Hi All!  I've gotten several emails since my last post so to answer some questions:

When will these dolls be for sale?

The first listing will be posted on super-junk.com on Saturday, March 19, at 10:00am PST.  Ginger will be the first listing. If that method works out, then the rest of the girls will be listed in a similar fashion (dates and times will be announced prior to the sales)

How much will they cost?

$200 & exact shipping

Can I reserve a doll now?

Sorry, but to be fair, no dolls are available for pre-sale. Cherry was made for a friend, so she is not available. I photographed her with her sisters since I made them all over the same period of time and love the way they look together. It didn't feel right not to include her with the group.

Will you make more of these?

If these girls all find happy homes, I will definitely make more!

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I appreciate the feedback I've gotten so, so much!  Making my own pose dolls has been something I have been working on for a few years now, and I finally feel like I have come up with a technique that produces results that I am happy to send out into the world. It hasn't been easy, but I've enjoyed the challenge and got to work with some wonderful new materials, learning a lot along the way.   I made each one with my own high demands in mind - I wanted a doll that photographed well from many angles, could be posed repeatedly for photos, and could be easily styled and accessorized for lasting enjoyment. These girls don't like to just sit on a shelf - they almost beg to be posed and interacted with!

Visit Super-junk.com on November 11, 2009 at 11:00 am PST to purchase these girls.




Sally, Peggy, Jennifer, Trudy, Jane and Carla are all looking for nice homes!
Be here 11/11 at 11:00 to make them yours.

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I’ve been seeking out inspiration for vintage, japanese-style girls’ rooms while working on my dollhouse project. This link Paul sent me couldn’t have come at a better time

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Super awesome badass. Want, want, want!

I ♥ Itokin Park

(this uncensored, unedited verbal diarhhea brought to you by extremely adorable blythe in wrestling bear mask and tuxedo)

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I’m getting ready to post a limited batch of new mini pose dolls,  and just wanted to test out the new “subscribe” feature I added tonight. If you subscribe via email (the little form is in the left column, under Posey’s head) you can get shop updates delivered to your email (I promise not to spam!).

(photo by Linda, cute little guitar from Variation!)

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Since finishing up the last pose dollie, my work schedule’s doubled.  I’ve been spending weekends being lazy, housekeeping, and shopping!  My eBay want list has grown tremendously, and every week I must be responsible and not bid on wonderful things. I’ve been calling it my “weekly wants” - lovely things that I must use every ounce of restraint I posess to not pounce on!

The Daiya blender is total LUST.  Somebody buy it for me

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After a tweet exchange about the many flavors of Kit Kat tonight, It got me wondering just how many flavors I have collected over time ( I save at least one of each which I hide away from candy-cravings).

It’s time to break open the sealed container marked, “JAPANESE SNACKS”…

I was surprised to find that I have only found 14 unique varieties!  I need to get to the markets more often! My Kit kat scavenging rule is simple: I must find each flavor organically, meaning no eBaying or asking people to send them to me. This “hobby”’s all about the joy of the hunt.

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Thanks for playing this round of Fastest Finger!

Well, I learned a lot tonight. Thanks for bearing with me while I experiment with my selling method. Next time I may try a comment lottery so more time zones can participate. (and I will make sure that there are no crossposts to confuse commenters!).

Guess I just have to make more poseys!

♥

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Originally published at Super-Junk. You can comment here or there.

I’m very proud of myself. I finally got bitten by the spring cleaning bug and cleaned up just about every nook and cranny of the house (and there are lots of them!). When I was sick (for two months!), I just let the dust bunnies multiply and the fridge got gross. I will spare you the details, but as someone who is usually a total neatnik, I’d been very down about my space.

One big problem I was having was that I was making dolls at my tiny kitchen table. It’s about 5 feet round, and visible from the main room of my little condo. Just a constant mountain of fabric scraps, doll heads, and thread monsters, making it impossible for the room to feel tidy and forcing us to eat dinner on our laps. Something had to be done.

I re-arranged the spare bedroom (the furniture placement was horrible and I didn’t like even going into that room) and now I love my craft space.The room actually feels bigger, even though the desk is now square in the middle of the room and I moved all my craft supplies in there. It just feels like it’s inviting me to come in and get right to work.

The first order of duty was to put it to use! Paul and I worked all weekend in that room, and we managed to finish two-and-a-half big pose dollies.

These dolls use the pattern from dolly dolly 16, with slightly different materials after I made a prototype that needed a bit of improvement. I LOVE this body pattern. I’ve adjusted mine a bit to give her longer legs and slimmer hands - the original pattern has large hands that make it hard to dress her in sleeves with small cuffs. Oh, and did I mention that they fit Blythe clothes? Instant wardrobe! They have difficult-to-fit feet, so socks and tights have to be super-stretchy.  I need to buy a case of Volks fishnet tights!

Here’s my second girl.  Her face was a little  inspired by one of the sweetest little pose dolls I have ever seen, Eve. While I was painting her, I just kept thinking of what it would be like to be a fly on the wall while someone painted a vintage doll - I bet they did it in about 5 brush strokes! This face took me about 3 hours, including letting the paint dry between coats and practicing first on a styrofoam-ball-head. I like her a lot, but need more practice so that I don’t have to stress about shaking my hand and screwing up the eyelashes.

Paul made one too. He did a great job, despite my constant interruptions to give him instructions (It’s the “teacher” and bossy big sis in me). She’s got sparkly green eyes, just like daddy. While I was agonizing over getting skinny yarn to lie flat on my pink-haired girl, he decided to give her big fluffy black curls, which worked out wonderfully and went on so fast! I decided to make my second one a mohair girl, which I think may have been even faster. I wanted her to look like a fuzzy baby chick.

They are kind of a hybrid between Pose dolls and plush dolls. their limbs are wired so they pose really well, but their bodies are all cloth and fiberfill like a plush doll. If you use the pattern as it is, the doll is about 13 inches tall, but my little blonde has a couple of extra inches in her legs, so she’s 15″.  They also can stand on their own if you make their feet really stiff, which is fun for photos.

I think I will keep the two I have made so far for myself, only because they still have some flaws I want to work out, but I would love to make these to sell if there is interest in them. It’s fun to watch them come to life!

Anyway, I know I went off course from the tiny dolls for a bit, but I just had to try this pattern. I’ll be working on another batch of the micro pose dolls in the next few weeks.