Watch for the Bitchitude

First - I hope everyone is enjoying the new layout! The banner graphic was drawn by Liz and it's from the graphic novel we are making The Manor. Check out her blog and click on the "Graphic Novel" tag to see what we've done so far!

When I first started looking at Fashion Royalty, Agnes hit me hard. I knew immediately she was perfect for my character Adela Darktree, the queen bitch CEO of Circe Cosmetics. Adela has a personal hand in every aspect of her business which is growing into a major corporation. Circe Cosmetics work and Adela has even been called "some kind of sorceress" by her competitors that can't seem to figure out why her products really do exactly what they say they do.

Adela recently hired Marquis Drake as the face of her new line of male cosmetic products. She also has recently employed her little sister Rin as a model of her line that is supposed to target the 18-25 age group. She is a shrewd businesswoman and really doesn't have a lot of time for men though her father is pressuring her to hurry up and get married (as you'll soon find out they are a very.. old fashioned.. family).

Adela is a Head for Glamour Agnes. I am thinking of unstiffening her hair (maybe even restyling) but I'm not sure if I want to do that. What do you guys think?

I made her shirt and it was my first shirt that turned out really nicely! I'm kind of proud.. haha.

As you'll see the name "Erin" settled on my Barbie Basics Teresa, she's a student working in the coffeeshop and is trying to get her fledgling fashion magazine off the ground.

 

 

Erin: Please check out the prototype for my fashion magazine! I think its' going to be a big hit!!
Adela: if you want an appointment you need to contact my assistant.. *grumble*

Melusina, the Siren

When I first saw Fashion Royalty dolls, the first doll that immediately drew my eye was Kyori. I absolutely love the way she looks and the shape of her face, everything. So when I decided to get my first Fashion Royalty, I knew I wanted to go after Kyori.

I first got a nude Something Hot Kyori on a short old FR body who is in need of a reroot badly at an extremely wonderful price ($35!!). As soon as she arrived I was in love, and began to look at Kyori's on Flickr, I immediately fell in love with Glam Slam Kyori, and I found someone who sold me to her NRFB at a great price.

I really wanted a white haired Kyori.. so I got some hair and rerooted her, it was much sparklier hair then I expect, but still, I like the result.

This is Melusina, the Siren.. not exactly human and her unearthly enchanting beauty captures those around her without them even realizing it. She is the mother of Seraphina, who owns the Villa.

"There are even stranger creatures in the world then me.. in fact, a whole other world co-exists with yours... but you will learn that in time."

 

1/3rd Fun.. Dr. and Mrs. Alvarado

So here are a couple of my 1/3rd scale dolls.. Dr. Alvarado and his wife Arcadia. Probably the oldest characters I have that are existing in any doll form right now. The Doctor (haha!.. not that Doctor!) and his wife life in The Alhambra... the closest neighbor the The Manor before The Villa was built (a complete map is coming). They live there together with their daughter and a great deal of female servants. Arcadia insists that all her servant are female and she worships a strange goddess in her rather strange chapel... as for Dr. Alvarado.. he dabbles in all sorts of things that are strange and mystical in nature. They are dressed rather old-fashioned and for as long as they've lived in the Alhambra they seem to have retained their youth... hmm..!

Their love story is a very great one. Needless to say they are hopefully devoted and loyal to one another.

Arcadia - Iplehouse Gentle Freezia WS, Faceup by Liz
Dr. Alvarado - Soom Spinel NS, Default Faceup

I apologize for Arcadia's wig.. it's made out of a really difficult fiber and I haven't had any time to really work with it lately.

And here is how they normally are on the shelf in the living room... quietly plotting and enjoying one another's company.

Dr Alvarado: "Shall we dine with the rest of the household or take our dinner privately, my dear?"

Arcadia: "Well when you put it that way.. it doesn't seem like I really have much of a choice~"

Pretty Girl needs a Name...

When the Barbie Basics 2.0 came out.. I really didn't think twice about this girl. Then of course, Flickr, which is the mortal enemy of my bank account started posting all sorts of lovely pictures of this girl... I absolutely had to have her and I jumped at the chance to get her during a 20% off sale before Christmas time.

She has NO name, NO character, NO personality... I have dressed her up in all sorts of clothes and nothing is coming to me.

So I need your help.. I need a name and personality for this girl. I can envision her working at either the coffee shop I plan on making or at the hair salon/makeup boutique. She's so beautiful and I want someone to tell me who she is!!

Her hair is cut and styled by me of course... and she is rebodied on a fashionista body.

 

 

Today in Celebrity News.. Marquis Drake and Rumors of his Lovelife!

--CELEBRITY SPOTTING--

Marquis Drake made his appearance today at a charity fundraiser for a local children's hospital. The A-list Hollywood Actor, known for his generous donations to charities, was signing autographs and handing over a check to help build a game room for the pediatric wing.

When asked about rumors that he was dating Circe Cosmetics' CEO Adela Darktree's younger sister, Rin Darktree, Marquis said this:

"I'm here to help children, not talk about my love life."

Is Marquis dating the fresh-faced Rin, who is an up-and-coming model for her older sister's very successful cosmetics company? His PR agent has not returned our calls.

Oh poor Marquis.. my hunka-hunka man love. Right now he's incredibly outnumbered by the number of women in my household.. I have a couple of other guys but they aren't very put-together right now. He's the only one that can stand up and really say "I'M ALIVE!!"

I am incredibly lucky to have someone sell me to him at a great price and didn't try to scalp the hell out of me. Darius Reid's are not cheap and just looking at his pictures you can tell why!! *swoon*

I won her!!

I don't consider myself a person with good luck about these things.

But I won myself a Luminous Ayumi in the lottery! I am really happy because as soon as I saw her I knew I needed her. I am absolutely in love with dolls of other ethnicity (a separate blog post about that in the future).. and I was rueing the fact that I didn't have a girl that looked very Korean in my collection. I think Luminous Ayumi looks like a very glamorous Korean film star..

I have a good character for her too. I just have to find the right name (I'm thinking Hyori).

Jett is Here

Here is she! My newest girl, bought from EbonyNicole30 (who so kindly gave me a plug on her blog!).

She's my first Dynamite Girl and man.. I am really liking her body. Her body is heads and tails above some of the Fashion Royalty bods I have.

I am really thinking she may be my Eden... I want to give her a re-root, I'm thinking black with red underneath to give her the punk-bitchiness I need from her. Eden originally had wine colored hair (her 1/3rd scale counterpart still has a wine colored wig). But her brother has black hair and she looks good in his wig too!! I'm so torn. Tell me what to do!


I'm challenging Liz to give her a repaint without compromising her beautiful rooted eyelashes (anyone with experience with this?).. I've seen so many beautiful Dynamite Girl repaints and I desperately want one of my own. My house is seriously the house of makeovers (which is hilarious since I'm never the one doing the repainting.. only the rerooting and hairstyling - you knew what you were getting into Liz!!).

 

Also here's Ivy chilling out and watching her Mama take dollie pictures.. needless to say she's my cutest doll!!