Emilys face

My doll Emily, is an "its my nature" Sophie. I like her, But I allways felt like the makeup was wrong for Emily.

Emily is a girl who pefer pastels, and cold colors such as blue and purple. therefore I didnt think the orange lipstic and yellow eyeshadow really suited her. I though that I could repaint her lips, but there is sno way that I can repaint her eye makeup without ruining her eyelashes. So I decided to look for a Sophie with less eyeshadow.

My pick was "schools out" Sophie. She looked promissing, and I wanted her outfita s well. 

Hannah looks gret in Sophies outfit. And the shoes went to Rose, who really needed a pair of nice pink flats. 

"Its my nature" left and "schools out" right

I compared "its my nature" Sophie and "schools out" Sophies faces, and they turned out to be quite different. I was right that School, dont have that much eyeshadow. But her eyelashes is darker, and it looks like she is wearing more eyeliner + she does have some dark eyeshadow right around her eyes. School allso have darker eyebrows than nature, they are actually a complete different color. 

School has a lighter skintone than nature, which suprised me. I had noticed that my Hyadens, have lighter skintones than my Sophies and Katies. But I didnt expect two sophies to have different skin tones. The lighter skintone makes Schools blush stand out more, so it looks like she is vering quite a bit more than Nature. 

I dressed up "Schools out Sophie" in Emilys clothe and wig. to see if it would work. At first I thought it looked fine, but in the end she didnt really look like Emily to me. I pefer Emily with lighter eyebrows, the blush is too much and her eyemakeup seemed to be too dark. 

I might have been able to fix some of these things, but I really didnt feel like fixing it all. So I was back to square one with Emilys face. 

An old picture of Emily with blue eyeshadow and bright pink lips.

First I tryed to figure out, if any other Sophie doll had a better suited face. I didnt find many helpfull pictures, and  from what I saw, most Sophies have makeup that wouldent work. First wave Sophie might work thought, but she has those intense bright blue eyes. 

Then I tryed to figure out if one of my other dolls might actually work. Its my nature Hayden has a sweet face with mild makeup, but she allso have darker eyebrows. And my only other Sophie has a blue eyeshadow that I cant stand. 

So in the end I decided to repaint those orange lips and atleast try to remove the yellow eyeshadow.

Before

I removed the lipstick with nailpolish remover, and I removed some of her yellow eyeshadow as well. My goal was to paint her lips in a color, that looked natural. 

I mixed some red and white paint, undtil it was a nice light pink color. Then I mixed in some yellow, and I ended up with this verry light kinda peachy color. I sealed it with matt varnish. 

After

This color is a bit too light to look natural, but I think it suits her. I hope I can leave it at that, I kinda wanna give it another try and and mix a more natural looking color. But I allso feel like that would be exhasuting and I dont think I would be more pleased with that result. 
Its hard to see in this picture, but in real life it actually does look like I removed most of her yellow eye shadow.

So hopefully Emily is done now. 
I love how customizable Liv dolls are. But sometimes it gets  exhasting to work on, making the dolls look just right. *glaring at the dolls who needs new wigs*
This is why I dont want to collect BJDs. I have my cats, but besides that I think it sounds exhasting to build the doll from scratch. 
And this is why I actually really enjoy, that my Barbies and Paola Reinas arent as customizable. With my Livs I try to make the doll fit the character, but with the others, I make the character fit the doll.

Barbie - Made to move Teresa

Okay so I know I said that I would not buy more dolls, undtil late fall or winter. But the reason I decided that, is because I thought that I needed to take a break from buying dolls. I bought a verry exspensive doll in may, and I felt like I had to save up money from my buget to pay for him. This put me under some stress because there are alot of stuff I wanna buy, and I tryed to use less than was set aside for each month. My boyfriend exsplained to me that the Tonner dolls was a speciel purchase, and that I should nor compromise my buget because of him. I have paid a bit under half for him with money form my buget, the rest I paid with my everyday money. And maybe its okay to leave it at that. My plan was to save up my buget money, so I could pay all of him with it, but i decided to let it go. My boyfriend pointed out that the idea with the buget was not to limit me, but to help keep track of what I use, and I liked the idea to set aside a certain amount each month. I quess limiting how many dolls I buy, is pretty silly to start with. the last couple of years, I have only bought 5 or 6 dolls. So if I wanna buy a few dolls extra this year, I dont think I should fuzz about it. 

