The Naming

perched on Susan's mudflap girl purseOkay, I really need to get on with naming this gal. So here is a list of the names which have been suggested so far for my Blythe:

Alice
Anais
Ash
Buffy
Cherie
Elliott
Gertie
Livia
Madge
Maude
Ned
Nora
Piper
Poppy
Reid
Scout
Turtle
Tyler
Violet
Wednesday
Willow

Of these, I’ve been leaning toward:

Alice – because of Alice in Wonderland, which is cool
Ash – because of Evil Dead, of course (and she is an Ashlette, so it would make sense)
Ned – because of Pushing Daisies
Turtle – because of The Westing Game
Willow – because it is a Buffy reference, as well as the name of a tree

You can now vote in the sidebar!

While working on this, a friend of mine suggested this website, What to Name Your Baby Goth, which is too funny not to share.

September 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: blythe, polls | 4 comments

Blythe

So I recently got a new obsession: Blythe. A friend of mine has been making Blythe clothes for awhile and I’ve always admired them and thought it might be fun to try, and this week I gave in and got my own! I found her online (got a great deal!) and near the end of the workday yesterday, K texted me to tell me that a “tiny coffin” arrived in the mail for me today. Woot!

She’s an Ashlette (SBL, not Encore) with brown hair and blue/amber/green/pink eyes. I took a few quick photos after unwrapping her (crappy lighting and whatnot, as I was in a hurry):

my Blythe

my Blythe

Isn’t she cute? I made one quick dress for her the other day, but didn’t try it on her yet when I took these photos (I have since, and it fits great – my camera is recharging so not photos of that yet). I’m really excited to try more patterns and make her more outfits.

Now she needs a name! Any suggestions?

September 19th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: blythe, sewing | 3 comments