Greetings from Dolliverse 2014

This year's Dolliverse is now over. 

An amazing experience. I had wonderful time and moreover a wonderful driver who took very good care of me. I don't think the experience would have been as wonderful without him!

There was a lot to see around our tables. This year my dear friend was unable to attend herself so I was the sole person minding the two tables. It was an experience. And a busy one! 

Tsukifly & Hime*Hime table - seems to have a lot of things..

A big thank you for everybody who bought my creations. 

I am very happy that many of you remembered me from last year. I was very happy to see my creations on your dolls as well! For this year I even had some cards to hand over. Nothing much, but the blog address was there at least. Furthermore it was wonderful to hear your comments! Not only regarding my products but about the table set up and everything as well~! 

Comments give me renewed confidence for the future. They also give me hints what you would like to see next time. I was asked several times whether I will be there again next year. Well, I will try of course, but since I have some major changes coming (graduation!) circumstances may change. Please keep checking back - I am sure to write about my plans later on.

This cute girl visited my table.
Along she had two smallest BJDs I have ever seen.

Last year there were more Pullip people around. This year MSD size would have been most preferred so for the next time I must stock up on that one. MSD seems to be a bit tricky for me, my MSD model being elsewhere for the most of the time. 

  

If there is any size you would like to see available please feel free to let me know, I will see what I  can do :)

Overall I got the feeling that Dolliverse was more international as many dollmakers were present as well. The only thing I regret is not to have time to check all of them more closely! Otherwise I am very happy how it all went.

I was especially glad to briefly see DD-Anne and her lovely dolls. I have been checking her Flickr regularly for updates regarding Alice in Underland Chapter 5. She is making a queen ~ The size of the queen is intriquing. Additionally, now that I have seen the queen in person I think the sculpting is even more detailed than I imagined.

DD-Anne's Fairygarden ~
A saw her new Queen which seems lovely.
The size especially appeals to me..

Now I am looking to sort out the remaining Tsukifly items, take some new pictures, update the store and such.

Love the tan skin! 

What is coming next? I may give a small hint that as a Dollfie Dream fan I have been wishing to bring one home with a new Volks DDS body. If I succeed in getting her then I presume there will be DD sized clothing coming available sometime in near future. Nothing much different to SD size, only their waist is more narrow. I might have few more adventurous dress set designs in mind...

What I would like to try is to make something for Cerisedolls. I like their body shape. Another such would be Leekeworld A or B bodies, the newest ones. I really liked Leekeworld's new fairy ~

I believe this suffice as a little account about this year's Dolliverse. I am looking forward to next year as I would love to come. Would prefer a more central location though, if the travel is going to be a long one, it may be difficult to reach. I will look into it. Thank you for your support and interest towards Tsukifly!~
Please keep checking back here as well. Next entry is likely to be somewhat different. Will be about DDS body and if I feel confident I might provide a tutorial on how to assemble one ~

Wrapping up

Few days until Dolliverse.
I must say I am excited and I do hope my products will be liked.
In addition I have tried to focus on this garden theme, having a lot of flower / butterfly / dragonfly related items. A small set up will be around the table as well. Currently working on it. Finishing touches.
Moreover, the Tsukifly Pullip custom has now been finished, named and boxed up. She will come with a full Tsukifly outfit, wig and face-up. I have also a box and a bag to give where she will be safe during travel.

Tsukifly 'Sarinna' Pullip Custom
Up for Adoption at Dolliverse

Two more Tsukifly Pullip dresses were finished.

Additionally I finished one more yo-sd/tiny babydoll tulle dress, modeled here by Mina. This year I have not only more dresses but also accessories. In my previous post those new headdresses were shown and here we have white lace chokers with additional details or without. Futhermore, there will be hairpieces, necklaces and such available as well.

My dear friend supplied me with a lovely suitcase for the table which I am going to use to display all the various second hand wigs we have available. I can assure you. There will be more than 20 different wigs available. In several sizes varying from tiny size to SD/Pullip sizes. And what else? A lot of second-hand doll clothing as well, shoes and such.  

