture here was from around Halloween 2019.. so is due for an update once my Nyxy’s Creations Luna joins the crew. Hylia has had an eye and wig upgrade too, but nothing much else has changed.
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