So here she is! She arrived before any of her clothes, so Tonto kindly donated to her wardrobe :-)
She's well-travelled. Starting in Korea, then to Malaysia, a visit to Texas before making her home here with us in Australia.
Thanks Dollykat, I absolutely love her and she will be made very welcome here with our girlies.
( Arrival pics... )
- I feel...:
ecstatic
A little while ago Mireille came to work with me. From time to time all my dolls have come to work with me, some of them come along every year because there's always someone new who hasn't seen them or someone who wants to just see them!
Mireille was very popular at work. Partly because Mina my Delf-sized DES was my first doll and they all remember how excited I was to get her. They were with me every step of the way, keeping an eye on tracking and being almost as excited as I was. Besides, Mireille is such a cutie that it's hardly surprising is it!!
I'm feeling very attached to her today. Life has been taking me away from my dollies and I'm a little over that. She's sitting beside me now as I write this and it makes me feel so much better. As does listening to some of Tonto's CDs. I've discovered that I really like Gary Numan, and I'm hugely into some David Bowie nowadays. Hunky Dory and Telekon are now two of my favourite albums. On days/weeks when I feel like this, I've found the best therapy is listening to those albums, looking at doll stuff or playing with dolls with Tonto, and possibly a smidgen of plonk.
I'm also waiting in great anticipation for a new little doll to arrive, but the tracking is refusing to update itself past the initial lodgement of the parcel into the post office. I know that means one day when I least expect it, she'll arrive :-)
I've also ordered a couple of small items in anticipation of that new arrival in an attempt to contain some of the excitement! It does mean that I won't be able to get a new doll in a while. I usually get one doll a year, and there have been WAYYY more than that this year. I may have to content myself with clothes and wigs and shoes and things for a while. Well, damn.
But anyway, here's some pics from when Mireille came to visit me at work...
Scoping out the books sitting on the shelves waiting for cataloguing. 
- I feel...:
thoughtful - Music:Gary Numan - Telekon
She is very different to the others because of her eyes and the greyness of her face.
I think she might be my favourite of this last batch :-)
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- I feel...:
curious - Music:Gary Numan - Telecon
It's quite nice having a different hair colour, really makes her stand out.
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- I feel...: curious
- Music:Urban Angel - Natalie Walker
A couple of weeks ago I received another batch of 3 Little Apple Dolls. You see, I 'accidentally' hit that pesky Buy It Now button again...
Anyways, I thought I would start by showing some pics of my delightful Elysia. I just love her colours!
It's been so nice getting into Little Apple Dolls again. There are still a handful that I'd like, but I'm so happy with what I have at the moment.
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- I feel...: cheerful
- Music:Rufus Wainwright - Want One
On October 20 Robbie opened the series of BBC Electric Proms with a wonderful performance at the Roundhouse in London. The concert was live but also broadcast in HD to cinemas across the world. With the exception of Australia and South Africa. It was Australia's turn to see the concert broadcast last night and tomorrow afternoon.
The live show was orchestrated by Trevor Horn, the producer of Robbie's new album, 'Reality Killed The Video Star', and had a full band, plus string and horn section.
It was utterly brilliant! It reminded me of how much his Adelaide concert blew me away. Not just a wonderful voice but such stage presence, so much interaction with his audience. I almost felt like I was actually there, it is another memory to treasure.
I've just ordered the special CD/DVD edition of 'Reality Killed The Video Star' and I'm really looking forward to it's arrival. Tonto may not be, however, but that sort of adds to the fun...
- I feel...: cheerful
- Music:Grace of My Heart - soundtrack
I've always been into Pullips but I've always wanted a Blythe. Just one.
I know I said that about Pullips in the beginning, but I've honestly never wanted to collect vast numbers of Blythes.
I finally found one that I just fell for, and I knew that she would be the one and only.
Simply Lilac! 
Of course I hadn't had her a day before one of her blue eyechips fell out! It's all fixed now and the glue is drying, but she frightened the life out of me!!!
- I feel...:
restless - Music:Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
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- I feel...: cheerful
- Music:Icehouse - Flowers
I'm still waiting on the next (possibly last) three that I've bought. I have several more that I would like but they don't seem to be available for any kind of decent price! I also need to take some pictures of the Little Apple Doll storybook that I bought, 'Welcome to the Inbetween'.
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- Music:Premier Hits - Gary Numan, Tubeway Army
I wasn't really sure if I wanted Animula, until Tonto insisted she was the best one of the bunch.
Naturally I disagreed completely - mostly in order to be difficult. That being said, I did find that the more I looked at her, the more I loved her.
