November 1, 2015

This is Halloween!

I'm a bit late to the party, but happy Halloween everyone~ ♥ Even though it's not celebrated that much here in Finland, me and Sarg absolutely love it :D Luckily this holiday has gotten more popular during the last few years and there is a lot of Halloween related stuff (decorations, candy, costumes, etc.) for sale everywhere, we even managed to find some things that we can use for dolls!

Anyway, we prepared for this Halloween photoshoot for a few weeks by gathering the needed supplies and crafting decorations little by little. Some of the things weren't ready until yesterday, though X'D The idea was for a few of our Azone girls to have a fun Halloween party with costumes, snacks and decorations that fit the theme~ First I'll show you these photos and then talk more about the preparations we did :)

Group shot of the party girls!

Watch out, Basil the turtle is trying to run away :DD

Apparently the cake is (or was..) good!

Poor Red Ridinghood got scared of the Wolf  >3<

After this, the party got pretty wild... Seems like the girls got too much sugar, we probably should've made them some salty snacks as well ^^; As always, the trouble seemed to get started by the Picconeemos hahah...




....And this is when we decided that the party is over :'D

Some of the girls are wearing Azone's own clothing, but some of the stuff is self-made. I wanted to take photos of the ones that I sewed and show them in a bit more detail, even though they're nothing special.

These are probably the simplest Halloween costumes ever... I just cut random pieces of white cotton fabric and then cut eye holes on it :D It doesn't look so neat, but we thought it'd be fun if the outfits looked like the dolls made these themselves lol. We chose Kirari and Mayuna to be the ghosts since they're both Maya and have the same eye color, if you couldn't see their hair it'd be difficult to tell them apart!

Yui's mummy costume is probably the strangest doll related thing that I've ever done... I mean, you don't often cut many strips of white fabric and cover a doll with it almost completely :''D But for such a simple costume, it actually looks quite fun! It would've been even more fun to mix in some fake blood, but I didn't want to risk her body getting stains. Maybe next year I could try to do that with one of my resin dolls?

This is actually the only "proper" costume that I made, even though I had planned to make several ^^; I just run out of time... We imagined that Aurora is the one who organized the party, so of course she wanted to put on a pretty costume :3 Last year I made a pointy hat like this for my Soom Sweet Witch (Derinda), so it was easy to use the same pattern, just in smaller scale~

The biggest work was with all treats! What would a Halloween party be without Halloween themed snacks to eat >3<

Most of the candy and other treats are self-made, there are just a few Re-ment additions :) I didn't take close-ups from everything, just a couple of my favorite things!

We made a bunch of different candies - simple round balls and marshmallows in different color variations

Sarg made the best Halloween cake ever! ♥ I can't believe how she just made this from scratch without using any reference *o*

She also made another cool cake, this one even has a piece that you can put on a plate for the doll to eat!

Pumpkin lollipops with faces~

And Jack Skellington lollipops XD All of them have a face with different emotion!

Recently we have also gotten interested in felting and these three little cats are the first things we've made :) We even gave them cute names lol... The biggest one is Tohvi, the dark one in the middle is Toope and the other small one is Juju.

We were also planning to take some pictures of our three Iplehouse girls (Terra, Brenda and Jade), but decided to leave that for later, as the photoshoot with Neemos took quite a lot of time and energy ^^; So, hopefully sometime next week we'll have the time to take those photos and share them! They won't be Halloween related anyway, although I made a new tank top for Sarg's Terra from the cutest "monster" themed fabric that I found XD

Hope you guys had a great Halloween weekend, even if you don't celebrate it! ♥

32 comments:

  1. Siis vau! Te ootte jaksanu panostaa oikein kunnolla! :o Ihan mahtavia asuja ja yksityiskohtia ♥ Noi halloween-kakut on niin makeita! *3*

    Mäkin innostuin huovuttamisesti (nimenomaan neulahuovuttamisesti. märkähuovutukseen ei mun hermot riitä) about neljä vuotta sitten, mutta nyt se on vähän jäänyt ^^; On kyllä mukavan rentouttavaa puuhaa :3

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    1. Kaikki tällanen pikkukrääsän hamstraus ja näpertely on niin hauskaa, tykätään molemmat kovasti rakennella Neemosille kuvaustaustoja :3 Halloweenit sun muut juhlat antaa kivasti lisäinspistä vielä!

      Joo neulahuovuttaminen täälläkin on se mitä on harrastettu (märkähuovutuksesta ei itseasiassa hajuakaan miten se edes tapahtuu XD), vasta pari näitä kissoja tehty + Satu teki äidilleen lahjaksi yhden. Seuraavaksi mietittiin, että tilattaisiin sellainen DIY-paketti josta saa tehtyä söpöjä meduusoja >3<

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  2. Hello, Happy Halloween! Wow, this was quite a party, the costumes are great and you added so many awesome accessories! Greetings from Belgium!

