Wednesday wanted to model a new outfit she got not too long ago from her favorite clothing store on Etsy: Studio404. This is the Grey Garden set. And the pretty little bracelet she's wearing was made by my sister (she gave me five bracelets for my birthday—three for the big guys and two for Wednesday).

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Sometimes, I think the anticipation and planning for a new doll is the best part. Yep, I have a new doll on her way. Hey, Wednesday needs a big sister, right?

I'm getting a doll that I fell in love with last year around the time when I first got my Hound Ethyn. She's a Minifee Shushu by Fairyland.

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My newest doll came in last week (Tuesday the 3rd). I haven't shown him yet because I was really disappointed with how his face-up (done by Soom) came out. While I loved his smoky eyes, I thought his lips looked way too too girly.

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On flickr, I belong to a photography group called Isle of Misfit Toys that is "both a critique and a photo challenge board for BJD dolls." We had the first challenge this week.

Challenge #1 Triptych: DOF and Crop

The challenge was to create a triptych of your doll to practice various photography and editing techniques. The first picture was to be a full to 3/4 body shot that was fully in focus with the aperture of the camera stopped down below f/9. For the second picture, you were to zoom or move in closer to the doll and open the aperture to f/4 or below to demonstrate depth of field/bokeh (the blurring effect). The third picture was then to be cropped out of the first picture to highlight a point of interest.

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Well, it's come that time, finally, to re-introduce one of my favorite characers ever–Tahlvin Shadowtalon. Bare resin has been brought to life by the amazing face-up and modifications of Suzy (Switchblade Aesthetics).

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