Nifer - 1920's Spring Flower

Here are the beautiful photographs taken by Ilona of LightpaintedDoll of Nifer, sculpted by BJTales, wearing my OOAk Haute Couture costume created especially for her.
This was a fantastic OOAK Trio collaboration to be a part of, and it's lovely to see my creation adorning such a doll, worked hard on by two other talented artists.

All of Ilona's exquisite photos of Nifer can be viewed on her flickr set

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BJTales Collaboration

Nifer - Spring Flower

Orchid's Designs is proud to announce an exciting and very fruitful collaboration with two other incredible artists: Bjtales and LightpaintedDoll.

A very limited of completely OOAK dolls will be released over the next few months. Each doll will be a unique version of Nifer - this new ethnic beauty sculpted masterfully by BJTales. Each Nifer will be hand-painted by the talented LightpaintedDoll to breathe life and warmth into these art-dolls, and I will be creating a few incredibly decadent Haute Couture costume ensembles to bring each of these gorgeous Dolls to elegant life.

The first Nifer went up for sale last night and was only online for a few minutes before she found her new home. It is my great pleasure to be a part of this fabulous trio to bring such a rare and beautiful doll to life.

Please watch here and LightpaintedDoll for each new release.

You can see more of this delightful collaboration doll on my facebook and initially modeled on my own BJTales doll Ophelia.

Midnight Lace Dress for BJTales

Midnight Dress

Soft ebony tulle embroidered with dark hearts, eyelet lace, delicate lace sleeves and hem.

A sweet dress for the limited line of BJTales dolls: Alyona

Can also be requested for: Heartsrung Ruse, Blythe, Pure Neemo.

I will be taking 4 pre-orders for this design.

Orders can be placed in my shop, with production to commence in mid-May.

Midnight Dress Pre-Order

Starlight Dress for BJTales

Starlight Dress

Soft white tulle embroidered with icy hearts, eyelet lace, delicate lace sleeves and hem.

A sweet dress for the limited line of BJTales dolls: Alyona

I will be taking 4 pre-orders for this design.

Orders can be placed in my shop, with production to commence in mid-May.

Starlight Dress Pre-Order

Forest Minuet

For picnics in the forest, days dedicated to picking flowers and watching the clouds slowly creep across the sky, listening to the hum of cicadas and the trilling of birds.

This tiny dress for BJTales Alyona dolls is beautifully hand constructed, made from LE designer fabric from Liberty in London, with a fully lined bodice and re-enforced waist. A gathered frill at the hemline, and a tiny button and hidden snap enclosure at the back.

Will fit the darling resin "Alyona" dolls by BJTales, as well as the porcelain beauties with the "Ophelia" body.

**Available**

Ghostly Ballerina Fairy

The ghostly Fairy Ballerina takes her place on the dusty stage each night, though the theatre has stood crumbling and abandoned for years. She twirls and leaps, skips and hops, pirouetting to the empty audience, spiders and rodents appreciating her lonely dance with tiny beady black eyes and inquisitive twitching whiskers. No grand orchestra accompanies her solitary dance, yet the music plays loud in her ears, echoing like the beating of a heart... she takes her bow at the end, to a silent applause alive and grand in her delicate memory. 

Gossamer organza dress in pearlescent oyster shades. Puffs of tulle and silk, shredded lace and threads dotted with tiny glass beads whispering along the hem and neckline. Two miniature eyelets close with a pink cord at the back-waist, leaving a dropped open back to this elegant theatre frock.

To fit the beautiful BJTales dolls by Lidia Snull including: Alyona, Aericia, Phantom.

Ghostly Fairy Ballerina Frock

~available~

Corpse bride - Part Two

The Tragic Tale of the Corpse Bride

PART TWO

(...continued from PART ONE)

Heartbroken and inconsolable, the bride flees to the cemetery, she can think of no other reason her love would not appear but for the worst. She collapses, her energy gone, her spirit crushed and broken, and her life evaporates like morning fog, leaving her translucent thin husk among the sorrows of cold stones spotted in moss and lichen.

Vines and ivy clamber over her tiny abandoned form...

Stone angels cradle her fragile spirit for as long as they can, begging her soul to return...

Time prevails, and her broken frame fades to soft light, a restless spirit who wanders between the graves, waiting for all eternity for her love who never appeared on their wedding day... On foggy mornings and at the melancholy hour of twilight, she is said to appear, softly calling, her frail voice breaking over the words: 

"My life... my love... my love..."

