Middie Monday is a feature that is published on the first Monday of each month! A guaranteed monthly post on Blythe’s little sister – Middie! If you have any suggestions for a future Middie Monday post, please send me an email or use my Suggestions form!

It’s been an awesome 8 months having a dedicated day for Middies! I’ve been trying to focus a bit on Blythe’s middle sister because she seems so underrated at times. My Middie-related goal of crafting their wardrobe still remains the same, which means the poor dears have been wearing the same outfits for quite a while now and often rotate between the small handful of outfits that I do have for them. It’s hard though, finding time to craft for them because the little sleeves are a bit fiddly and (if I’m being completely honest) I prefer knitting socks for me over clothes for them – if only because I actually feel changes in temperature and I adore wool socks versus the Middies being made of plastic and not actually being able to care about weather and temperature changes. (Sorry if I burst anyone’s bubble, but that’s the way it works around here!)

That isn’t the say that I won’t continue to craft for the Middies – they won’t be getting new clothes otherwise so I definitely will! But with it being winter, I’m more likely to continue to knit for myself over them. But the great thing is that leftover yarn from projects I do for myself wind up being put into a bag for doll-related knits! It’s really a win-win situation (if you don’t think about it too much) because it means that I get hand knits and so do the Middies!

I recently toyed with the idea of adding a third Middie to the doll family (the Alice in Wonderland-inspired Mary Ann was quite high on the list of wants!), but then I realize that it would mean that the handful of clothes that my Middies do have would be split between three dolls instead of two, and that just seemed like a really mean thing to do.

2016 is the first year since before I started kindergarten that I am not in school, which is kind of an amazing feat in itself. I’m very excited to begin a new year! It’ll be the first full year of me working ever in my life (previous work included temporary positions and part-time jobs), which is pretty exciting. As I work to save up for some necessities to my life (e.g. car, saving to move out), I also hope that 2016 will perhaps be the year that I finally get a BL to call my very own. Besides the ADG, the BL is the only mold of Blythe that I am missing. Maybe I’ll get both and round out the doll family!

For now, my doll family hasn’t grown too much in 2015, with my latest addition being little Lark – whom I adore. You’ll be seeing a lot of her in 2016, maybe I’ll even get around to sewing some teeny tiny clothes for her?

2015 was a big year, what with organizing and hosting BlytheCon Vancouver. I couldn’t have done it without my fellow organizers (Chun, Juliet, and Angel)! It was certainly a labour of love that resulted in an amazing donation to a fantastic organization that we all truly believe in (O.W.L.).

Happy new year, everyone! I wish you all the best for 2016!

What are your doll-related goals for 2016?

This year, I had two simple resolutions/goals:

1. Write for BlytheLife, and continue to enjoy writing for BlytheLife.
2. Continue working away on BlytheCon Vancouver and have fun on August 9th.

And I think I did pretty well! BlytheLife kept chugging along and BlytheCon Vancouver came and went (and it was a lot of fun!). I’d like to keep it simple again for 2016. I started orientation for my new job in mid-October, but I didn’t start working until mid-November. Because I’m a casual Registered Nurse, it’s hard for me to predict my hours and what days I will be working (and not be working). So my 2016 goals are going to be fairly simple (I hope!):

1. Always have at least 1-2 weeks worth of posts ready to go.
2. Enjoy Blythe and take more photos.

Seems simple in context, but then again so did taking a photo of Eden every day for 365 days (and we all know how that turned out!).

‘Tis the season for giving! And for those who were good Blythe enthusiasts, I hope some of you had been given a doll (or two, or three!). No dollies for me this year, although I did get quite a bit of things related to my other hobbies (primarily the tea drinking lifestyle that I’ve truly adopted and embraced over the last year). The last time I received a doll for Christmas was Mollie (Simply Sparkly Spark) for Christmas 2011, who’s a delight and wound up getting holiday-themed beads for her pull string.

Did you get new dolls for the holidays? (Who did you get?)

Mollie’s wearing: headband/stock, sweater/chelleshocks, tights/stock.
Moxie’s wearing: headband/stock, sweater/chelleshocks, tights/unknown.

From all of the dolls here, and one totally normal doll enthusiast, we wish you the very happiest of holidays and best wishes for the new year!

– Michelle