White lace chokers - different designs
SD/Supergem size

Tiny/Yo-SD babydoll tulle dress

So, I hope to see you at Dolliverse on this coming Sunday! 

This year I even have small cards to hand out - not too many, but better than nothing right ~

Now I should have a test run on the set-up. Whether it works the way I hope it does.

On the brink of Dolliverse

One week to go! Dolliverse will be next Sunday!
I have been more than busy preparing various things, putting up tags, finishing up different things, planning on the possible display etc. Hardly have had time to think about taking pictures in between but managed to get some at least. Mina (Aileendoll Camellia) got her style right with a new set of eyes and a Licht wig.

Little helper Mina w/ suitcases for Dolliverse

Here she is with some suitcases that I will have for sale at Dolliverse. Leather suitcases we already had last year but this year I will also have two tin suitcases w/leather straps - something new as I wish to see which ones are preferred. The pink lace dress on Mina will also be available.

Pullip sized layered dresses for Dolliverse

Moreover, I saw that there was demand for Pullip sized dresses (last year's observation) and thus I have prepared something to that end. Several pullip sized dresses will be available. At least I can promise there are more designs than last year (regret I had only two available). This year the amount is more close to 10 I believe. Additionally there will be accessories sold separately. Headpieces, chokers etc. so people have a possibility to built up their own combination of the available pieces if they so wish. Mix and Match to your own liking if I can say so. Should I remind that the best ones are likely to go first? ^-^

Two flowery Tsukifly headpieces available at Dolliverse

Pair of new dresses

I have had huge stress over school lately.
Haven't had much time to think anything else.

New dresses - MSD and Tiny sizes for Dolliverse
Baby Pink Skin Soom Sammi will be
available for adoption at Dolliverse as well.

Now I seem to get more time for myself when most of the pressing matters have been done away.
Preparation for Dolliverse among other things.
I have been active in DoA posting a lot of stuff for sale which will be coming along to Dolliverse as well.

Here you can see a glimpse of two new dresses, out of japanese white/light blue dragonfly fabric, which will be at Dolliverse. One is Tiny sized baby doll -styled dress, another in MSD size with slight differences. This MSD dress is made to fit an MSD with more bust so I am trying to answer the demand here.

I was afraid I wouldn't have time to complete many Pullip sized dresses, but it appears I might have made some progress so there will be some available. Mostly layer dresses with different fabric designs :)

My Aileendoll Camellia arrived this week.
I was going to sell this wig but it looks rather cute on her...
Oh Mina! She has her own mind, different from my plans...

So what will be available at my table at Dolliverse?
Dolls - Soom Beauty, Soom Sammi, Luts Juri '05 head, Luts Kid delf Event head and Fairyland MNF Juri 2013 head up for adoption
Clothing - Pullip, Tiny, MSD, SD, Supergem - lots of different designs, some new things. Pullip dresses are all OOAK and won't be offered again.
Jewellery - different designs
Accessories - Props and other stuff for your dolls to use in various photoshoots
A Pullip custom - complete with face-up, Leeke wig, Tsukifly dress-set
Second-hand doll stuff - outfits (Volks, Dollheart etc.), wigs, eyes - all in various sizes

Yush, something listed to give you a hint. So do not miss Dolliverse on 29th June, 2014!

I hope to update at least once before the event, maybe pictures of the Pullip dresses / custom?

~Tsuki

Pullip custom progress and doll planning

Somehow it seems the time is flying.
I have been trying to work on Tsukifly stuff but it seems to be rather slow  at the moment.
Regular life requires my attention at the moment.

Nevertheless, the pullip custom has progressed somewhat.
I have completed her eyes and the dress is half way through (slow progress since I am working on it completely by hand..). About the style. She will have a long dress in brown color, layers, lace and ribbons. Just to give you a little hint. She will be offered for sale as a fullset but to have a special twist she is likely to have short pink wig and kinda special eyes - the other being "blind" which is why she is to wear an eye patch over it (matches with the dress of course). Headdress is likely to accompany the dress although I was also considering whether I should make a Tsukifly flowerband for her. Would be more special than the headdress but we will see.

