Equestria Girls week 3: Rarity

This week is Rarity week.  She was a few projects, including my first head swap!  It turned out to be super easy.  I also made her shirt and painted some detail on her boots.

EG Summer Week 2: Pinkie Pie

Here's Pinkie Pie at the end of Week 2 of Equestria Girls summer challenge.  She was pretty easy.  All I had to do was make her shirt and jacket.  Getting really worried about doing head swaps net week, but for now, I'm 2 for 2.

EG Summer Week 1: Twilight Sparkle

Presenting my custom, articulated, film accurate Twilight Sparkle!  Okay, the shirt isn't spot on, but at least it's fabric instead of rubber.  And it's cute!

2025 New Plan: Equestria Girls Summer!

I'm bored with all my current doll happenings.  Also, I'm not getting anything new for the foreseeable future.  So, instead of everything else I was working on, I'm going to put it ALL away and work on Equestria Girls dolls for the next three months.

Photo Shoot: Bilby and Stitches

Time has passed, and I have done some serious customizing on my two soldier dolls!  Desert Camo is now named Bilby, and Medic is now named Stitches.  I repainted both their lips and eyes, and eyebrows, and Bilby got the most dramatic change, because he's blonde with a blue streak!

Unboxing: Unnamed Soldier Dolls

In my searching for more masculine, articulated dolls, I came across these KADHOBBY 12" "action figures".  Yeah, action figures, sure.  Looks like a doll to me.  Anyways, I was painfully curious, so I bought 2.  Content Warning: Plastic pretend weapons and paper pretend cigarette boxes.

Mini Me and Mini Husband

Mini Me and Mini Husband!  Don't we look cute?  My customs of us are finally done.  No more Rainbow High customs.  Getting their eyeballs back in is way too hard.  I'm pretty happy with them though, they look super cute!

2025 Dolly Goals Update 2

It's my birthday!  Woo!  Sorry, unrelated.  Two months have passed, so it's time to assess my progress on my doll goals.  I'm gonna start by saying my current federal government is turned on it's head, so everyone's under a tremendous amount of stress.  So I'm trying to go easy on myself, because my god, the world is scarier than it was in the pandemic right now.

Shadow High Photo Shoot

I had way too many dolls on my desk, so I did a big group photo shoot so I could put some of them away.

Unboxing: Nicole Steele from Shadow High

I may be misspelling her last name, I dunno.  This is Nicole, the sporty one.  It's a shame she didn't come with a basket ball, but I prefer the outfit over props any day.  This is the last doll I'll be unboxing for the foreseeable future.  I got a little emotional, not gonna lie.

Unboxing: Luna Madison from Shadow High

A day after I unboxed Ash and Rexx, I also unboxed Luna and Nicole.  Here's Luna in the box.  She's got a bit of extra glitter in one eye, but otherwise looks perfect.

Ash and Rexx's Photo Shoot

Unboxing: Rexx McQueen

Here's Rexx McQueen in the box.  It's a very shiny box, with lots of plastic.  You can barely see him in this mess.  He's cute though.  He has a pearl necklace and I dunno why, but I'm gonna lean into that!

Unboxing: Ash Silverstone

I know, since these are some of my very last few new dolls for the foreseeable future, you'd think I'd space them out and hold onto them in the boxes longer?  No.  Packaging takes up space and I wanna play with them!

The Current State of Things

Since reality is what it is, I have chosen to buy a few final dolls this month before calling my collection complete, for the foreseeable future.

Here's who I've ordered this month:

• Ash Silverstone from Shadow High
• Rexx McQueen from Shadow High
• Luna Madison from Shadow High
• Nicole Steele from Shadow High
• Flash Sentry from Equestria Girls 

Since things seem dire, I looked at all my dolls and decided I wanted more boys, and more Shadow High.  Also, Flash Sentry has been sitting on my must buy list for ages now.  After they all arrive, no more new dolls.

River and Finn Photo Shoot

Since I was craving boy dolls, I dug out my first two boy dolls, River and Finn from Rainbow High.  They're a little wonky looking, but hella cute.  Now, after I bought them years ago, they're finally getting the attention they deserve!  Or at least some drafted patterns and handmade clothes.  Anyways, here's more pictures.

Unboxing: Barbie Dream Besties Daisy Jean

I got an early birthday present from my sister!  This is Daisy Jean, the last character I wanted from Barbie Dream Besties.  She's the token plus size character, so I HAD to get her.  I don't like her outfit, but I can make new clothes.

Unboxing: Ken from Barbie Dream Besties

Here is Barbie Dream Besties Ken!  He's the cutest Ken doll I've ever seen in my life.   I was thinking of passing on him, then I saw him in stores and fell in love!  I picked him up at Walmart, but he's available for sale on Amazon too.

2025 Dolly Goals Update 1

Since the real world has turned on it's head, I heavily considered unceremoniously dumping all my goals for 2025 into a dumpster to just focus on baseline survival, but things are going better than I expected, so I'm getting back on the saddle, as it were.

Maybe Last Year's Predictions were WAY OFF?

I'm not too proud to admit when I'm wrong, but I think I was way off on my predictions.

Unboxing: Magic Mixies Pixlings Tiggs and Howlexa

Yesterday I had a double unboxing, because I got 2 more pixlings.  Here's the package for Tiggs, the lightning/tiger pixling.

Unboxing: Jem/Jerrica by TLS

Oh my goodness gracious me!  Look, it's a modern Jem doll.  I've dreamed of an affordable, accessible, modern Jem doll for decades.  I was born just a little too late to get her when she was current, but I am over the moon to have this doll.  It was a religious experience unboxing her today.

Stitches: Luna and Skyla from Magic Mixies

I know I just did a photoshoot with these two, but I've sewn them both some cute casual wear this month and I want to show it off document it for posterity.  Plus, they look so good together, my god they're beautiful.

Restyle: Luna from Magic Mixies Pixie Supreme

This girl had serious box hair this morning, so I gave her a hot rinse and put her hair in rollers like this for the day.

Unboxing: Magic Mixies Pixie Supremes Luna

I actually bought this two weeks ago, but my husband was mad at me, so he hid it in his office closet for 2 weeks.  He was going to hide it for a month, but I guess I acted pitiful enough for him to give it to me now, lol.

Unboxing: Magic Mixies Pixlings Deerlee and Faye

I was feeling stressed, so my husband got me two more Magic Mixies Pixlings.  He's so sweet.  Here's a little unboxing, minus the potion shenanigans because I don't wanna get my dolls wet.  Here's Deerlee's bottle.

More Pics of Skylar

Did a second photo shoot of Skylar with better lighting and her second outfit.

Unboxing: Magic Mixies Pixie Supreme, Skylar

Unboxing Magic Mixies toys are supposed to be an experience, and this Pixie Supreme sure counts as an experience.  Here's the Moose Toys box she comes in.