I thought her sleeves looked a little odd but now I think she is beautiful and SO cute :-)
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- Music:Premier Hits - Gary Numan, Tubeway Army
X-posted to DOA, but thought I'd archive here too. Recently I received my Dolkot Bera with the new body. I searched but haven't seen anything here yet which talks about the pros and cons of the new body, so I thought I'd just document my opinion so far.
Firstly, I was quite disconcerted when I first saw pics of the new body. It looked really skinny and a bit out of proportion. I investigated my options with Dolkot who said that if I really wanted to I could order the old body, but I decided that I'd leap in with both feet and get the new one :-) Serena stands really solidly, and doesn't threaten to faceplant. I've never had a doll that is so incredibly stable. When she is seated, I can pick her up by the waist and her legs stay in exactly the same seated posture with no movement whatsoever. When you put the new body into a position, it seems to just stay there. Her stringing is nicely tight - not too much. Each joint moves with purpose, not loose, just does what you ask of it.The new feet look really odd at first, but seem to help a lot with the stability. I'm used to them now, and you'd never notice when she's wearing shoes anyway! There are 'bumps' on the back of her upper thighs (where they meet the torso), and they help her to sit straight and not fall back at all. Although, she never actually threatens to fall back, she just stays put. I'm actually quite amazed about the effort that Dolkot has gone to in order to increase her stability.
Her body looks much more slender in Dolkot's promotional pics, in the flesh she is far more in proportion.
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- I feel...: happy
Ok. So, the other night I picked up Serena. As I usually do, I put one hand under her bottom to support her.
It wasn't quite right though and then I saw them.
Bumps.
The new Dolkot Star girl body has bumps on the very top of the legs at the back. So when she sits down, they kind of lock her in place. I went back to look at the pics of the body and I can't believe I didn't notice before this. It's so clever, she sits like a ROCK. Please don't tell her I put this picture up here though - she would be so upset that the world is getting this view of her bottom :-)
I've never taken a photo of one of my doll's bottoms before. This is very weird!
Seriously though. Have you ever seen something as clever as this?!?
- I feel...: amused
- Music:Alanis Morissette - So-called chaos
She has the most adorable shoes with a little bow on the side! She is lovely and certainly one of my favourites.
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- I feel...: cheerful
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- I feel...: sad
- Music:The tick of the clock
I have decided that over the next little while I'll do a post for each of my new Little Apple Dolls. If I put them all in together then the post would just be too massive for words :-)
I'll start with the twins, Creo and Pestis. I love that they are the reverse of each other, one for creation and one for destruction. Such sweet looking girls - who would have thought?
This is Creo...
and this is Pestis...
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- I feel...:
tired - Music:Lily Allen - It's not me, it's you
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- I feel...: happy
I don't know if any of you remember but I had some concerns about her skin tone. She was available in either Real Skin or Albino and I'd ordered her in Real Skin. You see, I loved the sales pictures so I eventually decided that was the perfect colour and I happily ordered. A week later I had a thought - and decided to confirm with Dolkot that the resin colour in those pics was actually Real Skin. Naturally it wasn't, it was Albino, so I had to change my order to that colour. Sheesh. Dolkot were so good about it though, there is actually a price difference between the colours and they didn't charge me for Albino at all!
Anyway, here she is, a little belatedly. I've been so flat out at work that I haven't had a chance to show her off before now!! She has a pile of outfits to try on, so you'll probably see a bit of her in the next few days...
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- I feel...: ecstatic
- Music:Kate Bush - Never For Ever
There was a large pile of parcels waiting for me when I came home from work on Friday.
I've opened them all, but haven't had a chance to take decent pictures, so here's a teaser! 
How cool is this!!!!!!
- I feel...: happy
She's so sweet, I love taking pictures of her. Such expressive features, I think I see something new in her every time I look at her.
I've waited so long to have a Minifee of my own - I'm just so glad that she worked out so well.
In other news, I'm still sick. I've been sick for weeks and now this miserable cough just won't go away. It apparently happens sometimes after you've fought off a virus. I had a week off work a couple of weeks ago and then another three days this last week. I hope this goes away soon, I've got a lot on at work and really need to be there. Besides I've actually got a week of leave coming up, so I'd like to have a non-sick week off!!!! I'm so damned tired.
So playing with dolls has been a nice distraction :-)
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- I feel...: cheerful
- Music:Gary Numan - Jagged Edge
I love Little Apple Dolls. I have Mirari, Vates and Sanem and love them dearly.
I just made the mistake of looking at Ebay. I now have six more - Erro, Oneris, Irae, Animula, Creo and Pestis.
They were mindbogglingly cheap.
Just don't ask.
- I feel...:
geeky - Music:Little Birdy - Hollywood
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