To create a little bunny friend for your doll, you will need:

* Felt
* Sewing thread
* A pair of small scissors
* A stuffing tool - I use a small paint brush with the bristle cut off
* Pins
* A small sewing needle
* A bag of craft stuffing
* Test piece of felt for trying out chalk pastels
* Little brushes for chalk pastels
* Chalk pastels

Full Size Pattern for Download

Well well there was alot of fuss when this girly showed up on evilbay, now we know who she is, what will her price end up being after the ebay Amaryllis sold for something like 500 USD? I know I want one hehehe will definitely be keeping my eyes peeled and saving my pennies.

CWC Limited Edition Prima Dolly “Amaryllis”

We have been producing very unique CWC Limited Edition Prima Dollies, and this time is no exception!

Prima Dolly “Amaryllis” has vivid light green hair!
Her special eye color is hot pink, and it adds even more pop look to the doll.
Her make up is a gentle green eye shadow with pink lips and brush.
The color of her pajamas is white with light green dots and match her hair
color perfectly!

[ Face Type ] Radiance
[ Skin Type ] Natural Skin
[ Makeup ] Eye shadow- light green, Lips- pink, Blush- pink
[ Eye Color ] Hot pink (right/special color), Green (center/stock), Orange
(left/stock) and Blue (center/stock)
[ Eyelashes ] Stock
[ Hair Color ] Vivid light green
[ The set includes ] Doll, camisole, pantaloons, underwear, slippers, and
stand.
[ Price ] 7,875 yen
Limited Edition of 1000 dolls

[ How to Purchase ]
We will pre-release this doll at Odaiba VenusFort.
Detailed release date will be announced at this web site a later date.

[ Once Upon A Wonder World ]
Blythe 7th Anniversary Charity Exhibition “Once Upon A Wonder World at
VenusFort”
Place: Venus Fort 2nd Floor
Date: August 23 - September 17, 2008
Hours: 11:00a.m. - 9:00p.m. (the exhibition will be open till 11:00p.m.)
will be closed on September 8
Location: 135-0064 Tokyo-to, Eto-ku, Ome 1- chome Palette Town

Pic pinched from ebay auction:

So I LOVE LOVE LOVE her, but will she be available from the CWC online shop? I am a little confused myself. Is she the next NF? Well perhaps - regardless, she has certainly won a place in my heart.

The final design of Neo Blythe “Bow Wow Trad”!

Let us introduce the final design of our new doll “Bow Wow Trad.”

She wears a red tartan mini skirt that is a must for fall fashion, and a light beige jacket with a flared edges.
Her look is traditional but sweetly unique!
The long pearl necklace, black short boots, beret and knee-high socks would match other outfit very well, too!
Her glasses are a brand new shape!
Her dog wears a matching skirt.

“Bow Wow Trad” has jet black long straight hair, and wears pink baige lips and pink brush.
Her charm point is a beauty mark under her eye!

[ Face Type ] Superior
[ Skin Type ] Fair
[ Make-up ] Eye shadow- light grey, Lips- pink baige, Blush- pink
[ Lip shape ] fuller lips
[ Eye Color ] Grey (gazing toward right) / Purple (center) / Smoky red
(gazing toward left) / Blue (center) *All special colors
[ Hair Color ] Black
[ Eyelid ] Stock
[ Eyelashes ] Stock
[ Nails ] Red
[ Earrings ] 1 set
[ The set includes ] Doll, shirt, skirt, jacket, beret, underwear, socks,
shoes, earrings, necklace, dog, skirt for dog, glasses and stand.

Price: 14,490 yen

[ How to Purchase ]
We will pre-release this doll at Odaiba VenusFort.
Detailed release date will be announced at this web site a later date.

[ Once Upon A Wonder World ]
Blythe 7th Anniversary Charity Exhibition “Once Upon A Wonder World at VenusFort”
Place: VenusFort 2nd Floor
Date: August 23 - September 17, 2008
Hours: 11:00a.m. - 9:00p.m. (the exhibition will be open till 11:00p.m.)
will be closed on September 8
Location: 135-0064 Tokyo-to, Eto-ku, Ome 1- chome Palette Town

Also, this doll will be available for purchase from September 27 at Blythe Top Shops in Japan!
Please call the shops for checking availability.

After much anticipation in the blythe community it is great to finally see her promo photos. I think she will be much loved especially for her vintage skin tone and her outfit is absolutely amazingly retro cool. Will her fringe be manageable or unruly? We have yet to see…

The final design of Neo Blythe “Miss Sally Rice”!

“Miss Sally Rice” is a friend of “Mrs. Retro Mama,” who was popular for her retro-themed style and vintage-like skin tone.

“Miss Sally Rice” also has young retro look.
There is a Showa-style black cat applique on her red dress.
She has a different look when she takes off the white collar and wears her pink blouse under her dress.
The set comes with a headdress and bag with bouquet and beaded necklace!

