Alice in Labyrinth Daryl and Bertram arrived yesterday. Daryl is soooo cute! I love her! And Bertram is definitely a boy I think. When I first saw photos of Bertram online, I thought that he could be a girl but now that I have seen him in real life, he is definitely a boy. A really handsome boy.
A quick flash photo of the two of them side by side. Daryl’s head is so little.
I love all AiL heads! They are so beautiful and are some of my most favorite bjd heads. I definitely want another Daryl and maybe a couple of the other heads too. Well, they are not limited so later on I will order some more after I finish painting the heads I have now. I hope to paint them all in August.
Oh and also Alice in Labyrinth said in their email that they do plan to make bodies for their doll heads in the future. Hmmm, I wonder when that will be. I would really love to have the matching bodies for these heads so each will be a complete bjd.
About Gumdrops, some eyes are still not finished I am afraid some will take until the end of the month to be mailed. I have been putting more hours though so maybe they will be finished before then.
Well, I used my $50 Google adwords coupon from my web hosting service to promote Dolly Post. It is a new Asian ball jointed dolls forum. Actually it is the replacement of Ethereal Angels Forum and started around the end of May. Instead of just upgrading and keeping everything, I decided to just start new and with a new domain too. So if you see Dolly Post ad on the right hand side when searching about bjd on Google, do not be surprised. I check in on Dolly Post whenever I can to help keep it going. The beginning is the hardest part, specially getting people to register and participate since we do not really have any kind of big exposure like in a doll magazine or anything. I made it my browser homepage so I can keep up with things otherwise I might forget to check in for a couple of days.
Dolly Post has a very small number of members currently. Hopefully we will have more soon. I do not mind it being small as long as the few members we have are fairly active. Smaller groups usually have a more intimate feel and better camaraderie because you get to know each other better.
Anyway, Gumdrops March pre-order are not all finish so I can not do face ups on my dolls yet. We are getting late on the orders again. *sigh* I wish there is an easier and faster way for us to make the eyes. But we just keep on going and soon they all shall be finished.
After the eyes are done, I plan to take 2 weeks off and do face ups on my dolls and just have lots of fun with them. It has been a long time since I have done face ups and I miss it.
Also finally ordered and sent payment for Alice in Labyrinth Daryl and Bertram. AiL said they will be shipped in a few days. It says on their website that they will be releasing their white skin version heads. Not really fond of white skin and I much prefer the normal skin. Dollstown 15girl body or 13girl body might be a match for Alice and Chloe.
Yes, today, Alice, Elijah and Chloe came! The postman delivered them this morning before 10am. I like getting EMS mail. They are always delivered earlier than regular mail.
The heads are exquisite. They do not have faceups but already they look beautiful. It is very exciting to receive dolls made by a newer company. Or in this case, doll heads made by a newer company. The postman must think we are so weird for ordering only doll heads as it says so on the customs forms, “Doll heads - Qty. 3″.
AiL dolls have smaller eyes than most Asian ball jointed dolls I have seen. All these 3 uses 14mm eyes. Their quality is really very good and they have magnets on their headcaps just like Volks Super Dollfie. Their faces have an old world look to them. This is a big plus as I love these type of dolls so much. They remind me of Koitsukihime dolls. Oh and Alice in Labyrinth bjd is made in Japan too. So it is good that there is another ABJD company in Japan besides the well known Volks that can ship international.
A quick photo
I am placing my order for Daryl and Bertram this week. I will not be able to paint all these heads though until around the end of July as I am currently finishing this order of Gumdrops eyes. There are a lot of dolls I have to paint. One of them had been waiting almost a year now to be painted. It is my Hahanbi by Hypermaniac. I ordered her with no faceup and she has been in her bag since the day she arrived last year in July. Then there are my 2 U-Noa kits I got last December, Heath, U-Noa Zero and the new AiL heads. It is about a year now since I last repainted a doll. I am bit rusty I think and need more practice. The production of eyes has taken over my time. I want to catch up with my dolls so I am trying to finish the orders on time.
The first time I have seen Alice by Alice in Labyrinth I was smitten. All their doll heads are gorgeous and I like that they have smaller eyes than most ball jointed dolls and their features are not like anime.
Russ ordered Alice, Elijah and Chloe for me as a very belated Christmas present. I could not decide what to get until now. He promised to buy me a full doll but I wanted these heads instead. Too bad that AiL only makes doll heads.
Anyway, they said that they will mail the heads within a week. I am thinking of ordering Daryl soon after I get the 3 heads but still can not decide if I should get Bertram. Maybe I might as well get him too to complete the set. I can always sell him if he does not work out. He is a beautiful sculpt for sure but I do not know if I want another boy because I am already getting Elijah. I am more fond of girl dolls. Boy dolls are more like props to me. They are like arm candy for the girls.
Daryl is soooo cute! I love her! And Bertram is definitely a boy I think. When I first saw photos of Bertram online, I thought that he could be a girl but now that I have seen him in real life, he is definitely a boy. A really handsome boy. 
I definitely want another Daryl and maybe a couple of the other heads too. Well, they are not limited so later on I will order some more after I finish painting the heads I have now. I hope to paint them all in August. 
I am afraid some will take until the end of the month to be mailed. I have been putting more hours though so maybe they will be finished before then.
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I check in on Dolly Post whenever I can to help keep it going. The beginning is the hardest part, specially getting people to register and participate since we do not really have any kind of big exposure like in a doll magazine or anything. I made it my browser homepage so I can keep up with things otherwise I might forget to check in for a couple of days. 
Then there are my 2 U-Noa kits I got last December, Heath, U-Noa Zero and the new AiL heads. It is about a year now since I last repainted a doll. I am bit rusty I think and need more practice. The production of eyes has taken over my time. I want to catch up with my dolls so I am trying to finish the orders on time.
I could not decide what to get until now. He promised to buy me a full doll but I wanted these heads instead. Too bad that AiL only makes doll heads.