Totally Minnie

The 4th challenge in Instagram's Next Top BJD was Disney themed - we had to choose a character and put together an outfit inspired by it! You might already guess from the title which character I chose for Carmen ;D Yup, Minnie Mouse! This might seem like a bit surprising choice since Minnie is a pretty cute character and Carmen is more of a badass (or at least she likes to think so...), but Carmen also loves pin-up style and I thought that a red polkadot dress would fit the style perfectly~ At first I was tempted to go for something more dramatic (like Once Upon A Time inspired Evil Queen), but then again, I wanted to stay true to Carmen's character and think of something that she would actually wear and be able to use more than once. She'd ditch the ears though, unless it was a Halloween party or something XD

Unfortunately we were eliminated this round and didn't make it through to the finals. But I'm not sad or anything, just glad that I got even this far (top 30) and it was a really fun experience :) Sarg's Terra is in the Final 10, so let's cheer for her in the last challenge! ♥ Terra was channeling Hades in this challenge and ended up being the winner~ I helped Sarg by sewing the basic dress and she accessorized it :)

Previous challenges:
#1 A pop of color
#2 Day & Night
#3 Jungle

The dress and jewelry are made by me~ I also made the bow and ears, Sarg made sure that I don't ruin the whole thing and helped me by gluing them to the hairband base XD As a funny fact: the hem of that dress actually ate 5 meters of lace...

I submitted this photo to the challenge. It was my favorite pose from these shots - a bit flirty and playful, just like Minnie XD 

Now that the contest is over for me, I'll try to take photos of my other big BJDs for change XD Though I'm also hoping to take a photoshoot of Carmen with her husband ♥ I have many sewing ideas for my dolls too and hopefully I'll have the time to work on them little by little~