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The 3rd Simply series come from the clouds above with their cute skate shoes! Their names are: Simply Bubble Boom, Simply Thumpty Thump and Simply Sparkly Spark! They always help Marabelle Melody when the odds are stacked against her and Tora Unpappa toots her magical horn for help!

Simply Thumpty Thump wears a purple dress with a heart pattern inspired by a skate costume. The flared mini skirt is double-layered and the dark purple under skirt is cutely shown from the bottom. For shoes, she wears black tights and purple skate shoes. Her hair style is a bob that reaches her shoulder with bangs, and her hair color is slightly pinkish purple like berries. She decorates her hair with a black headband. Her makeup is a light purple eye shadow with coral pink lips and blush. Her face type is Fairest (shiny surface), and skin type is Fair.

Scheduled Release Date: August 2010
Suggested Retail Price: 10,290 yen
Limited edition of 1500 dolls

Tags: blythe, FBL, heart, new, purple, release, simply, thump, thumpty

So, 2 of my favorite dolly personalities had birthday’s this past month and on the same day nonetheless !

Squirrel celebrated her 2nd birthday with her best friend Bea and most of the Flickr community. As usual, Rebecca’s photos are both inspiring and heart-warming.

Picture by: Squirrel Junkie

There was lots of celebration @ Tia’s as it was Oz’s first birthday !

*Picture by Tia

Not only did Rebecca and Tia celebrate but both girls were sent gifts from other dolly friends across the community. And of course lots of birthday wishes and cheer was spread throughout.

When I first started collecting Blythe, I thought the remembrance of their “birthdays” and “arrival days” and this is the day I got her her first ButtonArcade dresses were kinda.. silly ! Like it was a little bit of overdoing it.

But since I’ve been in this hobby, and anyone else who actually gets involved. You soon realize that collecting Blythe is not only about having a collectible doll. There’s these whole other aspects to it that surprise you. Among Flickr and forum communities, you totally just build this little bond with your doll. And then it’s amplified when you share in little things with others who also collect these “magical” dolls.

I’m not saying you will remember the day every doll arrived with you. Nor would your life probably allow you the time to involve yourself with each of them and every dolly friends dollies birthdays. But when you actually do find a doll that captures your heart like this and you can share as we’ve seen Rebecca and Tia share, it totally just puts a smile on your face.

I have to admit that I don’t think I would have stayed in the hobby this long (as nothing holds my attention!) if it wasn’t for the actual friendships I’ve build beyond my dolls. In fact, seeing things like this inspired me so much I made my first 2 official tees for “Little Sheep Eep” for Squirrel and Oz as birthday presents for them.

So, find a special reason to celebrate with your favorite dolly ! Have a little party ! Celebrate your hobby. Give your neighbors a reason to stare ! You might find the creative outlet was just what you needed for yourself too !

Tags: "Ask Oz", birthday, blythe, celebration, Squirrel, squirrel junkie, tia

Today I am announcing that I am going back into selling Blythe tees !

In early 2009 I started a line of tees in my shop then known as “Commonly Cute”. I had several designs, some were really popular. But I honestly messed up more tees than I sold. haha !

*Some of the original designs.

I also sold other Blythe related products like eye-chips, pull-rings and other Blythe related things. Due to the economy and my family coming on some hard times, I had to close the shop.

Since that time I have always wished that there was some way I could get back into it and with a new and improved method of creating the tees and the designs on them. For over a year, I’ve scribbled in a journal my mom bought me to keep “creative ideas” in and finally, it is all coming together.

With the help of my sister one night, the name of the shop came about ~ Little Sheep Eep. “Eep” is my childhood nickname from my sissy and she still calls me it to this day. The sheep has many different symbols for me – from religion background to just loving on lambs and sheep. My favorite designer, Katie over @ smile-recipe is helping us with the graphics for the shop.

Finding “Eep” ~ our dolly spokesperson to promote the shop came a little easier than I expected.. although she was an unlikely candidate. For months I’ve been hating on the FBL Blythe mold saying that I found it totally ugly and being a total meanie saying that I wasn’t going to buy anymore Blythe girls that went beyond the RBL mold.

I had gotten an EBL Skate Date to be “Eep” and when I opened her up, she just wasn’t “Eep”. I just wasn’t feeling it ~ Which is surprising because SD is a beauty !

Anyhow, after that I realized I should research some dolls more on Flickr and try to find a girl that I think will look good in any tee while rocking a sheep hat. I stumbled across Luna & Happibug Paris girls and I fell in love.

