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My name rhymes with "Lisa," I live in Midland, Texas, because it's warm and the mortgage is cheap, and of course this is my natural hair color. Of course! The EGE--The Ever-Gorgeous Earl--is my husband of 35 years. I have the best job in the world because I get to call up artists and ask them nosy questions and then write about them. I also stitch, podcast, blog, and then, in my spare time, do it all some more.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Becky & Her Blythe Doll

Yeah, like she has only one. Make that “& One of Her Blythe Dolls.” Because she has many, and this is just the most recent one—so fabulous.
Becky’s the last person we would have guessed would get hooked on dolls. Except for her daughter, who is NOT a doll kind of girl (thank you, jesus, for that)—and now she’s gotten her hooked, as well.  Ah, well:  when they’re this cool, you gotta give ‘em a pass, right?
[In case, like me, you’re Blythe doll knowledge is pretty sketchy (i.e., non-existent), go here. And then check out the alterations people do on them, here. That’s where Becky had Isabella’s work done.]
And then she brought her over for a visit.
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Check out the eyes—she has various eyes that you change by pulling a string in the back of her head. Ooooh, creepy! But sooooo cool.
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

And these serve what purpose?

Clare W said...

wow that is nasty

Shelley said...

That is one scary, disturbing doll. I looked at the site with the altered Blythe dolls, and some of them were kind of cool, but this one is just plain creepy. Looks like it might come to life in the middle of the night, and kill someone!

Anita said...

Blythe dolls are creepy and cool at the same time. Did she come looking like a day of thye dead skull or did Becky do that to her?

Ricë said...

that twitter site (2nd link) is the woman who customized the dolls. she's not cheap. and neither are the dolls--we're talking in the 100's of $$ here.

Chris said...

I'm picturing investing in this thing, dusting cat hair off it, finding a place to put it, keeping it (since this is an investment) from being mauled by the cats.....
uh no thanks

Warty Mammal said...

Bwahahahaha! Totally excellent! If Tim Burton had a Blythe doll, she'd look just like this!

My faith in humanity has been restored.

Ricë said...

oops. it was a flickr site, not a twitter. you can tell i'm overwhelmed.

warty mammal, glad you get it. while i don't think i'll ever be a doll person (never have been, but that obviously doesn't mean a lot!), i can totally get the attraction of the customization. you could not PAY me to try to airbrush a doll's face. good lord! airbrushing something flat would be enough of a challenge.

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