No that I am talking for once.. I might consider turning this blog towards more general dolly blog, thus also including my doll planning etc. But this might defeat its purpose so I am still considering whether to do this in a large scale. Now however, I must say something in relation to Volks Dollfie Dream Dolls. I started my BJD hobby with Volks DD Sirius. She was an amazing one, but in the end I felt she did not get the attention she deserved. Therefore I resolved to sell her. I didn't think I would regret but I must say I do, tiny little bit. There are qualities in Volks DDs that aren't there in "regular" BJDs made of resin. DDs, as they are made of vinyl are light and easy to carry although being the same size as SDs. Two other qualities are their ability to pose amazingly and moreover, hold those poses as well as their anime style faces. Of course, I am aware that the face is important and if you are more for realistic look then DDs are perhaps not your cup of tea. However, I found I also like them, along with my regular BJDs. As said I didn't think I would miss the one I sold, but I kinda do.

What is done cannot be undone, but I have a new promising target. I think she might prove to be much better suited for me than the one I had. This is Volks DD Saber. I just love her smiling face. Makes me smile as well. I have forbidden myself to try to bond with sad looking dolls, they don't seem to work for me. Saber would certainly be something else. Maybe I am able to get a DD Saber at some point (she seems hard and expensive one to obtain.. =-=)and then I could offer DD fitted clothing as well. The DD body is very slim from the middle compared to SDs. Otherwise they can wear same clothing. So yes, she will be on my wishlist. I am also doing some serious considerations with my current BJDs. Soom Beauty, Luts Delf Juri '05 and possibly one more Soom girl will most likely be up for adoption.

Volks Dollfie Dream Saber (FATE/Extra ver.)
There are also other versions of her but I would prefer extra with these lovely green eyes ~

As the days are full of sunlight and nice weather I wish I could shut myself in a forgotten garden along with my dolls and sewing thing. Only then I would be able to achieve an ideal position to start working for Dolliverse with full speed. The theme is garden and I have a small plan for a set-up as well.

I hope to have some new creations to share with you after I get these other things off my hands.

Thank you for reading! 

~ Tsuki

Delicate hairbands, talk and glass bottles

Another month has started and spring is quickly turning into summer.
So it feels with occassional +20 degrees looming outside.
I have worked on Tsukifly headbands - yes, more and more, for both dolliverse and the store.
Previously I ordered some Silver headbands - SD sized. I want to try out some delicate headbands as well.


Silver hairband - SD

I still need to get more small paper flowers. Should have some of those around somewhere. While I have my sewing stuff scattered around I probably will acquire more or less some similar stuff. Oh well. They are always in the wrong location while you are somewhere else and would be in need of them.

The Silver hairband with small paper flowers and a Silver butterfly detail is one of the first ones. There will be more, both in MSD/Tiny and SD sized ones.

For last year's Dolliverse I made one Alice themed glass bottle. Now I found I still had some more which I wanted to decorate. Perfect for displaying. Both are filled with jewellery stones that can be used as each has a hole in them. Other than that they look cute displayed in the bottle. I will offer them up for sale later on.

Glass bottles with Jewellery Stones - Pefrect for displaying! 

Seems I have finally got over my sewing block and some of the pieces I had plans for are starting to take shape. Slowly but surely. While I have other demanding things to do I use some of my spare time to advance my sewing plans a little. I am very happy about the fact that the situation has finally taken a turn towards creativity mode again. Hopefully just in time for another Dolliverse.

My attendance to Dolliverse 2014 has been confirmed more or less. I am happy about that as well. Already have several ideas for the table display. I am still undecided which of my girls will be my table model this year. It probably depends whether I have any dolls for sale at the time, if that would be the case they might as well play as models while being on display to find a new home.

 

In my previous post I mentioned about a pullip custom I am going to make. Yup. I found some nice black eyelashes, she will have something of a lace like eyelids and the dress from a flowery fabric. The color is so far undecided but I am debating between black and beige. Might go for beige as I rather have her in light colors than black black. I am a bit afraid to continue with her - the next stage is face-up.

