L'arrivée de Archie

Don't ask us why we put the title in French. :-P

We are in a weird mood.

One fueled by lack of sleep and insanity most likely. :-P again.

So Archie -- Our first American Boy Custom doll is here!

Woot!

We ordered a "Doll Without Hair" style #5 from AG last week with the free shipping code.

He has light brown eyes.

(But we can't really tell the difference between light and dark brown anyways.)

WARNING: Long post, lots of pics.

If you want to see any of them larger, just click on one and you will be brought to a larger slideshow.

Here he is cross-dressing in a pic that we will use for blackmail.

It's quite embarrassing to be a boy dressed as a girl, 

never mind us publishing them on the interwebs.

Archie in his first boy outfit.

Jeans are from Liberty Jane.

Rolled cuffs are from hipsters.

Hoodie is from Etsy seller All Dolld Up.

Head shots. Literally.

For those of you curious about what an AG bald head looks like.

Then Archie got two wigs from Monique -- Johnny style, size 10-11, colors black and medium auburn. Direct from Monique's online shop.

Got here very quickly.

They have an adjustable strap built into them which we found mostly useless.

Stylings attempts with the black wig.

Style One

The black wig did have more shedding than the auburn one.

But they are both high-quality wigs.

The short boy-style is difficult to style when you are anal like us.

But we are trying. :-P

Style Two

Style Three

Styling attempts with the medium auburn wig.

Style One. A bit too high on the head.

Needs to be closer to his eyebrows.

Style Two

Style Three

Emo hairdo eating his head.

Which wig and style do you prefer???

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Random comparison with Beatrice, who is wearing a dress from Etsy seller Sew Small N Sweet and a jacket from Etsy seller Fox and Family.

Overall, we are super-excited about Archie. 

We keep staring at him and squeeing.

He is probably a bit nervous by now.

While playing with his wigs we determined there is probably a front and a back to them that we are supposed to be paying attention to. But then we kinda decided to ignore that.

We aren't gluing down the wigs, so we plan on playing around with them perpetually. Maybe he will get more colors in the future. And he can even cross-dress as a girl again if he wants to, given the amount of girl wigs we have strewn about our doll closet.

He says "No way" to that though....

(Evil plots begin...)

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Saige's Painting Set Review, Part Tres

Last part of the review peeps!

So we showed you the pristine Fox and Family artist apron in Part Dos.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/foxandfamily

Then in our doll fantasy world, CeCe had a good ol' time painting up a whole bunch of things and working on a lot of arty projects.

In reality, we smeared acrylic paints in various colors all over the thing. ;-)

And then let it dry.

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CeCe's tee shirt is from Etsy's Mon Chat Dans La Lune.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/MonChatDansLaLune

Her red pants are from Etsy's According to Emma.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/accordingtoemma

Apron on.

Phew. All three parts done.

Doesn't it look like CeCe had some fun??? Haha.

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Saige's Painting Set Review, Part Dos

Hola again peeps!

Today we show you the Saige Painting Set with a doll, so you can see the scale.

Technically the easel should be taller, as it is a bit low for the AGs to use realistically. But it is taller than the other wooden easels we already owned, so that is nice.

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The easel should be as tall as CeCe or taller, since she isn't an adult.

You might be able to argue it is a sitting-style easel. But we all know that the dolls can't sit with their legs bent in a way to actually sit at this easel.

You might want to place the easel on top of a platform or box to make it a bit higher.

Fyi, the white tray on the easel flips up and then the easel folds up, to pack flat.

CeCe is wearing her artist's apron, custom-ordered from Etsy's Fox and Family/Acorn Soup.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/foxandfamily

Jane would probably make more of these if you asked her. :-)

The little paintbrushes and paint tubes fit perfectly in the front pockets.

CeCe's tee shirt is from Etsy's Mon Chat Dans La Lune.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/MonChatDansLaLune

Her red pants are from Etsy's According to Emma.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/accordingtoemma

Part Tres of this Painting Review will be the aftermath of us "messing up" the apron.

Our main issue with all of these artist's supplies is that they are not messy.

When artists create, they tend to make a mess. It is part of the fun!

So our plan all along was to "mess up" this apron.

Stay tuned to see what it looks like after CeCe has some painting fun!

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Using Tinsel for Holiday Photos: Part Two

 Here we go with Part Two...

Again this idea is from The Spicys Doll Blog

Tinsel Photo Backdrop: http://the-spicys-doll-blog.blogspot.com/2012/12/tinsel-photo-backdrop.html

We assembled ourselves in front of the tinsel.

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Liv changed her outfit for the shots, so we were both wearing our holiday sweaters.

Liv's sweater is also from Buzzybea on Etsy, and her fish pants are from Acorn Soup/Fox and Family on Etsy. They were originally MY fish pants. But I lent them to her. I am so generous and awesome.
Again, Liv's Janes shoes were custom-made for us by A Bee Line on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ABeeLine

Pants and leggings and shoes.

Purple sweater.

Red sweater.

Practicing head-shots.

Practicing head-shots.

Two good head-shots with our normal lens.

 

Stay tuned for Part Three:

The Official DW Blog Holiday Card!

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