Top row: Simply Peppermint stock, Barbie, Jackie Ramone stock.
Bottom row: Liv Doll stock, Simply Lilac stock.

This summer we got hooked on Game of Thrones. Winter is Coming isn’t true for right now though, Autumn is Coming! And it’s the most wonderful time of year for fashion – one of the people that Michelle is working with right now has an amazing fashion magazine for humans and I want to get a copy for myself so I’m aware of all the new fashion trends and so I can start making a wish list of what I want.

Cardigan by chelleshocks, jeans by puppy52dolls, shoes unknown.

What do I love about autumn? Wearing handknits! Cardigans and sweaters are the way to go! Jeans and comfy pants are a fall necessity. I love a really great pair of jeans and they look even better with a pair of cute boots – because what’s an outfit without some boots!

Sweater by chelleshocks, pants by Blythe Couture, boots by Jemgirl Creations.

And yes, I do wear pink. Don’t tell Eden though, okay? Pink is a great colour for this fall!

What are your favourite autumn pieces to wear?

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.

It’s the middle of September and there’s a definite chill in the air where I am! The leaves have started to change colour already and I’m wearing sweaters on a daily basis. With the lower temperatures and the brisk winds, it’s nice to get to wear things made of cushy, warm yarn!

Now I know that the dolls don’t actually feel warm or cold and they could be wear a bikini in the middle of a blizzard or five coats in a beach during the peak of summer and not even complain. Whenever a doll wears weather appropriate clothing photos, it just makes it that much better.

Crocheted hats are actually one of the very first things that I ever created for Blythe! I’ve made so any over the years in an assortment of colours – they’re really fun to do and a nice quick project to do. Plus, sometimes it’s just nice to pop a cozy hat onto a dolly just to make them look warmer. Toque weather is sweater weather!

What’s your favourite autumn accessory for dolls? Mine is warm hats!

I edit photos on my phone a lot – either with adjusting the colours so that they’re closer to being ‘true’ or adding a filter to make them look better. Sometimes the lighting just isn’t the best when I’m snapping a quick photo for posting later, or I don’t get around to looking at it closely until later and I just don’t get the opportunity to take another photo. Photo editing apps can also be a lot of fun to just add a little extra something to a photo.

I greatly enjoy the photo editing features on the Instagram and Flickr apps. They are fairly user-friendly apps that are easy to use, but I’m sure many of you already know about them! One that I’ve been playing around with a lot lately is XnRetro. There’s a dice button that’s essentially an option to randomise what filters and editing options get applied, and it’s really fun:

I am always on the look out for fun new photo apps to try and use! Make some recommendations below if you have any!

What are your favourite photo apps? (Don’t forget to include what platform they are for!)

In 2010, Hasbro released Blythe as part of “Blythe Loves Littlest Pet Shop” with Blythe as a pet sitter to tie in with the animals. The size and overall style is very similar to that of the Takara Petite Blythe dolls. The biggest difference is that the Hasbro version of the Petite Blythe has stationary eyes, while the Takara Petites have eyes that close when laying flat (much like the ‘sleepy eye’ dolls that have been sold for decades).

The LPS Petites stand at approximately 4.5″, making her significantly smaller than her Neo Blythe or Middie counterparts. She wears the same size clothing as her Takara sisters, but their small size means that it’s more difficult to sew clothing for them and, as a result, there are less people who actually create Petite Blythe-sized clothes.

The eyes on these dolls are fixed. While Takara, Ashton-Drake Galleries, and Kenner Blythe dolls have their pull ring, Middie Blythes have a dial, and Takara Petite Blythes have ‘sleep’ eyes – the eyes on a Blythe Loves Littlest Pet Shop doll do not move. The direction that they look in is the way they’ll look in, short of customizing them.

The heads of these dolls do pop off quite easily, they have a simple ball joint that allows for some range of option in their head and tilting. The arms and legs turn, but there are no points of movement for the elbows or knees – this is also true for the Takara Petite dolls.

The Blythe doll sold by Hasbro now is a better representation of Blythe Baxter, the main character from the Littlest Pet Shop television show. Due to her cartoonish looks, she looks less like a copy of the Takara Petite Blythes and more like her cartoonish self and reminds me a lot of the new Polly Pocket dolls with their rubbery clothing. It is still possible to find the original LPS Blythe dolls, if you do a little searching in shops or online.

Shrimp’s wearing: jacket/stock, scarf/stock.
Eden’s wearing: helmet/chelleshocks, romper/unknown.

Way back in 2011, I did a compilation of some tips for newbies that five of the people I had interviewed shared. I invite you all to take a look and some of the interviews I’ve done since 2011, as there have been many!

Here are some of the tips that have been shared with you, the BlytheLife reader.

From G. Baby Custom Dolls (interviewed August 8, 2011):

What kind of advice do you have for someone who’s just getting their feet wet into the world of customizing Blythe?
My advice for new customizers is, don’t be afraid!!!! Don’t think, just DO.

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