Last Century Alchemies

Jellycat of the Day | 9th January 2025

Suite du projet Chalet du Lac "XXL":

-création mur extérieur (et sortie arrière)après changement d'emplacement de la future cheminée .

-mise en peinture de l'extérieur /intérieur .

-création d' une séparation ( amovible) entre cuisine/salon .

À suivre...^^...

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Paintbrushes and pencils are made out of skewers and twine, paint cans are made out of a cardboard tube with thumb tacks as lids. 🎨

Warning- this got a little long lol. Doll transformation pics at the end!!

Soo, over a month ago I finally received a doll that I've been waiting for for weeks, but what was supposed to be a happy day turned into dread as I realised that I did not like her. Now, no shade to anyone who has her and loves her! I hope you do, since she deserves it. She's just not for me.

It shouldn't have been that way; I did my research and waited for two weeks before ordering it to make sure it wasn't just an impulse buy. I looked trough all the pictures and I loved them.

It just wasn't meant to be, I guess.

She's been sitting on my desk for over a month. I tried posing her in interesting ways and changing her outfit, but it didn't work. I was scared of personalising and drastically changing her, just in case I decided to resell. But still, nothing worked, and seeing her just filled me with dread and regret. It made me dislike her even more, to the point of not just disappointment over her but actually hating her.

Finally, I decided to talk to my boyfriend about the situation. He doesn't know anything about dolls, but he'll happily listen to me ramble about anything, which is one of the best ways to find solutions (if you don't have a boyfriend, talking to a friend/toy/imaginary person works the same way!). I realised that it was honestly just the doll's head that bothered me. As it happens, I have a doll on the way whose head I could take- I wasn't planning on using it anyway. The neck peg fit, and so I went on to make plans to totally change the doll! The original:

Looking back, she's really not the worst. It was just my regret taking over, but I'm happy I ended up changing her.

Now, for the transformation! I transed the doll hehe^_^ I made this lil edit and fell in love with him instantly. The head is from UfDoll Doremi series. I don't have it yet, but the neck peg fits so I think the head should too. I want him to be a sheep-satyr!

First thing I did was the dye job on his legs. The original white was a little strange to me with the hair tufts. I think the brown gradient looks much nicer, and it makes the hooves so much prettier!

Since I don't have the head yet, the only thing left to do was clothes!

I really like how his outfit came out! I gave him a ring as an anklet and a hair-adornment for his arm. The loincloth is made from an old pair of pants. I made the scarf by sewing a rectangle into a tube and putting a piece of wire inside, so it keeps the shape.

hello! o/ the bjd faq masterdoc has a lot of helpful information! it’s a big document, but there is a specific section about buying your first doll, and it’s sorted into even more specific sections/questions about the process so everything is pretty easy to navigate :)

besides that, i would recommend doing a lot of research into the doll or dolls that you’re interested in- watching videos of people with their dolls can give you a better idea of how big/small they are and how easy or difficult they are to pose and handle, browsing tags on tumblr and instagram can show you what the doll looks like with different styles of wigs/clothing/faceups, and a lot of the time people who have bjds are happy to answer questions about their specific dolls if you reach out :)

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