I quess Igot kinda side tracked there, but the thing is that I really wanted another Barbie - Made to Move doll. I felt like Kira needed a friend to hang out with, and I felt like having two dolls to start with made more sense, than just one lonely doll. 

So I bought the Made to Move Teresa, and I REALLY like her. I actually think the outfit she comes in, looks pretty nice on her. I think it looks better than the yellow top, that my first doll Kira came in. I think the colors and the fit is better with this one.

I named her Michelle, she is 25 and into gymnastics.

I really like her warm and gentle face. Im not the biggest fan of her smile, but I think it suits her and I really like her dimples. Its interesting for me, that she has a different face mould than Kira. My Liv and Paola Reina dolls all have the same face mould, so that is something new for me. Kiras nose is more pointy, her jawline is sharper and her smile is wider. I really enjoy the differences in their faces, and it helps to define their personality. 

I didn't try many different outfits on her, because when I put her in this casual outfit - it was just right. The shorts are actually some I bought, in a small lot of barbie clothe a long time ago. I was dissapointed that they didnt fit my Liv dolls, so I had just put them away. But they fit my Barbie dolls perfect, and im pretty happy about that.

Im genrally pretty happy, with my two new Barbie dolls. I placed them on my desk, and I like how they look, sitting there together. I thought that when I gave in to my urge to buy another Barbie, I might feel the urge to buy yet another one. But for right now, I feel verry content with these two. Offcors I still want the other Made to Move dolls, I just dont feel like its a pressing matter annymore. 

Doll finds.

I love finding small objects in random stores, that are just perfect for my dolls. I dont really find stuff like that all that often, so im pretty excited when I do. 

I found ths small decorative plastic plant, and I thought it would be nice to put it in my Paola Reina  room. They only had them with black and white pts, so I choose white. I kinda wish they had them in more colors though.

I put it on the dresser in the room, and I think it looks really nice. The white pot kinda dissapears against the white wall though, but I hope it helps to put some decorations on the wall. 

My boyfriend and I went to a amusement park, with my brother and his girlfriend. There were souvenir shops EVERYWHERE in the park, and in one of them my bother spotted these small frog plushies, that I totally feel in love with. They had them in many different colors, so it was really hard to choose. But I ended up with the orange one.

I decide to give the frog plushies, to my Paola Reina Emma. She loves plushies, and I thought it was a nice size. Gosh she looks so cute with her new plsushie <3

My boyfreind and I stopped by a grocery store, we uselly dont shop in. I saw these small laundry baskets, and knew I had to have one for a doll room. My first thought was that I might give it to my Paola Reaina dolls. 

But I realised that the size wasn't right, and I gave it to my Liv doll Leia. The size is much better for her, I would actually say that its near perfect. i can imagne her taking the basket, to the washing machine and doing her laundry. 

I put thr basket in the room, between her bed and her closet. I put clothes in it, so it looks used. And I think its a pretty great accessory for her room. 

My boyfreind and I, went to a Zafari zoo with my family. In the souvenir shop, we found these small bean ball plush animal. i thought they were super cute, and my boyfreidn ended up buying the giraff -  he loves giraffes and thought this plus was super cute and weird. I thought he would put it on his desk, or something like that. But he said to me that he thoughht, that one of my dolls might want it. And I would lie if I said that I had not thought, the plushie might be a nice size for a Paola Reina. 

Both Amalie and Nadia wanted the plushie. But I ended up giving it to Nadia, since she is the only Paola Reina who dosent have a plushie of her own. 

My first Barbie doll - Made to move Asha

Well tecnically my first Barbie doll (as an adult), was the one that came with the Airbrush Designer Studio. But this Made to Move Barbie, is the first one I picked out because I wanted her, so I think its reasonable to call her my frist. 

