Finished!

Finally. =')

It fits perfectly now, and has a nice little lace bust-piece~ I left the sleeves in their original length however.

Oh, and yes, Lamia got a new hair-do. x3

Broken Sculptures

Unfortunately I couldn't finish Lamia's new dress yet, because I had other things to do... However, today, Kishi and I went on a little trip and took a looooot of photos of our dolls~ Actually, we originally wanted to go to the Budapest City Park and the Vajdahunyad Castle, but we took a short trip to a place where I wanted to take some pictures of Lamia really long ago. (Then of course we went back to the plan and went to the City Park, but I leave those pictures for the next post. =P)

So, here they are, Lamia and the broken sculptures.

These statues can be found in the Wagner Palace. Some time ago, Paloma Project started to develop in this building, and since then there are a lot of creative art and design shops along the arcades. But for now I found the sculptures way more interesting for taking photos. xD

Somehow they are dreadfully beautiful...

...Especially this one. The other statue's eyes are closed - but this one is constantly looking at the viewer.

Literally, from every angle. x'D (Kishi told me it looks like the angel statues in Doctor Who. =D)

Next time I will show you the other photos - we took maaaaaany! - but for now, that's all. I hope you like them as much as I do. =)

Work in progress

Hi there! 

I finally got over my "I-dunwannado-anything" phase that made me unable to work on new clothes for the past few days, and I started to sew Lamia's new clothes for his birthday. =) It's a bit late now however, and I can clearly see the "Finally...!" expression on his face. ^^" But here are the results of today's work:

It's halfway done, I will put some more lace on the top of the bodice. But I'm pretty proud of the shape, I've never done something like this before. =D

And the lower part turned out just as I've imagined! x3 I was experimenting with a new method of cutting pieces, and I'm so glad it worked as I wanted!

Aaaaand this piece is about to be sewed under the lace-part. I hope it will end up good - and Lamia will like it... (He is a bit mad at me because I didn't buy him anything on his birthday, and I dared to come home with a violin for Gloria... ^^" A few days later I bought him a little mirror as an apology, but it didn't really satisfy him... So I promised to sew him four new dresses - one as the original present, one as an apology for being late, one as an apology for Gloria's violin and one for the fun. x'D)

30 Day BJD Challenge - Day 30

30) Have you ever been to a doll meetup? Did you enjoy it/do you plan to go to one in the future?

Yepp, I've been to several doll meetups, and I've enjoyed aaaaaaall of them! x3 

Actually, the last one was a few days ago, on the 20th of June. Our close circle of friends who are both into BJDs and lolita fashion held a little Birthday and Goodbye Party for one of us, and it was organised in a local Japanese restaurant called Komachi Bistro. It was great, we talked a lot and the food was delicious~ 

And, of course, we took a lot of pictures of our dolls - I show you a few if you don't mind. x3 First, Liani started to take photos of Lamia with her phone - and I really love the way she made him pose~

This one is my favourite somehow... x3

Then Kishi borrowed my phone and took some pictures of Gloria and Mark - he is Kishi's boy, and he is sooo adorable! * - * Even without his faceup! (And they look really cute together. x3)

She is Ame, Rin-chan's new YoSD girl~

And then I got back my phone and took some lovely pictures of Mark and Lamia~ (Probably Mark is not aware of the fact that Lamia is a boy, but who cares until they look sooo gorgeous together! * - *)

There, that's all. I hope you like them. =3

And it seems like we finished the 30 Day BJD Challenge~ Hurray~ x3

30 Day BJD Challenge - Day 29

29) Post a picture of your dolls exploring the outside world!

There you go!

Not only one, but three! =D Since I don't have outside pictures of Gloria, I thought I upload these photos. ^^ They were taken in April. At that time, there was a Sakura Matsuri in the Botanical Garden of Budapest so we decided to take our dolls for a trip there with my dear friend, Kishi.

I hope you like the photos. ^^

30 Day BJD Challenge - Day 28

28) Post a crazy/silly pose!

...Lamia will kill me. Seriously. 

This photo was taken in December, a few days after he arrived - still without clothes and wig and faceup, I just couldn't resist to try how many poses can he make... This one is my favourite. Be gentle, okay? xD

(Lamia: "You will not survive this night, darling.")

30 Day BJD Challenge - Day 22

22) What’s your favourite doll scale prop?

Right now, it's Gloria's violin. =3

(I know, it's in her wrong hand. ^^"" But she couldn't hold the violin in the other... =S And sorry for the terrible quality of the photo, that's all my phone could do. x'D)

30 Day BJD Challenge - Day 21

21) One doll you love, but will never (probably) buy?

Haha, I have not only one, but six - at least!  

First:

Doll Leaves Puppet 02. I love her. I love the puppet-concept. I love her dress, her wig, her eyes, her faceup - everything!! And she is in MSD size! ...But she is over the price that I would pay for her. (579$...!! It's just... Too much. Okay, she's limited and comes in fullset, with dresses, wig, eyes, and faceup, but come on...!! I'm sorry, but I would never ever pay this amount of money for ONE doll.)

