June gloom

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

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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