LoveBlytheDoll

A doll a good cause

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:31:23 +0000

My dear friend the artist cocomicchi and the Cultural Association of Sen Marco are organizing a raffle to raise funds to finance the project Something More Than Colour. Therapy Room Hospital, which helps convert the hospitalization time of children admitted to the University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela to a less traumatic experience.

The winner of the raffle will get free customized blythe doll from cocomicchi.

Features and specifications of the award:

A Custom Blythe (RBL mold from a Prima Dolly Simply Mango) complete and customized to suit the winner by cocomicchi.
The customization work includes: full carved face (nose, mouth, eyes, philtrum and chin), new eyelashes and eyes (eyechips), new makeup, eyes mechanism correction and sleepy eyes, two new pullrings and optionally, incorporation of new hair (mohair).
A dress or outfit will be provided by a different artist, still to be decided.
The doll will be shipped by certified mail to the winner’s residence.

The name of the winner will be published in this blog and on the Association’s Facebook page.
Please view more information about how to enter the raffle and spanish version by visiting dollphoria

website.

More useful links:

www.flickr.com/cocomicchi

www.senmarco.com

www.facebook.com/senmarco

Alpaca versus mohair

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:36:00 +0000

Recently, I read the article about Alpaca hair and mohair for the choice of blythe doll ‘s hair from Fanny Zara’s blog which is really really helpful. Read more details of the post by visit Alpaca versus mohair.

BlytheCon 2010 Oxford

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:26:45 +0000

Blythecon there I come. 2nd October, 2010.

Blythecon timeline

10:30 am
Doors open for stall holders.
11:00 am
Doors open to delegates.
11am-12noon
Voting for Blythe Fashion Design Comp, in demo area
12noon
Blythe Eye Pimping Workshop with *jaszmade.
12:30pm
Lookalike competition judging and winner announced (details to be announced)
12:45pm
Sewing demo with Leo.
1:45pm
Fashion Design competition winner announced.
1:45pm-2:30pm
Voting for Photography comp, in demo area
2-5pm
Knitting workshops by Roses Blythe Knits.
2:30pm
Rerooting demo with Sarah Boirin.
3pm
Talk and Q&A session with Gina Garan.
3:20pm
Photography competition winner announced.
3:30pm
Kenner restoration/care demo with Leo.
4pm
Group photos
Note: This is primarily for Blythes rather than owners
4:30pm
Raffle
5pm
BlytheCon finishes.

For more information, visit http://blythecon.co.uk/

A iphone Application for Blythe doll

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:34:55 +0000

Find a iphone Apps for Blythe call Hi Blythe. http://www.hiblythe.net/

Hi Blythe contains detailed information for every released Blythe to date. Each entry includes release information, stock hair & eye colors and pertinent details specific to each one.

Wishing list and my collection. It also contain some other information like the flickr group, websites, forums.

I think it’s a very handy application. Hope this little apps will help you to remember and get some blythe information as well.

Hope they can update the news dolls for 2010 very soon.

Blythe Customizer

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:36:31 +0000

The list will grow, grow and grow

Customize Tutorial

Flickr Tutorial
Reroot Hair
custom Doll tutorial in Japanese

Customizer

Esthy & Lulla
Isi & Lupi ‘s
coconut
Sabrina Eras who made my girl Mei
lilitix
summer
G’Baby
vainilladolly who made my girl Sofia and Panda
Maltah who made my girl Fifi
sun.dae44
Pícara Roguedolls
somedoll blythe
erica duh
Ninia Veneno

tinkerina.’s

Deyanira

pigfly8848
effluo
MorganOrton – In the list of reroot
Gina Baby – In the waiting list
Fruity Blythe
Pícara Roguedolls
Happibug
hola gominola who makes my girl Brownie

Cocomicchi who is making my fairy girl

Tiina, just Tiina – my girl, Mocha

Cookie dolls

From Japan

solei

mitsubachi@BabyBee

From Thailand

The House of Blythe

New body style form Pure Neemo

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:21:27 +0000

For someone really likes the Pure Neemo body like me. The new improved body style is called Pure Neemo Flection which is available now. Bendable joint is something I always want the pero neemo to have. The old body type looks more natural but you can’t make your girl sit down properly or make any other pose. So… thanks god, I really love the new body. Let us wait and see how the new body perform.