For half a yearI have been looking for, the Made to move Barbie dolls in the danish stores. I hoping and exspecting, that they would be sold in Denmark. I knew it would probabaly take quite a while, before they woudl be sold here though - yet I was impaitient. Lately I had kinda given up, I still looked for them onec in a while but I din't exspect to see them. 
But one day a month ago, I was grocery shopping in Bilka with my boyfriend. I checked the toy area as I do once in a while, and was surprised to see the Made to Move Barbie dolls. When I saw them I ddint even yell in excitment, I was just standing there staring at them. I knew I wanted to get one, so I looked through them to see who they had. I was positively surprised to see that they had all four dolls, I had not exspcted them to have Asha, because not that many black Barbie dolls are being sold in Denmark. Teresa was actually the one I had planned to buy first, but when I saw that they had  Asha - she was the one I wanted. I had actually put Asha at the bottom of my wishlist, because I dint exspect to find her,  and im not a big fan of how her hair is in an updo. But I found her, and I thought that I could put her hair down. My boyfriend allo noted, that I dont have that many black dolls. I was just about to disagree with him, when I realised that even thought I have a nice amount of dolls of color, I actually only have 2 black dolls. 

When I got her out of the box, I quickly got mixed fellings about her. I thought some of her limbs where too stiff, and it was difficult for me to get used to the way she pose.I know its nitpicking, but there are a few things my liv dolls can do that she can't, which bothered me. I did like her, but I allso didnt feel like I bonded with her. When I started to dress her up in different clothes, I found it diffecult becasue some of it didnt fit. I allso had trouble finding something that i thought suited her. I felt a bit dissapointed, but the thought of selling her and not collecting these dolls didnt seem so bad. I would save the moneya nd the room + I dont really feel like I have time for all my dolls. 

I realised where my issues with her was comming from. I have read alot of great reviews about theese dolls, and I have been drooling over them sinec I heard about them. I thought she would be the perfect barbie, but she is not. The perfect Barbie probably dosent excist, no doll is really perfect, not even my Liv dolls. And when I took her down from the pedestal I put her on, I started to bond with her more. 

I do really like her body. Compared to my liv dolls, her body looks alot more realistic. Some of her extra joints makes her arms and thights look a bit bulky, but I think that makes her looks strong. But I dont like how small and thin her ankels and feet are, I think it looks ridiculous comparesd to her strong legs. I think she would look good with bigger feet, but I know that she wouldent be able to share shoes with other Barbioe dolls, and sharing is important. I allso think that she dosent look too skinny, which is nice.

Her face is really and pretty, with those brown eyes and her sweet smile. I dont really like open mouth smiles on dolls, I think closed moths have more posibility to display a ray of different emotions. But I actually like her smile, I dont think its too much like on some other Barbie dolls. And her lips are a verry pretty colors. I really like that she dosent wear too much makeup, and has a sweet  face. 

I had a bag with Barbie dolls shoes, from all those Barbie fashion packs I have bought. I probablly have more shoes for my Barbie, than I do for my liv dolls. And if I want more shoes, I can buy accessory packs at Toy's r us, that contains two pair of shoes and other stuff. Its quite nice to have a doll that is easy to find shoes for.

I tryed dressing her up again, and it actually became quite fun. I think she looks verry beautiful in this elegant dress. Im not a fan of her hairstyle though..

So I decided to take her hair down. All I did was brush it down, and it ended up looking like I wanted it to. Her hair is a little longer on one side, but it dosent bother me - if I arrage her hair properly you can barely see it. I really like this short curly hairstyle for her. After I took her hair down, I started to fall in love with her. 

I tryed some more outfits on her

Cute and romantic.

A nice practical everyday outfit.

Something for a fun day with friends.

Ready for a date.

She even got something for when winter comes around. 

As im working on figuring out her style, I wish I had more clothe to work with. I would love to have something yellow for her to wear. Im allso working on her personality, so far I know that her name is Kira, she is 19 year old and she might be a bit of a perfectionist´.

I would love to get her a few frineds, but I will have to be patient about it. Im planning on buying a new Paola Reina doll this fall, and if I want more doll clothes, I should not buy any more dolls this year. Im allso not sure, where I should buy my next barbie doll. I can get them cheaper if I buy  online, but I wanna support the Danish stores selling them. And there is something speciel about buying a doll, and taking it home right away.

