The Princess & The Pea.

Here she is!

Playing With Dolls.

Punk & I have been playing with dolls today – I got my first ever Blythe yesterday (Isis, look away now) and am officially in dolly love. She’s not even my ‘first choice’ girl – she is STILL on lay-by, but oh my she is lovely, and so much better than my fakie basaak in so many ways… so I gave her (the fakie) to Le Punk, who, in the course of an afternoon, managed to ‘scalp’ her three times, pull of a leg, frizz up her hair & cover in chocolate chip muffin. Quite obviously, she is adored.

As is my girl, just a bit more… sedately.

I have named her ‘Vida’ after the main female character in my favourite Richard Brautigan novel, she is a ‘Milky Way Sugar’ Blythe, which reminded me of another of Richard Brautigan’s novels ‘Watermelon Sugar’, so, I mean, of course I’d name her something from a different book entirely….

Her gorgeous ensemble above was a gift from an old friend, who I am now convinced has some sort of sixth-fashion-sense, because a more perfect dress for Vida I cannot imagine…

…and the ‘phase’ has only gotten stronger. It is actually quite hard to explain… not to anybody else that likes Blythe, they already ‘get it’, but to someone who wonders what the sudden attraction to a somewhat unconventional looking doll (or any doll for that matter) could possibly be for a grown woman… and I’m sure more than one of you reading this is asking yourself that…

…and honestly… I don’t know what to tell you, except that playing with this thing today has been really, really fun…!

Choctastic…

Happy Easter Sunday kiddies, I hope you have a GREAT day with you & yours, we are off to some fun markets & Le Punk has had chocolate for breakfast… ah… remember when you a) Wanted chocolate for breakfast & b) Could happily eat chocolate for breakfast…?!

Monsieur Easter Bunny spoilt us all – our Easter Stash is positively ridiculous & shall keep us all in chocs for the next year at least.

 

I finished off my last minute gift for The Punk & gave it to the bunny to deliver for me – this project was a ‘two birds – one stone’ jobee; I knocked over a WIP & presented a rather respectable bunny doll for Easter… Can I get a ‘Woot Woot’?!

Eeek!!

I need this doll, erm... I mean Punk does... Isn't she GORGEOUS?!

I always fight with myself when I enter a blog giveaway I really, really want to win, I wonder if I should blog it to get an extra entry or try to keep it all to myself! This is only the second time I've done it, the first time I was super lucky & won the skully tote... So hopefully that is some sort of good blogging karma & if I cross all my fingers & toes, & perhaps my eyes, I might be oh-so lucky again..?

Of course I want you to enter too. At least then I'll be able to rest, knowing such a precious dolly found a wonderful home... ;)

Her creator is a Crafty Mama too, so you know she has to be great!

Giveaway running at Handmade Kids until midnight on Wednesday 30th September 2009.

If you don't want her (but who wouldn't?!).... feel free to enter for me... ;)