Week 27 A new look for Keiyoko

Keiyoko is my mini me doll as I may have mentioned before, she is a Resinsoul Xue. Since Keiyoko is kinda supose to follow my own chameleon like styles she likes to dress up in different style clothing and is a big fan of wigs. So in order to catch up a week missing over the weekend I made her  a lovely infinity dress and she promptly stole Umi's wig (my doll chateau Colin). I also made another outfit that one of my other girls is currently wearing I'll upload that photo soon.

So here is her current look which may change with a simple whim:

This girl is hoping to someday have as many clothes and wigs as I do...lol...we shall see how that goes, though there are a few wigs I've been eyeing for her. Short blog but I really wanted to get back on track and like I said I'll update this blog with a new photo of the other outfit I made over the weekend. Have a great dolly day!

Week 26 Doll Room

As some or many may know I have quite a few dolls, so was needing a space to put them all so that they were out of the way but yet decoratively displayed. My boyfriends solution: Make the office into a doll room, well of course I wasn't going to argue that one...lol. So this past weekend we worked on said project and these are the results.

Before:

 Here is the way all the dolls were crammed together when I first placed them all in the office space many many months ago. Before that they were living in my spare room/closet room on top of my dresser and everywhere else that had a space for them.

And more dolls on the floor and the mess of boxes, etc scattered about the room that is taking up space.

This is the soon to be doll bookcase, books, books and more books. Should have taken a better photo when I cleared out all the boxes out of the room, but you get the point lots and lots of stuff..lol.

After:

Tada!! What we did or I should say what my boyfriend did for me was we took a few shelves out and moved them around so that there was more open space for the dolls to stand or sit. I decided to leave the action figures up on top of the bookcase. This may not be the final location that all of them will remain in but for now this is how I arranged them...

Next we got rid of the small bookcase that was on the side wall and he built a new one to be the same height as the other and again open space to place the dolls. More fun action figures on top. 

Shelf by Shelf:

A closer look at the dolls,   more photos can be seen on my Facebook page Here .

Left Side

Right Side

There is a bit of a space under this last shelf where the vent in the room is at the moment a 1/6 motorcyle is there but I may just store some other BJD related items there, we shall see. 

New Bookcase:

And there you have it a definite WIP (work in progress) as I still have the rest of the room to straighten up so I may post another blog with updated photos. I have other dolls such as Bratz, Barbies and Monster High that are in random other spots in this room and my closet room. And as I said for more detailed photos just go to my FB page and read all about the dolls that are in each shelf. :o)

Oh wait speaking of my closet room I forgot one of my precious dolls:

She is sharing a shelf with some other random items that I have in the same room as all my monster high dolls in fact. And that ends the weekly blog hope maybe this will inspire others to be creative and find a special place for your dolls. Until next week take care.

Downsizing

Ok so not sewing, faceup, or modding project but it is an undertaking. First thing first I placed an order for a very special doll its somewhat of a secret for the moment, it'll be part of my upcoming WIP in a few weeks. Anyway I decided since I went on the deep end I'd go through all my dolls and decided if there was anyone that just didn't fit in and who wanted to go on a journey. So after much thought 6 of my dolls have made it on the list.

Bobobie Elliot, Resinsoul Long, Resinsoul Lu, Impldoll Aaron, Impldoll Teno and Dollzone Jume.

So what made me decide on these? Will I regret putting them up for adoption?

Well lets see the first BBB Elliot he is a 50cm boy doll his scuplt is a little thin, head a little big compared to his proportions and hands well they aren't the greatest. My original plan for him was maybe make him a sports kind of charcter, probably basketball or something. I was going to replace his hands with MSDs which would work and possible mod his head to broaden his nose. When I first got him he was actually supose to be in normal skin, but BBB emailed to say they were having problems with his mold and wondering if I'd like to have an instock light tan one. I figured sure because the other plan I had was to dye him brown/dark tan. Will I regret it in the end. I don't think so. He really wasn't a concrete character and I wasn't sure when I'd have time to work on him.

Resinsoul Long: lol...this is actually my 2nd Long. I had one in normal which I ended up selling and then another impulse buy got this one who is in light tan. I really love the look of him but after a second go I just don't think 70cm dolls are my thing. I find the legs are just too long on most dolls that are over 60cm for the rest of their bodies. Anyway I do keep looking at him and thing grrr your so cute, but I again not a developed character, maybe some day long (lol) down the road I may rethink or at the most get a head and put it on a different body maybe a Mirodoll.

