tiny feet DOLLS AND MINIATURES
the third issue
baby it’s cold outside
photography by Dorothy Launshae Doll is a Blythe Tassels
baby it’thes third coldissueoutside Dear dolly friends and enthusiasts, It is with great happiness that we present you our third issue. An issue dedicated to winter, cold days, warm clothes and fluffy knits, an issue with the taste of Christmas! We were still enjoying the last days of summer when we started working on this number and the theme came in the middle of a relaxed and fun talk with friends a couple of special friends to who i send my love right now! It just sounds perfect to celebrate this season with such a perfect line “Baby it’s cold outside” which is actually a beautiful song from 1949 by Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer and there is also a cover by Glee, make sure to go and check it out! As you can imagine this number is a translation of winter seen by our contributors around the world. Some of them are going through Summer now but as you will have the chance to see, they managed to mimic the cold days spirit in some perfect ways! There is also a lot of Christmas hints and the taste of snow here and there but always and forever the stars are our delightful dolls and their little miniature world. My usual thank you goes out to all those who kindly contributed to this issue, with their images and contents. Thank you never quite says eand we all gave a lot of ourselves to have this magazine here now, struggling with time schedules, weather and other adversities, but i also know that in the end we all had a lot of fun! Another thank you has to go to our beloved sponsors, that contributed to support the project and believe in the magazine as much as we do! We want to say that this is our gift to YOU this Christmas, from all of us who made it possible, much love!* the editor
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table of contents The Third Issue 3 Table of Contents 4 Contritbutors 6 On a Cold and Boring Day Ice Dream Look me in the Eyes The Tiny Shopping Guide Day Dreaming
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Featured Artist
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Winter by the Seaside A Fantastic Discovery Wedge, the deer Out in the Cold It’s Beginning to look a lot like...
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www.thesugardoll.com
Ale K Alejandra Kalnisky Buenos Aires, Argentina Photographer and Web Designer www.flickr.com/photos/happy_things/ www.happythings.com.ar Aquadoe Chanel Harris Rochester New York, USA Illustrator www.flickr.com/photos/mindofsky www.spectralimpression.blogspot.com Ginko & Matsuo Joanna H. & CĂŠline M. Belgium Students (Ginko in mathematics & Matsuo in art) www.flickr.com/photos/ginko_matsuo/
Icantdance Jenny Uppsala, Sweden Web Designer www.etsy.com/icantdance www. flickr.com/icantdance Jess Jessica Brough Sunshine Coast, Australia Mother and Childcare Teacher www.flickr.com/photos/jessbrough www.flickr.com/photos/littlepuffballs www.etsy.com/shop/poordittums
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ℓaunshae Dorothy Ng Singapore Producer / Director www.flickr.com/launshae
cherrily Brenda Eindhoven, The Netherlands Graphic Designer www.flickr.com/photos/cherrily www.paperdollproductions.etsy.com
Chôko-Co Sylvie Brenez Paris, France Graphic Designer www.flickr.com/photos/choko-co
Mab Graves Midwest Pop Surrealist artist/illustrator www.mabgraves.com
bombom Filipa Lisbon, Portugal Product Designer and Photographer www.thesugardoll.com www.flickr.com/photos/bom_bom
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Not much to do, during a cold and boring Winter afternoon.
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on a cold and boring
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Song felt sad, because her parents were far from home.
So Matilda had an idea, to make a delicious meal. Matilda is a JerryBerry doll – Basic Berry Song is also a JerryBerry doll – Sleepy Penny All wool clothing handmade by Monkey Monadas Leggings from Cool Cat Birdhouse by Emi Pope Deer from Imaginarium store
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It was exciting and a lot of fun!
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…but somehow Song was still feeling blue.
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Food was finally ready!
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Salad and cake handmade by Ale K Socks and carpet by Monkey Monadas (next pages)
Afterwards, Matilda had a warm cup of coffee, while thinking of a way to make her dear friend smile.
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“It’s cold outside, our tummies are filled with food, what better way to spend the rest of the day!”
