Etsy Treasury Feature!

Dear Jill

I am pleased to announce that EssHippo Blythe has had it's first Etsy Treasury Feature! Yay!


Our White Candy Poncho has been included in the super cute All Dolled Up In Pink treasury by Annette S! Thank you so much Annette - we really appreciate your support!

I am also so pleased that Alexis Emerald is a real girl! She is so beautiful - I think I might have to get one too! We could have twins!

I too loved your post on your Blythe hair dramas! Awww, poor Coraline! But I'm really glad she has got sorted out now - her hair looks amazing!

Sarah
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Alexis Emerald is REAL!

Dear Sarah,

Alexis Emerald is a real girl! She's going to be released in May! May is going to be so exciting! An EssHippo meet in New York City and Alexis Emerald? Holy carp, I really need to get things together and  get Zooey to fill out some job applications for me. She is the smart one you know.

But CWC/Blythedoll.com released AEm's illustration and short story! (AEm, as she will be referred to, not AE, to be confused with Angelica Eve.)

Alexis is bringing her fiancé to meet her parents to receive a blessing from their family.  

She’s a little nervous but reminds herself to keep smiling.

For this special day Alexis chose a muted colors and elegant fashion.  

She wears a wine-colored, drop waist dress with frills at the neck and waist, black fishnet stockings and pumps.

Face type:  Radiance

Face color:  fair (natural color)

Lip and Cheek:  bright pink

Eye shadow:  light gray

Hair style:  center-parted long hair with a loose perm

Hair color:  bluish green

Eye color: light purple, gray, light green, light brown  (all special colors!)

Base of stand is a bluish-green with a gold post

* Final product may differ from this design image.

Release date: May 2012

Retail price: 14,490 yen (tax included)


(via)

She's also "Top Shop Limited" and we're not quite sure if that means she has something to do with Top Shop, or only select places can sell her and if she'll only be limited to about 3000 dolls. Also 14,490 yen is about $173 or about £108 so she's quite affordable. I can't wait to see more pictures and hear more about her and finally get her!

And just for giggles, this is the story we got from the mobile site last night. It wasn't up in English on the mobile or web. It's a translation worth reading:

Cross the finish line in a little more. Today is the day of lovers to meet your parents.

I have been nervous, I have to do not forget to smile.

I mean, that his gate, I love. 

I wonder leads to happiness in the blessings of the family · · · 

Emerald is Alexis, I chose for the special day, elegant fashion of muted colors. 

One Piece, we select the low waist dress of red wine. 

 The fashion of muted colors, neck and chest is switching part of the skirt is decorated with flowers plus ♪ the pomp steric, the frill 

 Feet, we have coordinated a black fishnet stockings and pumps. 

 Face type is Radiance, color Feith, the Fair is the (natural skin). 

 Cheek light gray eye shadow, and lip is bright pink. 

 Hair style is a loose perm Long Hair took the center part, hair color is bluish green. 

 Eye color, light purple, gray, light green, light brown and was all set to special color! 

 Base of the stand is a bluish green, gold post is. 

 Illustration is a design drawing. There is a different case and the final specification. 

 (via a BlytheKingdom thread, page 30)  

 ♥ Jillie

A Hair Affair

Dear Sarah,

Before I get all giggly and crazy about the shop and introduce the newest Blythe release, I have long delayed introductions.

All the way back in January I purchased two girls: a Simply Lilac with a Stella Savannah eye mech, and a FrankieDarling custom Simply Vanilla vampire with a Simply Mango scalp:

No one's really too thrilled with their hair. The SL, named Quinn, had okay hair, but the ends were kinda jankity. The SV, who went through being named Fyvie, to Mimi, to eventually and finally Coraline, was none too happy with her orange hair, and we knew it had to be changed ASAP.

Quinn's hair was the easiest to remedy. I took her to my hairdresser, (who my mom has known longer than she's been married to my father, so I wasn't too concerned about weird you're-24-with-a-doll looks) and asked her to give her a bob. I've wanted a shorter hair girl for a while. It turned out my hairdresser wanted to keep her (NO!) and Quinn got a cute cut.

And she got a trip to Washington DC!

Coraline on the other hand, poor Coraline. Who knew it was going to be so hard to find a danged black scalp? Since I usually look for fantasy haired girls, I haven't really noticed that Takara/CWC hasn't put out that many black haired girls, so people cling to these scalps. They're not readily up for sale on BK as others are. So I got her a wig.

 

It was okay, but was ruining the Simply Mango scalp underneath, and was sitting on her head weird and was poofy. The SM scalp was in great shape, and I knew I would either sell it or save it. So, the wig came off, even though it made me want her to have black hair even more since I knew how great it looked.

Then I found a Nostalgic Pop scalp on BK, but it was pretty expensive! But pah, I went ahead and bought it anyway. Yay, Coraline would be complete! ...right?

Well, it was coming from the Netherlands, and it didn't have tracking and I was impatient and was watching Shrek one night (apparently that helps with inspiration) and looked at Zooey and Coraline and thought "why don't they switch scalps?! Then I could save money!"

I figured it looked okay on Coraline and would be happy and then resell the NosPop scalp, especially since an unforseen medical issue means we've had to put a stop on Blythe clothes and Domos, but what I didn't expect is how amazing it looked on Zooey! She's a completey new doll, and I am sosososos much happier with her!

Even though she was my mini me, I didn't really bond with her as much as the other dolls. If I had to sell one, I would have been her. But now, with this scalp, there's no way she's going anywhere! I gave her some little Domo charms as pullrings, and she is just the cutest thing. She's changed completely.

 

And then a few days later, Coraline's NosPop scalp came in, and I was awed at the thickness (I think she has better hair than I have!) and it looks divine on her.

So it seems as though there won't be any scalps sold (I think I'll keep the Chocolate one, maybe root some highlights in or something.) but now I have some pretty amazing looking girls, and it feels like I have a new doll! Who knew how much a simple scalp switch could change them!

♥ Jillie

EssHippo Etsy Weekend Round-Up

Dear Jill,

It's been an eventful opening few weeks at EssHippo Etsy! We've had 13 listings and 3 sales already! Yay! Big Thank Yous to everyone that has viewed, faved and bought from our shop - we really appreciate your support!

New listings this week include:

Black and Gold Sparkly Top

White Candy Poncho

Black and Blue Stripy Sweater

Black and White Stripy Poncho

Coming up next week will be 4 new clothing listings, including hats, tops and ponchos. I am also currently working on some 'Friends For Blythe' - more coming soon!

I look forward to seeing your items for the shop! I am really excited about the things you have come up with! Also, if anyone out there has anything in particular they'd like to see in EssHippo Blythe, let us know! We'd love to hear from you!

Sarah
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