Resinoul Lu: I purchased this girl second hand I really adore her just like the Lan sculpt but just can't get over her head being so much smaller than the rest of my dolls. I do have a dark tan Lu head on a Pixiu body, its not exactly to my liking, but I just can't see at the moment having 2 Lu's around. Again this is a sculpt that will always be available and isn't a limited so if I really wanted to repurchase her at a later time its possible. I really didn't have a set plan for her at the time I bought her since I rearranged some of my characters and ended up getting a Doll Chateau doll that I decided to use for the character she was going to be.

Impldoll Aaron: Well this was definitely an impulse buy I thought he looked quite handsome and thought maybe he would be a good boyfriend for my Xue girl Keiyoko, but when he arrived I wasn't that impressed with the body or face sculpt, in this case sometimes photos look better then the doll in person.

Impldoll Teno: This little guy is extremely adorable, but I'm a little put off by the way the sculpt itself is made, his fantasy legs are much shorter than what I expected. He has a nice tan color, which I really love...I think maybe in the future I might get another one of their dolls in this color. Again same as the ones above he didn't have a set character before I purchased him so I don't think I'll be too heartbroken to see him gone.

Dollzone Jume: Another impulse buy which I seem to do a lot of..lol..I thought her little fangs were kinda cute and I liked the tattoo on the face that the previous owner had put on her, I believe she came with quite a few pieces of clothin and what not as well. Anyway I had put her up once before but then took her down because I put a different wig on her and a character materialized in my head, but I guess it didn't really stick that well as she made it to the downsizing list.

So lesson learned here is no more impulse buying..lol..unless of course its a doll that is on my list. Sorry its not an overly exciting week, just trying to play catch up so I can get back on track. I promise more fun stuff to come in the next few weeks.

Week 24 Infinity Dress

Been a few weeks, I have been busy with some other non BJD projects and traveling to an anime con, but I'm back! 

So I have wanted to do this blog for a while on the wonderfully fun gazillion ways to tie an Infinity dress, I found a tutorial on Den of Angels a while back and just got around to trying it out myself. After finding some photos online of various ways to wrap the straps around  I went ahead and did a brief photo shoot. Sorry for  some of the poor quality of the photos, was having some lighting issues. 

Anyway on with the blog....

Above is the photo I came accross online of a beautiful coral colored long version of the Infinity Dress. As you can see there are numerous ways to twist and wrap the straps to obtain a different look each time. There are many more than this, but this was the basic one I was looking at, but I also just started experimenting. 

So here is the dress I created to fit my Doll Chateau Alberta body, I had to make an adjustment to make the back longer than the front so that it hung over her centaur body, you'll be able to see the high/low hemline in the next few photos. Its best to use knit/stretchy fabrics, but I've seen some people use woven fabrics as well. 

 The above and the rest of the photos are being modeled by my Resinsoul Lu..you can see from the photo to the left that the back of the hemline is longer than the front as I mentioned.

Left the straps are drawn up accross the breast and shoulders and then twisted around the waist several times, giving the appearance of a sleeveless dress. The right is a asymmetrical wrap design.

 A halter-like style with lots of twisting with the straps and another asymmetrical style wrapped around with a huge bow in the back.

2 more halter styles...the one on the right especially I was trying to fold and wrap the straps so that you didn't see the raw edge of the fabric.

And one last photo I folded the straps to make it look like a collar of sorts for a nice sleeveless dress look. 

I unfortunetly didn't think to take photos of the back..oops. But really there are just endless possibilities with and infinity dress I can't wait to make more. There are so many different things you could do with this style. You could make the straps a different color, use fun prints with solids and the list goes on. The edges of the straps can be hemmed under, serged or add some decorative ribbon to cover the raw edges or you can just leave as is. 

I believe I will be adding this to my new designs that will soon be available in my Etsy shop MKC Couture . Until then I already have 2 more cut out and ready to go. Thanks for stopping in a viewing.

Week 21 Project Runway Game 17 Eye Candy

Another fabulous doll project from a Game thread on Den of Angels. This challenge is titled eye candy.

CHALLENGE:
The challenge for this game is to create an outfit that is candy themed. You may not use candy patterned fabrics, but you can add candy wrappers, candy logos or real candy to your outfit. Use your imagination and let your love of sweets inspire you! Create a outfit that looks good enough to eat!

Now I was going to use various actual candy pieces and wrappers but I really wanted to reuse the outfit or I should say have an outfit that my doll could re wear. Now on to my inspirations and my model for this challenge.

Model:

Ribbon is my Doll Chateau Alberta (4 legged Moose Girl) in white resin..this photo was taken when I just recieved her, when she didn't have a faceup or proper clothing. 

Inspirations: 

Well since its eye candy then obviously the first thing that came to my mind was Candy Ravers...and the candies that I decided to concentrate on were Cotton Candy and Ribbon Candy. 

