Blythe-O-Mania Untamed: Arte du Blythe Charm Swap

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Arte du Blythe Charm Swap

Things have been pretty quiet around Blythe-land, as evidenced from my last post being on Christmas. Yikes! But some members of the Yahoo! group Arte du Blythe have been busy making charms for a bracelet project, hosted by Miss Vicky in California. Eight artists from North America will make up the bracelet, including Miss Vicky and me, Sandy from Canada, Maija from Arizona, Carrie of Florida, Lisa from New Jersey, Angela from Michigan and Kim from Nebraska.

The very pink charms above are by Sandy and are to die for! Can't wait to see them in person. They make my Blythe eyeball and paper clay girly charms look pretty sad. Hopefully my charms will blend in to the whole bracelet. Can't wait to see it! For more on charms, check out my art blog.

5 comments:

Carrie Me! said...: I love your charms! I did an eye one as well, because I mean that is such a unique part of Blythe right? I can't wait to see the finished bracelets =); February 8, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Unknown said...: Oooo I love your eye ones! My charms aren't that great in person. There are flaws..LOL!Anyway, the bracelet will be such a keepsake! Thanks for organizing it Gina :)

Sandy :); February 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM
*emilie* said...: i agree.. sandy's pink charms are so cute, like candy & blythe... perfect combination !; February 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM
willynillywaterlily said...: Oh, what beautiful charms! I'm so sorry to have missed this swap in the midst of my moving!; February 14, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Constance Blythe said...: Adorable!; February 18, 2009 at 1:00 PM

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My Blythe Obsession

My love affair with Blythe only recently begun, having cluelessly missed them during their debuts in 1972 and 2000. I think I first spotted them on Flickr and then quickly made the leap to the This is Blythe forum. Blythes of course made their meteoric rise thanks to the supremely talented Gina Garan and her incredible photographic skills and love for Blythe. Her books and photos are total eye candy.

I started out with Lilly London, a Star Dancer from Tokyo; Maggy, an ADG Princess Parfait brunette from Illinois and Zena, a custom and a surprise gift from a wonderful person. I had some others; then I sold some. Now the bug is back, and I have a few customs as you can see above. The count is getting perilously close to filling Blythe Manor II, my 12-room Blythe size 1:6 Mod-ish dollhouse. I had one of those before recently, and sold everything. I also had a childhood 1:12 metal dollhouse with Petite Princess furniture, which I pitched. Ack.

But for now, all these girlz really like to do is shop, change clothes, get their hair and nails done, get their pictures taken, pour over Flickr Blythe groups and Blythe blogs and websites. They talk on their cell a lot, but they do keep their room pretty clean. Occasionally, they do art and cook. Oh yeah, and shop on ebay and look for Re-ment. We hang out on Plastic Paradise, too. It's a doll's life!