Orchid transformed - Blythe

[cirquemom]

She's incredible- I love her! And she's so sassy!

[Valli]

Oh thank you.

[maywong]

Nice work and those happen to be my favorite colors.

[Valli]

They are gorgeous colours. Thank you.

[mawmutt]

I'm not one for Blythe's.. buuut Orchid here has really got it goin'! She's gorgeous! I love those eyes and her hair is awesome. Quite a personality she's got too! Great job on her.

[Valli]

That's such a lovely thing to say. Thank you. My friend Carrie, aka Tinybear made her a special wig. I love the colour.

[DollyKim]

Looking at this again now that I'm doing something with my Blythe. I like the ribbon idea for the strings and a bead for the charm, got lots of those. For now she'll just have the default eyes, but I'm already thinking of swapping out the orange ones, hopefully I can find something local to use for a clear chip to paint. I found a white wig with streaks of pink, blue, and yellow I feel will be easy to deal with until I decide of I want to keep her or what.

Did you give her sleep eyes or did she come that way and does acrylic paint work for the lids?

[Stormlight]

She is really gorgeous. Normally, I don't like Blythes at all (their round eyes creep me out; I'm more of a Pullip fan), but you did a fantastic job on this one. I love those colors, and her eyes are amazing.

(And can I just say I love that gorgeous pics of the orchids, as well?)

[Valli]

DollyKim, send me a pm with your address and I'll send you a set of clear Coolcat chips that you paint yourself or put a fabric or paper behind. They'd be perfect for what you want. Sleep eyes are very easy. Just remove the spring, add a pullstring and put it through the square holes in the back of the head, add a charm or beads and voila! all done. Just keep the knot on the same side as the other string. Orchid arrived with hers already done. I look forward to seeing the transformation. Acrylic is fine. That's what I used and sealed with matte acrylic varnish, but the face was sand matted and then sprayed with MSC.

Thanks Stormlight. I borrowed the pics of the orchids. I've only ever seen them here once and that was in London on a weekend away. Beautiful flowers.

[DollyKim]

Thanks! PM away! Looks like I might go forward with the Quadrophrenic Blythe idea where each eye color is a different personality. ~definitely sees a pattern book in the future~