THE END

Photo Story Features
Porcelain OOAk doll Ophelia by BJTales: Ottilia in the role of the Bride
Special commissioned three-piece costume by the House of Orchid's Designs:
   -Wedding gown turned Funeral shift
   -Layered tattered tulle petticoat
   -Tulle veil and floral crown
Set in the East Finchley Cemetery

Corpse Bride - Part One

The Tragic Tale of the Corpse Bride

Part ONE

A dear little bride, dressed in her grandmother's wedding gown, awaits her true love. She feels beautiful in her long antique dress with soft train, lace-topped bodice and delicate vintage lace straps slipping off her frail shoulders, layers of soft white tulle petticoats and the softest double tulle veil complete with floral crown. Her soft strawberry-platinum curls frame her delicate face, hidden beneath the snowy veil.

The minutes tick painfully by, turning to hours. Her heart is like a nervous bird, fluttering against the cage bars bursting to come out. Where could her love be?

But this poor little bride, blushing with anticipation and hope, though she waits and waits, her love does not come. Weakened with despair and fatigue, she is aching through all her tiny bones. Billows of silk and tulle flutter up around her as she collapses to the floor.

Slowly her roses wilt, her dress crumples and wrinkles, dust settles in the room around her... she can barely move she is so weak. Her heart and mind know no console. Her heart is broken.

END OF PART ONE

Photo Story Features:

Porcelain OOAK Ophelia-doll by BJTales - "Ottilia"

Commissioned 3-piece Costume by Orchid's Designs

Orchid's Wigs for Dolls

Introducing a selection of fantasy shades and styles to change the identity of your precious doll. Long blue braids made from mohair roving, wavy Siamese locks, or a short bob made entirely of ivory feathers. A wig can help your doll transform instantly from sweet and shy to loud and daring. 

Made from custom hand dyed Mohair and silky Suri Alpaca (ethically sourced), our wigs are incredibly high quality. Each wig is on a skinny cap that fits the dolls head like a second skin, made with the same techniques as the elite Enchanted Dolls, LightpaintedDolls and BJTales wigs.

Orchid's Designs wigs are available for resin Enchanted Dolls, Makies, BJTales dolls like Mouse and LightpaintedDolls. Custom requests are invited.

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Quartz Ballerina Dress for BJTales Pearl

A tiny little ballerina twirls and spins beneath the gleaming glow of the moon, her only stage-slights. She jumps and glides to an audience of crickets and moths, her cheering crowd, and bows modestly at the end of her performance, the long limbs of an old willow draw close as her lush green stage curtains. The night air hums and buzzes afterwards, a no finer performance has ever been viewed in any gleaming marble opera.

Vintage lace in the softest peach hue forms the tight-fitting bodice, accented with strands of ivory beads. Icy ruffles of the softest tulle for her tiny tutu, with a shabby-chic bow of lace and cream feathers at her dropped waist. The Crystal Ballerina dress is for the tiny being who dreams of the Opera, but performs on a simple, yet beautiful stage.

The Crstal Ballerina dress will fit the tiny BJTales Pearl and Asrai sculpts, and look darling on any of the colour variations. A snap closure and ivory bow at the back secures a tight fit for her bodice.

~ available~

There is a version to fit the smaller BJTales Mouse as well ~here~

Crystal Ballerina dress for BJTales Mouse

A tiny little ballerina twirls and spins beneath the gleaming glow of the moon, her only stage-slights. She jumps and glides to an audience of crickets and moths, her cheering crowd, and bows modestly at the end of her performance, the long limbs of an old willow draw close as her lush green stage curtains. The night air hums and buzzes afterwards, a no finer performance has ever been viewed in any gleaming marble opera.

The Crstal Ballerina dress will fit the tiny BJTales Mouse sculpts, and look darling on any of the colour variations. Snap closures fasten beneath and above her tail, securing a tight fit for the bodice.

Vintage lace in the softest peach hue forms the tight-fitting bodice, accented with ivory beads. Icy ruffles of the softest tulle for her tiny tutu, with a breath of cream feathers circling her waist. The Crystal Ballerina dress is for the meadow-mouse who dreams of the Opera, but performs on a simple, yet beautiful stage.

~available~

Little Shell frock for Pearl

For a Pearl of the Sea comes this divine little frock in shades of custard, cream and gold. Layers of organza, satin ribbon, silky lace and shreds of misty fabric are beaded heavily to create this tiny couture piece. 

The backless dress is secured with golden ribbon crossing over and tying tightly at her slim waist. The under-skirt is wired to shape freely into cascading forms reminiscent of shells, waves, and the undulating soft creatures inhabiting the sea floor.

This little frock will fit the resin Pearl and Asrai sculpts by BJTales.