“…but Unni, I miss mom” said Song to Matilda. (*unni = older sister in Korean)
And all of the sudden the door opened, Mom had arrived! There was nothing more sweet in the world for Song than a warm hug from her mom in such cold cold afternoon. THE END*
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Ice Dream photography by bombom
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this doll is a Hybrid Unoa Lusis using a wig from Leeke and ruffle collars from SugarDoll Shop
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the doll on the left is a Hybrid SD Musedoll Ciel with a wig from Little Monica and ruffle collars from SugarDoll Shop
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look me in the EYES photography and custom dolls from Ginko and Matsuo
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Doll is Mikio Hide an Angry Custom Dal doll by Ginko & Matsuo Dess by Brillance Haute Couture (BHC) Hat from Byul Paulia Cardigan from Sugar Mag Wig from Crobidoll Eyes from Cool Cat
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Doll name is Pleasance Twinning a Pullip Adsiltia ƒull custom by Ginko&Matsuo Dress & hat by La Princesa, skirt is from Pullip My Melody and socks from Ringo no Matsuri Wig from Josephina Eyes from Cool Cat Accessories from Re-ment
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the tiny shopping guide
the cutest dolly musthaves selected by Cherrily
Jiajia Doll Jiajia (China) designs and creates sweet, realistic outfits in beautiful fabrics for Momoko and tiny ball jointed dolls. When designing, she thinks about what kind of clothes she would want to wear, and translates that to doll size proportions. w w w. j i a j i a d o l l . c o m
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MonstroDesigns (1) Kelsy (US) sells these cute hipster glasses for your BJD and big headed dolls. She also makes affordable and funky mix and match doll clothes and bright coloured fur wigs.
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OhChiWaWa (2) If you want your favourite Blythe doll to be cosy, warm and super stylish this winter, you should really check out An’s (Belgium) super soft kidmohair tops and her cute and colourful felt jackets and capes. w w w. o h c h i w a w a . e t s y. c o m
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Stellinna (3) Lutynne (France) has been making the most gorgeous, sophisticated creations for Blythe since years! What fascinates her most about creating for Blythe is that behind every creation there is an invitation to be taken to a dreamplace, like a secret pathway... w w w. s t e l l i n n a . b l o g s p o t . c o m
Feltland
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(4) Monica (Spain) is a household name in dolly land. Her signature knitted pieces for Blythe and tiny BJD are perfectly made and always a hit! w w w . f e l t l a n d . e t s y. c o m
Little Moda (5) Rei (Thailand) designs sweet clothes for your ball jointed dolls. She does everything for her shop except the sewing, which is done by her dear aunty. w w w . a i z a w a r e i . e t s y. c o m
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Dolls in this image are Bunn Bunn, Prima Dolly Paris, Parfait
day dreaming... photography by Dorothy Launshae
Dolls in this image in globe from left to right are Parfait, Prima Dolly Paris and Tassels Outside the globe is Bunn Bunn
... i dream of snow globes
Dolls in this image are Bunn Bunn and Parfait
... i dream of snow bunnies
... i dream i am snow
Doll in this image is Prima Dolly Paris
Doll in this image is Parfait
... i dream of pink snow
MAB
GRAVES FEATURED ARTIST
Our featured artist this time is the sweet and pink colored Mab Graves. She was kind enough to answer a few of our questions and spare a couple of hours of her ever busy days! Mab is a Bythe collector and customizer and know for her hand painted custom cameos. www.mabgraves.com
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Tiny Feet Please tell us a bit about yourself and where you come from. Mab Graves I am a 5 foot pink-haired painter. Painting is my passion, my obsession and my full-time job! I live in an old 1800’s tavern that has been converted into a loft apartment/studio. I spend my days painting and creating and running two small businesses – 15 hours a day, 7 days a week! I have two shops on Etsy - one sells my cameos, illustrations and paintings, and in the other I sell vintage and custom handmade dolls and doll clothing. My favorite things: My favorite city for creative inspiration is New Orleans and I try to take at least a couple trips down there every year to recharge and get inspired! My favorite colors are dusty pink, saffron yellow, glitter and clear. My favorite flower is moss. My dream pet would be either a fruit bat or a hedgehog with an eye patch. My favorite things are: Pop Surrealist art, Retro and Jpop toys, Blythe dolls, smooth river stones, and fairytale picture books.
