Since the Littlest Pet Shop Petites have come into play, Blythe hasn’t been the same. Suddenly there’s products being sold in North America with Neo-sized Blythes on them. Granted, we still can’t pick up new Takara releases in the local Toys-R-Us, but it’s a nice change from only being able to see Blythe merchandise online, in specialty stores or in Asia. That’s one of the things that I love about Petites, especially the LPS ones, they’ve allowed Blythe into the North American mind and isn’t that a wonderful thing?

With the new show from The Hub that just premiered just this past weekend on the 10th, there have been some changes in the LPS world. The show features a girl named Blythe Baxter and that has led to a revamp with what the LPS Petites look like. They’ve moved away from the original LPS Petite look to have her look more like the character. From website of The Hub, you can learn more about the show, Littlest Pet Shop, and the characters.

Other things I love about Petites include:

• How Petites are pocket-sized and therefore easy to carry around
• How they don’t have a string that I end up getting caught on velcro (sorry, Blythe!)
• The mildly dopey look that some of them have on their face (that’s a good thing, I promise!)
• How designers have challenged themselves into making tinier and tinier clothing works of art.
• That Petites make a good photo model if you’re not comfortable with taking out a Neo in public
• How inexpensive they are, compared to a  Takara Blythe
• I can finally use some of the smaller dolly clothes found in bags of clothes from the thrift store

What do you love about Petites?

Hello my faithful fans!

Welcome to another installment of “Love, Sophie”, my awesome column here at BlytheLife.com! Today I will be discussing something that not all dolls might be comfortable discussing – the importance of underwear! Now, I know a lot of us don’t get much say when it comes to what we wear and how we wear it, but it’s up to us dolls to take a stand and not just stay on the stand. We have a voice, and we’re capable of using them.

When we’re “unboxed”, we come with underpants on. Some of us come with nicer underpants than others. Some come with plain white underpants while others, such as myself, came with nice champagne coloured underpants that are much higher class and stylish. Some dolls that get sold “second hand” or “used” might not come with underpants, and that is a travesty, an absolute travesty! Some well-meaning human-types have taken it upon themselves to decide that we dolls don’t need underwear. I don’t think they’ve considered the fact that we do. The humans wear underwear, most of the time, but they’re not us! The humans sometimes think that our underwear gets in the way of their dressing us, like it’s our fault that they can’t put together full outfits without making us go commando.

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I love when I get feedback here on BlytheLife.com and on the lovely occasion of my birthday, I’d like to reward one lucky commenter! I’m giving away a hot pink crocheted bunny hat handmade by me! I made a similar one near the beginning of my Blythe hobby, I found a nearly identical colour in yarn to make a new one.

The prize looks like this (doll and other accessories are not included!):

I went back and looked at the last 100 comments and put everyone’s names into a spreadsheet, excluding my own comments. I ran a random number generator last night to determine who would be the winner. Congratulations goes to: Click to read more of this entry.

There are a lot of dolly clothing designers out there – it’s amazing the talent that exists in the Blythe community! I love seeing photos of dolls in beautifully designed outfits, original designs, and fun prints put together. Blythe is essentially the perfect model – I think that’s why people are so drawn to them and love to take photos of them. Generally speaking, she can listen pretty well, can pose without much of a fuss (although she is a bit top-heavy at times!) and looks good in just about anything. Plus a model who doesn’t demand payment all that often (besides my Sophie, of course), it’s no wonder that people are inspired by her to create, dress and photograph.

I have a couple favourite designers, can you guess who they are?

Who is your favourite designer for Blythe?

Hello, Sophie fans!

Yes, I’m back again and I’m here to talk about all things accessories!

I love accessories, they can really make or break an outfit. Some people don’t think that accessories are important (*cough*Michelle*cough*), but they are! Everyone should have a great purse, a pair of sunglasses or something stylish on their wrist.

My goal here today is to show off my top faves when it comes to accessories and hopefully you’ll agree with me! I love shiny things, sparkly things (there is a difference, right?) and the prettier, the better! If you’re an only child, I greatly envy you. I have to share things with eleven sisters. That’s a lot of sisters! It’s hard work to make sure that other people aren’t touching my shoes or coats or dresses. I have to share and it’s so hard sometimes. Luckily my sisters are usually pretty okay with not touching my sunglasses.

So I have my favourite dotted scarf, a bunch of Wubba Chickens, my laptop (very important for blogging!), a great pair of sunglases, some little bracelets, my cd player and a nice big hat for those bad hair days (but I don’t usually have bad hair days). What are some of your favourite accessories and fun things?

Until next time, stay fashionable!

Sophie is a mostly stock Cappuccino Chat that came to live with me in June 2009. She loves shoes, new clothes, playing with her hair, fashion, magazines full of fluff and shopping. She aspires to be a model and would like to model for some of the ‘great’ dolly fashion houses one day.