 

Please check the store for new additions =^-^=

Thank you for reading!

- Tsuki

Plans, Dolliverse and Headbands

I am slowly starting to recover from my lack of inspiration period.
Not fully there yet, but Spring and all this sunlight is also helping me.
At least headbands are inspiring me.
Just finished two new ones and managed to put them up at the Store.
Previously I forgot to add some of the stuff, but sure enough I will add everything now.



Nene reaching up towards little bird houses I have made as props.
Maybe they will end up on my Dolliverse table this year?

MIO kit has a lovely box.

 I made the decision to go to Dolliverse this year as well.
Planning the table should start at some point, but I feel it is a bit early for that at the moment.

I previously made cute bird houses, which might be up at the table. Huge fan of origami cranes as well. Maybe there would be something to consider? Definedly something cute and pink. I have been encouraged to make a Pullip custom as well. I have been a bit hesitant about that, but finally managed to buy a MIO Pullip kit. So, that is my next bigger Project. To complete this Pullip custom. For the time being my deadline has been set to be Dolliverse (she would be up for sale there) but might complete her sooner if I can. Eye mechanism keeps scaring me...

As I said above, I have been inspired to try some headbands (at least!). So I was able to use some of the new ribbons and foam flowers I acquired. Those have been sitting on my table for quite a while now. Sadly. But now it is over. For some of the flowers and ribbons. I think I will do few more. I want to try out those lime flowers I found as well as some minty ribbon - do you think they would work together?

Nene was my model for both of the new headbands.
However, they fit well on SD and MSD heads as well.

Here are some pictures of the two new designs. I especially like how the feathers look like on the second headband. Both of these have been posted up at the Store as well.

Two new headband designs.
One with feathers as I felt like trying them out.
I hope you like them!

I think that is all for now. I will be back with more designs and updates regarding the Pullip custom as well as other things. I received Luts Event heads as well, considering whether to do a face-up on them or sell them blank. At the moment blank is my reference as all my face-up stuff is in Finland. The difficulties when you live in another country. The distance is not so easily covered.

Thank you for reading!

~Tsuki

Dolliverse 2013

So, yesterday I attended to Dolliverse 2013, a wonderful dolly event here in the Netherlands.

Met a lot of wonderful people and a special thanks to all those who liked my dresses and bought them.

 

Last time I had issues as I had very little time to prepare and very little to sell.

Now I had more which is why it took so long to get the stand up.

All those price tags...

I feel I was right to make tiny dresses as there were many tinies to  try them out.

However, I did notice that more Pullip sized clothing would have been needed.

Both dresses I had in Pullip size were sold.

There is something for me to consider for the next time I hope.

So, a list to remind me later.

 

To do better next time:

- Stand display planning

- Pullip sized clothing

- MSD sized clothing

 

Mai - DD-Anne March Hare is searching for a new home, she was also on display at the table.

Thus, it was not only the clothing but also DD-Anne table set and her, which made half of the display for this time.

 

Overall I am very pleased how the day went.

Now I will post some of the remaining stock to Den of Angels for sale.

The actual sales post can be viewed here:

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?580779-Volks-Liz-Spring-Roll-Fullset-Soom-Picro-outfit-Leeke-DH-Luts-Yo-sd-SD-MSD (for those who have DoA account to access marketplace)

 

Some pictures from yesterday as well. To share my excitement of the day.

My Hisa ( the one standing) and her twin sister Himawari were the cuties of our table

My attempt to take a picture of the stand itself..

A closer picture of the Tsukifly side of the table (as I shared my table with my friend).

 

My next plans are to work on some Alice in Wonderland themed dress sets.

I have plans for at least a girly white rabbit outfit set - So far I have half finished with a hat.

Also I need to plan a Cheshire outfit. Each of my girls is to take on a character from Alice in a photoshoot.

Once I get there someday. Of course would be awesome to make all the outfits for them myself under Tsukifly.

That is something to try at least.

So yes, that is all for now.

 

~ Tsuki



Big day tomorrow!