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    1. Happy (late) Halloween to you as well and thank you for your lovely comment~ ♥ Greetings to Belgium!

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  3. Aww aivain ihania halloween henkisiä kuvia! :o Olet todella taitava kameran kanssa ja myös rekvisiitan kanssa koska kuvissa on todella paljon yksityiskohtia ja kaikkea, suosikkia on vaikeaa valita. :)

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    1. Oi kiitoksia paljon, kiva kun tykkäsit x) Tätä kameran käyttöä on tullut harjoiteltua ja nukkejakin kuvattua jo vuosia, mutta silti tuntuu että on paljon uutta vielä opittavana! Rekvisiitan kanssa on aina kiva leikkiä, niin kuin kuvista tosiaan huomaa :'D

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  4. Waahhh, miten ihanat pikku kakut, ruuat ja muut rekvisiitat! Ihailen valtavasti, sitä miten kaikissa kuvissa näkyy oikeanlainen tunnelma! Juuri sellainen tunnelma, kuin pitääkin.
    Halloween teema näkyy näissä kuvissa loistavasti! Väritkin onniin Halloweenmaiset. nwwwn♥♥

    ♥Awwss, nuo huovutetutkissat ovat niin suloisia! Ootte kyllä niin näppäräkätisiä. *__*♥♥♥♥♥

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    1. Kiitoksia kovasti~ Mukava kuulla, että kuvista välittyy oikeanlainen Halloween-tunnelma :3 Koitettiin tosiaan valoilla sun muulla saada oikeanlaista väritystä kuviin!

      Tää huovuttaminen on yllättävän helppoa! Youtubesta löytyy paljon kaikkia kivoja tutoriaaleja, esim. "needle felting cat" hakusanoilla löydettiin ohjeet näihin kissoihin :)

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  5. Hi Safir,
    Oh my! You and Sarg have been busy, so many wonderful Halloween creations, I love them all! The party photo shoot was fabulous, you always do your shoots so well, you must have lots of patience to take so many different photos.
    This post was so much fun to read, thank you for sharing everything. :)
    Hugs,
    X

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    1. Hi! :) It's fun to use the free time we have by doing different crafts~ I'm actually really bad at concentrating on something and rather impatient too, but photography really helps me a lot and has taught me patience! Azone dolls are quite easy to pose too and it's so much fun to play around with them~

      Thank you for reading and commenting, it's lovely to hear that you enjoyed the photos! ♥

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  6. These are so fun! The wild party pictures made me laugh--and you made so many little things! Everything looks wonderful, even the tiny, tiny cookies. And now that you are felting, all the girls can have pets! <3 You Halloween looked very happy!

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    1. Thank you so much! ♥ This was a really fun photoshoot to make and we had a great Halloween indeed, hope you did too ^^

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  7. Oh what great photos! I love the costumes you made for the dolls. I had wanted to make a Witch's hat for one of my girls too but couldn't really figure out how to make one without a pattern!

    All the treats look super tasty, no wonder the party turned a bit wild! I love the last photo of the party with one of the girls hanging upside down. It looks very amusing especially that expression.

    Great work on the little felt cats. You used needle felting to make those? I've watched a few tutorials on that. Looks interesting, dangerous if you get your fingers caught though!

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    1. Thank you :) I actually thought about making a tutorial for the witch hat, but I'm really bad at explaining things and have no idea if I'm even doing things the "correct" way, so I decided against it in the end... But I'm sure there are a plenty of tutorials out there, at least for human hats and you could easily adapt that to doll size!

      Next time we know better not to give too much sugar to the Neemos ;D Hahah that last photo is probably my favorite from this set XD The whole shoot was really fun to do though.

      Yes we needle felted the cats :) There are many great tutorials on Youtube and I've seen DIY kits for sale that come with the needed supplies for a specific project. We're planning to purchase one of those to try to make a few cute jellyfish XD

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  8. Happy (late) Halloween~ I love every single pictures that you took, and your witch costume is amazing! I'm awed by all the Halloween props, especially those cakes. ^-^

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    1. Thank you, happy (late) Halloween to you too :3 Love to hear you liked the pictures and props~

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  9. "Wow, that escalated quickly" were my thoughts as I scrolled down the party pictures. Hahaha, I wonder what crazy games they were all playing!

    Great set-up and I adore all the little candies and cakes you guys made x33 Also, felted kittens~~~ So cuuute!