Here are just a few photos I found online with some bright colors and more muted bright colors...and of course who can forget the giant lollipop!

Candies!!! Nom Nom Nom. Just a few photos of the candy that inspired me for the outfit that I created.

Finished outfit: Halter top, Shrug, Skirt, 4 set Stockings, 4 set Fluffies, 2 sets Bracelets including Wig and Candy prop. 

Front:                                                                            Back: 

This was a great chance to use another centaur BJD for one of the Project Runway challenges, and the really suited my fourlegged White Chocolate Moose..lol.

                                          Details:

Faux Fur boot covers in a Cotton Candy theme,  textured stockings that reminded me of Rock Candy. The top part of the skirt is in a similar textured fabric as the pink with a curve pleated skirt to resemble Ribbon Candy. 

Pink texture top again to look like Rock Candy, heart in center like a Conversation HeartCandy, shrug to also resemble Cotton Candy and of course a candy raver can't go anywhere with out a huge lollipop which I made out of yarn and candy bracelets from seed beads. 

                                                    Glamour Shot: 

Close up shot: I created the wig out of a nice fluffy yarn with ribbons, and the faceup in the same colors as parts of the outfit, the antlers I wanted to have a ribbon or hard candy look. The blue stones I added as a last detail I thought it gave the faceup a nice complete look and reminded me of  Dot Candy.  

I'm extremely happy with the overall look...there were some other things I would have liked to have added or accented more, but I'm satisfied with this outcome for this challenge. Now to see how I do, the judging won't take place until June 14th. 

ResinWeekly Update

Well if anyone has been following they have noticed that I'm a little behind on a few weeks. Lots of other random projects, show rehearsals, getting ready for Colassalcon in June and creating custom furry sets. So that has left little time for me to work on my dolls. However I have been working on a custom BJD clothing project for someone on DOA (Den of Angels). The doll is a Mirodoll in a beautiful burnt sugar resin and the owner is wanting a Sari type of outfit. Since I have one of Mirodolls 60cm girls I have the perfect model to custom make the outfit.

What the owner has requested is a long skirt and top with 3/4 sleeves in a solid color as she'll be purchasing the actually Sari scarf herself. My first mock up using the pattern I created turned out really well:

I created the top in a dark purple panne velvet with snaps up the back and a batik print long slightly A-lined skirt. Not bad for the first mock up the skirt is a little tight around the waist only small adjustment needed. My customer loves the top but wanted something solid in the same shade and fuller. So I have some scrap silk that matches perfectly and will be attaching a waistband to have the skirt with snap closure as well. 

This is the second mock up that I completed today 5-18-13 in a brown panne velvet and light weight cotton for the skirt. I really like both styles. This one is fuller at the bottom with some very slight gathering at the waistband.  I'll have to await a response from my customer and see how she likes this new one then I'll take an updated photo of the finished outfit. 

Finished garment for the custom order:

Tada.....Nice purple Silk and Panne Velvelt skirt and top with snap back closure for easy on and off. I thing it turned out rather well and I hope she  likes it. I'm definitely going to consider using this design when I start doing more BJD clothing for my Etsy shop. 

And that completes the catch up/update for Resin Weekly now on to the next which will be the fabulous Project Runway Challenge titled: "Eye Candy". 

Week 18: Lil Stixx

Welcome to another fun project that I did over the weekend to add to my weekly blog. A friend came over and we had lots of fun with doing some faceups. I did both my Doll Chateau Alberta and Ada. For this week  though I'm only showing my Doll Chateau Ada since my Alberta will be in the monthly Project Runway Challenge and I'll be doing 2 separate weeks for her.

First lets meet our little guy:

This was a photo taken from my box opening, he is in white resin with blue eyes. Since his little spindley legs reminded me of matchsticks, I thought why not call him sticks..so that is how he became Lil' Stixx..lol. Not terribly imaginative, although my boyfriend has kinda nicknamed him Fiddlesticks. 

I really didn't have a big plan as far as what I wanted him to look like so I just started blushing him with some tans and browns and this is what came about:

The inside lighting is making him look a little more like a creamy white but he really is a pure snow/paper white. I started with his faceup..and really like the colors that were going on it makes him look very natural looking. After adding the little dot on his forehead I thought it would be fun to add some on his chest as well, but I didn't want to go too overboard. The blue eyes were way to bright and made him buggy eyed looking so I was fortunate enough to have a pair of caramel colored eyes to put in. I'm thinking I may add some other details on the back of his antlers but for now  I'm really happy with how he turned out with my minimal faceup skills.