Every time I go to Italy I just fall in love with the new Pupa collection and this time I didn’t even need to fly, I just had to see it online!!! Gosh…this time it is really going to be hard choosing!!!

Pupa just released (or I just saw) 2 gorgeous collections, one inspired to Kokeshi dolls and one to Matrioskas. Here the 3 nice Kokeshi sets (but there are also some trousse ):

Wouldn’t they be also adorable gifts for the make up-dolls-fashion addicted one (=me)???

Have you ever noticed that once you started buying dolls after a while you didn’t  you cannot stop anymore?

After the major splash out I had last weekend today I really couldn’t resist and got one of the Moxie Girlz by MGA: Sophina. I was very good though and restrained myself to 1 basic doll (=10 euros).  I took some pictures but it was too dark by the  time I got home so I will try again next weekend.

And now I’m very tempted to get hold of one of the Liv dolls by SpinMaster but that would mean to order from US and I’m not sure I want to do that…we’ll see…

I was browsing around for some quality reading (AKA dolls reading) and I found the digital version of “Fashion/ Forward“, a mini magazine (a supplement to Dolls Reader) dedicated to fashion for dolls. I love that the outfits and accessories are presented and described as in real fashion magazines.

Brenda Cox is one the designers reviewed in this issue, look at her beautiful creations for our favorite doll: Barbie! and start to dream

Don’t miss though the preview of Gene paper dolls and the review of the a steampunk bride dress and pattern for Ellowyne: you can download the instructions and patterns itself here.

The only disappointment is that you cannot download the mag as PDF file but..oh well…we’ll survive.

If after this dolls and fashion galore you are still lusting for more check out the Dolls magazine. From the home page you can download (as PDF!!!) the digital preview of their December issue. They are just few pages but really nice I’m totally in love now with Goodreau Upside Down Oz collection!

ok…ok…I’m a bit single minded…but not really! I don’t always lust after dolls or dream about miniature furniture. Sometimes I also get fascinated by paper (dolls, models, craft) and I have a soft spot for fashion, even just looking at clothes lift my spirit and if I can buy even better. I love for example the new blog I stumbled upon:paper fashion! I’m tempted to write to the owner and ask to post a nice paper-doll as freebie, it would be stunning!

Another blog of fashion illustrations I like very much is Flushbunny, look at the fashion sketch inspired to Jem dolls, don’t you love it? And let’s not forget the fantastic Irina Ivanova’s flickr stream.

But here are my faves

I would really like to post tons of links, I think fashion illustrations are just art on their own and they remind me very often of beautifully crafted paper dolls (ok, so perhaps after all I AM SINGLE MINDED).

And this reminds  me also of what is most probably next on my wish list (the one for things I can actually get ): it looks like a nice set

It comes with patterns, a paper doll and much more.

And a new Barbie calendar for the year to come:

I will let you know if I ever come around buying them

I’ve been surfing quite a bit in the last few days Here is a selection of nice dolls-related tutorials I stumbled upon while looking for other stuff and I thought about saving the links and sharing with you all.

Washi paper dolls

Make a Barbie card

How to make Dolls bedding

How to make a Dollhouse sofa

How to make a Felt Matrioska doll via Feltorama

How to make miniature dolls hats (this is much simpler than all the other tutorials about miniature hats I saw)

How to knit an Harry Potter doll ( I’m not able to )

Let me know if you try any of them

If you didn’t gather that yet I LOVE FASHION. I really love clothes, costume jewels, shoes, bags etc etc. And what I also like are fashion ad campaigns, well…not all of them but most (by the way…not dolls related but I love Christian Laboutin new fall/winter campaign)

Sometimes it’s not even the clothes I like but rather the pictures themselves, the “story” built up to sustain the campaign or even just a concept or idea that make that campaign particularly fascinating for me.

And what delights me even more are fashion ads with dolls or puppets as testimonials!!!  Look for example at the characters created to appear in the print ads for Cotton Incorporated. I believe the characters have been created a couple of years ago and they look just awesome!!!

