I like taking photos of Blythe, but I am not a photographer by any means. I use a point-and-shoot camera sometimes and my cell phone most of the time. For a long while, after getting my first smartphone, nearly all of my photos were taken with my phone – I recently changed this after ‘rediscovering’ my trusty Sony Cybershot. And even after five years into this hobby, I’m still shy about photographing dolls in public unless I’m with other people who have Blythes out. The idea of strangers watching me bugs me. Strength in numbers works well for me.

A little while ago, I went out to take some photos and instead of bringing a Blythe along, I brought my Petworks Usaggie, Kanin. Dressed in a cute top and a scarf that is woefully inappropriate for the weather, I took him out for photos. And it was fun! I got a lot of photos of him with beautiful backdrops that is British Columbia.

Kanin is wearing an “I Love YVR” LuxieLou top and a rainbow scarf (by me/Michelle/chelleshocks).

I was with other people (my sisters) but not other doll people. Strength in numbers again, but a little less dolly involved and just having people around. There were quite a bit of people around – it was a beautiful sunny summer day in British Columbia, everyone comes out in droves to soak up what little vitamin D we can get throughout the summer months. So there were people, and I did see quite a few people watching me as I held out Kanin to take photos of the water, the lighthouse, and boats.

It may have helped that Kanin is smaller than Blythe is, and perhaps he draws slightly less attention. Or maybe I’m just starting to care less about what people think of me? Maybe I’m not as shy about public doll photography as I think that I am. Who knows.

Umm, hello there?

I wanted to do a proper introduction of the newest doll here at BlytheLife Headquarters as he finally got a name! A very short while ago, I mentioned that I had a new addition, a pink Petworks Usaggie, that was at the time nameless. But no more! The first challenging in naming him was deciding if he was a boy or a girl. First off, pink. Pink generally suggests femininity in this day and age, but something about the face just suggested ‘boy’ to me. Maybe if there was more of a curve to the smile, or if I had gotten the one that comes with painted on lashes, it’d be a different story. But I didn’t, so I decided that the new bunny on the block was a boy.

So everyone, I’m pleased to introduce Kanin!

For those that don’t know, Kanin is the Norwegian (and Swedish!) word for “rabbit”. If you want to know how to pronounce it, you can click on through to Google Translate (I already queued up the page!)

And while this is BlytheLife, it’s always fun to share all of my new additions, even if their heads aren’t oversized in comparison to their bodies.