Kidz n Cats customs finished....

You may recall that I mentioned several weeks ago now that I was customising two Kidz n Cats dolls for a lady in Switzerland.  Well I finally finished them and sent them off to their new home about two weeks ago.  The owner received them yesterday and thankfully is very happy with how they have turned out.  I thought I would share some photos of the finished results.

The first of the two dolls was Laura, she was released in 2013 I believe and had a very messy synthetic brunette curly wig.....not nice!  So her mum wanted a straight wig with a fringe in a similar colour.  I ordered the Monique Gold Geneva wig in Brown/Black and had to trim the fringe because it was a little long over her eyes, but I left the length at the back as it does give more scope for other styles such as plaits and ponytails.  

This was how she looked when I'd finished all the detailed work....but minus her wig:

Here she is in her default outfit and new wig, completely finished and ready to go home:

These girls come with what I consider are cheap acrylic eyes and not so nice eyelashes, so both have been replaced.  The eyes are good quality glass in deep brown:

And then we have Stine.  Stine was also released in 2013 and I have given her the 'full works' too, she now wears another Monique Gold wig, this time it's a Jojo in Golden Strawberry/Golden Auburn, I again had to tidy up the fringe a little bit because it was over her eyes but this style is meant to be wispy and layered so I left the rest alone.  I have shown it in pigtails in one of the photos below and think it gives her a more 'playful' look :)

For Stine I also used good quality glass eyes in a deep blue and she too is shown below in her default outfit:

And finally both girls together:

Thank you to the 'mum' of these two sweet girls for trusting me to customise them .... I'm really glad that you're happy with their new looks :)

A guest appearance from a land far away!

If you've ever been across the sea to Ireland....as the song goes, you might know the lovely Rosie, who does wonderful knits!  Well Rosie has a daughter, who has a Cora, and it was Cora who wanted the recently made Pusheen hoodie that I showed here!

Cora was delighted when she received the hoodie as it was a surprise from Rosie, and she sent me some lovely photos of herself taken over Easter wearing her new hoodie.  I thought I'd share these here as the sweet girl looked so cute in it!

I do believe this is the first Cora, or any of the black Sasha dolls that I've featured here on my blog.....so I hope you've enjoyed seeing this dark skinned sweetie as much as I do :) 

Springtime for the Little Darlings....

My three Little Darlings by Dianna Effner, have been enjoying the spring sunshine.  I thought I'd share some photos of these lovely girlies....

L to R: Ellie, #1 sculpt painted by Dianna Effner and wearing an outfit made by me, Finn, #2 sculpt painted by Pat Green and also wearing an outfit made my me, and Reece, #2 sculpt factory painted UFDC souvenir Ana, wearing a Betsy McCall dress by Robert Tonner:
All wigs cut and style by me :)

My beautiful Ellie with her newly repainted eyes by Dianna Effner:

Sweet little Finn:

Cousins, Ellie and Finn:

Ellie, Finn and Reece:

I hope you've enjoyed seeing these Little Darlings of mine :)

Skye meets the sea....

Today Skye had her first modelling 'assignment' and we decided to go to the beach for her to 'strut her stuff' in a very natural environment :)

The outfit isn't for sale as it is a prototype of a new style that I've put together.  Instead of a tee shirt, this top is actually a 'body' and has short puffed sleeves.  The skirt is slightly different too in that it has straps which cross over at the back.  Just a little bit different but a change from what I've been making.   I think the applique here is a little too big, especially with the straps but that is something to work on for next time.  I also haven't quite finished it because the straps, although sewn on with decorative buttons on the front, so far are only pinned on the back and the applique needs some additonal decoration/stitching.  This new 'body' style eliminates any bulk at the waist and also the need for additional knickers as they are 'built in'.  As per usual an outfit like this will come with socks and hairband/ribbon ties.

I hope you like it so far!

The waves are really crashing on to the beach at the moment and the walkway from the road to the sand has been partially washed away! 

 A couple of waves later and this rock that Skye was so ably balanced on, was covered with water and foam!  (Luckily she'd moved on by then!)

Introducing a new girlie!

A new little girl came to live here in Spain with us, she arrived yesterday and as yet remains unnamed but we have a few ideas up our sleeves, so it won't be long, hopefully, before she tells me her chosen name.

She is a 1969 girl with a short fringe which Shelly said would have been done by the factory, and she came wearing this sweet dress by Molly, but it needs a bit of freshening up...but because I didn't anticipate adopting her whilst we are down here at the coast, I don't have any spare outfits for her to try out, so for now she will wear this pretty dress. 

She has had a wash and I've conditioned her hair.  Unfortunately her hair was quite dry on the ends so I decided to cut it into a bob....I hope you'll agree that it looks really lovely and soft now, so although it was a bit 'scary' making that first cut, I'm happy that I took the plunge!

Oh! Her name just came to me whilst I was typing this.....it's Skye!  Sorry for so many photos of her, I couldn't choose, so decided to include them all!!!

Her hair parting is almost 'off centre' .... 

Here she is with Wren, my 1969 Kilt Sasha...another reason I wasn't too concerned about cutting Skye's hair.  They look very similar but different as well, if that makes sense!!  I think Skye's irises are more 'outlined'  and round, whereas Wren's are more oblate,  but I feel that both girls have equally beautiful eye paint.

A semi-profile to show just how nice and thick her hair is...

 A portrait in sepia....

Thank you for stopping by and welcoming Skye! :)