New online doll shop open! The Thinking Doll

The Thinking Doll now has an online shop hoste by Groovy Cart!

We only have stock clothes and accessories for Blythe, Coco, Tiny Betsy McCall and Pullip as well as some vintage dolls but new items will follow shortly 

Holly xoxo

How many comments!?

Thanks to the wonderful One World One heart project I have been soooo inundated with comments I've barely been able to keep up with them all, not that that's a complaint mind, I am incredibly happy about it and am having a lot of fun blog hopping, I've even met other doll lovers and doll dabblers which is always a plus to any endeavour!
If the comments finally reach 100 then I'll add something else to the prize pool. I can't believe how many great gifts people are offering, it's really an exploration of sorts!

Exploring outside is out of the question as there is still thick snow on the ground here, though now much of it has turned to ice. Little Miss P was hoping that school would be closed today but no such luck I'm afraid! We're going to go to the Kids Group at church, but whether anyone will turn up I don't know. I've prepared some 'stained glass window' cards for the kids to colour anyway in celebration of candlemass. I say 'stained glass' it's actually tracing paper, but it will still look nice with the light shining through it :)

Yesterday was weird, not only for the snow but also because we found a perfectly good bicycle dumped in a hedge on the way home from school. I think it must have been stolen and dumped, so we are taking it to the police station as soon as the snow melts. I kind of hope no-one claims it because it's just the right size for Little Miss P and she doesn't have a bike :)

Still no pictures concerning the Tonner Dr Who dolls I'm sorry to say, but I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything, and if you hear before me please... TELL ME!!!

In other trivial life type shenanigans we finally got to watch the new BBC series 'Being Human' last night. In case you're not aware of it it concerns a house being shared by a ghost a werewolf and a vampire and it's flippin' brilliant!

You can find out more here (but don't look if you get scared easily!):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/beinghuman/

And just to keep it all on topic here are some appropriately themed dollies, not my own work (if only!) but items I discovered on Etsy ^-^!

You can click on the pics to visit the sellers' shops...

One World One Heart Giveaway!- IS NOW CLOSED winners announced soon!

Inspired by Bella Sinclair at Doodlespot I too have joined the One World One Heart Gypsy Caravan ^-^!

This is a wonderful idea where hundreds of bloggers have gotten together to offer giveaways in a huge bohemian celebration (freedom, beauty, truth and love abound ^-^!)

You can click on the badge above to browse all 800 or so giveaways available at the moment!

I've decided to hop in the bandwagon at the last moment and am offering one of my handmade art dolls, Ms Celestine Swish!

Please not that she is an art doll and not a toy suitable for children :)

To be in with a chance of winning her, all you need do is to leave a comment on this post (please also leave me some way of contacting and identifying you such as an email address or link) before February 11th. I promise I won't publish any personal info!

Good luck and all happiness!

Holly xoxo

Tonner to release Dr Who and Torchwood Dolls!?

I just heard a rumour that Tonner are meant to be releaseing dolls of the following Dr Who and Torchwood charachters:

Martha Jones
The Doctor
Jack Harkness
Gwen Cooper

There's no pics to be found as yet, but I can't wait to see if it's true!
Oh Tonner your name is temptation XD!!!

Holly & the excited dollies xoxoxo

A new kind of paper doll...

The last few days have just been a whirlwind of Christmas preperations and taking care of Little Miss P, but finally I have chance to post again!

I made this little girl about a week ago but never got chance to photograph her. She's a new kind of non-dressable, jointed paper doll I made for fun :)



She doesn't have a name yet, I just call her 'Matey'!

Hope you are keeping well in the run up to the holidays!

Holly & the festive dollies xoxoxo

Dyanite Girl and Eve Kitten arrive!

Sorry for the poor quality pics, it is so dark here today, but I couldn't wait to start photographing the new girls!

First Jolly Jett...

Jett has been adopted by Little Miss P, and she is just so beautiful! I love almost everything about her right down to the little space between her toes!
My only complaint is that without her clothes she really looks like she could use a hearty meal (or actually, probably several hearty meals!).
Other than that though she is beautiful and so are her clothes (she also has a faux fur coat which isn't shown in my photo).
Little Miss P has been glued to her since her arrival and with good reason ^-^!

Next is my Eve Kitten...

I've always wanted a doll in the style of 'Tura Satana in Faster Pussycat Kill, Kill' my Eve Kitten fits the bill (or should that be Kilbill?) perfectly :)

I am slightly disappointed that she is not more poseable, she only moves at the shoulder joint, neck joint and hops joints I'm afraid, but her sheer presence makes up for that :)

She's a bad grrrrl and I love her!

Holly & the baddddd dollies xoxoxo

New curvy paper doll outfit - Morgana inspired gown.

We've been watching 'Merlin' on BBC every Saturday evening. I wouldn't say that it's wonderful, but it fits the family, fantasy entertainment mold nicely for us all to watch together, and will have to do until Dr Who returns at least :)

Some of the dresses worn by Morgana in the show are rather nice too. The costumers seem to have gone via the same route as they did for the 'Robin Hood' series and gone for a modern spin on period costume rather than direct authenticity.

The dress you see below is very loosely based on one worn by Morgana in the last episode.



I hope you enjoy it :)

Holly & the magical dollies xoxoxo

New BE Goths revealed!

BE Goths have posted pics of their upcoming series 8 dolls:

I look forward to seeing them in the flesh when they arrive at 'The Last Picture Show' like they normally do, and to see more pics.

I'm loving Greta Vendetta, and Gloria's Egyptian look is nice :) Little Miss P is interested in ancient Egypt so I think that'll be right up her street!

