More Jamie, Just Because

 A few more shots of Jamie, his scruffy version. I have 2 versions of Jamie, one clean shaven (who wears his Paris couture), and this version with a little scruff. Both painted by Lyn Raftis. I love both versions, but if push came to shove, this is my favorite. His wonderful wig was done by Chewin.

I bought him back when Iple was still offering body blushing and hand blushing. His chest blushing with the freckles is so well done.

I always hoped Iple would turn things around and make their way back to the time when they were at the top of their game. It makes me extremely sad they will be calling it quits next year.

I'm lucky to have plenty of dolls from them to appreciate, but their presence in the BJD collector market will be missed.

Back Again

 It's been a while since one of my favorite couples has had their time to shine. A couple of years ago my love for the 12" dolls was revived with the Jamieshow Muses. My attentioon has been diverted the past few years with that size. 

With the announcement of Iplehouse closing made this past week, and the arrival of the first big doll I have gotten in years, I have been looking around my doll room and began appreciating all the beautiful large BJD's I have in my collection again. Jamie and Claire being among the ones that have inspired me most over the years. I've also been inspired to start photographing some of my Iple dolls again.

Back in the heydey, Iplehouse used to offer hand and body blushing. Jamie has both, and it is so beautifully done. His face up was painted by Lyn Raftis. Clothing made by my friend Robyn of Period Threads, who has been a wonderful partner in crime helping me achieve my vision to clothe all my period characters in my dolly collection. There has been nothing I have asked her to make for my dolls that she hasn't knocked out of the ballpark. If you look through this blog you will see posts on inspiration behind a lot of the items she has done for me over the years.

For Claire, I opted for Iple's more subdued face up, which I felt suited Claire's character well.

More pics of them. It was fun spending time with them again. I hope in the coming weeks to play more with all my larger dolls and update the various blogs I have for each of the character groups within my dolly world. Links in the sidebar to my other blogs.

Back to Paris

 My EID version of Jamie got a new suit from Period Threads this week, inspired by SartoriaJ's Rococo themed dolls a couple of releases ago. I thought Jamie would look stunning in something similar, so my friend Robyn (Period Threads) agreed to make Jamie something of his own.

Robyn's attention to detail is second to none. She used embroidery around the edges of the coat, and I think it adds quite a rich feel to it, and it is in better scale than any of the trims that we found available. 

I chose a patterned silk for the waistcoat instead of doing trim on a plain silk (as SJ did on the outfit they offered that was the inspiration for Jamie's outfit). I love how it turned out.

I'm also super pleased with how well the three silks blended for the total look of the outfit! I don't think Jamie will be taking this gorgeous outfit off anytime soon!

Welcome Spring

 I can't believe it has been 3 years since I've updated this blog. Sadly, my Outlander crew haven't gotten much attention the past couple of years. I was inspired by SartoriaJ's new collection highlighting Versailles to dig through my clothing stash for my mini's and redress Roger and Bree. I originally had Jamie and Claire in mind for these outfits, but sadly, the vest/coat on Roger's outfits didn't stretch well across Jamie's wider chest/shoulders. (Jamie is on the Muscle body and Roger is on the FID Model body).

With Bree's red hair, I have to say this dress probably suits her better than Claire anyway. Both outfits are from SartoriaJ and I've had them for several years, although this is the first time they have been on dolls. The outfit on Roger is currenctly back up FS during the "Versailles" event. I wish they would have introduced new outfits for the mini size. I may pick up the red dress in the mini size, as I had not purchased it previously. The only issue with the dress is you have to take the hands off to get the sleeves over them.

I have to say, I really enjoy Edan as Roger. He was a bit of a "fluke" when "casting", but I think he works perfectly with Bree.

Roger Mac

 Every since my FID Edan arrived I have been kicking around the idea of putting him in some period clothing and seeing how I liked him as Roger Mac. He reminds me quite a bit of Richard Rankin, who plays Roger in the TV show (even if he isn't the embodiment of how I saw book Roger). So this morning I changed his clothes into period clothing and tried one of my Chewin wigs on him (that was actually made for FID Leonard), and Hurrah it fit him! Then I got Bree out for some shots of them together.

I actually like them together quite a lot!! I didn't put green eyes in him because I HATE changing eyes in the dolls this size, and if he didn't work as Roger for me, then I didn't want to change them back. I do think I may have to leave him in the role of Mr. Mackenzie though! I really like him with Brianna a lot. 

Guess now I need to find him some green eyes, and a better fitting vest (this one is sized for the RD men. I think he's a keeper in this role!

Christmas Plaid

 I got this beautiful Christmas plaid skirt for Marsali after last Christmas I believe, from Robyn of Period Threads,  and I've been looking forward to trying it on her. This morning I actually had some dolly time. I love the color red, and I think this skirt and waist cincher suits her quite well.

Real life has gotten in the way of my dolly time the past few months. Even before real life had gotten in the way I had been spending more time with the smaller dolls than the larger ones. I'm running out of space for the large doll boxes, so I have switched my focus to the mid Iple FID/SJ and Raccoon Dolls. Every time I take the time to get the big dolls out though, I remember how lovely they are to photograph.

Marsali, my mature Narae, is my oldest BJD. I had BJD's before her, but they have all moved on. She was one of the first dolls I bought who had such a high level of realism to her features, and really made me fall in love with BJD's.

Her lovely face up was done way back in 2007 I believe, by Cristy of Xtremedolls. I think she is still quite lovely. I like her in the role of Marsali. I didn't really have a set "role" for her previously, so she had been pretty neglected over the past few years. 

Some new Duds

 It's been a while................real life has really gotten in the way of dolly time for the past couple of months. I finally got a chance this past week to photograph Claire in her new dress from JeansbyJenna. It is made for the FID Slim body, as I ordered it for Brianna, but then I noticed it would work well paired with Jamie in his blue silk vest made by Robyn of Period Threads.