Who's been inspiring me lately...

I just love the Blythe community for their deep creative spirit, fierce devotion and their unique fashion sense. Here's the short list of people who have been inspiring me lately.

Momocat - pretty classic designs for Blythe and tiny Betsy McCall. She has some tutorial entries too, but your have to dig for them.

  

 

 

 ヤマケイ★Blythe★お気にめすまま。 - soft romantic clothes with lots of lace and pretty details.

Vanilla Latte - beautiful romantic styling. Great blog list and links to check out. She does a lot with petites and other dolls too.

Daisy D - incredibly romantic Gothic Lolita style clothes for Blythe and Kuma, etc.

 Cherry Merry Muffin - darling Mary Jane type dresses. Classic and fun.

OK, so they're all Japanese, but what wonderful clothes they're making. I'm drooling with my jaw on the floor when I look at all their stuff. Take a look for yourself and see if you agree with me. I went back through all the entries on these blogs and it was worth it. I admit that it's a bit frustrating not to understand Japanese, but the pictures are so beautiful it doesn't really matter. Sigh....

PS - these photos were borrowed without permission. All link back to their blogs. I just had to show you how wonderful they are, so please forgive me for pilfering.

Color for Summer dress sets

It's hot down here in Florida, super hot, too dang hot and so are these little dress sets, just dripping with color for the heat of summer!

Each set will have a dress, apron (with hand embroidered pockets), socks and a hat. Whew! And I'm sewing like mad to get it all done sometime this week. I'll keep you posted on my progress...

Ships Ahoy!

After some thoughtful consideration and many compliments from my lovely fans, I've decided to take a few orders for the Nautical Collection. If you would like a goodie or two just drop me a line from etsy or Flickr and let me know what you would like and I'll put up a custom listing for you. I won't be able to make a ton of these, but for those of you who need to feel the wind in your sails this summer, I'll gladly oblige.

Sailing Slacks: Cotton/Linen fabric with red topstitching. Bow and button detailing. Snap closure.

$20

Red and White striped top: Cotton fabric with cotton trim and bow details. Velcro closure.

$20

Sailor Mini Dress: Cotton fabrics with ribbon and button details. Velcro closure.

$34

Halter Mini Dress: Cotton fabrics with button and brad details. Ribbon tie at the neck. Velcro closure.

$28

Bathing suit: Cotton fabrics with button, ribbon and brad details. White topstitching. Elastic legs and a velcro closure.

$38

Classic Skipper Sailor Dress: Cotton Fabrics, ribbon details and belt. Plastic buckle. Velcro closure.

$34

Sailor Jumpsuit: Cotton fabric with ribbon, button and brad details. Velcro closure.

$34






If you want one of these to take to BlytheCon please let me know when you order so I can make sure you get it in time.

Thank you so much for all your support!!!

Sometimes plans just go awry...

I was working merrily away on this nautical collection in honor of the upcoming 2011 BlytheCon when both of my parents got sick and I had to go up north to help out for a month. Now my production window has passed and I'm at a bit of a loss. I'll be donating some of this collection as a gift to the Convention, but I just don't have time to make it available for purchase. Sometimes things just don't work out the way you plan but I thought I'd show it all off anyway. So the shop remains empty while I decide what to do and work on a couple other projects that have taken on more importance since I went up north.

I hope to try my hand at smocking along with some more embroidery in the near future. I'm waiting for a box of lovely fabric that I bought when I was in Michigan helping out the rental units. They had some charming old fashioned types of prints that I just fell in love with. Pictures to come soon....

Introducing Lula!

Please give a big howdy-do to Miss Lula! She's a sweet Gentle River and is sporting a custom Godesia Spring Garden kitty hat to match her special coloring. Her adorable mommy Lindsay takes the most lovely photos. Go have a look for yourself and see her darling doll collection and superb photos. Thanks so much Linday for this wonderful photo!

The fabby dress and owl toy are by ArdentCurse... Sooooo cute Barbara, we love it!!!

Sydney Blythe Convention's Beauty Competition Prize!

It's just been confirmed to me from the adorable Tanya/Tamsart that my Old Fashioned Girl set will be the prize for the Sydney Blythe Convention's Beauty Competition! I'm thrilled and honored to have such a nice place amongst the prizes!!! Many thanks to you Tanya and all involved. I'm looking forward to seeing all the wonderful entries in this contest and dying to find out who will be the winner!

I will let you know when the winner is announced.

All packed up and in the mail!

 

Here's the group shot of everything that went into the package. The tiny top hat is hiding in the box. It's already on it's way to Australia for the Sydney Blythe Convention 2011. 

Linen suit jacket and skirt. The jacket is lined and beaded and the skirt has a kick-pleat that matches the lining of the jacket. Snap closures.

Polka dot net petticoat and striped stockings. The petticoat has the matching lace from the rest of the set and the stockings have little bow details.

Sundress and matching pantalettes. Both of these pieces have a wonderful French Valencienne lace details. the pantalettes also have a wonderful net lace insertion.

 

Two bows, a pair of butterfly earrings and a cameo necklace are set up on this card. The earrings and necklace have real fresh water pearls.

The darling Tanya/Tamsart assures me that she has some ingenious plan to give this all away to some lucky winner, so good luck to you all! I'll give you all an update as the plan emerges...

Godesia Giveaway for the Sydney Blythe Convention 2011

The lovely Miss Tanya/Tamsart is busy whipping up some tricky contest for all you Blythe lovers and this little set will be the prize. She hasn't revealed what you have to do yet to get your hands on it, but I'm sure she'll come up with something very creative.

I'll keep you posted...

You can check out what's going on with the Convention here...

Old Fashioned Girl set for the Sydney Blythe Convention

 

 Old Fashioned Girl set.

 Beaded jacket with a matching skirt.

 Sundress and Cameo necklace with fresh water pearls.

 Close up of the beading.

 Close up of the Cameo necklace with tiny fresh water pearls.

 Hair bows.

 Pantalettes.

 Top hat and hat pin.

 Close up of hat details.

 

Jewelry set. Butterfly earrings and Cameo necklace. Both have fresh water pearls.

 

Close up of Cameo necklace.

 

Close up of earrings.

In this set we have a top hat, a matching jacket and skirt, a petticoat, striped stockings, butterfly earrings, sundress, bows, a necklace and pantalettes. All are going to Australia for the Sydney Blythe Convention.

Blogged AGAIN!

Sweet Jean has given me an interview in her blog! Long, LONG ago, before Blythe was even a twinkle in my eye, I was in love with jewelry design. I even designed a line of crocheted jewelry, but not much came of it and like a cheatin' husband, my eye wandered to other things, namely Blythe! Jean ferreted it all out of me and you can read about my artsy travails here!