Maaya (Latte) and Em (ALa) sportingnew wigs – Em even with a new body! – marking the first two “custom” girls of mine. While a change of wig and a new body doesn’t really equal customizing, I’ve really taken the plunge now, though: my desk is filled with wigs and body parts, open heads and faceplates, screws and tools. I even made my significant other come home from work to give me some sanding paper and help me saw down the neck peg on the newest obitsu body..! :D

Chill is having her black lips erased, and will soon get a new lipstick – and even some blush added to her cheeks. My Class Mate Marippe has had her head cracked open (..!), her faceup is being sanded down, and she will get acrylic eyes to replace her original, painted ones (as soon as I find out how to fasten them to the eye sockets..). I will have nightmares tonight, lol..! Haha, which my S/O probably also will – he was home today when our mail arrived, and I made him open one of the parcels while reporting on the phone. It contained a wig and a body, and he was all “hmm.. aren’t these dolls supposed to have a head?”. LOL, scarred for life..! ;) (He’ll survive!)

While Marippe is becoming a real custom Class Mate, Spunk (Papin) will be the first major custom job on my Pullips. She’s currently not decent, doing all kinds of naked poses with her awesome new body, so pictures will have to wait. ;) When she’s done, Maaya will probably also have a few more details changed in time to welcome her twin, the MIB Latte which is currently in transit. She should be here this week, I reckon.

I don’t think Maaya will get an obitsu, though – I kind of like her with the tinier, girl like, type 3 body. It would’ve been just perfect it if the wrists were more flexible and the hands slightly larger..! Maybe there are girl-like obitsus? The 25cm ones?

My Papin came second-hand, without her stock wig, but today I reckon she found a nifty replacement! Fun day postal wise today; two wigs, and loads of clothes including one black and one brown leather jacket. Finally, a bait body from which I’ll be able to snag a new arm for poor Aquel! With time, I will replace all bodies with obitsus, but for now they’ll have to stay with their type3 bodies – there are still two new family members who will need to be paid for first..!

I dropped by a craft store a couple of days ago, looking for Wilton’s icing colours for some cupcakes I’d promised my 9 y/o. Turned out, the store was in the process of moving, and they had a 75% off sales..! There wasn’t much left (I got the icing colours I was looking for, though!), but I was quite pleased with the things Smilla – my Chill – are showing off here. The felt fabric rolls were only $2.5 each! I foresee some nifty duffle coat for my girls..! The scrapbook paper is meant to be wallpaper (there are four sheets of each design).

And yeah, I’ve finally come around to naming my girls. Some are namesakes, some got their names “just because”.

Smilla is named after the main character of Peter Hoeg’s novel and the film by the same name. Keren is named after one of my favourite singer/songwriters; Keren Ann. Lisa is named after Lisa Kimmel Fischer from the TV series Six Feet Under.

For my own record:

Seller is unbirthdayalice and they were paid for on Aug 11. Update: she messaged me on Aug 21 to let me know that she had shipped the dolls that Monday, Aug 18.

Also: purchased a partly broken Aquel from lemonsnaps and paid for on Aug 11 – thread here (from before I set up this doll LJ). Arrived Aug 18!
Two wigs for the Class Mate dolls, from The Sleeping Elf, paid for on Aug 11. Arrived Sep 5!
Synthetic, blonde, loose curls wig purchased from burntbao and paid for on Aug 11 – thread here (again, from before I set up this doll LJ). Arrived Aug 20!