Holly xoxo

My pick of the doll auctions for charity on Ebay

I have highlighted just a handful of the Ebay auctions for dolls where a percentage of the takings goes to charity. I picked them because I thought that they were interesting items but there are lots more to choose from LOOK!

Holly and the shopaholic dollies xoxoxo

Twilight Dolls from Tonner revealed!

Everyone seems to be very excited bout all this Twilight business but I have to admit I had never even heard of it recently. Perhaps this means I'm getting old... perhaps it means I'm ALREADY old!?... I will be 34 in a matter of weeks... I'd better buy some fluffy bootee slippers and Werthers Original!

Anyway, if you know all about it perhaps you'll appreciate the dolls more than I :)

Holly and the baffled dollies xoxoxo

New curvy paper doll outfit - Shelter charity tee

Shelter is a UK charity that works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness and bad housing. They achieve this by giving advice, information and advocacy to people in housing need, and by campaigning for lasting political change to end the housing crisis for good.

Homelessness does not only affect single people, even whole families with young children can find themselves forced into a position of living rough or in poor quality temporary accomodation through no fault of their own. This puts them in danger or risks the splitting up of children from their parents.

If you like this paper doll outfit (or even if you don't!) then please consider visiting http://england.shelter.org.uk/ and consider taking action to help with campaigning or making a small donation to help people in need this Christmas and beyond :)

Now enjoy the papery goodness!

Holly and the dollies xoxoxo

Can you tell how I'm feeling today? New outfit for curvy paper dolls

Yep that's right! I'm feeling c...c...c...cold! XD

Get the outfit PDF here...

Get the dolls here...

Holly and the cold dollies xoxoxo

Meet Charvi a Bengali lady with Saree

Bengali Bridal Couple Dolls

The inspiration for this paper doll came from a party I was at on Saturday. My good friend, S, was having an anniversary party. Being of Bengali descent she wore the most beautiful saree and I was so jealous I had to make my own ^-^, lol!!!

Appropriately enough I also discovered this very cute Bengali Bridal couple of dolls while looking for reference pics :)

So meet Charvi, a lovely Bengali lady of the same proportions as my other curvy girls, Libby and Alyssa, so she can wear the same clothes as them.

Neither the doll or the saree actually resemble my friend or the lovely dress she wore, they are merely a tribute (cue guitar solo...)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE DOLL PDF

CLICK HERE TO GET THE SAREE PDF

Holly xoxoxo

Q Pot revealed!

Ta daaaaaaaa!

New dolls from Gina Garan and Christina Gordon exclusive to Henri Bendel

I had to share the cuteness of these new Bendel dolls created exclusively for Henri Bendel Boutique by celebrated international doll designers Gina Garan (of 'This Is Blythe' fame and Christina Gordon of Jamfancy fame... Each doll is 17” tall and available in a limited edition of 250 (individually numbered). Priced at $68 a piece they're pretty reasonably priced too considering the low number produced :)

->CLICK HERE<- to visit the Henri Bendel shop to see more.

Final design for the new Primadolly Blythes!

Date Available: December 5, 2008.Price: 8,400 yen.

I'm glad they've decided to make new versions of these Primadolly favourites. Violetina's hair has me swooning! It would have been nice if they'd used the radiance mold for Ashletina and Violetina though, otherwise there's not a whole lot of difference from the originals :(

Cute girls though, and this is not doing anything to quell the urge to search for and open my Christmas prezzies while my hubby is working =D

24 days to my Ashlette!

Holly and the counting dollies xoxoxo

New petite Blythe for the new year Cocoa Butter

Continuing on with the new year themed petites each year following on from Inossy and Chu Chu Chan comes Cocoa Butter.

Never has the phrase 'she's a total cow!' been used in such a positive context ^-^!

This supercute girl is due for release on the 19th of December from Junie Moon and will cost approximately 2,625 Yen.

New doll and new outfit :) - 1950s cupcake housewife and introducing curvy girl Alyssa

I was up until almost 1am this morning because I couldn't stop drawing! The result was new curvy girl Alyssa.

She's a natural, easygoing, optimistic sort of girl. I think Kaylee might have had something to do with that :)

This morning was mostly spent baking cakes for the church Fayre. I thought it would be appropriate then to design a 1950s style cupcake dress complete with pinny.

The pattern for the fabric is taken from a genuine print that I found on Etsy from seller Breezyb5.

You can get them both from MY SITE

Alternatively here's a direct link to the Alyssa doll PDF

And a direct link to the Cupcake Dress PDF

Holly and the retro dollies xoxoxoxo

New Kaylee inspired Firefly cosplay paper doll dress - Episode Shindig

I managed to do it... all those ruffles! This is the dress Kaylee wore in the Firefly episode 'Shindig'. Well, it's almost the same! And she's even holding a strawberry from the buffet table :)

Get it here -> http://www.dinkydivas.com/doolmakerscript/PDFs/kayleeballgown.pdf

All other dolls and cloting from here -> http://www.dinkydivas.com/printablepaperdolls.htm

Holly & the shindiggin' dollies xoxoxo

Dolly mail - Momoko goodness!

A day with dolly mail is always a good day! The dolly mail was not intended for me however but was the brand spanking new Momoko ordered by Little Miss P with the Christmas money she got from her Grandma (thanks grandma!)...

I still get to enjoy things vicariously though!

She's a 'Wild and Sexy Tune' Momoko, I got her via Mimiwoo's shop. She arrived super quick, excellently packaged and she even sent this cute little bag :)

The only problem now is that I'm incredibly tempted to buy a Momoko of my own! D'oh! XD

Holly and the Momoko dollies xoxo