So last week I posted about trying to decide on a name for my Monique Magnifique. The poor thing had a Flickr set naming her Nameless, after all! How embarrassing is that?! Poor thing, she can’t even show her face.

But luckily for her, I finally decided on a name for her. Internets, please say hello to… Cedar.

It’s a good thing you don’t have kids, lady.

Named for the lovely red cedars that grow in these parts and the fact that she also looks fantastic in green. And therefore she reminds me of a tree.

This is why I should not be allowed to name people or animals. Dolls are okay, because they typically don’t grow to resent you for your poor name choices. Hopefully.

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When I was in Hong Kong, I stayed with my cousin and his family. Part of that family was my 8 year old second cousin, who primarily had stuffed animals and gifted toys. Apartments in Hong Kong are small, so a lack of space is a real issue when it comes to bigger things like board games and puzzles. She had very little in terms of dolls, but she adored mine.

She recognized Blythe instantly, and knew before I told her that the eyes changed colours. She had seen them before in shop windows, you see, but she also didn’t have one. This was primarily due to cost, and the fact that her father (my cousin) thought that they were scary. Good thing that he’s not part of their target market audience, or Blythe would be failing in the market. She was enthralled with Eden, loving the small stash of clothes I’d brought along for her and the shoes! She adored the shoes (a girl after my own heart) and thought that the boots were super neat. Plus she greatly enjoyed the whole pulling the pullstring and seeing the eyes do their thing. I let her handle Eden (with supervision), but I’m afraid after a while she got a wee bit too familiar. My cousin had her friend over and then said that they wanted to play dollies with Eden. I was going to be going out, so I flat out said no. She got very upset with me, until I had to explain that Eden was a special doll and that she wasn’t allowed to touch Eden without permission and without me around. But overall, she was quite hooked onto Blythe while I was there and was infatuated with all the tiny things I had for Eden. Overall, the introduction of Blythe to my cousin was quite successful (she wanted one and asked for one)!

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I posted a few pics of her already on BlytheLife, but I am still having trouble coming up with a name for my Monique Magnifique. I’ve had troubles with deciding names before, but it usually doesn’t take me a long time because names just come to me. Here’s what my other dolls are named:

• Sophie
• Belarus
• Tertiary Jane
• Bennett
• Eden Mouse
• Kindred
• Emmalynn
• Moxie
• Molybdenum (Mollie)
• Primrose (Prim)
• Lillian Rose (Lily)
• Halo
• Kitty Brighton (Brighton)
• Nameless Monique Magnifique

Yes, her current name on her Flickr set is Nameless – clearly this is not a name and needs to change. I’m trying to go by names that I think would fit a reddish-haired dolly and it’s difficult! She’s fairly blushy, and with fantastic bangs, I really want a nice name for her, something girly to reflect the style that I think that she has and the personality she may end up with. So far, the front-runners of names are, let me know if you like any of them:

• Sage
• Cedar
• Hollis

Who am I? Am I a Sage? Cedar? Hollis?