Blythe is Beautiful

"I woke up this way!!"

This is Cloud 9 Bowl; she joined the fun here at Blythe Happy back in 2012. As you can see, she is still as gorgeous as ever. The crocheted blanket is from BlythDesign on Etsy. I love the look of crochet, and I truly appreciate items that are made by hand, but I've never been able to get the hang of crochet, so I was happy to find this beautiful, dolly-scale bed cover. It goes perfectly with our cobalt-blue bed and the pillows made by Angie Coppi.

Good Oblivion

And if tonight my soul may find her peace
in sleep, and sink in good oblivion,
and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower
then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.
                            
                             --from "Shadows" by D.H. Lawrence

I'm a big fan of sleep, and I never appreciate it more than on the nights I have trouble sleeping. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, I get up and read for a while. What do you do when you can't sleep?

This beauty is Blythe Adores Anna Sui, sleeping peacefully with her pretty winter-themed sleep mask, coverlet and pillow set made by my friend Angie Coppi (she is Goodnight Sweet Blythe on Facebook.)  

Swap Package for Angie

I've been a Facebook friend of Angie Coppi for quite a while...almost two years, I think. She is a life-long quilter, and since getting into Blythe, she has been making quilt and pillow sets on a small scale for dolls. Last summer we decided to do a swap: she would make me a quilt set in colors of my choosing, and I would make some clothes for her girls. We both have been busy with other things and agreed to take our time with our packages. I received Angie's package last week; I posted pictures of the wonderful pink and turquoise bedding she sent me HERE .

I'm happy to say that I also finished my package for her! In addition to a couple of things I sent her before Christmas as a sort of down payment on my swap, I sent her the four outfits below. The blue dress is for her newest girl, who didn't have a personalized dress from me yet. The black outfit is a sleeveless dress with a bolero jacket and matching bag. The yellow dress is made from the long-sleeve pattern I drafted to make Angie a white dress for a St. Lucia picture over a year ago...this dress has a matching knitted vest and a felt shoulder bag, which is something NEW! I'm quite excited about this bag, and the one that goes with the green dress, because I love working with felt and I think these bags look great. I intend to make more, to sell in my Etsy shop either separately or as part of outfits like these. Last but not least, the green dress is my standard sleeveless dress made from three coordinated fabrics, paired with a short-sleeved cardigan. I realized after I took this picture that you can't tell that the sweater is short-sleeved, so I took another picture to show it off better, which you will find below.

Angie has just received this package, and she reports that she and her girls are very happy with everything!

Beautiful New Bedding, Part II

Yesterday, Ellie decided to sleep on the sofa so she wouldn't mess up the beautiful new quilt set on the bed. Ann had no problem making herself comfortable, however! 

Ann always has a hard time getting started in the morning. 

Ann is my UFO A GoGo Blythe doll. 

Beautiful New Bedding

What do you do when you want to go to sleep, but your bed looks so beautiful with the new quilt and pillows that you don't want to ruin the effect?

I guess Ellie will be sleeping on the sofa tonight. 

Thank you to Angie Coppi for the gorgeous bedding set. She hand-sewed the quilt (which is very detailed, with lace, beads, and quilted hearts), using colors that I requested; she also hand-sewed the matching pillows and sleep mask; and she knitted the amazing throw from bamboo yarn--which I've never heard of before--it is extremely soft and beautiful. This is Angie's half of a swap we are doing...I am still working on my package for her. I think I need to "up" my game a little, in light of these fabulous gifts!

Ellie is my Ichigo Heaven Blythe doll. She got her name thanks to another swap I did...that swap partner was getting a new doll, and was trying to decide on a name for her. The top contender was "Ellie", so I went ahead and made a white dress with that name embroidered on it as part of the swap. But...you guessed it...she decided on a different name for the doll, so I kept the dress and used the name for the next girl to enter my dolly family!

Good Habit

When Penelope gets up in the morning, 

the very first thing she does is to make her bed. 

Isn't that a good habit? 

Penelope is my Snowflake Sonata Blythe doll. Many thanks to Angie Coppi, who gifted me and my dolls with this beautiful winter-themed bedding set (throw, pillows, and sleep mask) that she made just for us.