A look into the past

When I was making the previous post, it occurred to me that I never made the planned post about Melanthe and Marcus and the way those two dolls sort of brought me and my girlfriend Sarg together. I shared some pictures of the two in this post and mentioned that I would tell more later, but then forgot to write about it on August when I was supposed to, oops... Now that I took some new photos of the couple and remembered the whole thing, I figured that I'd finally share the story. Better later than never? ^^;

It's weird to think that if I had never started this hobby, I probably wouldn't have met Sarg at all! Even though these might seem like just ordinary dolls to some people, they can be really important and meaningful to others :) Neither of us could really imagine how living without dolls would feel like, it has become more like a lifestyle to us.

But how did we meet? Things started sometime in the summer of 2011. Back then me and Sarg didn't know each other that well yet, we just followed each other on DeviantART and sometimes commented to each other. At some point I bought a red wig from Sarg and she was thrilled when I told her that it would be for my Soom Cuprit, which she admired a lot XD I also admired her Soom Hyperon. I added Sarg on MSN (rip <3) and we started talking more about our characters. We even sent some snail mail letters with some drawings and little presents. I was going to Helsinki to visit my parents and asked if we could meet :3

This is an old photo from August 2011 when we met for the first time and Marcus and Melanthe had their first "date" :D We took some photos of them in the botanical garden and after the photoshoot decided to officially pair these two together. Sarg introduced me to roleplaying as well, previously I had only written stories. RPing turned out to be really fun, more spontaneous and easier ^^

A few months later, in November, I decided to turn my Minette into their daughter, Marissa! ♥ Here's a picture from the first time Marcus saw her~ I had some bonding issues with the Minette sculpt when it still was another character, but after this character change I started to love her!

Around this time I also moved closer to Helsinki and we were able to meet more often :3

Later same month there was a meet-up in Helsinki that we both attended, so the little family was re-united ♥ Not the best photo, but the lighting wasn't that good - this still serves as a great memory from the meet-up~

In December, we participated in a Christmas calendar project together and one of our pictures was of Mel and Marcus under a mistletoe ;3; Since 2011 we've participated in this project together every year :)

Then in April 2012, Marcus and Melanthe got a second daughter when Sarg decided to bring home a Soom Yrie that was for sale in a local meet-up :D We took this photo (the sisters + Sarg) in a shopping center when some teenage boys made fun of us and asked if these are satanic dolls... Look at those cute SATANIC faces :''D

We've roleplayed with these characters quite a lot during the years and still find them inspiring, even though their looks have stayed pretty much the same. It's fun how these sculpts (Cuprit and Hyperon) are our grail sculpts and when we paired them together, they became even more special! ♥ We have quite many dolls now and our favorites among them vary from time to time, but Marcus and Melanthe remain as some of the dearest ones~

Now back to this day! (Or more like last Sunday, hahah...) Besides the Father's Day pictures of Marcus with his daughters, I also took some pictures of our lovely couple :3

We've always imagined that Marcus is a great dancer and likes especially Latin rhythms 8D Doesn't this picture look like Marcus is dancing with his wife and slightly bending her, like in tango? ♥

By the way, this red wig is the one that I bought from Sarg over 4 years ago XD The poor wig has been through a lot and Melanthe really needs a new wig... I hosted a group order to Leekeworld a few months ago when they had an event with some pre-order colors, including the most beautiful red shade ever! For some strange reason I still ended up not ordering any, instead I got two wigs for another doll u_u But now that Leeke started selling the cancelled quantity, I managed to snag a red wig for Mel~

Here comes the sun!

