Valley of the Doll

I believe doll customizer Lady Verrin mostly works on Blythe and BJD dolls (and I would to get her to paint one of my BJD) these days so I’m always glad I was able to pick up this custom Pullip on the second hand market:

The light here is bad today but I still wanted to take some quick pics of the paper doll from my last post all assembled with the box (I actually ran into a couple of issues putting this together so I printed out a second set to assemble later but wanted to share what I’ve got so far):

I have had very little dolly time for the last month, but I always have time for paper dolls, so I was excited to find the following doll (for free!) from artist Polina Inyakina available for download:

I’ve bought more new clothes for my Barbie Signature Looks #10 Simone this year than I have for myself - but this doll looks so chic in everything it’s hard to resist:

The artist behind Glowmoon Doll occasionally makes custom shoes for their dolls - and I was able to grab these incredible shoes for my Mariposa (the outfit doesn’t really match the esthetic of the shoes but I don’t have anything goth-y enough for Mari at the moment):

I decided to rebody my Pullip Akemi again after finding this generic body on Aliexpress - it has the standard double jointed elbows and knees as well as a swivel waist. What caught my eye was the mobility joint at the thigh which is a style I’ve never seen before on any of my dolls (I’m sure it’s been around but I have never seen it). I think it’s about 26.5cm so it is a taller option for Pullip. The third picture shows the thigh joints.

It’s been a minute since I got a new custom doll so I was super excited to welcome this gorgeous Monster High custom to my collection. It’s G3 Abbey Bominable by CustomDollsByDanny and this Abbey is so gorgeous I can’t believe it. And Rainbow High clothes fit too!

Sometimes I’ll have a doll hang out on my bedside table to keep me company if I am enjoying a day off and reading in bed - today it’s my cute Dal Chibi Risa:

Finally got the Pullip family Dal Phoebe, the company collab doll with HELLCATPUNKS - look how cute this doll is:

Okay so I liked Barbie Basics Claudette but wanted to see what taking the hair down looked like without ruining the original style - so obviously I had to get a second Claudette. After taking the hair down and see how straight it was at the roots I did a quick boil wash to reactivate the curl pattern at the roots and I think it turned out pretty great:

All Unoa dolls are so pretty, so I don’t know I never see pictures of this little 1/6 cutie.

I got a bottle of perfume that I’ve been wanting on Valentine’s Day and it got me to thinking - what fragrance would my dolls wear? So I pulled a couple of bottles from my collection and matched them to the dolls I think would love them.

Got my beautiful Depths Dolls mermaid Latimeria (currently wearing her legs) out for some quick picks in the golden light. It’s a bummer that it looks like Depths Dolls isn’t making dolls anymore, his dolls are some of the prettiest I own (and I always appreciate a maker who creates 1/6 and tiny dolls):

I originally bought Barbie Looks #24 Simone to harvest the curvy body for one of my Pullip customs (and Pullip on the curvy body is super cute) and ended up just sticking the head in a drawer figuring I’d check through my body bin later to see if I had a spare body to match. I was originally going to go with another MTM body but didn’t have one the right shade so decided to try the Barbie Dream Besties Malibu body which is a perfect color match. The end result is very petite (even a bit shorter than the petite MTM body) but very pretty. I already have one of my mermaid Odile heads on the Dream Besties Renee body and I think these bodies are so nice because they have a good balance of articulation and soft curves.

When I saw that one of the new Barbie Basics Neutral You Create kits had the Elle sculpt as one of the alternate heads it became a must have for me. The clothes and accessories are just okay but I do love having the option of multiple heads (and I always love a doll with a gimmick). I also got Barbie Basics 03 Claudette - she doesn’t match the skin tones in the Neutral kit but does match the original You Create 03 kit so I guess I’ll track that down at some point. It doesn’t matter anyway as this doll is gorgeous as a stand alone:

I got this super cute luggage set for Christmas for my dolls - it was marketed as for Barbie but I think the sizing works well for 1/4ish dolls too.

I think Barbie Looks #10 (Simone) is one of the all time most gorgeous Barbie releases: