Disney Animator Doll collection begins...

Another exciting dolly addition to the family this week, my first (two!) Disney Animator Dolls.  For Valentine's Day, I got my 4 year old daughter a very adorable Rapunzel DA doll, and when she arrived I saw how adorable she was an immediately hopped back on Amazon to order myself one!  I ended up with an Elsa DA doll, and I am in love with both of them!

As you can see, I already dove into customizing with my Elsa (who I named Briar).  It was my first time working with vinyl, and the whole make up removal/addition process was fairly drama-free.  I look forward to working on more DA girls in the future, and building up my own little collection of these cute (and reasonably priced!) cuties!  I am planning on ordering Princess Tiana and Pocahontos in the near future :)

Busy busy busy! (Hello Kenner, goodbye Delta...)

I have been such a naughty blogger!  Many wonderful dolly related things have happened in the past few weeks for me, but I have neglected to make any updates!  I'll try to cram it all in here...

So, probably the most noteable news would be the extremely exciting addition of a vintage Kenner blythe doll to my personal collection!!  I have been blything since 2012, and ever since my first big headed girl came to me, I have yearned for a Kenner blythe, a little piece of history, the first of what has become a long line of beautiful plastic muses.  I have seen a few in person, at Blythecon 2013 in NYC, and once at a small impromptu blythe meet, but I have never had the honor of calling one mine.  Granted, the girl I nabbed off if EBay is missing an authentic body (minor details!), she is in otherwise in wonderful shape, with a full head of blonde plugs, intact make up and lashes, and a beautiful working eye mech with crystal clear eye chips :)

There she is, in her vintage plastic glory!! She should be here by early next week, I will certainly be stalking my poor unsuspecting mailman until she is delivered :). I have a few names in mind, but I'll have to wait until I see her before I go lizard one...

Also, my first legit custom that I made for the purpose of rehoming found a new dolly family this week :). It's a good feeling to have someone like you're dolly art enough to want to bring her home!  Safe travels, Delta💕

Customization Services officially open!

Customization services are now open!!  I tried to shove all relevant information in this helpful graphic n3n

If you would like a spot on the list please feel free to email me at coffeedovedoll@gmail.com!

2/3/15

So upstate New York has been thoroughly buried about 4 times over in the past week and a half or so, my what a strange and late winter were having!  That groundhog can go f*ck himself!!

I am eagerly awaiting a package from Thailand, a fresh tbl to hack into, and it should be here by tomorrow... I have a few nice concepts for the doll already envisioned, but I want to see her in person before I make my final decision about the direction her look will take :). And I have pretty much decided after this TBL, I am going to try and stick with as many authentic takaras for customizing, as I feel a little weird supporting the "fake" market, as lucious as their hair might be :/. But on the same token, I feel bad removing what was once a nice stock blythe from circulation :P decisions, decisions!

Anyway, got a cute pocket mirror from Mab Graves today, and still chugging along with my Blythe a Day 365 challenge :). I'll be sure to update when my doll arrives!

Super Bowl Sunday!

I'm not a crazy sports fan, but I still get pretty excited about the super bowl, mostly for the excuse to gorge myself on wings and pizza.  And today is no exception!!  

While we waited for the game to start, I showed my 4 year old "My Neighbor Totoro" for the first time ever.  Over all she enjoyed it, but being the sensitive gal that she is, a few of the sad moments got to her :/ it's still one of my favorite movies of all time, second only to "Princess Mononoke", but I'll have to wait until she is a little older until I unleash that incredible (but more mature) film on her...

I also made it outside for a brief day light dolly photoshoot!  The morning was quiet and the snow was pristine...

And finally, I am going to attempt Thai Peanut chicken in the crock pot for the first time, wish me luck!  Happy Super Bowl everyone!!