This is my birthday doll! She is a Hi-Ho Marine Blythe, RBL+ mold. I will be deboxing her on my actual birthday and I’d like for her to have some kind of name when the time comes. Here she is!

Do you have any suggestions for names? Do you have a Hi-Ho Marine yourself? (What did you name yours?)

My other dolls have the following names, for those who are curious and want to give suggestions for this new lovely sunshiney-yellow doll: Sophie, Belarus, Tertiary Jane, Bennett, Eden Mouse, Kindred, Emmalynn, Moxie, Molybdenum (Mollie), Primrose, Lillian (Lily) Rose, Halo, Cedar, and Kitty Brighton.

In a world where social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr are becoming more and more prevalent – for better or for worse, a lot less people are keeping active blogs these days. Case in point, I have a few other websites besides BlytheLife but BlytheLife is the only one that I actively update. Why? Because dolls are just so much more fun!

In the past, I’ve done quite a few posts about blogging and how to set up a blog because I think that blogs still have a place in the internet world and they’re still relevant when it comes to communication and providing you, my lovely readers, with a place to go. Whether you’re reading this on your computer or on a tablet, blogs still have a huge presence on the World Wide Web and I do hope that you agree. It’s hard to keep up with a blog though! Not only do I have to write the content, there’s so many things that I do behind the scenes that you probably would never know about but it keeps things running smoothly so that the posts go up on time. Blogging is something that I’ve done for a long time now (since 2003!) and I think it’s a great medium to use to communicate with others, which is why I enjoy doing it so much! Dolls are, by far, my favourite topic to blog about. Especially when it comes to these big-eyed lovelies!

Do you have a doll blog?
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If you’ve been participating in a 365 project this year, and you started on January 1st, you’d be on photo number 305 of 365 today. When I was doing 365 (the first time around), it was hard to be creative past the first fifty photos. And even harder after 100, and every subsequent photo after that. By the time I got to 365, I was over taking photos and I didn’t really take any pictures of my dolls for the month or so after that. So for all those lovely people on photo 305 or even photo 30, here are some photo ideas for you:

1. Have your doll take a “selfie” – bonus for having it at an odd angle (e.g. up the nose!) and blurry, like real selfies.
2. Your girl with the top 15 clothing items or shoes that she wears.
3. Dolly + Me photo
4. Your doll with her very own cell phone, texting her dolly BFF.
5. Have a coffee or dessert date with you and your doll.
6. Have your doll sewing her own outfits for a change.
7. Carefully balance her on top of your cat or dog (and hope they stay still with the promise of a treat!).
8. Give your doll their own pet (I have a doll who would recommend a pocket T-rex as the ‘perfect pet’).
9. Doll up your 365 girl in a red carpet-worthy dress.
10. Take a photo of her reading her favourite Blythe blog!

Happy Halloween!

I hope all of your little ghouls get bags full of candy and are generous enough to share with you!

Are the twins spooky enough? They’re hoping that the dead of night will make them frightening for small children!

It is the question of the month, much less the week. I love coming up with costume ideas for my plastic darlings, even if I don’t take them out for Halloween. It’s just a fun thing to get to do. I’ve had a Dorothy, a Cinderella, a Medusa (complete with a head full of snakes!) and a cute little squid. What’s next for the girls who grace my presence with their plastic selves? I am so glad that you asked!

My pink-loving Eden Mouse is going to be dressed up as a princess because she maintains that “I am a princess and therefore I should dress accordingly at all times of the day.” Right…

And then we have Tertiary Jane, who’s decided to go as an ice dancer this year and thought that the orange would really go well with the Halloween theme (was she right?). Sometimes the simpliest stock can be the most useful!

The fraternal twins, Mollie and Moxie, don’t have Halloween costumes yet… and the days are counting down to Halloween! So they will be revealing their costume soon, provided school doesn’t continue to get in the way for me!

What are your dolls dressing up as for Halloween?