I have been working on the remaining stuff for the table set-up.

Dolliverse will be tomorrow! 16th June, 2013~!

There will be a whole table set for sale, kind of special one, Alice themed by a chinese artist DD-Anne.

Necklace stuffs also arrived so I was able to make some new designs :3

(See a teaser below.. )

So many amazing stuff. I totally love Etsy ~

We had a temporary background problem, but luckily we figured out a solution.

Tomorrow it will be seen whether that will work in practice.

 

I have also painted some mannequins, even made a wire stand for one.

Going to do similar ones for the others, but for now they just have to stand in some other way.

I really love how they display the clothes though.

 

People just shouldn't be afraid to also buy the dresses on the mannequins as well as on hangers. Nobody will ruin my table set-up by doing that, they are there to find new homes and bring happiness for dolls and owners who buy them :3

I am excited to see how these designs will be received by the people.

Tomorrow I shall finally see.



A teaser how necklaces will be displayed and what might be available at our Dolliverse table.

 

Finally, I had some serious problems to be able to fit everything in my suit case.

Setting up a table requires a lot of additional stuff on top of all the sales stuff and stock I have.

Whoah. Somehow I got all packed up. For now. Only my camera remains... And I seriously want that with me as well..!

I just have to fit it somewhere else..

 

If you are around Utrech, The Netherlands tomorrow there is Dolliverse to visit!

I hope to have some news and table pictures later, provided that I get the camera with me.

Thank you for reading~

~Tsuki

June has started

Yet another month has started.

It seems that summer is gradually here.

Along with June there will be Dolliverse in few weeks time!~

 

Other things have taken my time lately, but some work has been done.

Firstly, I took my tinies out to a japanese garden to have some nice pictures of some Tsukifly dresses.

Mai (DD-Anne March Hare) displaying one of the longer tiny dresses.
She herself may be up for sale as a DD-Anne fullset as well.

Enne (Soom R.Picro) displaying one of the shorter tiny dresses.
She will be offered for sale at Dolliverse as well.

Sewing has taken direction from tiny dresses towards SD sized skirts. Here are few new ones. Good for making Mix&Match. I cannot wait to test how they display hanging in the rack.

My plans to make some shirts has been postponed until further notice..

Mai displaying heavier tiny dress seen previously on Enne.
She can carry it a bit better.

 Lately I have been inspired by Alice in Wonderland a lot. May be partly because of Mai, but I have had this plan of making a themeshoot with this theme for a longer time. Haven't got around doing something for it. But now it seems I have allocated characters for my dollies and some outfits are slowly coming together. So later during the summer there might actually be some pictures.. and dresses to that regard.

Next week is for building the table display for Dolliverse and seeing through the dresses, skirts and all the other stuff. Possibly some quick pictures of that will be up later :3

Thank you for dropping by!~

Tsuki





Velvet dress and beads

Hello again ~!

It has been raining this week. Not very inspired about that fact, but fresh air is good.

I have been busy completing some other things for a while.

In any case new creations are always in my mind - more or less.

 

While studying and having very limited access to any sewing machine my bigger projects have to wait.

Thus, majority of the dresses and other clothes will be in tiny size. Or it seems so!

If there is any size in particular that would spark an interest I would love to take suggestions :3

 

Now I wanted to make some jewellery to go with the other things.

Personally I love keys so key theme was a natural choice.

 

All three options will be available at Dolliverse.

Previously I have also made animals and jewellery out of beads.

A while back I found some beads from my boxes and I wanted to make use of them as well.

Small companions for your dolls (beaded spiders and dragonflies!) or  a flowery headpiece to choose from. 

 

 

Finally, as can be seen this velvet dress and beads don't go together although the headline would like to suggest so.

I could not resist buying this velvet fabric.

Not very fun sewing it by hand, but all done and quite happy with the outcome.

Still thinking to add something to the collar, kind of feels like it is missing something..

 

Velvet dress in tiny size w/ lace collar

 I will be back with some new updates after a week or so.

Have to do some travelling in between without proper access to internet (but a sewing machine instead!).

 

 Thank you for reading.

