Tuesday: adding to my shop

A couple days ago I had someone ask me if I could sell my patterns. I was really unsure about this because I really have never written a pattern in my life and I currently only have about 3 people that knit that I could have proof what I was writing.  Plus Im not very good at explaining without showing. So I decided well....lets give it a try. It took some time and a lot of edits (all helpful :3) but now I have added a pattern section to my etsy. For now since I didn't want to be overwhelmed Im just sticking with my one pattern, the turtleneck. If this turns out useful and such then I will look into writing my other patterns as I go.

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Monday: Meet Mariko...

 

Name: Mariko

Eyes : Dollfie Animetic Eyes ‘Mariko’ Original Design, Metallic, 22mm
Wig : ‘Mariko’ Original Style, DD Size
Head : ‘Mariko’ Original Head
Body : DDS, Semi-White Skin, M Bust
Faceup: Volks

Relationship: yes with Aoko
Siblings: a little sister (havent decided on name, might be a 06)
Personality: Mariko is a shy girl that likes to read, play board games and play with stuffed animals.

Mariko had really taken my heart so much, especially every time Heather would bring over her own girl (she had the WS version) and we would try different wigs and clothing on her. I really just love what I feel in a way is a sad expression. I also have a thing for dolls with open mouths/lip areas and this just added to her cuteness. I feel that her wig color will stay the same and Ill see about other styles but for now I just like her having her little braids and her eye color might change. I just feel like they get lost with her hair/coloring of her faceup.  I also have a thing about not actually naming my dolls XD...I might need to work on that.

Etsy: New Addition...

I went ahead and added the raglan sweater I had on my Mariko.

You can see the listing here.

Im going to work on making a sweater in each of the colors I have and when I get others of those as well so that you can see how it looks when its finished color wise. This one is Rhinestone Pink (Hot Pink). I added a inch to the arms to make it cover the hand joint more.

Arrival: DDS Mariko (SWS) ...

I ended up having a little break this week since I got everything done ahead of schedule for me at least so I was able to be home when this girl arrived. Meet Mariko (Student Version).

Seriously I love this girl so much, even my grama was complimenting how cute she is (she loved Nanami too). Her wig/eyes are the defaults. Its really all Heathers fault XD every time she brought over her Mariko and was trying different wigs on her and such I just fell more and more in love with her. I really am thankful they re-released her. She is in the semi white skin color which I really do love and my Lucy is the same skin color as her, Nanami and Saber are normal skin.

I dont like her student outfit. I never really have been big into the schoolgirl look to the Dollfie Dreams, so I decided Im just going to sell that. I wasnt sure about keeping her bag or not through. I think Im just going to let it go with that as well.

Shes modeling a sweater I made for her (I need to make the body a little longer as I just like that style myself) but this was kinda a test sweater, but I love that yarn alot so Ill probably grab another ball of it. Ill probably make another one to test on Heathers Mariko since she has the larger bust to see how much thats going to make the sweater pull up XD and how much room I need to give it in the bust hahaha. I put the Moe (ver 2) outfit on her and she looks so cute in it.

So now I have Mariko, Saber, Lucy and Nanami. I have the Azone Utena in December, but she is kinda in a league of her own.

Tweeking: Love the one Kyori...

This is why I never get anything done..my Mina is such a lap cat that no matter what Im working on she just shoves herself into my lap.

I kept seeing the pictures of the Love the One Kyori that had been photo-shopped to add liner under her eyes. So I went ahead and did that to my girl, and I also ended up changing her lip color. It took a couple tries because I kept making her lips too light for her skin tone, but I finally got it.

 I wanted it to match the And Another Thing Kyori's lip color. The only thing I need to do is figure out a hair style for her. Other then that her enhancement came out rather well.
Also...

I ended up winning a Mariko! Im so happy I got this girl, I really didnt think I was going to, but I super excited to get this girl. I also know they are releasing more semi-white skin optional parts as well. She should be shipping out I think next month.

Dollfie Dreams...

I have gotten out of the resin hobby pretty much. I have my few and thats all Im going to keep. Theres just too much drama going on and everything that Im just tired of it and after about 7 years, I think changing focus is a good thing.

The only thing I ever decided was that I wanted one Dollfie Dream. I ordinally had a Alna but I just wasnt clicking with her at all so she went to live with Heather. Then I had a Neris but eventually she went to find another home.

The one doll I really wanted was a Saber, and at the time they did the preorder and had two Sabers offered. Then came the dilemma of which Saber I wanted. One was normal skin and I liked her eyes, the other was WS but I liked her dress and wig. So I kept wishy washing and ended up missing the preorder by one day.

I finally ended up finding a reasonably priced Saber.

I haven't come up with a name for her yet. I just call her Saber and her hair wasnt intended to be blue but as soon as I put this wig on her and gave her a little ponytail nothing else seems to work with her at all.

Then I was talking to my friend Mandy who had gotten a DD Sister Nanami. I saw her orginally but just passed her up as she just wasnt quite cute enough I thought. Then I came across a repaint of the Nanami where they had given her a little open mouth. I loved how much it changed her face so after looking around I found that We love dolls still had one in stock. So she ended up coming home to me.

Again this girl I just call Nanami for right now. This is her default wig but I changed her eyes. Im not sure if their going to stay purple, but I like the shape of them in her. I love her little pig tails. Im going to paint her mouth to be a little open as I like that look alot and I think the rest of her facepaint is fine.

Heres also a few little things I knitted up for them. You can see also on Heathers blog the finished sweater here on her doll Pidge.

I also got some of the volks "large" hands. When I first looked at these I went holy crap these are massive but then I started to look at certain things. Saber has a large head compared to Nanami so when holding the hands to the face you can see it proportionally fits in covering her face. I actually always felt DDs hands were small to begin with, but if they are on a doll with a small head I think its going to make it look off.

So after all this I keep feeling like I want to own a million DD's but then I sat down and looked at the face's and realized there was alot of them I dont like. So I have decided that 5 is the most Im going to have.

I actually love Pidge so much and we were trying all these wigs on her and shes so cute in all of them that I was just going to buy her even though her price is high. Then Heather showed me that Volks for probably the next event is re-releasing the Mariko but this time in a Semi-white skin. I am so happy, so Im keeping my fingers crossed I can bring this girl home.