Second:

Volks Hatsune Miku. She was limited edition, of course. Not to mention that Volks doesn't ship to Europe. But a few days ago I saw a secondhand one for sale in a BJD adoption group on Facebook, but then again, she is too expensive. At least for me. And I'm not a fan of her that much... (However, if Volks comes out with the Kagamine-twins... Then I'm pretty sure I will be in a big-big-big trouble... Please, Volks, don't kill me.)

Third and fourth:

Doll Zone Anita and Eugenia. I'd definately name them Odette and Odile from Swan Lake. If I'd be willing to pay 215$ for each with 19.5 cm height. xD (Excuse me, but they are too small for the price. And I'm not really into YoSD size, as I mentioned before a few times... But oh my god, they are just gorgeous...!)


Fifth:

Doll Chateau's brand new YoSD size girl, Clara. She just came out a few days ago and she stole my heart. A cute little lolita, that's what she is!! And I looooove her! (And her shoes. xD) But then again, the size... (Not to mention her price... ='D)


And as the sixth, I'd like to write Volks Suigintou from the Rozen Maiden (limited of course) series, but if I think about her, I just can't imagine not to buy the rest of the Rozen Maiden dolls as well... Especially Shinku. It's... It's a beautiful sculpt. But then again, what the hell would I do with all of them - I do NOT need so many dolls! x'D  

That's all I think... However, if I were a millionaire, I guess I wouldn't put any dolls on this "I love them but I'd never buy them"-list, because I'd buy all of them. xD

30 Day BJD Challenge - Day 20

20) What is your dream doll?

Doll Chateau - Elizabeth

  I love her more than I could possibly say. And once, she will be mine.

30 Day BJD Challenge - Day 17

17) What is your favourite item of dollie clothing?

Socks, stockings and skirts. =) With lots and lots of lace~ Especially this skirt, which I bought from Alice's Collections - and it looks much more gorgeous in real life. x3

 

30 Day BJD Challenge - Day 14

14) Have you ever had a floating head? What about a headless body? (What do you think you would do if you had either?)

I've had both! =)

As I said before, Gloria was a floating head for five months, her body arrived on the 19th of May - after a lot of stress, anxiety and fear on my side... - but until then she was usually kept in a box... Or sometimes I put her on Lamia's body, just for fun. =D (And she could have been a really pretty boy! O.o) 

Here, she looked like this on a DF-H male body, and I must say I was really surprised... She made me think about her gender for at least three days. ='D But I kept her as a girl.

And she looks like this with Lamia's wig. ^^ I put his wig on Gloria when Lamia's head wasn't at home - Nami was creating his face-up at that time =D - and I'm pretty sure that was the time when I decided to buy a wig for Gloria with the same design - but with a more natural, probably blonde colour.

And this is my favourite photo of her on Lamia's body and wig~ (Lot of people said she looks like Daenerys from Game of Thrones. =D)

And about a headless body... Well, there were a few weeks in March, when not only Lamia's head, but Gloria's one also was away from home... But Lamia's kimono just arrived in the mail - and being headless have never been an excuse for not taking photos of the new dress. =D Here is the result:

...I must say I'm pretty proud of this picture. xD 

So, that's all for now I think. Once I really want to put Lamia's head on Gloria's body - just because I'm curious - but the strings in Gloria's body are still really tight, and I want to wait until they get loosen a bit. But then... =D

30 Day BJD Challenge - Day 13

13) Dollie shoes! Show us how many you have!

There you go!

 We have three pairs of boots right now, and all of them belong to Lamia. ='D Luckily he was kind enough to lend one to Gloria until she gets her own shoes. ^^

30 Day BJD Challenge - Day 11

11) How long have you collected dolls? Did you collect dolls before BJDs? 

I'm a newbie in the BJD-hobby, my dolls have arrived in December 2014. (Gloria's head was given to me on the 13th of December, and Lamia arrived on the 18th, exactly. However, I ordered him on the 15th of August.) As for other dolls...

I've been collecting dolls since I was 10. =D Porcelain dolls, I mean. Actually I made my mother buy my first porcelain doll when I was at the age of 3 or 4, but I consider myself a collector since I was 10 years old. (And it was only a matter of time to decide to purchase my first - then my second xD - BJD. =3) Currently I own 16 dolls with various heights and from various places - my aim was to purchase a doll in every country where I travelled on a holiday. Here they are: 

They are the smaller ones - my fist doll, Mary is the one in the purple dress, the second one from the right. I saw her in a store at a Greek airport - I don't remember where - and I begged my mother and refused to go out of the store until my parents bought her for me. (I must admit that I was a really spoiled kid - and actually, I am. xD)
The others are (from left to right without Mary) Michelle, Heidi, Millefeuille, Sophie and Erzsébet (Elisabeth in Hungarian).

They are the bigger ones, from left to right: Olga, Nicky, Claudia, Victoria, Niké, Alice, Charlotte, Emily and Catherine.

And she is the newest one, I bought her in Vienna in December, when I went on a one-day Advent-Market trip with my friend, Kishi. =) I told her that I won't go home without a doll, so we walked through the quarter of the city to find a shop. xD But we found it, and this cutie came home with me; her name is Namiren (I named her after our local BJD-artist Namiren, because this doll reminds me of her, and I really appreciate her work also. ^^) 

Sooo, I guess that's all for now.