Garden of Delights - Custom Blythe

Garden of Delights

First Prize Winner - BlytheFest 2014 Australia

For Adoption

Garden of Delights - my very special custom Blythe who made her extravagant debut at Blythefest AU in Sydney, winning first prize in her category. She is an exquisite art-custom, her body and head fully covered in intricate hand painted floral vine motifs. She wears a large floral crown atop her spring green hair. She has been given "sleep eyes" and gaze adjustment, and has two of my crystal-resin glazed illustrated cameo pull-rings.

Front and Back face-plates feature a bouquet of beautifully painted garden flowers, roses, leaves and hydrangea blooms. Her entire body is encircled with vines and blooming roses, wrapping around her arms, torso and legs.

Her eyelids also feature floral continuation of her facial design, so that when she closes her eyes she can merge into her floral background... a wallflower, a perfectly camouflaged nature spirit. Eye-chips include 4 custom sets: one pair Takara pink, one pair Takara forest green, one pair hand-painted metallic silvery green, and one pair human-iris prints.

She has been meticulously sealed between each layer to protect her extensive painted designs. None the less, I would recommend she is handled minimally, and displayed in a clean dust-free environment, preferably enclosed within a glass dome or show cabinet to ensure her everlasting beauty. 

Garden of Delights

First Prize Winner - BlytheFest 2014 Australia

Diorama Competition

OOAK fully hand-painted art custom by Orchid's Designs #005

~AVAILABLE~

Enchanted Forest

Remember our special commissioned "Kingfisher" costume ensemble created for Blythecon Barcelona in collaboration with Liquiriziadolly? For the sake of this photoshoot at the time I adjusted the size to fit the exquisite Resin line of Enchanted Dolls, but never did share the fantastical results. 

Not wasting another second, please delight in this glimmering moment captured amongst the willows!

Thanks to Doll Photography for documenting this little wander amongst the willows. 

Full album of photo's can be viewed ~here~

Resin Enchanted Doll
Dressed and Wigged by Orchid's Designs
Location: North London Gardens 

All Photographs © DollPhotography AKA FourFingerPhoto

Kingfisher - The Enchanted Forest

My collaboration Blythe with Liquiriziadolly - Martina the glittering Kingfisher. 

She made her extravagant debut at "The Enchanted Forest" 2014 Blythecon Barcelona and is now available for adoption through Laura.

Contact Laura Liquiriziadolly for more information on Martina the Kingfisher!

Collaboration - The Enchanted Forest

The Enchanted Forest

I have had the pleasure of being part of a fantastic collaboration to create an extravagant OOAK costume for a special custom Blythe by Liquiriziadolly for the "Enchanted Forest" theme of this years Blythecon Barcelona. I created a glittering couture frock with velvet leafed bodice, feathers and skeleton leaves dancing around her organza skirt. A stiff organza tutu of layered forest green organza helps to puff out the fantastic shaped skirt. Long gossamer sleeves dotted with beads and shimmering sequins shine in the sunlight like dewdrops on a hummingbird's wings. A glimmering band of satin and leaves crowns her forehead. 

More photo's of this costume can be seen on my facebook and flickr

Visitors to the 2014 Blythecon Barcelona can be enchanted in person at Liquiriziadolly's stand.

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

Ballerina Fairy Dress Pre-Order

This fantastical frock is for a doll not of this world.... A gauzy gossamer dress with puffs of tulle. Shreds of lace, silk, threads, and beading give an otherworldly aura to this gorgeous gown. 

Each of our Haute Couture designs are one-off, but with the great response I've had for this design, I've decided to make it available in a few different colours - gold, pink, fuchsia, pastels.

Note that this colour edition pre-order will exclusively be limited to a few variations only, each piece exuding its own individuality and character. The gold will be majestic, the pink will be pretty, the Fuchsia will be vibrant with energy and fun, the pastel will be like a spring sunset....

 To place your order, please head to our Etsy Shop.

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~

Raspberry Songbird

Hidden by the raspberry bush leaves, a songbird lets her joyous song raise to greet spring and summer. 

She'll lose her voice if you keep her in a cage, so listen to her golden trilling on sunny days out in the wild.

"Raspberry Songbird" is a fitted corset-frock created for the exquisite Enchanted Dolls. The hand-painted structured skirt is accentuated with layers of frothy pink trims, ribbons and lace - sourced from my travels round the world. A tight lace-up back adds the ability for this corset to fit both the Resin and more elite Porcelain Enchanted Doll sculpts. 

This is the second colour variant in my "Songbird" corsets made for the lovely Enchanted Dolls. The trims were just enough for this one-off piece, so it is truly one-off, not to be repeated.

~available~ 

Ivory Flight

As as she flitted into the room, a rise of twitters rose softly into the heady evening air. Who was this mystery? This bird made of lace and silk, feathers as soft as a whisper, a voice like velvet and desire intermingled with the bitter-sweet sadness of bygone memories.

This fantastical frock is for a doll not of this world.... An embroidered fitted bodice is matched with icy tulle underlay skirt, decked in layers of cream and vanilla feathers. Shreds of lace, silk, threads, and beading give an otherworldly aura to this gorgeous gown. 

The lace-up back is fitted with thin ribbon from Paris, and allows the gown to fit tightly on Resin Enchanted Dolls, or loosen the ribbon for the slightly larger Porcelain Enchanted Dolls.

~sold~