Best Friends

"Birds of a feather flock together."

In this case, it's Blythes with lovely multi-tone brown hair flocking together! 
Princess Milk Bisquit de Q-Pot: mix of light brown and red
Gerda Eternity: mix of brown and purple
Veronica Lace: mix of chestnut brown and pink

This picture is for the theme "Best Friends" in the Blythe a Day group on Flickr. 

Made by Hand

Handmade. It's a beautiful thing.

Gerda Eternity (left) wearing Veronica Lace's stock dress. Veronica Lace (right) wearing a pretty dress I found on eBay. I'm liking Gerda more and more with each picture I take of her!

This picture is for the theme Made by Hand in the Blythe a Day group on Flickr. The beautiful quilt was made by the skillful hands of Angie Coppi.

Packing the Essentials

When packing for a trip, Gerda always includes her favorite snowflake panties.

Gerda Eternity is FINALLY out of her stock outfit! This blue outfit from Sunday's Very Best looks great on her, especially with her blue eyes. And as we all know, a Snow Queen needs snowflake panties! This is for the theme "Underwear Day" in the Blythe a Day group on Flickr. 

Kozy Kape

While everyone else was enjoying the warm weather, Gerda (aka The Snow Queen) had only one thought:

"Will winter...never...come???"

Wearing her stock cape, Gerda Eternity is playing the title role in this photo for the theme "Kozy Kape" in the Blythe a Day group on Flickr. In the background are Middie Nellie Nibbles and Neo Chocolat Blythe. Do you like the dolly-size grill in the background? I found it recently at Target for just a couple of dollars.

So Similar yet So Different

I have three Blythe dolls that I thought looked very similar, so I took this side-by-side comparison shot of them--and now they all seem very different to me!

When I first got into the Blythe hobby, my grail girl was Veronica Lace (released in 2008.) She's the girl on the left in this picture. I was thrilled when I found her, used, in a Facebook doll group; she came with only her stock dress, but her price was so good that I didn't mind. It was her beautiful, multi-toned hair (a combination of brown and light purple) and pale complexion that drew me to her, and I love her old-fashioned clothing style.

Last year at Christmas the beautiful Gerda Eternity joined my dolly family (released in 2017.) She's the girl on the right. As soon as I saw her promo pictures I knew I would buy her...I loved her winter-themed outfit, and her hair and skin tone reminded me of my beloved Veronica Lace. It turns out that her hair is a single color, a soft, light brown, not the purpley-brown I thought it would be, but it is long, slightly wavy, and very beautiful.

Princess Milk BisQuit de Q-Pot is another doll I have dreamed of for quite some time, and she became mine just this month--she's in the center (released in 2009.) Like Veronica Lace, she has multi-toned hair (various shades of reddish-brown); that, combined with a darker complexion, and accessories in different tones of brown and cream, make me think of a piece of gourmet chocolate. I recently purchased her NRFB online at Mandarake in Japan, and I am in love with her!

So here they are, Veronica, Q-Pot, and Gerda. And the winner is...Q-Pot!

Winter

"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."
                          --John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

                                                       

Gerda Eternity

Gerda Eternity

Gerda Eternity is here! It's so much fun to get to know a new Blythe doll. She was my Christmas gift this year. She is based on the story "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen. 

"She cannot receive any power from me greater than she now has, which consists in her own purity and innocence of heart." (--from The Snow Queen.)

Her box is beautiful, and it continues the snowy theme.

Her stock outfit is lovely: a fleecy white dress embroidered with snowflakes on the front; a voluminous blue tulle underskirt; a pair of silver mesh tights; a gorgeous lacy white hooded cape; a lusterous blue crown with white fur trim; and shimmery white boots. She is every inch a queen! 

Her hair was quite greasy right out of the box, but a wash with Dawn Ultra Platinum took care of most of it...I might wash it again when I feel more motivated! It looks fine for pictures for now.