My Doll Haven

Everyone Needs Playtime

In our hectic, modern lives, many of us focus so heavily on work and family commitments that we never seem to have time for pure fun. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we stopped playing.

When we carve out some leisure time, we’re more likely to zone out in front of the TV or computer than engage in fun, rejuvenating play like we did as children. But play is not just essential for kids; it can be an important source of relaxation and stimulation for adults as well.

There doesn’t need to be any point to the activity beyond having fun and enjoying yourself. By giving yourself permission to play with the joyful abandon of childhood, you can reap oodles of health benefits throughout life.

Friday

May The Man Forgive Me

Today I did something I never thought I would do . . . I actually ordered a head for an SD size body!! Yep, I really did it, I stepped right out of my comfort zone and bought a biggy!!! Mind you, ever since I laid eyes upon Bandersnatch's Margo I've had this strange "yes I will, no I won't" conversation going on in my head.

Photo courtesy of Napi

When I finally got round to actually placing an order, Rogebell wasn't available, then I thought maybe I would be content with Agabell, but she didn't quite do it for me.

Then today, after I reading Bandersnatch's blog, I took a little trip across to Napi . . . and what do you know? There she was . . . Rogebell in all her glory, ready and waiting to be ordered. What threw me a little, today was going to be the last opportunity (at least for the immediate future) for me to order her, so I just did it.

I have ordered her without a face-up as I didn't want all the detailing that was on the default face-up. She is to have a very soft pastel look, which I want to tackle myself.

So it appears there will be NO MORE complete dollies for me (at least for a little while), just orders for lots of headless bodies.

My DIM Human Flowne head arrived today, so I really need a body for her and one to replace the body I stole from Nadia plus the larger one for Rogebell. Gasp! There goes the bank balance again!!

Saturday

Floating Head ~ The Beginning of Seraphine

At 4.30 a.m. today, I bought my first floating head from Alison, over at BJD's For Beginners.

She is a Human Flowne from Doll In Mind and has a face-up by Alexandra Somma of 16-Bit Faceups, complete with gorgeous freckles and unusual eyes. The original face-up from DIM didn't do a thing for me and I would never have purchased it, but there was just something about this particular head that really appealed to me.

This Happy size head is approximately 18.3cm so it appears I will be looking for a body around the MiniFee size to do her justice, which means the three girls that I planned to have in this size has just increased to five!!

Wednesday

Diaphanus

For the past few days I have been trying to think of a name for my sweet Hybrid. I wanted her name to be delicate, like she is and to have the right meaning that describes her as I see her. A delicate princess fairy, an ethereal beauty full of grace with a kind and loving heart. She has no wings, yet is as light as a feather and can float through the air on a whim, just like a dandelion seed.

It required considerable researching to discover the name that would be perfect for her, but I finally hit the jackpot! Diaphanus.

The origin of Diaphanus, dates back to the period between 1605 & 1615 and is derived from the Medieval Latin meaning for transparent. In modern times, it is spelt "diaphanous" which means - very sheer and light; delicately hazy; cobweblike; almost completely transparent or translucent; gossamer like.