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

Almost...

I've been sewing Lamia's dress all day long - yet it's still not finished...! >.< However, it still looks great, even if it's not ready...

So, it looks like this...

 ...and here it is on my dear Lamia~

I am pretty proud of the double-skirt part, it just looks like as I imagined! And the sleeves as well~ Even though they are a bit long, I will cut them a bit tomorrow...

...and to be honest, there's a lot to do with this dress tomorrow: it's too big, for example. ='D I made it a bit bigger than Lamia on purpose, because there is no zipper sewn in the dress. I wanted to solve the problem with shirring, but the dress is still bigger than I expected... (That's why Lamia holds his arms like this - otherwise the dress would just slip down. x'D) Aaaaand we have a major problem up here...

Yyyyyyep. That decolletage is a bit... well... bold. =') I have totally no idea how did I manage to sew it like this... ^^" So I'll need to find a solution for that too tomorrow... Still a lot to do, a lot to do...

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. =)

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 16

16) Can any of your crew stand on their heads? (Show us~)

...I stared at Lamia and Gloria with the intention to move them, then the following conversation happened between us in my head:

Lamia: "Ladies first."
Gloria: "You could be a lady..."
Lamia: "...if you cut my genitals."
Me: "Excuse me... But this is a challenge and I'm curious if you could..."
Lamia: "Do not even think about it."
Me: "...Pretty please?"
Lamia: "I refuse."
Me: "...Then I assume you are not able to stand on your head."
Lamia: "...No, but I am able to stand on yours."
Me: "Ouch! But... You've always been so challenging, what's now? It's not shameful at all to try..."
Lamia: "You know what? I will try."
Me: "Really?!"
Lamia: "Really. Right after you show me how to." 
Me: "...You are mean." 
Lamia: "And you like me that way, don't you?"
Me: "Baah, forget it. Gloria, please, save me, can I try to..."
Gloria: "In this gorgeous dress you just made for me? And with this hair-do? Oh, no, I don't want them to be ruined!"
Me: "But it's just a..."
Gloria: "Nope. I don't have the right clothes."
Me: "...If I make you the right clothes, will you try to stand on your head?"
Gloria: "...Perhaps."

And that's what we agreed on. x'D

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 10

10) Post a picture of a doll and an animal!

 

Well, I guess we can say, it's a kind of an animal. ='D Pincus Octopus. 

I don't own any pets, so I couldn't take a photo with a living animal, sorry. ^^" 

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Today is the birthday of my dear Lamia. (Not the doll's, but the character's.) And since I made a photoshoot with the help of one of my friends, Fru, I thought I show you the result. =) I hope you'll like it~

John Keats:
La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Ah, what can ail thee, wretched wight,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge is withered from the lake,
And no birds sing.

Ah, what can ail thee, wretched wight,
So haggard and so woe-begone
The squirrel's granary is full,
And the harvest's done.

I see a lily on thy brow
With anguish moist and fever dew,
And on thy cheek a fading rose
Fast withereth too.

I met a lady in the meads,
Full beautiful, a faery's child:
Her hair was long, her foot was ligh,
And her eyes were wild.

I set her on my pacing steed,
And nothing else saw all day long;
For sideways would she lean, and sing
A faery's song.

I made a garland for her head,
And bracelets too, and fragrant zone;
She looked at me as she did love,
And made sweet moan.

She found me roots of relish sweet,
And honey wild, and manna dew,
And sure in language strange she said,
"I love thee true!"

She took me to her elfin grot,
And there she gazed and sighed deep,
And there I shut her wild, sad eyes---
So kissed to sleep

And there we slumbered on the moss,
And there I dreamed, ah! woe betide,
The latest dream I ever dreamed
On the cold hill side.

I saw pale kings, and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
Who cried---"La belle Dame sans merci
Hath thee in thrall!"

I saw their starved lips in the gloam,
With horrid warning gaped wide,
And I awoke and found me here,
On the cold hill side.

And that is why I sojourn here,

Alone and palely loitering,

Though the sedge is withered from the lake,

And no birds sing.