I love giving support to other great doll websites, and this is another great doll website made by someone that I call my friend. Blythopia has recently been revamped and was revealed yesterday! The website is owned by Katie from 222am.org and Kult of Kulta.

The purpose of Blythopia is to be a reference website for all of the doll releases – including Middies and ADGs! If you ever wanted to search the dolls by face mould or hair colour, you can do that too! While it has been recently been revealed, not all of the dolls’ information has been inputted yet – so be patient! I can see Blythopia being a fantastic reference for all Blythe collectors, new and old alike. It’s especially a great resource already for the Middies as it already has information up to Puchippu Chappu Pepa, the purple-haired Middie that is being released in December 2013.

Be sure to check out Blythopia if you have the chance, and give Katie props for taking on such a huge project!

Meet Minnow!

If all Blythes were created equal, there wouldn’t be soaring popularity and matching prices for some while others remain unsold for days or weeks at a time. There will always be those dolls that can command higher prices (Margo Unique Girl, I’m talking to you!) and those who are not as heavily appreciated (that would be some of the Aubrey incarnations, Frosty Frock who tried so hard to be like Saffy). For me, it’s typically the stock make-up and hair that draws me in the most. I’m not particularly drawn in by the eyechips (especially stock ones), because I do have the meager skills needed to change eyechips all on my own. But rerooting? Or making the dolls all pretty with new face-ups? That is well beyond my capabilities at the moment – so I look for dolls with faces and hair that I like. I can do basic touch-ups on factory hair cuts though. It takes either skills or money to have a customized doll – of which that I have neither right now.

My newest addition is Hi-Ho Marine!, who was a birthday gift to me from my parents. I wanted Hi-Ho Marine because of her bright sunshiney hair. And she has the brightest cheeks I’ve ever seen in Flickr photos. If you don’t

What draws you to a stock doll?

Author: Gina Garen
First Published: April 2000
Publisher: Chronicle Books
96 Pages

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It would be a lie if I said I’ve always been a fan of the teeny tiny Blythe counterparts – Petites. Maybe it’s the fact that their eyes don’t change colour, or the fact that they’re super small, or even the fact that I can’t readily find shoes for them. And really, if I can’t easily build a large shoe collection for them – what’s the point? Plus, not a lot of clothing options are available for them because there’s not a lot of people who sew for them (or knit, or crochet). That includes me. I find that I craft a lot more clothing options for my full-sized Blythes than I do my Petite or Middie dolls. This isn’t the say that I craft often for them, just that when I do, it’s not for the Petite or Middie… The tiny size just doesn’t make it easy to craft for them!

My first Petite that I have was a gift from a wonderful person who then became a wonderful friend. You may know her as the person who sends out Wubba Chickens out into the world to make new dolly friends. This is Pip (short for “Pipsqueak”) and she’s probably been in this exact same outfit for well over a year now.

My second Petite has only been with me since Sunday (November 10th) and she is also my first NRFB Petite and my second LPS Petite. I still haven’t managed to get my hands on a Takara Petite, and there’s a very specific one that I still have my eyes on… But regardless, the newest dolly addition in my house is “Cold Weather Cute”, otherwise referred to as “#B1” – which I’m guessing makes her the first LPS Petite produced? Needless to say, that’s pretty awesome! But “Cold Weather Cute” may be the least imaginative (or cool) name ever… It’s almost as if Hasbro decided to take lessons from CWC when it comes to naming stock girls!

Readers, I’m pleased to introduce Shrimp. If I continue to add to my Petites clan, they will all be getting “tiny” names – I’ve always wanted to go with themed doll names, and the Petites are a great way for me to start since it’s much too late for me to do that with the Neos, and I only have one Middie at this time (and acquiring more LPS Petites would be infinitely less expensive than acquiring more Middie Blythes). Something tells me that if I’ve taken to naming dolls things like “Pipsqueak” and “Shrimp”, I should probably not be allowed to name real human children or other mammals.

I’ve found that I’ve grown more fond of Petites, the more that I see them in pictures and Petites are a fantastic size to have a stealth Blythe on you without making it easy for people to notice… It’s much easier to hide a Petite in a bag than it is a Neo!

Take a moment to think about events that have happened, and those that are happening right now. Remember the lives lost for the freedom that we can enjoy today.

What do you like to remember on November 11th?