Heey, I'm back from our summer cottage~ ^3^ Had a great time relaxing, enjoying the peaceful nature and taking photos, of course! It felt like the weather was really on my side as it was raining in many other parts of Finland, but in the Eastern Finland (where our cottage is) the weather was beautiful for the whole weekend! ♥

So yeah, I had a bunch of dolls with me: Chici, Zinnia (Iple Stella), Melanthe (Soom Cuprit) and Lia (Azone Chiika). I also had Ceci and Mila, but didn't have the time to take photos of them lol... >.<

First up is little Chici ♥ I've had this swimming ring for a while and been planning to use it for some Azone photoshoots, but since none of my Neemos have swimsuits yet, I thought that I'd try out if Chici can float with it... And yup, she can! She doesn't have a swimsuit either (lol I'm sure it'd look hilarious), so I quickly made a tiny towel for her by just cutting a piece of this cute striped terry fabric that I recently found from the fabric store :) I actually bought it to make a towel for Ceci (who I didn't take photos of, after all...), but looks like it was useful for Chici too! ♥

"Look at me, I'm floating! ovo"

Hahah a little naked birdie XD A silly extra photo...

Next some photos of Lia, my newest Pureneemo girl~ I took these right before deciding to cut her hair a bit :'D It was unnecessarily long, after cutting it goes up to her wrist. I like it much better now that it's shorter, though I wish I had done the cutting BEFORE taking these photos lol... Nia, my other Chiika will get the same treatment soon too, so that the two will have same length hair :3

The black clothing and plushie collect all dust and dog hair so easily ;__;

Lia found a cute little mushroom :3

A close-up of the mushroom XD I didn't have a proper macro lens with me, took this with the kit lens that I've been using for all doll photos lately as well (since my 50mm lens is more or less broken...)

I finished a new dress for Melanthe ages ago, but lacked the inspiration to take photos of her with it >3< Originally I was planning to only take my big Iple girls with me, but in the last minute thought that this might be a good chance to get photos of Mel's new dress and brought her along too~ I'm really happy that I did, I love the photos that I managed to take, especially the last one with the dress floating in the wind! ♥

I've always loved playing around with my dolls' hair and Mel's is one of my favorites~ I think up-do like this makes her even more beautiful ♥ And in case you haven't noticed, roses are one of my fav hair decorations XD I recently cut this wig a little bit too, so that there are these shorter sections in the front :)

I saved my personal favorite photos for last, though! ♥ Starring Zinnia, my wonder babe *o* She's probably my most photogenic doll, my camera definitely loves her XD Every time I put her in front of my camera, I fall more and more in love with her...

Zinnia was with me on our summer cottage last summer too, though she only had a summer dress back then... This year I wanted to take some photos with a nice bikini x) I think I've had this fabric for over half a year, but of course I didn't manage to sew anything until a few days before the trip X'D

This was the first time I took photos of her with this wig. It's actually the one I got as the blind wig when I ordered her default two-tone wig from Leekeworld >:3 Back then I was sure that the extra wig won't be anything nice and I'd sell it right away, but boy was I wrong... They sent a perfect one :I

As a character, Zinnia is a former professional model (can't you tell ;3), now running a modeling agency of her own :) I guess she still does some modeling herself every now and then~

I really hope I get to visit our summer cottage more later this summer too, I love taking photos there! But I often have work shifts when my family is going, so we'll see >3<

Hope you liked these photos and wish you a great start of the week! ♥

We are alone, my love

Finally posting this little photoshoot that me and Sarg took almost two weeks ago ^^; There are only four pictures, but this is such a special doll couple for us that I wanted their photos to have their own post~ I'm planning to post a more detailed background story of these two in late August when they're going to have their sort of 4th anniversary, so I guess for now I'm just going to show you these photos XD

These are Marcus (Soom Idealian Hyperon) and Melanthe (Soom Cuprit), the very first doll couple we ever had ♥ They have two daughters as well, but once in a while they get some time just for each other~

Lyrics between the photos are the English translation of "Escapenomos" by Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez ♥ Their voices sound exactly how we imagine Marcus and Melanthe's character voices, so every time we listen to this song, we think of them singing it~ They can both speak Spanish too x3

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Let's escape far away from here 

Distant from everything 

In the darkness where nothing else exists 

But looking in your eyes

Let's hide from the crowd 

From the day to day absurdities 

Where all these disturbing things are 

No longer in our lives

So that we are alone, my love 

And the universe embraces us 

Where those doubts and those fears 

That we have left in the past will disappear

So that we are alone, my love 

In an endless day 

With no worries 

About what the others might say