Girls, hurry up before it run out of stock.

Click the link to view the new body.

There is the comparision between the old body type and the new one.

Blythe shopping guide

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:38:35 +0000

There is a small collection of blythe related website from my bookmark. Hope this information will help someone. =)

Doll

1. Ebay (www.ebay.com)
2. Miss Blythe (www.missblythe.com)
3. Yahoo Japan (for example: http://list4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/2084052777-category-leaf.html)
4. Toy & Goods Trading (http://toygoods-e.ocnk.net/)
5. Lati http://latidoll.com/
6. Jaime Doll http://www.jaime-doll.us/
7. Toy & Goods Trading http://toygoods-e.ocnk.net/
8. Junie Moon Online Shopping (http://store.kagi.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?storeID=6FFVH_LIVE&&)
9. Warpstore.net (http://www.warpstore.net/blythe_doll.htm)
10. JR Toy House http://www.jrtoys.net/en/en/category/4_8/index_home.html?sort=2a&page=3
11. GoodBlythe http://www.goodyblythe.com/

Clothes and Accesscories

1. Etsy www.etsy.com
2.Suger Mag http://www.sugarmagdoll.com/index.php?gOo=shop.dwt
3. Blythe Bay http://www.blythebay.com/
4. Asiaphilic http://www.asiaphilic.com/
5. Leo Toy http://www.leo-toy.com/product_371078_en
6. BHC http://www.bhchk.com/eng/default.asp

Doll hair

1.Yadenofibrecraft (http://www.yadenofibrecraft.com.au/)
2. Tibetan wool wigs (http://littlebloomers.tripod.com/thesleepingelf/id33.html)
3. Wool Barn Hats Home Page (http://www.snowcrest.net/pboos/)

Eye chip

1.coolCat (http://us.sk-coolcat.com/front/bin/home.phtml)
2. Pupa Paradise http://www.pupapa.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=555

Personal Shopping Website

1. La Boutique de Lupi http://www.laboutiquedelupi.com/
2. Funny Bunny http://www.funnybunny.se/index.html
3. Bltyhe Studio http://www.blythestudio.com/home.html
4. WereShop http://shop.wererabbit.com/index.htm
5. Blythe Station http://www.blythestation.com/
6. SomeDoll

http://www.somedoll.com/home.html

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the post thumbnail image is from vpasson on Flick

Blythe Measurement

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:01:34 +0000

I am starting make clothes for my girls. I am providing this information which hope will help someone and give a rough idea when you start make clothes for your girl . Please be aware this is just a reference, it’s a general measurement for blythe doll body. Some measurement are from Blythe Rescue and some are from mine.

Blythe doll body measurements

Head: 27.5cm = 10-3/4″
Shoulder-heel height = 16.5cm = 6-5/8″ (I like how her head is bigger around than she is tall!)
Bust: 10.5cm = 4-1/8″
Waist: 7.5cm = 2-3/4″ (Licca: 7cm)
Hip: 10.5cm = 4-1/8″ (Licca: 9.75cm)
Inseam (leg length): 10.5cm = 4-1/8″ (Licca: 10cm)
Torso (shoulder-waist): 3.5cm = 1-3/8″ (Licca: 4cm)
Arm length, including hand: 7cm = 2-3/4″

My Grils

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:37:33 +0000

Sofia

Lele

Noami

Bella

Lolli

My latest girl – Lulla Li

Brownie Yeye

Fifi

Panda Licorice

Chole

Blythe Introduction

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:00:59 +0000

how do you pronounce ‘Blythe’?
bl-eye-th (does that make sense?)