And they remind me of the Harvey Nichols ad campaign featuring Wallace & Gromit from lat year. It was created for the opening of the Bristol store. Here you can see some of the pictures from this stunning campaign and read a full review of it, and here below a video from the backstage:

Not to mention the one from Alexander McQueen with Blythe modeling miniature copies the designer past year collection.

And look at this one! It is the advertisement for some hair care products: the brand is Livon

This is not the only one available on youtube. I love them, the dolls look so alive. I actually wonder dolls are they. If anybody know let me know please

Ok girls, if you didn’t see this yet you need to watch it!!!

I think this is the coolest advertisement campaign I saw in a long time and by the way…I would love to have the marionettes!!!

If you want to know more about it read here

I didn’t post for a long time but…I’m always so tired in the evening. I think it is because of this very unstable (generally bad) weather we are having here.

Anyway last weekend we went to two flea-markets. I didn’t find amazing stuff (and on Sunday I didn’t find any doll at all) but I picked few things anyway on Saturday.

I got the pregnant Midge I wanted for a while (I should have bought her when she was in the stores!!!). She needs to be cleaned and groomed up but for 3 euros she’s fine:

an unknown doll by Giochi Preziosi (a very good Italian toys manufacturer) for 1 euro:

I like her dress and her face.

Always for 1 euro each I got this sweet-looking Skipper and a Monchhichi (I’m becoming addicted to them):

I also picked up a repro Barbie and My Scene Vespa (the mirrors are missing) for few euros:

And then again some small things like a black Kelly, a Barbie Baby and some pairs of shoes:

Last but not least…miniatures!!!

They are a bit “biggish” but I love the cup (it is real glass) and the geisha doll under the glass dome. I put them beside Momoko for size comparison:

That’s all for this round of fleamarkets

I like my Pure Neemo very much but I hardly use her since, let’s face it,she’s even less posable than a Barbie. Even displaying clothes on her is not easy.
But today I got totally inspired by some pictures of Else82′ ( a Flickr contact of Amithi) and I got her a new body!!!

Unfortunately it is too late to take pictures, but here is just one:

What do you think?

So…despite having played Munchkins till 1 am yesterday night and having drunk several glasses of wine in the process (this last one together with a friend of ours, my husband doesn’t drink) we managed to get up fairly early today and be in Bonn at 9:15

The flea-market was as I remembered: huge and with some sellers having ebay prices, but I still I managed to buy quite  a lot with the 21 euros spent for what you see below..

I got a nice high-chair and pram, shelly size:

I love the fact that they have the Fisher Price label on them, like real ones, and they match some other nursery accessories I bought with another set.

Believe it or not, at 2,50 euros each they were the most expensive stuff I bought today

I got a sweet Monchichi, not vintage but original for 1 euro:

she’s minty minty and in need of clothes.

Then a LLL StrongHeart  prince for 50 cents

and this beautiful Teresa with original dress:

I really like the Teresa face mold, in case you didn’t know this yet

I picked up lots of  Tupperware miniatures:

actually even more than the ones you see in the picture.

Lots of nice clothes for my dollies, almost all in mint conditions and with the Barbie label:

I love the pink stola and matching bag (right hand-side). The stola actually has a hook so that it can be closed.

Then again some Barbie miniatures, included a new sewing machine (this one though is just labeled “Made in Hong Kong”):

and like the previous one I bought last week if you turn the white “switch” the needle goes up and down.

I also got a nice  “cocktail” set and a small (but really small) Cinderella coach, it is the perfect size to be a toy for Shelly or another small doll:

and then, well…I really couldn’t resist…I know it is pink and huge but I picked it up for almost nothing:

pity that the second night-table is missing.

I’m really happy with my shopping especially because I will have  a stressful week from monday on so I needed something nice to cheer me up.

I hope you all are having a nice weekend as well.