As total luck would have it, A dolly friend (Carmen) offered a trade for her Paris for my SD and the rest is history. Little “Eep” has been with me a few weeks, already attending a Blythe meet in Alabama.

*That’s my little Eep on the top left

She is a magical dolly and the perfect dolly spokesperson for the shop. She is currently visiting with the talented Squirrel Junkie to be customized to be a true ~ Little Sheep Eep !

Anyhow, to get back to the topic at hand.. I am so excited to announce that I will once again be creating Blythe tees. And in unique and new ways.

~ a little sneak peek ~

I will not only be doing silk-screen and iron-on designs, but now I’ll be doing rhinestone tees and tees with a combination of the 2 for some really unique looks. I also plan on offering custom tees with your girls name across it with a small icon. There’s lots of things in store ! I truly hope this is the beginning of something fun and new !

I plan to have a cool Blytheblog contest to win a special tee ! So stay tuned for that

Tags: announce, blythe, Little Sheep Eep, LSE, new, shop, tees

I started this group ADAM (a doll a month) and just finished my first month with Phoenix. My custom FTS by Morgan Orton.

As someone who has previously failed the 365 group challenge on more than one occasion, it was fun and refreshing to actually complete a set. I actually felt a sense of accomplishment !

I do very much plan on doing a complete 365 run when I find the girl that I think will last the year with me. But until then, I am enjoying the low-key casual approach of ADAM. You can choose whether to do the full month 1 picture a day or just 1 picture for the month. I think for July I will just choose 1 photo and give myself a little break.

With all of the fun Flickr groups out there, You are sure to find a challenge to participate in with your favorite Blythe girl.

Tags: ADAM, custom, june, Morgan Orton, Phoenix

June Poll Results: Do you craft for your Blythe?

Total votes: 19

Yes, I sew – 1 vote (5.3%)

Yes, I knit – 2 votes (10.5%)

Yes, I crochet – 2 votes (10.5%)

Yes, I do a mixture of things – 10 votes (52.6%)

No, that’s what Etsy is for – 2 votes (10.5%)

Tags: 2010, do you craft for your blythe, june, poll, results

Bohemian Peace loves to sing about love and peace with her ukulele.
Her style is romantic bohemian filled with cute lace and patterns.

She is wearing a white camisole slip and a blue paisley tunic on top.
The orange and gold rickrack on the sleeves and neck add a lovely accent to the tunic.
The long vest on the dress is made of romantic beige lace.
The hem of the vest has a sophisticated, rounded edge.
Underneath she wears brown leggings that reach to her calves and 2-color sandals.
Her hair style is long reddish brown hair parted in the center.
She wear a lace ribbon headband with faux leather flower motif on it.
She has special wine red eye chips gazing toward right.
Her face type is Radiance, and her skin type is Regular.

[ Face Type ] Radiance
[ Skin Type ] Regular
[ Make-up ] Eye shadow- brown, Lips- orange, Blush- orange
[ Eye Color ] Blue (center) / Wine red (left-special color) / orange　(center) / green right)
[ Hair Color ] Reddish dark brown
[ The set includes ] Doll, cami dress, tunic, vest, hair accessory, leggings, sandals, underwear, and stand.

Scheduled release date: July 23, 2010
Suggested retail price: 14,490 JPY

We are happy to finally be able to introduce the 9th anniversary Neo Blythe “Marabelle Melody,” following the Petite Blythe “Tora Unpappa”!
Check out her fashion which perfectly fits this year’s anniversary theme, “Manga Girls Inspiration”.

She wears casual manga-inspired fashion and elegant mini dress.
For her casual fashion she coordinates a lot of fun colors to match the vivid red dress!
The dress is low-waisted and has a cute plated skirt.
Under the dress she wears a bluish green top with white dots.
Her top has cute puff full length sleeves.
She also wears yellow and orange striped socks and navy blue boots.
To complete the look, she carries a pink magic compact with a gold chain around her shoulder.
For her casual look, she loves to tie her hair into ponytail with her favorite star-shaped elastic bands!

For the elegant fashion, she chose a romantic dusty pink dress.
It has a lot of frills with gold stitches at the bottom and a big ribbon on the back.
The outer dress is split at the center to show a lovely inner dress with musical note print!
The print is coated with glitter to make the dress special and sparkly.
She wears a beige frilly collar on her dress that she can take off and put on.
She matches white socks with ribbons and strap shoes to go with the dress.
Her animal ear headband and pearl earrings add a cute and romantic accent!
With her magical wand, she rings a beautiful melody to make everyone happy!
Her hair style is a long wavy blond hair with bangs.
Her makeup is a brown eye shadow with pink lips and blush.
Her eyelashes are special shapes and eyelids are brown to match the eye shadow.
Eye colors are all special.
The blue gray eye chips gazing toward the center have a hologram sheet underneath.
Her face type is Radiance, and skin type is Natural.