She has a skin tone that is a bit fairer than Mrs. Retro Mama’s, with light brown eye shadow and pink lips and brush.
Her light blue semi-long hair is so adorable!

[ Face Type ] Radiance
[ Skin Type ] Semi Matte
[ Makeup ] Eye shadow- light brown, Lips- coral pink, Blush- pink
[ Lip shape ] Fuller lips
[ Eye Color ] Green (right/stock), Pink (center/stock), Yellow
(left/special) and Blue (center/stock)
[ Eyelashes ] Stock
[ Hair Color ] Light blue
[ The set includes ] Doll, headdress, collar, blouse, blue socks, lacy socks, underwear,
necklace, bag, shoes and stand.
[ Price ] 13,440 yen
[ Release Date ] August 22, 2008

Neo Blythe “Miss Sally Rice” will be available at CWC shop

I ( along with many others ) have been eagerly awaiting a pair of the new Mary Janes that have been manufactured by Adam from Blythe Mode. I have a decent collection of the Barbie MJ’s already and these have been difficult to collect in the colourways i have wanted, so to have the opportunity to buy some outright especially in colours i really wanted ( like dark brown) was especially appealing.

Outfit due for release on the 22nd August.

Well I think I need both Bow Wow Trad AND the Fall Whisper outfit.

I finally tracked down a couple of Catwalk Kitties, the presumably unsuccessful cat-model doll release from Lanard.

These pictures are of Toffee and Anika (not in stock clothes), who are two of the ‘Models’ in the series. The others are Purrl, Sushi, Sienna and Minx. The other half of the series are the ‘Behind the Scenes’ dolls: Callie the model of the year, Topaz the make-up artist, Jet the fashion Photographer and Chase the modeling agent. These last ones are supposedly harder to find. There are also petite versions of many of the dolls.

Their bodies are a bit like Barbie or Bratz, as they’re not very articulated - their heads, hips etc twist but only their knees bend. Their feet come off like Brats feet, but aren’t switchable due to the plastic colour being different on each doll.

According to the response to my pestering email to Big W, they’re definitely discontinued. They’re also MIA on the Lanard official website. Though the ‘harder to find’ ones have popped up on Amazon.com and many are still gathering dust in a few places around Australia, like Big W and Toy Kingdom and a couple of other shops. They can also be found in a few countries around Europe, but I’m not aware of the details.

I wonder if they’ll the next Peteena. It’s a pity they’re not making any more.

Hi there I am back again!

Came across this on Flickr

Wow what a collection. It has inspired me to take some snaps (will have them up by end of the week). Please submit yours to me and I will make a big post of all out shoe collections.

(send to wrongtown@gmail.com )
Source is here

I took a quick pic of my collection last night to get the ball rolling.
Will make a collage of the pics. Depending on how many we get. So get snapping.

Cheers Elli

“I’m practicing so hard, but no one seems to be surprised. Why? Why? I missed again ! But I’ll surprise Tezca someday”

So far there have been eighteen Dals released by Jun Planning, with four more to come that have been announced. A lot of Blythe fans seem to fall easily for Dal, which is interesting considering that many Pullip lovers appeared slow to warm up to the newer doll.

How can you say no to that face?

Recently it was announced that there is another Jun Planning doll type being released, with more on the way. On the Jun Planning website a Pullip family tree can be found showing more doll types: Byul, Bada, Ggot and Eseul. The first to be released is Byul. The website boasts that she is ‘the sole friend of Dal’. Some of the reactions to her so far are mixed - from adoration to utter dislike. Her head shape’s a little different to Dal’s, with larger eyes.

When she’s finally released, supposedly later this year, Byul’s fans will probably make themselves known. You can never judge a doll by their initial reception, right?

Hi there,

This is my first post here, hopefully it is easy enough to understand.

Have a great day all.

Steps:

1. Image > adjustments > levels

2. drag the lighter arrow on the left in a bit till you see the lightness you require.

3. Image> adjustments> selective colour> drop down menu to blacks.

4. Increase the black slider to to your preference (I chose 20%)

5. Image>adjustments>shadow highlight>shadows I chose 30% in the slider.

6. Voila

ORIGINAL PICTURE.

FINISHED PRODUCT

She’s got to be the most popular frog since Kermit, but what is it that makes Studio-Uoo’s Wonderfrog so popular? Hhmmm…

Well, her designer, Kenzo, is a fan, and an imaginative customiser, of Blythe dolls and that’s always a sign of a person with excellent taste in toys. But that doesn’t explain the explosion of interest over the past year (her birthday was on the 20th June) that has led to Ms. W. Frog being almost constantly being sold out.

I was taken with her as soon as I saw her in some photostream or other on Flickr. She was on some adventure or other, as she apparently often is - she has starred in an ‘Edge of the World’ storybook which makes me want to learn Japanese right now. I’m not sure I can put my finger on exactly her appeal though. I think it’s something to do with those funny little skinny limbs and her somewhat enigmatic smile.