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TF
TF
Could you describe the kind of work
Where does your inspiration come
you do?
from?
MG
MG
I am a pop-surrealist artist and illus-
My inspiration stems mostly from my
trator, but I do a bit of everything. My
deep passion for books, literature and
latest passion has been bringing the
old fairy tales. I love creating things
art of cameo paintings back in vogue.
and stories that everyone can know
Cameos really stopped being painted
and identify with. Fairy tales espe-
around the time that photography was
cially are a universal childhood that
invented – but I love the idea of wear-
we all share and take us back instantly
ing something as unique as a piece of
to when they enchanted us for he first
art in the place where a jewel usually
time.
sits. That pretty much sums up the way I feel about art.
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TF When did you start collecting dolls? What was your fist one and how many do you have now? I only discovered Blythe in January. I was instantly enthralled as their sweet little faces looked exactly like the girls in my mind – and the girls that I paint! It was like seeing my paintings come to life! Instant love. I actually didn’t discover the doll community till this summer – I had no idea they were out there! I now have 5 girls – and all of them have candy-pink hair just like me. It’s a family resemblance thing :) I started creating special custom dolls a couple months ago just because I wanted to create little fairy tale, Candy land dolls like the girls in my paintings. I don’t take requests - I just create them organically as the inspiration strikes!
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Mab keeps her cameo supplies in these beautiful wooden boxes.
Where Mab works on her Cameos and cutom dolls, such a nice vintage feel!
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TF You also take custom orders, how did that start? MG I actually had to stop taking custom orders for cameos this summer because my waitlist had gotten so long and it was getting overwhelming with all my other “irons in the fire�! I am hoping I will be able to open my wait list back up and start accepting new requests after the beginning of the year.
Blythe sized Cameos
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One of Mab’s full custom Blythe dolls. Showing off her OOAK acessories and soft colors.
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LINKS www.etsy.com/shop/mabgraves www.etsy.com/shop/uttermabness www.facebook.com/mab.graves www.flickr.com/photos/mabgraves www.mabgraves.com www.mabgraves.blogspot.com
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winter seaside by the
Photography by Jess
One cold morning a little girl took a walk along the water’s edge.
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She flew her kite high in the sky, pretending that it was floating amongst falling snow flakes.
Elka Olivander is a Lati Yellow tanned Mystic Miel with Custom Face-up by Tanya
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Oh how the little girl dreamed of a white winter, but it never snowed where she lived.
Whilst collecting shells, the little girl thought up a wonderful idea. “Since I can’t build a snowman, I will make a sandman!” She gave her sandman sticks for arms, used the shells she had collected as the sandman’s eyes and placed on a special pointy shell for his nose.
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After play, the little girl made a warm fire on the beach.
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There she sat daydreaming once again of a white winter.
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Gudule is a Mini Mui-Chan from IXDoll Wig is from Leeke Default brown MMC IXDoll glass eyes Wearing clothes and shoes from iXTEE except her sweater is by FakeBlondie
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Accessories are from Re-ment "Boucle d'Or" book is handmade by Timon Dollhouse furniture are from Tototon Blanket and pillow are handmade by Ch么ko-Co Totoro's plush is from an unknow source
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WEDGE the deer
Face-up by Caroline / Vidrian House Doll is a Fairyland LF Piki mod by Sint Dress by Icantdance Deer horns from Leeke Lyrics by Bon Iver - Minnesota, WI
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out in the
cold photography by Aquadoe
Fable is a Minifee Rheia doll from Fairyland Fable’s outfit is from Sugardoll shop and shoes are Dale Rae flats
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Myth is a Minifee Chloe doll from Fairyland Myth’s Top is from Sugardoll, leggings from Fairyland, shoes from Nine9style
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Both face-ups done by Andreja www.nicolles-dreams-shop.blogspot.com The fake rabbit fur I bought at a local craft store.
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“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” Photography by EmilyGray & HenryPoole
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“Silent Night ”
“Let it Snow”
“Christmas time is here”
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“Have yourself a Merry little Christmas”
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“White Christmas” 95
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