~ Tsuki

A tiny dose of tiny dresses

My little Enne (Soom R.Picro) has been my 'fashion victim' for the whole week.

That means she has been there to model my newest creations in tiny size.

 

I decided it was time to try and make few longer dresses.

For both of these dresses I have used similar design, even similar fabric.

Only the color of the fabrics and used laces/ribbons are different.

Yellow&orange dress has an accompanying headdress although not shown well in the photo.

Orange&Yellow long dress w/ headdress

Long pink dress

These two longer dresses will be up for sale.

I believe only these two will be offered for now. The rest are likely to be knee-lenght.

Knee-lenght dress made out of japanese sakura/ribbon fabric.

That blue knee-lenght dress is my personal favorite from this week. I am a fan of that japanese sakura/ribbon fabric so naturally I like everything made out of it (previously I made longer dress in SD size).

Seems to be a bit too flowery for Enne though.

 

In addition I also made one another knee-lenght dress. From the same pink bunny fabric as the above longer dress.

Only that this time I paid more attention to the back side of the dress rather than the front of it (it has very modest buttons only). Some ribbons and laces to decorate the skirt part. 

 

Back of a knee-lenght pink dress.

 Now my plans are to gather up older stuff, try out some knee-lenght dresses with lace fabrics and build up some more stock for sale. So far I am pretty pleased with all the dresses and other things I have, but I wish to be able to offer even more variety of different products.

 

~Tsuki

 

New creations

It seems I have been very active lately.
Have to make the stuff when you have an inspiration to do so.
At least now I feel I have some lovely dresses and other things to sell.

Selection of bunny hats in varying sizes: Tiny, SD, MSD, Pullip
There will be six of them (red one not pictured) for sale.

 

SD sized dress w/bunny headdress. Matching set in Tiny size.

 I haven't yet been able to decide who to bring as my model alongside some mannequins to display some of the dresses. Hisa (Volks Lorina) would be the obvious candidate though :) Also considering Enne (my Soom R.Picro) for she is small enough not to take up too much space. 



Again more decisions. But those are about display itself and can wait for a while now. As can be seen this post is mainly to update and show some pictures of what is to come. These has been made so far.

 

I have some old stock I will be bringing up as well, attach labels on them.

 

Down below you will also see a Soom top I made today.

Overall I am pretty pleased how it turned out. The fabric was a bit of a challenge. Had all those nice patterns I wanted to bring forth. Love the fabric and I also got to use some of those nice buttons I previously bought.

 

That is all for now, catch you later!

~ Tsuki



Soom sized top I made today.

Establishment of the label Tsukifly

Hello there,
This is my first post in this blog.
Thus, impossible to keep it short, apologies if you thought this isn't going to take long.

Tsukifly clothing label is now


Tiny size dress w/bunny headdress and armband.

officially around. I am aware there are some clothing I have previously made, which unfortunately won't have the newly established label name. They should be considered as unique pre-Tsukifly pieces if identified so. Maybe I will go through my archieves to see if I have any pictures of those to share.

Plan was:
To decide a name under which I will make my doll sized clothing. (consideration, planning... too many years, too many options..) until recently I just made it. With a little help from my lovely friend (you know who you are~). From now on I hope to keep track how the label and clothing will develop :)

1st target:
My first official target with my new label will be Dolliverse 2013, June 16th, The Netherlands. Most of the clothing that I am working on at the moment (including their new cute clothing labels!) will be for sale there.
Make sure to drop by if you are around ^^!


Longer SD sized skirts and a glimpse
of those cute clothing labels.

    For these new clothes I have used wonderful japanese fabrics. I love how they catch light and how their colors are so vivid. First batch of Tsukifly clothing labels also arrived yesterday~ My first order through Etsy and I must say I am very much pleased how they turned out. I have also paid attention to available sizes. Trying to provide some variation there.
 





I will most likely offer some of the pieces and new ones for sale in Den of Angels at a later stage. For now, working for Dolliverse.

More pictures of what will be around for sale will be updated here so keep checking back!~ ^^

~Tsuki