12 Dolls of Christmas: Mojito

On the seventh day of Christmas...

For the last picture of 2012, it's Miss Mojito Collins!

I was trying to go for a dreamy fashion magazine kind of effect, but I think it's just blurry :s I can't wait for the days to get lighter so I have better light to work with.

All the best for 2013!

12 Dolls of Christmas: SHE-RA!

On the sixth day of Christmas, a blast from the past...my prized boxed action figure of She-Ra, Princess of Power!

Picture of the front and back of the packaging!

She-Ra was an eBay purchase, I get plenty of nostalgia trips because I was brought up on She-Ra, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, so occasionally I go off and search for random things on eBay. I think I bought her in 2006. She had never been opened when she arrived - naturally I had to open the shipper box to see her...and I also took her out of the blister pack once, and then felt bad and put her back. I think of her more as a collector's piece, so I keep her inside the shipper box so she doesn't fade. It would be great to have her on display, but at the moment I just don't have the space.

She was a 2004 convention exclusive available from San Diego Comic Con or Chicago Wizard World comic convension, where you had to enter a lottery to buy one! Such was the popularity of The Most Powerful Woman in the Universe, that Mattel made her available in limited numbers after the convention. My girl didn't come from SDCC, she doesn't have the ident sticker on either box, but since she came with the outer shipper box and wasn't just her blister pack self, I think she came from the Chicago convention.

One fun thing about this edition of She-Ra - she has a longer skirt! I think it's a progressive sign that the Princess of Power doesn't need to wear skimpy clothes to be a super heroine. It's also fun to note that she wears more clothes than He-Man does. She-Ra is an amazing role model for women and girls. She kicks ass, she supports her friends, she fights against oppression and she is too busy saving the world to worry about what other people think of her.

12 Dolls of Christmas: Imogen

On the fifth day of Christmas... a departure from the norm... one of my Asian fashion dolls!

This is Imogen, my Sekiguchi Unoa Light Victorian Princess. She is made of plastic and vinyl compared with the first release of Unoa Light which was made in polyurethane resin and strung just like other BJDs.

12 Dolls of Christmas: Mafonwen

On the fourth day of Christmas, here's the beautiful Mafonwen, wearing her Dollheart outfit.

12 Dolls of Christmas: Deryn

On the third day of Christmas... it's Deryn, in the amazing hat that all the girls co-own, because it's far too nice to belong to just one of them!

12 Dolls of Christmas: Mojito

On the second day of Christmas... the picture(s) I shall post...

Show Mojito being glam in monochrome!

I did think about colour popping this photo, because her lips, belt and shoes are a brilliant red, but I think the pictures look cool as they are, and also I'm lazy ;)

The dress and belt are her Christmas presents, bought from Sunny's Wonderful World on eBay. They were slow to ship them out, but I was impressed with the quality of the pieces, so I might risk it again with them.

In memoriam, d.ark - I think about you every time I look at Mojito. I miss your tweets and updates, and I still can't believe I won't see you again. I hope you like what I'm doing with your girl, she is incredibly precious to me all because of you.

12 Dolls of Christmas: Gwenllian

On the first day of Christmas, the first picture I shall post is...

Gwenllian Cyffin on the stairs!

It's two pictures really, but oh well! I realised I didn't actually have any pictures of her wearing the outfit B bought me for our anniversary in October, even though she's been wearing it ever since!

It's Volks' Marine Asterisk set, with some Dollmore shoes. The wig isn't Gwenllian's 'stock' wig, it came with the Kun head RREGUI traded with me. I think she looks very like Hermione Granger in this wig!

Incoming stuff and partial review

I make these collages partly so I actually remember what I've got coming in...

 

Clockwise from the top;
Nine9Style MSD red twist sandals
Saintbloom Rosemary Charlotte in brown tan
Strawberry Bambola bedding
DoliAzura purple mohair Monster High/Pukifee wig
Monstro Designs black wig with white streak for Monster High/Pukifee
Monstro Designs Pink leopard print leggings for YoSD
Monstro Designs black wet-look leggings for YoSD
Releaserain MSD polkadot socks
Sunny's World MSD navy polkadot dress
Sunny's World MSD red polkadot shirt

In the centre;
Sunny's World MSD red bow belt
Releaserain MSD black 'Mink' pompom shoes

Small review:
I've always had a very good experience with Sunny's World on eBay but unfortunately, this time my order was sent out weeks after I paid and I only got confirmation it was even sent out the other day. I hope this is a one-off, but it does make me leery of ordering from them again in the future, since I did really want these pieces sooner rather than later (Navy dress, red bow belt and red shirt) and in previous experience with SW I've had parcels arrive really quickly. I know with Christmas international post gets very slow, but the parcel should have been shipped before that became an issue.

I've never bought things from Saintbloom, DoliAzura or Strawberry Bambola before, so I will do a proper review once those things arrive.

Nine9Style and Releaserain took the usual amount of time to dispatch things out, but I know that they have been caught up in the Christmas chaos. I know that Monstro Designs takes some time to get orders made up and shipped out, and since that's the most recent one, I'm not too worried right now.

I'm ridiculously excited about Kahlua, which explains the Monstro Designs, Strawberry Bambola and DoliAzura stuff. I was pretty set on Kahlua having purple hair and then I saw this Bride of Frankenstein-ish wig and had to have it. I would love some band t-shirts for Kahlua, and I've seen a pretty cute Adventure Time shirt, but since these are licensed logos I would feel more comfortable making my own - at least no one would be profiting from them that way.

Room box update:
I've been deciding whether to go for carpet or wooden flooring. I'm leaning towards carpet, because making my own wooden floor looks really fiddly. Then again, it might be easier for a doll to stand on wooden floor rather than carpet. You see the problem.

If only this was as easy as making a house on The Sims!

BJD Addicts Written Prompts: #4, #9, #20, #21, #23

Time for some more BJD Addicts prompts!
 

Merry Birthdaymas to me...

Obviously... new doll time!

I've missed having a Yo-SD sized doll around, and I've always wanted a tan BJD, so when Saintbloom announced they would be releasing two of their Rosemary sculpts (Charlotte and Charlie) in brown tan resin, I thought this would be a great opportunity to have a new doll in the size and colour I'm after! I've chosen a Charlotte (the more smiley sculpt), and she's going to be called Kahlua.