Blythe-O-Mania Untamed: These boots, umbrellas and raincoats were not made for walkin'. Just 4 lookin' cute!

Thursday, June 24, 2010

These boots, umbrellas and raincoats were not made for walkin'. Just 4 lookin' cute!

Take it from the top, girlz! Polly, Molly, Bunny, Wednesday and Lilly.

And thanks to DollyMommy Sandy for my fab new blog design. (It needed it!) See her ad below right, which will take you to her shop. She also pointed me to Smitten Blog Design for cute little trims, and then I got on a roll looking around and still ended up going back to an old fave, Shabby Blogs. I can't believe how many free blog background sites there are now. No one need have a naked blog.

5 comments:

Kati said...: Hi! I'm happy I found your blog. You have cute girls. I'm a new Blythe collector. You can see my dolls on my blog: http://dollsteddiesandmylittlesweetworld.blogspot.com/; June 24, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Dollybird said...: Love the new look blog!

Your girls look very sweet all dressed up - esp the little red dress :); June 24, 2010 at 5:52 PM
Unknown said...: Hi Gina! I came by to check out how the banner looks and you picked the perfect background. Thanks so much for the shout out :) Your girls are sooo stylin'

Hugs!
Sandy; June 24, 2010 at 10:37 PM
felix and lily said...: i LOVE Molly's outfit!!; June 26, 2010 at 8:11 AM
Anonymous said...: Love wednesdays Paul Frank tshirt! So cute! Also love your new blog design!; June 27, 2010 at 10:03 AM

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!