Guilty eyes, guilty kiss

I have some photos to share from this little photoshoot of Renate and Zinnia! Something happened between them in our RP story, so we were inspired to take some fluffy pictures... All of this better remain as a secret though, since both are actually taken and their significant others would not be happy to find out about this little moment =_=

If you follow Sarg on Instagram, you might've seen shots of this photoshoot already a few weeks ago when the photos were actually taken - I'm just super slow and didn't manage to edit all the photos (and finish the blog post) until now ;___; Time just flies, it feels like it has only been a week...

Renate (Iplehouse EID Raffine) is Sarg's doll, Zinnia (Iplehouse SID Stella) is mine :3

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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! ♥

Woman's best friend - Mila arrives!

This morning I got an EMS package from Eve Studio~ ♥ They have a variety of different BJD pets available and from the moment I found about them, I knew I wanted to get at least one doll from them! Then one day we were roleplaying and talked about our characters (Zinnia and Shagrilah) and how cute it would be if they had a dog as a pet... We browsed through Eve Studio's website and well, found just the perfect dog for them ^^;

Sarg already had Zhimor and now I have this little girl, her name is Mila :3 I ordered her on December 2nd, so it took a little less than 4 months, which just fits in the company's estimated waiting time of 3-4 months.

Scroll down a little bit to find out what kind of dog Mila is! ^^

When I opened the box there was this most adorable card ;___; ♥ It makes me really happy that I'm able to support such lovely artists that have a passion towards making these dolls~ You can really tell that they put a lot of love into this :)

On the other side of the card there were pictures of some of the dolls they offer :)

A note with my order info~ So Mila is a Russian Toy terrier :3 Eve Studio used to have this breed available only with a docked tail, but I requested them to release it with a natural, long tail... Docking dogs' tails is not allowed here in Finland and being personally against it as well, it wouldn't have felt right to have a docked dog as a pet for my characters, even if they're living in a fantasy realm instead of Finland X''D But yeah, I'm very, very happy that Eve Studio listened to my wishes and released this version some months after I asked! 

Now back to the box opening!

*squee*

OH HI TOO CUTE ♥

After taking the box opening pictures, I started playing around and trying out different poses for her, just to get a hang of her posability. She's a great poser I think and able to get into many realistic poses!

Here you may be able to see the texture of the material a little bit! It's not as smooth as resin, it feels a bit like sanding paper and also gives this fur-like feeling when photographed :) This material is also very light-weight compared to resin!

She seems to want some doggy treats.. ^^;

We had this cute dog bed for Mila and I even made a soft mattress to it, but we might've underestimated Mila's size and the bed is maybe a bit too small ^^;; Or it kinda looks like something that Shagrilah and Zinnia bought for Mila when she was a tiny puppy and even once she grew up (and outgrew the bed), she was so attached to her beloved sleeping place that wouldn't accept any other X''D Maybe that's how it went in the story, so that Mila can keep this small bed... She does look like she likes it lol

Aaand of course I had to take some test shots of Mila with her owner, Zinnia ♥

I was unsure about what size to choose, since there are not so many of these Russian toy terrier BJDs around and I couldn't find any comparison photos with SD sized dolls to help with my decision... So it was a bit of a gamble, but I think Mila looks perfect as 8cm! Not too small "handbag dog", but not too huge for it's breed either :)

I've been sewing for Zin and using her as a sewing model, which is why she's lacking a pair of pants  here ^^;; That shirt is new and I'm also slowly working on her wedding dress ;3

Just look at thiss ♥♥♥ I'm a huge sucker for the seeing deep bonds between dogs and their owners, I think it's one of the most beautiful things on Earth~ I can already feel that these characters will be very therapeutic to me when one day my own dear dog (now 10 years old) will no longer be here ;___;

Sarg is making some toys for Mila and I'm going to make her a cute collar with a name tag ♥ Hopefully we'll get to take a little photoshoot of the whole "family" since Sarg is coming over for Easter and will bring Shagrilah with her *3*

Iple-Trouble, make it double

Sarg was staying over for the weekend and she also brought Shagrilah for a visit~ Shag's girlfriend/fiancée Zinnia was very happy that we got to take some photos of them! ♥ Even though these are "just dolls", it sometimes seems like they make different expressions (smile, sadness, etc.) and these two really looked like they were happy in each other's company ;___;

About a month ago I took some photos where Zin was outside in the snow, "waiting" for Shagrilah, so one shot like this was mandatory XD We didn't have that much snow now though.

And this ♥♥♥ Zin looks like she's asleep ;___;

Naughty!Zin... I don't even have to pose her that much for this kind of fabulous shots, she's a natural u3u The lighting wasn't so good when I took these, but I'm happy that I managed to save at least this one. Yay for Photoshop X'D

Besides doing doll stuff, we made cake pops, watched the traditional Independence Day Reception from TV (all the dresses were quite boring this year, blah!), sketched some characters (or Sarg did... I only colored XD) and played League of Legends... Though it was more like me playing and Sarg watching me play ^^; I've been addicted to that game recently, though apparently I suck at it big time...

Anyways, we're definitely in Iplehouse moooooood~ Eagerly waiting for our new dolls to arrive too >3< Hope there's no delay so they'll be hope later this week...