Barbie airbush designer studio

So im normally not into playsets, I personally find them boring and uninspiring. I  think the gimmicks (like color changeing pets and clothes) limit the posibility for play, because its often that the gimmick, is the only thing the playset or doll can do. 
But this airbrush studio caugh my attention, I saw some youtube reviews of it, and I saw the posibility to be creative and make some unique clothe for my Liv dolls. 
In january I looked at the Airbrush designer studio in Toys r us, and our big retail store called Bilka. But the price was 450 kr (68$), and I thought that was too much, especially because the set came with a plain barbie doll that I didnt want. 
So i decided that I would have to let it go.

But then one day in february when my boyfriend and I was in Bilka, I felt the urge to look at their big bins with marked down toys. I dont often look in those bins, because I havent found annything I wansted before. But this time I found, the designer studio marked down to 200 kr (30$). The box was in bad shape, but I felt seriously tempted. I was unsure thought, since I felt like it was alot of money to use on an impulse buy. But my boyfriend urged me to get it, he said it wasent really an impulse buy since I had wanted it, and that I might regret it if it was gone the next time we would stop by. I thought he was right, so I picked our the one in the best shape (there were several of them in the bin).
And I quickly became pretty excited to try it out.

The front of the box show the airbrush studio, that you can do alot of defferent designs and it shows the stencils it comes with. It allso explain that the color will go right off, when you wash the clothe.
You can allso see the doll that it comes with.

The back shows the 4 pieces of clothing the set comes with, and more about how you do it. I really like how the clothes is differeny types instead of just 3 mini dresses, like anothe Barbie design studio I have seen around. It allso shows that there are two add on packs, with even more different clothes to decorate. That is one of the reasons I thought this set, would be able to keep me entertained. I really want those add on pakcs, it looks like they have some nice clothes in them. I would have liked to buy them soon after I tryed out the studio, but I could not find them in any of the danish stores. Offcors there is allways Ebay and Amazon, but havng to buy them online made me put it off getting them.

Here is the studio out of the package, with the markers and stencils. There are only 4 colors to work with, and I find that limiting. As far as I have seen, these kinds of playsets, dont come with many colors - which I thihnk is  a shame. It would have been nice if the add on packs came with different colors, like green or yellow. But as far as I can see, one of them come with a pink marker and the other with a purple marker. 

The Barbie doll that caem with the studio, is verry basic and plain. I would rather that she didnt come with this playset, since I dont want her and I dont know what to do with her. I quess I could sell her, with some of the Barbie clothe I dont whant.

Her face is pleasant enough, I like it better than the previous barbie face. I think this "new" face looks more sweet, i still think she looks plain though.

This is the first outfit I made. Hannahs favorite colors is orange, but she does not own a single piece  of oraneg clothing. Since she loves animals, I decided to do the cat stencil in orange with pink hearts. I think the cat turned out okay, but the hearts ended up being pink blobs instead. 
I tryed to make her a matching orange skirt, and decided to decorate it with purple stars. I think it turned out well, and the stars look really nice. 

Since I dont like Barbie clothes with plain backs, I offcors decorated the mini skirt on the back as well. There is however some white spots, that I didnt get  covered. It does take more time to do solid color, but I wont be lazy with this. 

I was content enought with my first try, but i felt like I wanted to make something a little different for Hannah. 

So I decided to wash the top and miniskirt. The orange came out right away when I put it in the wather, the pink took a little more time. But aftet I had rubbed it and let it soak, the clothes was perfectly white again, and ready for a new design. 

The second time around, I decided to drop the tank and miniskirt. Instead I chose to decorate the T-shirt and pair it with Hannahs favorite skirt. I made the shirt solid orange (as best as I could) and use the setncil to make a pink cat on it. Im content with the result, it fits Hannah nicely. Its not perfect - I kinda wish I could have sprayed the orange on more evenly. But I allso think that its part of the charm.