Scheduled release date: Beginning of September, 2010
Suggested retail price: 27,300 JPY
Limited edition of 2010 dolls

Tags: 2010, anniversary, Bohemian Peace, July, Marabelle Melody, new, release, September

Does your family support your Blythe collecting habits?

We had 30 votes total.

Yes! 100%! My doll is part of the family. 53% (16 votes)
Yes, but I don’t think they understand it. 37% (11 votes)
Not at all. They think I’m fruity. 10% (3 votes)
I haven’t told them. I’m a closet dolly collector. 0% (0 votes)

June poll is up

Tags: 2010, family support blythe collecting habits, may, poll, results

A boyish girl Nicky Lad is visiting the new Science Museum in the park with her friend.
The museum has a rain forest exhibit that has occasional showers here and there!
She is going prepared with her rain coat with hood to take a good look at everything!

She has a fresh boyish fashion and short hair.
She wears a light blue polo shirt with white denim short pants.
Her polo shirt has a cute yellow dots and hot pink piping for a vivid, pop look.
Her pants have light blue accent stitches.
Over the shirt and denim, she wears a vivid yellow rain coat.
The silhouette is an A-line poncho, and the hot pink piping perfectly trims the coat.
Her glasses and work boots are hot pink, too, to match the coat!
Her socks are light gray, and the cuffs are made with ribbed fabric.

Her hair style is a side parted, short hair.
Her hair color is a yellowish light brown.
For this cheerful girl’s makeup, yellow for eyeshadow, coral pink for lips and blush had been selected.
She has one special eye chips “sky blue” gazing toward the center.
Her face type is Radiance, and skin type is Natural.

[ Face Type ] Radiance
[ Skin Type ] Natural
[ Make-up ] Eye shadow- yellow brown, Lips- coral pink, Blush- coral pink
[ Eye Color ] Blue (right) / sky blue (center-special color) / green (left) / pink (center)
[ Hair Color ] Yellowish brown
[ The set includes ] Doll, polo shirt, pants, rain coat, glasses, socks, boots, underwear, and stand.

Tags: 2010, blythe, July, new, Nikki Lad, release

The 3rd Simply series come in from the clouds above with their cute skate shoes!
Each of them have their fashion motifs, which are bubble, heart and star.
They always assist the 2010 anniversary Blythe when the odds are heavily against her!
The first one from the Simply series is “Simply Bubble Boom,” and she has a charming reddish neon orange hair.
In addition, her face type is shiny Fairest mold that is used for the very first time!

Her fashion is an orange dress with light orange bubble print inspired by a skate costume.
The flared mini skirt is double-layered and the light orange under skirt is cutely shown from the bottom.
For feet, she wears pink tights and orange skate shoes.
Her hair style is a bob that reaches her shoulder with bangs, and her hair color is reddish neon orange.
She decorates her hair with a yellow headband.
Her makeup is a light brown eye shadow with pink lips and blush.
Her face type is Fairest (shiny surface), and skin type is Fair.

Please look forward the other two!

Tags: concept, design, simply bubble boom

I’m sure most of you are Flickr members – And if you aren’t, join up ! Part of the fun for the Blythe hobby (for me anyhow) is taking photographs of them. It’s an easy yet effective form of creativity and expression. And it really helps you to get to know your dolly and your fellow collectors !

There’s a lot of groups catered around Blythe – one of my favorites is the “365 challenge” – This is where you take a photograph of your favorite girl every day for 1 entire year.

This challenge has defeated me on 3 occasions. I made it all the way up to the 200s before giving up on Oz. But that doesn’t change the fun of the entire process ! After looking back on my 200 days with Oz, I was really wanting to give it a shot again. But I already know I won’t make 365 with any one girl. So, it got me to thinking and I came up with a solution for girls like me with short attention spans – ADAM aka “A Doll A Month” !

Just pick 1 dolly and take a photograph of them once a month OR if you want to commit a little further, you can pick 1 dolly and photograph her EVERY day for a month – For an added challenge I’ll have themes. For May I chose “music” – So you would take a photo of your dolly set to some kind of creative music theme. And every month will have a new theme.

So anyhow, if you are a commitment-phobe like me, it’s perfect for you to still participate and set small goals before maybe trying your hand at the big one !

Tags: blythe, challenge, doll, flickr, group, month, photo