Curly topped girls!

I haven't been up to much at the moment but firstly, wanted to share a few photos taken yesterday of two of my BJDs who are both curly topped girls, wearing Tibetan lambswool wigs that I made. 

First we have Mouse, my newest girl, wearing a new dress that I made for her last week.  I am not that happy with the style though, I don't think it is really 'her'.... or maybe it is the shoes that just don't go with the look of the dress.  I will make something more 'modern' soon and see if I like that look better on her.

Secondly, we have Brodie, my little Iplehouse BID Bordy.  I made this wig particularly for her from a small scrap of lambswool that I had left over from another wig.  I would like a bit more curl in this wig but am happy with how it looks on Brodie.

I have a few other girls who've had curly hair styles over the years and thought I'd share some photos of those below too!

Firstly we have Kaye Wiggs Hope who for a while wore a blond lambswool wig that I made for her, this photo was before I gave her a new custom faceup:

 

Then below she wears a brown lambswool wig with her new faceup.  In fact this wig is actually the same wig being worn by Mouse above!  

Fiona, my Little Fee Ante, wore a brunette lambswool wig for a little while back in the spring of 2009.  I think she looks quite sweet as a brunette but I always preferred her with fairer hair.

Riley Mai, my Ppinkydoll girl, wears a ginger lambswool wig with paler ends,  that I was given as a gift some years ago.  I think the colour suits her quirky face and pale skin.

And finally for this post, a photo of my lovely Little Darling Ellie wearing a lambswool wig.  I loved how she looked in this wig but then I realised she wasn't 'Ellie' any more with this look!  So she went back to her regular wig.  This wig is now being worn by Mouse above!!! 

Thank you very much for visiting and viewing the curly haired girls!  Well we are almost at the end of another week so I hope you all have a great weekend!

Big hugs Sharon xx

Todays Sunday morning 'jaunt'.....

....took us along the coast to the Puerto de La Caleta de Vélez, just under 8 kms from us.
It is still a working port, home to many of the fishing boats that supply fresh fish not only to local restaurants but much further afield.  To one side of the port there’s a beach and to the other side there’s a marina.

It was another lovely day with a breeze once we got nearer to the port.  I took little Brodie with me, my Iplehouse BID Bordy, and as you can see her hair got a bit windblown!

We eventually had to remove her bow clip before it flew off into the water!!!

Brodie enjoyed looking at the fish, they are really plentiful here in the marina!

I love how the sunshine is sparkling on the water and making it look like little stars!!

The beach was quite busy for this time of year, but today is a national holiday, Constitution Day, and Tuesday is the day of the Immaculate Conception, another bank holiday here in Spain, so a lot of people make what they call "a bridge" and have a long weekend without work!

Because it's a bank holiday, the fishing boats are all in the port today. 

Even the seaguls were enjoying the sunshine....along with one lone egret who you can just see in the centre of this photo!!

I hope everyone has had a great weekend and that the week ahead is good for you all.  I really must try to focus on Christmas coming as I'm totally NOT ready!  I think being at the coast and having such good weather at this time of the year has really thrown me!!!! 

And Brodie comes too....

This is the sight that greeted me this morning when I went out of the door:

Me:  "Hey little one, where do you think you're off to this early in the morning?"

Brodie:  "I'm getting ready to go on holiday with you to Yoookay!"

Me :  "Yoookay?  Oh you mean the UK!"

Brodie:  "Yes, that's what I said didn't I! Mari and Fiona said they're going, please mummy, let me come too!  I'm only little!  I'm just THIS small!"

Me:  "Oh Brodie, I've got so much to carry, you'd be better off staying here with dad and the dogs, I'll only be gone a week!"
 

Brodie:  "But I don't want to stay here, I want to come with you!  Pleeease, I want to see nana!"

Oh dear, how can I refuse this little face?  

Looks like yet another member of my dolly family will be travelling with me to the UK in two weeks time then!!!


Doll: Iplehouse BID Bordy in Special Real Skin
Faceup: Default Iplehouse
Height: 26cm
Wig: Tibetan lambswool made by me
Overalls: by TTYA
Shirt:  vintage Sindy shirt from the 1960s
Socks: by me
Shoes: by MimiWoo
Backpack: clone fashion doll
Little bead doll: gift from a friend in the US!

Some bonus photos of this little sweetie:

Thank you very much for looking!

Curls for Brodie...

I had a spare couple of hours today so decided to make up a second lambswool wig, this time for Brodie my Iplehouse BID.  When I ordered her, my plan was for her to have curls but so far I've not seen a wig that I like enough to order.  So I decided to make my own using my tutorial that I posted  here .

The second piece of lambswool that I bought from FUNwithTROLLDOLLS
is dyed the same colour but the curls are slightly looser and are shorter too, at 3 inches in length.  The skin also has a sewn seam in it, which isn't a problem when making a small wig, you just work around it or place your pattern so that it runs through where it won't cause a problem.

I had to make a pattern as I'd not made a wig for Brodie before, so I did that using exactly the same method as previously except that I was more careful not to flatten or damage her applied eyelashes (basically I just left the cling film a little loose across her face.

This time I also decided to cut the finished wig into a chin length bob as I didn't want her with long hair.

And here is the finished result.  Brodie is enjoying playing with her new 'hand' puppets that I got for my dolly kids in IKEA.  The size of these 'finger puppets' is just perfect for dolls to use as hand puppets!

And she can even fit her sailor hat over the top of her curls!! :) 

I hope you've liked seeing Brodie's new hair 'do', I'm really pleased with her new look....I love her cute face and think the curls really suit her :)

Thanks for visiting, and enjoy what's left of the rest of the week!


  

Brodie goes to the playa....

I'm trying to be more brave about taking photos of dolls in public so yesterday took Brodie, my new Iplehouse BID Bordy, out with us when we went to Torrox Costa for our lunch.  The lunch itself was lovely, we went to our favourite Chinese restaurant there and had Peking Crispy Duck, it's delicious....and the restaurant itself is on the promenade next to the beach, so it's a great place to relax and watch the world go by!

It was very hot so I didn't take that many photos really but what I did take I thought came out well...being tanned Brodie is perfect to photograph in the bright light here.

You'll see she got to wear the sunhat today!!!  This hat is worn by so many of my dolls, it's a wonder it's not falling apart!!!

Firstly she sat for a while and watched the kids practising their basketball moves!

Then she wandered along the wall above the beach, the sand here is lovely and fine but Brodie decided to keep her socks and shoes on....she didn't want the scratchy feel of sand between her toes!  

  She has the cutest profile, don't you think?

Watching for dolphins....unfortunately it was a bit late in the day for dolphins, they tend to be seen more in the mornings!

Thank you for visiting, I hope everyone has a good weekend!