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    1. Hahah it really did XDD I think the girls were at least playing chicken fight, ghosts vs. mummy & skeleton... No idea about the other games X'D

      Thank you dear~ ♥

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  10. No nyt kyllä propeissa löytyy, ihan mahtavia, etenkin nuo kakut! Jos oisi oikeita ja ihmiskoossa, söisin :D *peukkua kaikelle nysväämiselle ja vaivalle*

    Ihania kisujakin! Niitähän on semmoisia japanilaisia valmispakkauksiakin joissa neulahuovutetaan joku supersöpö asia tähän tyyliin. Näin noita Japanissa muttei oikein luottamus omiin taitoihin ollut silloin vielä tarpeeksi suuri, mutta onpahan söpöjä! <3

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    1. Kiitos kiitos ^^ Tätä kaikkea pikkutilpehööriä on kiva askarrella ja keräillä pikku hiljaa~ Tässä onkin sitten jo kaikkea valmiina ensi vuoden Halloweenia varten myös!

      Joo on katseltu noita valmispakkauksia myös, ajateltiin ostaa sellainen söpö josta voi tehdä meduusoja XD ♥ Noi sun linkkaamat kissat näyttää vähän monimutkaisemmilta, mutta tuolta löytyy aloittelijoille sopivia helpompia versioita myös ja Youtubessa on paljon tutoriaaleja :)

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  11. Happy Halloween!! Loved the story hahaha, your Azones are far too cute!!
    Hope you had a nice day :D

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    1. Happy (late) Halloween to you as well~ Azones are really fun to take photos of ♥
      We had a great day, hope yours was too! ^^

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  12. Great photos!! Happy late halloween for you too!!
    Loved the mummy costume and the cakes :D

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  13. Haha wonderful photos! XD
    They seem like a merry lot.
    Here in Denmark we also do not celebrate Halloween, but its become quite popular to go to dress up parties - like in your photos ;D - I love dress up parties! *^^*

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    1. Thank you ^^
      Halloween dress up parties organized by friends seem quite popular nowadays here too, both for kids and adults! I'm really happy that Halloween has become more popular in general too, when I was a kid there was hardly anything Halloween related :/

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  14. I love your photos. :D I love the story too.
    Have a nice day!

    Bai, Shiki
    [Beauty and Destroy]

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  15. Tosi söpöt noi kaikki koristeet ja neemot myös! Miten ootte jaksaneet ja saaneet noi herkut noin hyvän näköisiksi vaikka ovat ihan minikokoisia kun vertaan että minkä kokosia neemot on! Ja ihania asujakin, aww xD

    - Jessy

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    1. Kiitos kiitos x3 Noi herkut on kyllä hirmu pieniä, jätin suosiolla haastavimmat Sadulle ja tein ite noita yksinkertaisia nameja ja pyöreitä keksejä jne. XD Mutta hauska noita on näperrellä!

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  16. Siis VIHDOINKIN joku muukin joka on innoissaan siitä että Halloween on rantautunut Suomeen. Aina saa kuulla sitä rasittavaa ininää että "Kun tää ei ooo suomalaista perinnettä ja mää mää mää." Päh! Halloween on kiva, tahtoo viettää! :D

    Hahaha tää on kyllä ihan paras shootti! :'D Mahtavaa kun pirskeet menee yhä enemmän kaaokseksi mitä pidemmälle kuvissa edetään~ Niin juuri Halloween-kutsuilla kuuluukin! Tykkään tästä otteesta, ettei ole vaan kuvia joissa sulassa sovussa kuvankauniisti istutaan pöydän ääressä. Kunpa joskus pääsisi noin riemukkaisiin Halloween-riekuntoihin mukaan vielä! x'D

    Upeita askarteluja olette tehneet kyllä~ Ensi vuonna pitää inspiroitua ja tehdä jollekin hartsinukelle tuollainen kummitusasu!
    Suosikkini on kyllä tuo kurpitsanaamaksi koristeltu lyhty joka valaisee nukkien kekrijuhlintaa.

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    1. No täällä ainakin ollaan ihan innoissaan Halloweenistä joka vuosi :D Nää ns. suomalaiset perinteet kyllä kalpenee Halloweenin rinnalla, että jos olisi pakko valita niin mieluummin luopuisin pääsiäisistä sun muista kuin Halloweenistä...

      Joo Neemoilla meni vähän kaaokseksi pirskeet kieltämättä :'D Ehkä ne on nää himskatin Picconeemot, jotka saa isommatkin tytöt aina riehumaan... Mutta hauska kyllä kuvata tällaisia humoristisia juttuja ja kokeilla kaikkia hölmöjä poseja, hartsisten kanssa ei ihan joka päivä ole roikottamassa nukkea lampusta niin Neemosten kanssa saa vähän irrotella XD

      Askartelu on parasta! ♥ Tuo kummitusasu oli kyllä tosi helppo ja nopea tehdä, että ei muuta kuin pistä sinäkin joku nukke kummittelemaan ensi vuonna >:3 Kurpitsanaamalyhtykin maalattiin itse sellaisesta valkoisesta pohjasta~

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