June gloom

Been raining a lot here, which means it's constantly overcast and humid -- but also that the grass is a very vivid green. I saw these cheerful flowers on the back deck and took Mallow out there for a pic with one of the reliable ol' Michael's springtime decor benches.

She's wearing this $10 Disney ily 4EVER fashion pack inspired by Daisy Duck. I got it back in April, curious about how the clothes from his particular doll line (which I have almost no familiarity with) might fit Blythe. The shoes are ludicrously large, but I guess I prefer that to too-small heels.

I was attracted to this particular set because of the purple daisy sweater! I love daisy anything, as I'm sure you know. But also this is my favorite purple. I love a lavender. The top is pretty large on a Blythe; you can see the sleeves are all pushed up on Mallow.

Overall I prefer handmade items for my dolly wardrobe. The tactile experience of these mass-made sets for various playline dolls can be, uh, scratchy and slippery. And I just think I prefer stuff that fits my dolls' bodies well. I almost never buy Blythe clothes off Etsy if I can see they are made to fit bodies other than Neo Blythe or Licca. They always fit strangely when put on Neo bodies, and I end up feeling like I wasted my money on something that doesn't actually look good on my dolls. Many such cases. When the clothing's at such a small scale, fit is very important.

But! That being said, there's still something really fun about finding some doll clothes when out and about. Do you know, I have had many dreams over the years about finding vintage or handmade Blythe clothes in weird stores or places where it is a surprise to find such things. In my dreams I am frantically trying to decide what to buy.

Hard to take a single dang doll picture outside without this goober getting all up in my biz. LOOK AT HIM!

I have several things to post about, and literally several posts in draft format. But I have been feeling like some of the things don't really warrant a whole post, haha. I was trying to think of how to consolidate some of the topics -- like grouping them into like-ish items -- and thinking, "Maybe I can just do a post purposefully hopping between several discrete things?" And then June got away from me.

And good riddance to it, I must say!

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new and old minis

I finally got one of those jewelry boxes that are shaped like sofas and just so happen to be playscale! I took it as an excuse to set up a scene! Olwenn and Plummery joined in! They were both already dressed but coincidentally I realized they're both wearing green boots.

Real quick:

Plummery's romper: Reve de Rui yearssss ago
Plummery's boots: Takara Eye Love Shoes White set
Plummery's strawberry bag: I made it!

Olwenn's sweater: gifted by Anne
Olwenn's dress: PrincessPiccolina yearssss ago
Olwenn's boots: Takara Knees and Toes Serene set

I loooove the color of Olwenn's sweater. Such a gorgeous yellow-toned green.

I like the greens in this jewelry box sofa, too. The pattern is, I guess, not especially attractive to me, or not my aesthetic, per se -- but I also think it'd be really great in a midcentury roombox or scene, with lots of wood tones, and gold or brass or amber accents! And I do like the colors!

That's what it looks like inside. It doesn't have any kind of closure so it flops open when you're just holding it, but still, I think it is such a fun piece. I'm glad I finally got one because I recall seeing these on Instagram over a year ago and really wanting one! Mine was $13, which is a pretty good price, imo, for a piece of doll furniture that looks this nice. Not just a hunk of plastic, but covered with fabric, and well.

I propped this Michael's shelf piece on top of ye olde Huset cube shelf for some height and had fun filling the shelves and cubbies.

Such a pleasing conglomeration to me! Although I still suck at setting up scenes.

Another couple of things I wanted to use in this scene:

Recently I spent a Barnes and Noble gift card and got this so-called "Teeny Tiny Turntable." They have a lot of small novelty type gifts of this size cluttered around the checkout area. I was in line buying a Calico Critters miniatures set (it's got miniature fruit and a little toaster and blender, heh) and decided to get this too, just hoping it'd be Blythe scale! Also I really want MGA's Miniverse Real Music Record Player but it's sold out, and I thought it might scratch the itch.

Well, in my opinion, it is not really properly scaled for any kind of doll, since it's just a novelty item and not a proper miniature. But I'd say it's more American Girl doll-sized. Like, it's pretty big, and the records for it would be about the right size for one of those chonky American Girl hands. Waaay too big for Blythe! And I think it pokes off this shelf a lot. But, hey. It doesn't look too bad...! Especially paired with these miniature speakers from Daiso!!! Honestly! I got these little black hunks of plastic today and I'm kinda tickled with how they make it look like a real little setup, even if the scale of everything is kinda iffy! Vintage turntables can be kinda big, can't they? :)

Decided to load down my little DIY dollar store coffee table, too.

Featuring the miniature knitting needles/project I made back in 2015!!!

The top of this table is vaguely coaster-sized, so it's making me think about finding some fun coasters to possibly use as tabletops...

I have to say, it's been gray as heck outside for the last few weeks. Every time I want to take pictures I am suffering for sunlight. I wish these pics were so much brighter -- as it is, I threw on a lot of vibrance/saturation layers, plus a warmth filter at a low opacity, and they still have an odd gray tone. Ah, photography.

Still, as always, arranging little miniatures is a form of play that does me good! Still really needing any source of fun I can get.

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