Golden Rise

Welcome to 2013! This past year had quite a lot of excitement- new website established, new dolls arrived, a trip to Japan, and lots of sewing, painting and picture-taking. I’m hoping for more of the same this year! I managed to nail much of my DD wishlist, so now I’m mostly looking forward to new…

Better gray dress photos

The light setup was upgraded from bouncing inside an umbrella to using a collapsible soft box, which has less reflections and less harsh shadows overall, but takes a lot of space. I also traded out Neris’s eyes from the last shoot for eyes from Twin Snow, they’re darker and less reflective which is easier to…

Volks News 51

Volks News Vol 51 – new DD announced! Aoko from Fate series-   Melty from Shining Hearts- An odd assortment of new outfits this time. Moe’s bear suit- Pink leopard print in 3 sizes, and ruffly pannier- More classic outfits get an updated release- … and some nice boots.   Source: http://ameblo.jp/asse2009/entry-11394987987.html

Asuka in Black

Lately I’ve been working on a more elaborate dress based on the sweetie dress pattern, modified for L-bust. Since I don’t own many dark colored outfits, for fear of stains, I took on the challenge to sew my own :3 Asuka makes her premiere as my model today, wearing a custom wig orange-red gradient wig…