Aether Coffee intro :)

Hi all!

I'm a middle-aged Canadian with too many hobbies including miniature set building, hand sewing and portraiture. I found the rabbit hole of ball-jointed dolls on Tumblr and realized I could use all of my hobby skills on this new obsession! But I need more information and more doll content/inspiration.

My favourite types of doll so far are the anthro sculpts especially with antlers- there are so many cool ones! - in 1:6 scale or smaller. The larger dolls are intimidating, I have to admit.

Currently I have a couple cheap blind box dolls - a Bonnie Berry Meimei and a Maytree Dragon. I really enjoy amateur toy photography and already have some of Meimei and Dragon on my blog: https://www.tumblr.com/aethercoffee with new, hand-sewn outfits.

Last week I worked up the courage to order a Hululu cat doll from Coral Reef, via Denver Doll. They had a blank in stock but I know nothing of face ups and body blushing yet, so I pre-ordered the full set. Knowing I have a few months to wait, I've started a doll art journal in a graph paper notebook so I can sketch ideas for the stand I want to build for it.

Looking forward to seeing everything that DoA has to offer!

 

Thank you, Saphira! Your blue moth friend was one of the first posts I saw on here and they are SO lovely. I would love to share my doll journal - it's a mix of mood board type collage as I gather ideas for my Hululu, drawing ideas for clothes, keeping track of measurements and showing off my doll photography. I'll take a look about and see where the best spot would be to post it.

 

Thank you! Yes, it is exciting and good practice at being patient - which I am so not good at, even at my age lol