Blythe in Banff

Fred Herzog is best known for taking photographs of 'life'. One of my favourite images is the Banff Meateria taken in 1955 showing a younger, less 'sophisticated Banff. The picture below was taken from the same location - 50 years later. The building and mountain stand the same; only the streetscape has changed.

Herzog's Blythe 

Also love Herzog's many images of window shops. It reminds me of the french expression used when window shopping:  faire du lèche-vitrines  - literally, "window-licking". So delicious. Deliciously Blythe.  I'll add more pics tomorrow.

Virtual Hugs from A  Dozen Blythe

To buy or not to buy......

Sonata, Raven (Corbeau) and Love 'n' Lace

I'm in the final scene of my one act play about a Steampunk Princess living in the fifth dimension totally inspired by my Blythe Dolls. I purchase a lot of my Blythes and associated paraphernalia while writing as I seem to take a lot of 'shopping breaks' or 'inspiration breaks' as I like to call them. Sometimes my good judgement is cluttered by visions of Blythe or narcissistic reflections. We're planning a trip to Paris in the spring so now I am infatuated with the Blythe French Trench.

Blythe French Trench

So do I NEED her to ensure that my trip abroad is a success or is it better to put that money towards the trip? The one I;m looking at has been customized and no longer has the box or original outfit so to the true collector, she is of lesser value. How do I feel about her? I'm not sure. MIB she sells for $249; this one is on Ebay for $139. To buy or not to buy, that is the question.

Sonata's Sleep Eyes

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Gosh, I've been having trouble with Sonata's sleep eyes from day one. She's a gorgeous custom Blythe whose weakness is her eyes - in more ways than one. The cords (as seen in the image below) will allow me to activate her eyes two, maybe three times tops and then BAM! They break off! She was sent back to her creator to be repaired and now my husband has replaced them two more times! Is anyone else out there having problems with sleep eyes?

Taking apart the head to access the torn cords and determine where they are rubbing and breaking off.

We've ensured that the two cords are coming through two different exit points and hope this helps.

Sleep eyes fully closed.

Sleep eyes halfway open.

Blue Eye Chips

Green Eye Chips

Gold Eye Chips (my fave)

Lavender Eye Chips

Love 'N Lace Makes Nine.

Love 'N Lace

Squeeee! Just became the proud owner of an Ashton Drake Blythe!  In 2004 Ashton Drake Galleries began producing Blythe reproduction dolls.  The aim was to design them in the likeness of the original 1972 Kenner Blythe dolls.  They reproduced each of the 12 original Kenner outfits and named each doll accordingly.  ADG stopped production of the dolls in 2007.  The ADG Blythes have the same eye mechanisms as Kenner and Takara dolls with the colours switching from Blue to Pink to Green to Amber.

Release:  ADG  ’Love ‘N Lace’
Release date:  Sept 2004
Original Price: $79.99
Style: Redhead wearing Love N Lace

Original Hasboro Ad for Blythe

The Design Studio is Now Open

Raven and the first Blythe Blanket sample