Blythe Doll Blog

I was so honored when I was asked to donate my #RetroBubbleGum dresses and business cards to BlytheCon San Francisco last month so I shipped over 3 dresses and 150 business cards!!  They already received them recently all and messaged me thanks and that they would post a picture too. My Canon was not charged so the picture quality isn't the greatest but at least I had my iPod to capture all the #RetroBubbleGum goodies that were being donated. Here are the 3 dresses that I donated on my Veronica but the doll is not included.  Aren't they so cute!!  If you think so too and would like one to purchase please go to:   RetroBubbleGum Well that's it for now.  I also have another post to do about my recent trip to the south with some of my darling Blythe dolls.  So much fun.  I also brought my adorable dachshund too. Hugs, AnnaBlytheDoll xo

"I thought you were supposed to leap over me you silly little frog." Kiwi. The frog is from one of the many thrift shops I have frequented. The shoes are official CWC Takara Step In Time set. Oh and the doll is a BL Kozy Kape from CWC Takara. BL means that the doll has boggled eyes face mold with a Licca body, I believe. I made the dress and it's one that I am keeping called ‪# RetroBubbleGum‬     Hope you all have a wonderful day!  Hugs,  AnnaBlytheDoll xo heart emoticon

Since I started collecting Blythe I have been making things for my dolls and my friend's dolls too.  Knitting, crochet, sewing and even using a knitting loom also.  It has been for fun mostly and for giving my pieces as gifts.   I have sold some pieces and outfits too through the years but not on a regular basis.  Since my niece started collecting Blythe last year I started sewing a lot more for her dolls in my spare time and it was so much fun and relaxing too that I decided to start  RetroBubbleGum !  I learned how to sew thanks to my father who is a professional tailor that trained in Italy at his brother's clothing store and tailor shop.  I also took Home Ec in grade 8 and learned how to follow basic patterns to make a shirt, a mobile, a pillow and a tote bag.  Pretty good for only being 12!   Now I love to sew in miniature and do so with vintage inspired patterns, mostly Skipper, that will fit 11.5" Blythe dolls.  I lea...

Happy Valentine's day to all the kind and sweet people out there!  Above is a picture of my adorable Veronica who is a stock Lounging Lovely Takara Blythe doll wearing RetroBubbleGum and pre loved shoes.  The bear and doxy are by CWC Takara that came with my sleep set and the doggy was a gift from a friend!  I spiced up the picture thanks to picmonkey.com that is mostly free! Here is my sweet Rose in the same RetroBubbleGum dress and wearing stock cherry boots from the Takara knees and toes shoe set I purchased years ago for a mere $25 US but the boots alone are worth 4 or 5 times more?  I only liked that one set so that's all that I purchased.  I am not into the selling part of Blythe.  I usually buy and keep 95% of my collection.   So I will be starting an Etsy shop part time in about a month or so and I just designed some new business cards that I think are so adorable!  I ordered 500 on vistaprint.ca for only $9.99 CND and ...

Hey Everyone, I hope all you kind people had a great holiday, are doing well this new year and that it will only get better from here on out. So last week I was locked out of my Annablythedoll Facebook because apparently you cannot use facebook without using your real name so I decided to shut it down and make an Annablythedoll Facebook Page instead! So if you want to join I would love to have you on as people who will support me, my tips, my pictures, my support of others, my Blythe dolls, my Blythe groups, my Blythe websites and my joy of Blythe dolls then I would really love that!! Thanks so much in advance and I really hope to see you there! Love, Annablythedoll xo

Happy New Year!!! May all your dreams come true and may this year be a really terrific year! Also, thanks so much to Heather for the darling champagne bottle and glass, among other great goodies, that I won from her via Pay It Forward group. Thanks also to the generous  Jen F  for the beautiful outfit my Mandy is wearing from the We Heart Dolls swap!  I used  picmonkey.com  to spice up my picture. For the background I used a simple place mat from the dollar store. I also used power tack to stick the glass and champagne bottle Sorry the pic is upside down?  I must have used my iPod the wrong way.  I tried to flip it around but there is no option that I could see for that?   Well that's it for now.  I hope all you sweet and kind dolly people will have a wonderful New Years and all the best in 2016!!   Cheers! AnnaBlytheDoll

My niece and her kindergarten class were assigned to do a report regarding what they wanted for Christmas and she wrote that she wished for a Blythe doll dress made by her zia!  That's me!!  I am so honored over such a sweet and touching request.  The kid could have asked for anything too!  It's nice to see that some of today's children value lovely handmade things over the trendy and plastic things. I only just found out and since I made 8 dresses for her in less than a month my sister in law didn't want to bother me about it.  Well I was fortunate to find out and just look at the 2 lovely dresses I made from vintage skipper patters I got from an online auction that are on Blythe411 Facebook Group that I created! Doesn't my Maria Kenner Blythe doll from 1972 look so beautiful and lovely?!  I certainly think so!!  It's so retro, flower power and pretty!    I took my time with this because the elastic on the sleeves was somethi...