customizing

So I have been working on making some of my dolls, looking more like I want them to.

I bought Alexis as the queen of hearts, because of her dark skin and with plans of repainting her a little.

Alexis as queen of hearts 

I removed the red heart on her cheek, and the red lipstic, with nailpolish remover. Im glad that I didnt accidently remove some of her blush when I removed the heart. 

Without the red heart on her cheek and with new lip color. 

My plan was to paint her lips pink, I used acrylic paints. After I had mixed the color, I poured water into the paint so it wouldent be so thick. After I painted her lips, I used clear nailpolish to give them a gloss. 
I had to try a few times, before I got the color I wanted.

With freckles.

I wanted to give her freckles, natural looking freckles. So I dipped a toothbrush in paint, and splashed the paint on her face. She had VERRY many freckles all over her face, and even some on her shoulders. I removed some of the freckles, and now it looks like I want it to - im verry happy about how they turned out.

For now im done with Rebecca. But at one point im gonna figure out if I want to give her new eyes, and maybe do something different with her wig.   


I have allso been doing some eye swapping

Nia and Hannah before 

I decided a long time ago that Hannah, should have the brown eyes instead of the hazel (brown/green) eyes. But as I really like the hazel eyes, I decided that Nia would get them. 

Nia and Hannah after

Nias new eyes looks good with her skin and hair color, but they are kinda intense looking and that takes some getting used to. I think Hannh looks REALLY good with brown eyes, they really suit her. I know they are a bit wonky, but they were wonky before I swapped them, and its kinda hard making both eyes sit perfectly. 

Its kinda weird for me, how both Nia and Hannh looks like I want them to now. They have the right skin color, right makeup, right eyes and right wig. Im really happy about it, its a great feeling that I completed something. Now they just need some more clothes ;) 

There will be more eye swapping soon, but thats all for now.

Enjoying my zelfs

I have really been obsessed with zelfs recently - I actually got 4 of the small zelfs.
When I first fell in love with Zelfs, I decided that I would only be getting the medium sized onces. My reasons for not getting the small zelfs, were that they come in small plastic pots and you cant see what zelf you get. I thought that I wouldent like not knowing what I would get, and I didnt like that there is a possibility that I could get two zelfs that are exatly the same. I allso thought that they werent as interesting as the medium sized once, because they dont have as many details.
But then I saw some youtube videos of people, opening zelfs pots and other different bllind bags. I started liking the idea of not knowing what you get, and I started thinking that I could use the small zelfs as toys or collectibles for my bigger dolls. But I was snot sure, if I really wanted them.
Last week my boyfriend and I stopped by the toystore, one of the things I looked at was the zelf pots. I took some and showed my boyfriend, but then I put them back because I werent sure if I wanted them. I kept looking at the other toys (with no intention of buying any), but then my boyfriend said that if I picked 4 zelf pots he would buy them for me. That was super swwet of him, and I was exited to opend up my new zelfs.

Mini Spellinda, Luanne, Angelala and pega sue. 

In the first pot I opended, there was a spelinda with glitter finish. Then I got a Luanne with regulair finsh. When I opend up my third pot, I first saw the white hair and thought I had got another Luanne - but it was actually a Angelala in regulair finish. The last zelf I opened was Pega Sue in pearl finish. 
My favorite out of the four is Spellinda, my boyfriend really likes pega sue's hair. Im really happy about my little zelfs. I dont think I would have choosen the once I got if, I knew what was in them - so maybe it was a good thing I didnt know. 

Little Spellinda and medium sized howlett

When I put my little zelfs up besides my medium sized zelfs - I noticed that they look like children.
Then I started thinking about who could be children to who, and where they would be living. Its verry nice for me, to have an idea about what story my zelfs live in. They didint have a story or exact pupose before, but now I wanna make zelfs families and make them houses. 
Im  gonna renamed some of my zelfs, and change their gender. Spellindas new name is glitterbug, and its a boy - his father is gonna be Flitter from series 2. 


I have allso been taking some outdoor pictures, of my medium zelfs. Some are from the forest and some are from my mother in laws garden. 

Im really looking foward to getting more zelfs ;)