PrettyTiny Film Company Pic-A-Week, **2025** (#34, Sept. 13)

[Alliecat]

Introducing.... Lily!
Lily joined the crew at the thrift shop yesterday, where she made it clear she wanted to come home with me.
More pix and her story when I have time to sort them.

[davidd]

Ahoy, Lily!

Is she a pirate? She looks like a pirate! Her right hand is ready to grip a cutlass, even!

I'm sure Lily appreciates being rescued from the thrift shop. Thrift shops: the dolly equivalent of Devil's Island or The Black Hole of Calcutta.

[Alliecat]

That's funny; two people mentioned she might be a pirate. It never crossed my mind! I think she's a little too sweet, but, she would certainly fit the era.


I gave Pearl some new eyelashes. She only had one when I got her, and that came off the other day. It was very fiddly, but it worked better than the time I tried to give Scarlett some (fail).
I think she looks more grown-up.
AND, although it's been just about impossible to find out who actually makes these dolls, I found Pearl's box, and it has the same graphics. So whether they're "Cathay Collection" or "Vanessa Ricardi", all three ARE related.

[davidd]

The long lashes fit with her overall look.

Are the lashes applied from the outside, or from inside the head like with a Pullip? You can't open the heads on these, can you?

I wonder if people think Lily might be a pirate because of the way she looks, or because they know you!

(Heads up: Talk Like a Pirate Day is approaching fast -- th' 19th o' Septemb'aaaar!)

[Alliecat]

No, you can't open their heads.  The lashes are glued along the edge of the eyelid, so, kind of stuck to it and the eyeball.

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Aislinn's hair has been annoying ever since I got her.  That was years ago, but life hasn't been conducive to fixing doll hair for quite a while.  I tied a ribbon in it and added an orchid clip and hoped it didn't show in photos, how messy & tangled it was.  I finally got her stock outfit, so, I decided I really MUST fix her hair for her official portrait 


Whyyy do I have so many dolls with ringlets??  Combing hair out in water is easier than dry.

[davidd]

So for now you are wet-combing and not boil-perming?

Good luck with the project. Aislinn looks happy in the second photo. She appreciated the attention.

Where did you find an original costume? Why did she not have an original costume? Was she a "pre-owned" pick-up?