Kenner Blythe
Blythe was manufactured in 1972 and marketed for one year only by the now-defunct U.S. toy company Kenner.

Blythe was designed at Marvin Glass & Associates, famous toy design studios, by three artists. Rouben Terzian firstly designed the eyes for use in a toy dog but was persuaded by Gordon Barlow that they would work better in a doll. The eyes were used in blythe. Alison Katzman was responsible for the face plate design which was reportedly inspired by drawings from Margaret Keane, an American painter and illustrator famous for her “Big Eye” artwork.

On an interesting side note, for many years it was not Margaret Keane herself but her former husband who took the credit for painting these inspirational “Big Eye” arkworks. She ended up painting before a Federal Judge and jury to prove she was the original artist!!!

When blythe was first launched in 1972, the most unique and notable feature of the doll were large blinkable eyes that changed color with the pull of a string attached to the back of her head. When she was originally designed, the body was to be proportional to the head but due to packaging restrictions when she finally launched, the body size was reduced and her head was disproportionally large when compared with the body.

With hindsight, blythe’s design was ahead of time but in 1972 children just found this big head, big eye doll strange. Vintage blythe fell a long way short of her sales expectations and was taken off the market by the end of year.

When the Toy Industry Hall of Fame was established in 1984, Marvin Glass was in the first group inducted, ten years after his death. Kenner was then bought out by Tonka Toys, which in turn was bought out by Hasbro in the mid-1980s. Hasbro continue to hold ultimate ownership over all blythe property but they have allowed production rights to companies such as CWC & ADG (discussed below)

Gina Garan
In 1997 Gina Garan, a video and TV producer, was introduced to blythe by a friend who gave Gina a gift of a vintage Kenner blythe thinking that she looked like the doll. Gina began using the doll to take practice shots with her old camera so blythe became her model too! Gina started carrying at least one of her blythes wherever she went, taking photos of them, on her travels all around the world.

Body Type Sheet

BL: June 2001-March 2002. Licca body is used, eyes glance further to the side, matte face for some models. Some also have boggled eyes so the upper lid does not show on their eyes. Hair is also generally thinner.

EBL (Excellent): June 2002-October 2003. New body is introduced. Unlike the earlier Licca body, EBL bodies do not have bendable arms, though their legs have three “clicks” at the knee. Faces are shinier.

SBL (Superior): February 2004-present. New face mould and new sparkly eye chips. The new head of the doll is fashioned from a complete piece of plastic.
RBL (Radiance): December 2006-present. New face mould to look more Kenner-like, including slightly wider eyes.

Junie Moon is the fabulous shopping desination for girls in Daikanyama. You can find Blythe dolls, clothes, hair accessories, stationary, materials for making your own Blythe accessories, unusual toys and items from overseas.

Junko Wong is president of Cross World Connections, a Tokyo-based agency that has been pivotal in returning Blythe to the spotlight she deserves.

Blythe™ Style
Photographs by Gina Garan
Introduction by Junko Wong
Blythe™ Style — International superstar and high fashion model Blythe has never let the fact that she is literally a doll slow her down. Rescued from toy box obscurity with the publication of Garan’s first book, This Is Blythe (50,000 copies sold), the 12-inch tall diva has been celebrated in the front windows of Bloomingdales; on the cover of Women’s Wear Daily; on VH1′s “I Love the ’70s”; in People, the New York Times, and ad campaigns for Nordstrom, Sony, and trendy Japanese department stores. In Blythe Style, she shows off 100 to-die-for outfits created for her by top designers from around the world and photographed with colorful invention by Garan, including Gucci, Prada, Versace, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, John Galliano, Paul Smith, Issey Miyake, Vivienne Westwood, and dozens more, all for the sake of charity. Très chic!