Shina was in need of something speciel as well, she needed a dress that would  match her blue glasses. I made the bodice of the dress a solid blue, and it was a perfect match. Instead of making the whole dress blue, I choose to make the skirt solid purple. I allso wanted a pattern on the skirt, and I tryed to use the stencil, to make a blue and pink zig zag pattern. But unfotunally it blurred out, and I sttled for stripes instead. I considered making a pattern on the bodice as well, but I thought that would make the dess too busy. 
Im personally verry happy with how this turned out, I think its a nice simple summer dress, that is allso interesting with the colors and pattern. 

And offcors I remembered to do teh back as well. 

Lilly dosent have much clothes, and I have trouble figuring out her style. I wanted to make something to match her green shorts, so I made the top solid purple. I wanted the top to have a pattern, but I didnt know what woudl suit Lilly. i just ended up choosing the dimond stencil, and the blue marker. the dimond shape didnt turn out verry well, so im not really happy with how the top turned out. 

My original plan with this post, was to get the add on packs, and write about them as well  before I posted. But I kinda forgot about this post,a nd I kept putting off getting the add on packs. I recently took the desiogner studio out of storage, because I wanted to redo the top, and then I remembered that I was gonna meke a blog post about it. Hopefully there will be a follow up post, with the add on packs and more designs I have made. 

I bought my first collectors doll!!

When I told my boyfriend that the viking guy was finally in stock on Tonnerdoll.com - he was like "okay then you should buy him". I told him that I coulden't do that, since I dont have all the money for him yet. But then he said he thought I should buy him now, and get the money later, because he might be sold out soon and then I would regret it. And he is right, I totally would regret it, that is why I decided to get him in the first place - because I would regret it if I didn't. Technically I can afford to buy him, but the thing is that I dont have enough money for him, on my hobby buget. and what is the point of the buget if I just exceeds it?  Then again I did start setting money aside for him, and I know that I can get enough by christmas. Its still a big amount of money thought, and that makes me a big uneasy about it. 
This friday I got some extra money for some work I did, and that kind of money uselly goes to the buget, so I decided to set them aside for the viking doll. An then I realised that with what I had allready sat aside, I had half of the money for the doll. So I started to feel better about buying him, and yesterday I finally did it. With shipping it ednded up costing 2055 kr, which is 313 us dollars. That was quite a mothfull, and I felt overwhelmed after I had bought him. But laster on the evening, I got an email saying that they had shipped him, and I started getting really excited. 

My boyfriend started looking for display cases online, and we talked about how we might make room for him. we dont have much room to spare, and he is a big doll, but im hopefull that we will find a solution. Sometimes I wonder how my boyfriend, puts up with me cramming toys in everwhere. But he dont just put up with it, he encurage me and help me - how lucky can I be? 

I quess my viking will be here in a couple of weeks, and I allmost cant belive that I soon will have my verry first collectors doll. 

First outdoor pictures of my Paola Reina dolls

I have not taking outdoor pictures, of my Paola Reina dolls before, despite having them for quite some time now (bought my first one august 2014).

One of the reasons is that they are bigger, and therefore I cant put them in my puse and bring them with me to the woods, like I do with my liv dolls. The other reason is probably laziness.

But I had decided that this spring, I would finally take some outdoor pictures of them. 

My mom wanted to see us this weekend, so I thought that would be a nice opportunity, to take some doll pictures in my parents beautiful garden. 

I put the 4 girls on the back seat of the car, doll safety is verry important ;)

Nadia and Lisa wanted to explore the rock garden

Amalie found this pretty flower. This one is probably my favorite.

Emma really liked the rock garden as well, she thought it was verry pretty.

Another rock garden photo of Emma.

Emma was pretty facinated with the euonymus, that grew up a fruit tree.

The sisters amalie and Emma, found a good spot beneath the apple tree.

Nadia thought the blood currant, had a verry pretty colors, and it smelled good.

Thats all the pictures I got, and im pretty happy with them. I kinda wnated more, but I allso wanted to spend time with my family, so I will tske more another time. 

It was different to pose them, since im used to working with my Liv dolls. But I didnt find it difficult, its a great help that they are well balanced dolls.