Whatever it is, Wanda, we love you.

I keep thinking that next time, next time, I’ll give the new Nikki a miss. It isn’t going to happen today though. When it come to Odeco, I can take her or leave her - I think it’s the wig, I don’t like wigged dolls so much - but Nikki I find irresistible!

And who could resist the little halter top and knee socks?  It doesn’t look much like a band uniform to me, but it does look adorable.

I am a bit disappointed that every Nikki seems to have come with blue eyes since series 4 (the calico cat) though.  I’m already looking for just the right acrylic eyes to customise this one.

Petworks are also releasing Odeco & Nikki keyrings.  I think they’ll be a cute toy for my Nikkis (my many, many Nikkis).

Right, so I haven’t slept much over the past few days and decided it would be a GREAT idea to go on an internet quest for the coveted Mary Jane shoes after seeing the below page which was extremely informative:

http://uk.geocities.com/magicknightrhiannon/mary-janes.html

Thanks Rhiannon!

I was a huge fan of Barbie Fashion Avenue when it was in its heyday, but I somehow managed to NOT buy any of the sets that contained the now popular MJ’s (what can I say, I have no ‘eye’).

However, I am proud to say I have located (with pics, not mine) at least three sets of Fashion Avenue clothing editions that contain pink MJ’s. I have possibly found more but they require further investigation (they look like the taller version which isn’t a great fit for Blythe).

As below:

Fashion Avenue 2003 ‘Style’ B8269

Fashion Avenue 2002 ‘Blues’ B3200

Fashion Avenue 2002 ‘Metro’ 56098

My quest is far from over but just wanted to share this little piece of info in the hopes that people who want to buy these and own them (and not just buy them cheap and re-sell at some ridic price!!!) can have a chance

And, just oot of interest, does anyone know where these came from:

I can see from Rhiannon’s site that they came in a pack, but I never bought that pack. I think someone sent these to me as a freebie (yikes!!!) but I possibly could have gotten these from somewhere else. Any ideas?

Happy Hunting!!!!

Let us introduce our new Blythe doll “Bow Wow Trad” who has beautiful, long black hair.

She wears a red tartan mini skirt with a light beige jacket, she’s ready to go out on a nice fall day!

Her dog also wears a matching skirt.
Her black short boots and beret are a must for fall fashion!
Her face type is Superior and her skin color is Fair.

*The illustration may differ from the final design.

Price: 14,490 yen
Date available: August 2008
*Detailed information on how to purchase will be announced at a later date.

I think this girl will be stunning although you will hear a lot of folks exclaiming “I wish she was an RBL”.

Some people have been making comparisons between Bow Wow Trad and Night Flower - so if you missed out on NF (and you want one) then this may be the perfect dolly for you. Plus who can resist when she comes with a cute lil doggy YAY!!!

Review by Jade

“Miss Sally Rice” is a friend of “Mrs. Retro Mama,” who was popular for her retro-themed style and vintage-like skin tone.

“Miss Sally Rice” also has a retro look.

There is a Showa-style black cat applique on her red dress.

She has a different look when she takes off the white collar and wears her pink blouse under her dress.
Her face type is Radiance, and she has a vintage-like skin tone that is a bit fairer than Mrs. Retro Mama’s.

*The illustration may differ from the final design.

Price: 13,440 yen
Date available: August 2008

I must say I am very excited about this dolly, I love MRM’s vintage skin tone and think this doll will be superb. Her outfit looks awesome and I am looking forward to seeing what colour her hair is in real life.

Review by Jade

Neo Blythe “Milky Way Sugar” has long, dark-brown hair for a sophisticated look.

Her gathered black dress is romantic and flirty.

The pink beads on the bodice and the lacy leggings are perfect for summer!

Comes with a sheer feminine jacket.
Her silver bag and shoes shimmer like the milky way!
Her hairstyle is center-parted with a little curl at hair ends so you can style it easily.

[ Face Type ] Superior
[ Skin Type ] Natural
[ Make-up ] Eye shadow- light green, Lips- pink, Blush- pink
[ Eye Color ] Light blue (right / special color), Blue (center / stock), Green (left / stock), Pink (center / stock)
[ Eyelid ] Stock
[ Eyelashes ] Stock
[ Hair Color ] Dark brown
[ Nails ] No Enamel
[ Earrings ] 1 set
[ The set includes ] Doll, dress, inner dress, jacket, leggings, bloomers, shoes, bag, and stand.

Price: 13,440 yen
Date available: July 25,2008

Neo Blythe “Milky Way Sugar” will be available at CWC shop “Junie Moon“, Official Blythe Mobile Site, Junie Moon On-line Shopping, and official Blythe top shops in Japan.

Well well this is my first post, Milky Way Sugar sadly does not appeal to my current taste in blythe. I do think she has lovely hair however (and looks rather kennerish) and I am looking forward to seeing some out of box pictures of her once she arrives on the Blythe scene.

Review by Jade

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