myling

I did it!

I listed dolls on etsy! Please have a look if you're interested.

I had planned on writing a longer blog post, but I feel I don't really have that much more to offer today... so it will have to wait until another day.

See you!

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Getting ready to list some dolls! - again...

I spent today taking photos of them -  it's so time consuming! But fun, I get to see their personalities and spend some time with them. They are very different form each other! So these are the dolls I'll be listing on etsy soon, probably starting tomorrow.

#2

 

 

#6

 

 

and #7

 

 

More tomorrow! See you!

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I'm sick

...so there won't be any doll on etsy today. I'm so sorry about this, I'll be listing dolls when I get well again. Now it's back to bed for me.

First girl up on etsy soon!

I'm getting ready to list my first doll on etsy real soon, probably on Sunday the 22 of November.

She is Myling1 - # 03, my third myling1 doll completed.

Doll measures 16,7 cm or 6.6'', made of porcelain and strung with wire. She has grey eyes made of glass - size 10mm set with plaster, a mohair wig and joints lined with leather. She is painted with china paints that are fired in a kiln.

           

She will come with a dress - the one pictured in the above image, and a certificate.

I really like this little girl, she is so special and I hope she will go to a good home!

(otherwise I will keep her here with me... ♥)

Hoping to start a thriving business!

My dolls seem set on not only being my tiny and cute companions, but also starting their own businesses. One of my girls seems very interested in dentistry:

                   

..and now there's this!

                     

                     

It's a vintage miniature shop that I happened to win at a Swedish auction site. I picked it up from the post office today and had a great time unpacking all of the tiny groceries! I knew it would be perfect for my dolls. And there's also a little room to store some of my re-ment miniatures, so it's actually a very practical piece of furniture!...

I also wanted to say that I'm going to list a few dolls on etsy this week, hopefully!

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(sorry for the strange colours in these photos, some were badly lit, but my photos always look so very pale and strange when uploaded to typepad!)

working on my new doll

It's always nice to work on new stuff!
On Wednesday I opened a kiln with the first batch of soft fired doll parts for my new doll. She will be a tiny porcelain bjd girl - about 1:6 scale. Here are a few photos of her, still being cleaned up/sanded and not yet fired at high temperature - so she's still a little rough and very, very fragile... Soft fired porcelain is so delicate - you really have to think about every move you make when cleaning as the parts will break very easily, and it's really easy to sand away details.

                   

                   

I'm hoping to finish a prototype of her before the new year!

Happy Halloween!

I'm really looking forward to this weekend! Longing for some time off, and I'm hoping to spend some time getting my etsy doll-shop going!

I've just started a new job (part-time), so I've not had as much time for my doll-projects and getting started on selling dolls as I would have wished - I think this is what they call reality! Oh, well...

I'm definitely going to start selling dolls any day now though, and I'm really looking forward to getting started!

Meanwhile, I found the time to take some quick Halloween inspired photos of my mylings:

                     

       

       

I love them in their little masks!! 

....Yeah, that's it I think. Can't think of anything more to write.

Happy Halloween!

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I made another wig

It was some time ago, and it took some time to get back into it. I'm glad that I'm not bothered anymore by my broken finger, I don't actually feel any pain now that I'm working - which is good. Back to making wigs, sewing, sculpting and making moulds. 

This colour mohair is called 'dark blonde', and I think it suits this doll so well!

I have a few colours of mohair at home that I haven't tried yet, and now I'm going to make wig caps so that I can make some more wigs tomorrow. I really want to get better at making wigs! I'm happy with the way they look now, but I'm trying to work out how to make them fit better on my dolls.

broken finger

Yesterday I discovered that I have been walking around for the past two weeks with a broken finger. I thought I had sprained it, but as it didn't get any better I went to see a doctor who took some x-rays of my hand and told me it was broken. It is a fracture in the joint of the finger, and it seriously didn't hurt that bad! I could move my finger, although not entirely, but I thought it had to do with it being so swollen.

I was actually kind of excited to have some x-rays taken, but sadly I never got to see them which I'm a little angry about now. 

One doctor said that I would probably need an operation and have some kind of pins inserted into the bone to make it heal correctly, but I ended up with just a splint and some bandages.

      

Lucky for me I'm right handed and the finger I broke is on the left hand, so I'm not entirely handicapped. 

In the days before I found out my finger was actually broken I managed to get quite a lot of work done, especially on my new bjd project:

  

She will be double jointed, and I'm hoping to finish her soon so that I can cast her! She has a name, but I won't tell until she's finished...

I'm also hoping to be able to start selling the Myling #1 dolls very soon, just a few more days/weeks to work out some things!

Making wigs and dresses... and more wigs and more dresses...

These last few weeks I have been very busy with finishing my dolls. I've been making wigs and clothes for them - an iteresting experience since I'm kind of new to making wigs, and sewing is fun for me but not my preferred method of creating things! I want my dolls to have clothes, though, so it has to be done. 

It almost like getting to know them all over again when making clothes for them - what colours and fabrics that suit them and so on. I have found I prefer them in very simple dresses, and that linen looks so beautiful against the porcelain!!

Little Hilma in a grey linen dress. 

Hilma again & Aurora in dresses with bows

More of Hilma!

A newly assembled girl, she is #6! Here in polkadot dress.

And my little ghost girl Beata. She prefers white.

I have also made a new dress for my Marian:

I plan on starting to sell my dolls soon, like within a month! It's so scary, and I would love to keep them all here with me, (some will remain here, ofcourse!!) but it would be so very crowded!! And I would be a terrible doll maker if I couldn't part with them, so.. I am actually excited about selling them, too! 

I will post more info on dolls and which ones will be available here on my blog soon!

See you!